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Indonesia is an example of a ___ state

Which population pyramid demonstrates an elderly dependency ratio?

When approaching FRQ questions, you should answer what you think is the easiest question first.

Which of the following is a primary activity

Which of the following industries will located closest to the raw material

The BEST example of Balkanization

An area of instability located between regions with opposing political and cultural values

vonThunen emphasized ____ in his model of agricultural land use

Prior to 1850 the location of all major North American cities was related to the presence of

Which best describes the impact of improvements in transportation systems on agriculture

1950s-Downtown business district: 1970s-Shopping mall:  1990s -"Big Box" superstore

Dramatic increases in global grain production since 1950 have been made possible by

The shaded area on the map is most associated with

A characteristic of most societies in the last stage of the DTM

In the US, the largest concentrations of Amish are found in

Present distribution of Basques suggests IndoEuro spread across Europe, this group isolated in

Water run-off is likely to be greatest in which setting?

vonThunen predicted

Depicts a commerical spine bordered by an elite residential sector extending outward from CBD

Common characteristic of Switzerland, Canada, and New Zealand

American Midwest land parcels are rectilinear because

The European Union, the ARab League and the UN are all examples of

Rostow's modernization model is concerned with

_is disproportionately larger than the 2nd lrgst city and dominates a country's socioeconomics

The cost of transportation is primary consideration in the location of an industrial site

The European Union is an example of

The literacy rate of any country correlates most closely with which of the following

A reason why rapid suburbanization did NOT happen in the US after WWII

The term "cultural diffusion" refers to the

Quaternary economic activities are those that

Violent confrontation in Ambon, Aceh, and E Timor illustrate the problem of holding together

The high tech firms in Silicon Valley in California are clustered together take advantage of 

Internat'l company HQ, significant global financial functions, and polarized social structure

Religion that is predominant in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota

The establishment of maquiladoras in Mexico by US companies represents

Which letter represents the region of the greatest proportion of the Canadian population

Which of the following areas was what domesticated the earliest?

Which pair of agriculture types occupies the largest % of the world's total land area

Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape?

The UNCLOS gives coastal countries navigational and economic sovereignty over

In the cent following the arrival of European, the indigenous population of the Americas

Which is not an example of spatial analysis

Nunavut was created by the Canadian government by

According to environmental determinism, which would have the most productive settlements?

Which is a true statement about edge cities

Which describes NAFTA

An example of ecotourism

The maps scale most useful for studying features in the landscape of a farming community

in the 1st 1/2 of the 20th cent, the transportation of beef over long dist was made possible by

Name for political redistricting it makes unusually shaped districts-create political advantage

Which describes a primate city

Who said plant domestication 1st occured in diversified habitats with a variety of species?

The DTM

The growth potential of raising elk, deer and emu for meat is limited because

Which population pyramid represents a town with a military base?

Labor intensive intertillage is often practice in

Which of the following is a forward capital?

A settlement node whose primary function is to provide for the population in its hinterland

The world's 3 major monotheistic  religions originated in

Which country has the largest number of Sunni Muslims?

Traditionally, the Ganges anNile Valleys have had comparatively high pop densities b/c of their

Where is terracing least likely to occur

Which of the following accounts for the universial appeal of blue jeans?

in the 19th and 20th cent, the most prominent type of intraregional migration worldwide was

Which of the following is the essential requirement of lowland rice production?

Most are relatively isolated islands with small populations, and remnants of empires

Why are SoAmer population centers located at of near the coast?

Network cities...

All of the following have created ghettos in North America EXCEPT

Isolated farmsteads in the US evolved as a result of all of the following EXCEOT

The first wave of immigrants to the US during the 19th century came from

Culturally defined political boundaries, such as those determined by language, religion or lang

Boundaries based on the median line principle are generally associated with

How are new languages created?

Which is not a reason for the rise of suburban development in the 1950s

Which of the following countries did NOT have a long lasting colonial presence in Africa?

The pair that best represents  regional appellation 

The belief that one's own culture is the best or better than other cultures

Fertility rates have dropped in LDCs, , but total population continues to grow because a high %

A straight line on a navigation map using the Mercator projection represents

A problem w/ the traditional classification of agriculture as a primary activity 

?is most likely to be used by marketing firms seeking map patterns of lifestyle characteristics

The internet is reshaping traditional economic arrangements by

False statement about NAFTA

Balkanization refers to

According to the Hoyt model of city structure, low income people tend to live in

Florida earns greater revenues from exporting oranges than Georgia does.  Why?

The shaded area shows

Which has low terminal cost, high line cost, and high route flexibility

Clustering of dr's offices and pharmacies near hospitals is BEST explained by the benefits of

In terms of total tonnage, _____is the leading export crop in the world

Which of the following applies to MDCs?

___ is an environmental problem most associated with the African Sahel

An example of a centripetal force

Compared to N America ranches, commercial ranchers in the Pampas are likely to

The environmental issue of immediate concern  to policy makers in New England

Which of the following countries is the primary destination for guest workers from the Maghreb

The best example of extensive land use

The early stages of the core-periphery model describe the relationship

Which is true of popular culture

All of the following are crucial to the emergence of the first cities EXCEPT

Advantage for Japanese corporations locating manufacturing plants in the US

Which of the following is a term used in the study of place names?

Which of the following countries has the fewest people per unit of arable land

The shape of Maryland's 3rd congressional district is the result of

Which statement about mega-stores is false?

Best example of the geographical concept of nation-state

Spatial patterns of urban and outlying areas based on the flow of goods and services is

Which of the following is a characteristic of shifting cultivation

The following 20th cent migration streams were propelled by persecution or open conflict EXCEPT

Dependency ratio is most useful for indicating the 

Which of the following have the greatest linguistic fragmentation?

Cultural landscape can be defined as

Which pyramid shows a college town?

Maquiladoras of northern Mexico

Which of the following is NOT a major oil-producting zone

Ag practiced in CA differs from forms practiced in Mediterranean ag regions b/c in CA

Who is most likely to migrate

During winter months in NoAm, the primary source of fruits and veggies found in grocery stores 

Physiological population density differs from crude population density in that it

Which region had the smallest # of people living in urban areas at the end of the 20th century

Why do some cities not experience out migration when demand for its good and services decline?

The map represents

Which of the following sectors of the economy has grown the fastest in the US since the mid 70s

Best example of a state with a compact shape

The largest # of refugee in the 21st century

A footloose industry

Consumption of agricultural products directly by the producer rather than for market

What makes Brasilia, Canberra and Washington DC, different from the design of most urvan areas?

A country where the majority of the population are Shiite Muslims

If you wish to highlight a key concept in a FRQ response, it is a good idea to underline it

The :Four Economic Tigers" of East and Southeast Asia include

Subsistence agriculture is always characterized by

The correct hierarchy of political administrative units from largest to smallest

The 4 ancient culture hearths

Which has fostered the most significant economic growth by eliminating tariffs btwn members

Regionalization is to geography as

The principal religion of Central and South America is

The Indo-European family includes all major languages in Europe and other regions EXCEPT:

The concept that population will continue to grow even after fertility rates decline

Rank size rule:  largest city has a population of 10 million, the next largest city will have a

Which of the following countries consumes the most fossil fuel per capita?

Most of Africa's original boundaries were drawn by

The primary geographic effect of globalization on the economy

Which of the following represent a nation without a state?

Most accurate with regard to food preferences and taboos

Olives, pita bread, cheese, figs, lamb, and wine, would be found in

Which statement is falses about global patterns of development

One would expect to find a population with a relatively young age structure in

An ethnic religion

The alignment of ancient Chinese cities toward cardinal directions illustrates the importance