What is a proven reserve?

The amount of energy remaining in a reserve that has been discovered

What's the definition of sovereignty in Human Geography?

When a state has complete independence from other states

What is self-determination?

The concept that ethnicites can govern themselves

How is folk culture diffused?

Relocation diffusion, Migration

What is a megalopolis?

A large expanse of metropolitan areas connected to form a continual complex

What is a zoning ordinance?

The definition of how land can be used in a certain area

What are the GDI and GEM, respectively?

Gender Development Index, Gender Empowerment Measure

What is sharecropping?

When someone works the land of another and is compensated by the harvest

An area of land created after trees are burned and is ready to farm

What are some of the primary hearths of agriculture?

Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia, Latin America

What are the push factors of European suburbs?

Lower quality schools or businesses, Higher crime, No private yards, Apartments

What is crop rotation?

When a farmer plants different crops on each field every year

Someone that is forced to emigrate

What is passive solar energy?

The inanimate use of solar energy

What is the gravity model?

Demonstrates that interaction decreases as distance increases

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1
What categories of people are considered dependent?
0 to 14
65+
75+
0 to 10
2
Where are bulk-gaining industries located?
Near similar industries
Near consumers
Near the inputs
Near the ocean
3
What is a proven reserve?
A reserve of fuel that has been discovered
An area where a certain energy-producing item is concentrated
A new reserve that has been proven to exist
The amount of energy remaining in a reserve that has been discovered
4
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countires (OPEC) was created by LDCs?
True
False
5
What is ecumene?
How many people there are in each age group
An equation that factors in the population, migrants, and NIR
The area that people live in
The place where people participate in activities
6
What is the definition of cartography?
The study of human populations
The scale of a map
The science of graphs
The science of mapmaking
7
What type of uranium is used in nuclear reactors?
U-239
U-234
U-235
U-238
8
What region is perceived as a cultural identity?
Formal
Functional
Vernacular
9
What's the definition of sovereignty in Human Geography?
A state that is in the process of changing who reigns over it
When a state has complete independence from other states
A type of coin used in the Middle East
A way of studying the distribution of people over a stateless nation
10
What is self-determination?
The concept that ethnicities want to confront each other
The concept that ethnicites can govern themselves
The concept that ethnicities are interdependent
The concept that on ethnicity will overrule the others
11
What is the order in the classification of religions, from largest to smallest?
Sect, Branch, Denomination
Denomination, Branch, Sect
Sect, Branch, Denomination
Family, Group, Class
12
Which are types of expansion diffusion?
Stimulus
Epidemous
Hierarchical
Relocation
13
Which word defines a situation in which a state has most of the power?
Federal
Totalitarianism
Unitary
Monarchy
14
What is the dominant form of subsistence agriculture?
Plantation Farming
Intensive Subsistence Agriculture
Shifting Cultivation
Pastoral Nomadism
15
What is the average literacy rate in LDCs?
33%
98%
50%
60%
16
What happens in the secondary sector of the economy?
Services are provided
Knowledge
Resources are extracted
Resources are refined
17
Which practice is illegal?
Cracking & packing
Redlining
Political corruption
Gerrymandering
18
In what first-letter order are languages classified?
Fat Babies Grab Limbs Daily
Family, Branch, Language, Group, Dialect
Family, Sect, Group, Language, Dialect
Denomination, Branch, Sect
19
What does μ stand for?
Macro
A measurement used in the Census
You
Micro
20
Which word defines metals that are used in the production of iron or steel?
Ironic
Aurous
Argentous
Ferrous
21
What is physiological density?
People / unit of land
Farmers / unit of land
People / unit of arable land
Farmers / unit of arable land
22
What happens in the quaternary sector of the economy?
Services are provided
Knowledge
Resources are refined
Resources are extracted
23
How far does a countries absolute control of the sea extend?
30 kilometers
12 nautical miles
15 miles
200 miles
24
What is the largest branch of the Islamic faith?
Khawarji
Shiite
Ismailiyya
Sunni
25
How is folk culture diffused?
Expansion diffusion
Religious missionaries
Relocation diffusion
Migration
26
What is a megalopolis?
A large expanse of metropolitan areas connected to form a continual complex
The continuous string of cities on the east coast of the U.S.
A city that is very far away from other cities
A city of over 10 million inhabitants
27
Which country has the lowest GDI?
Nigeria
India
Yemen
Sierra Leone
28
What is a zoning ordinance?
A Islamic practice of washing guests' feet when the guest enters the house
Information provided by the census concerning where activites are located
The definition of how land can be used in a certain area
An attribute derived from functional regions
29
What are the GDI and GEM, respectively?
Gender Development Index, Gender Empowerment Measure
Gasoline Direct Injection, Generic Equipment Model
Gasoline Direct Injection, Guidance Enhanced Missile
Gender Empowerment Measure, Gender Development Index
30
What is sharecropping?
When someone is forced to work on the land of another for free
When someone works the land of another and is paid by the selling of crops
When someone works the land of another and is compensated by the harvest
When farmers share different ways of farming crops to be more productive
31
What is the most important inter-religious city?
New York City
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Israel
32
What is a swidden?
An area of land that has degraded soil
An area of land created after trees are burned and is ready to farm
An area of land created by draining water
An area of land where pigs are farmed
33
What are some of the primary hearths of agriculture?
Southeast Asia
Southwest Asia
Northern America
Latin America
34
What region is based around nodes where people's similarities diminish as they get further away?
Formal
Functional
Vernacular
35
What countries does the Prime Meridian pass through?
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Niger
England
Mali
36
What are the push factors of European suburbs?
Lower quality schools or businesses
Higher crime
No private yards
Apartments
37
What type of map is this?
Heat
Isoline
Cartogram
Choropleth
38
What is GIS?
GI Joe
Gas-Insulated Switchgear
General Information Services
Geographic Information System
39
What is crop rotation?
When a farmer plants different crops on each field every year
A process of inanimately collecting the sow of the harvest
A process of planting the crops in a soil, then transplanting them rotated
When crops are transplanted during the growing season to increase fertility
40
What are centrifugal forces?
Forces that move people around
Forces that make people sad
Forces that bring people together
Forces that push people apart
41
What countries dominate world television?
UK, China
US, Canada
UK, Spain
US, Japan
42
What is a refugee?
Someone that migrates
Someone that is forced to immigrate
Someone that migrates to become more affluent
Someone that is forced to emigrate
43
What was the first language?
Egyptian
Proto-Indo-European
Cuneiform
Latin
44
When did the Industrial Revolution begin?
1770s
1780s
1630s
1800s
45
Which form of agriculture is practiced by the most people?
Shifting cultivation
Commercial
Subsistence
Plantation farming
46
What material can be recycled without losing quality?
Glass
Aluminum
Plastic
Paper
47
What is passive solar energy?
When photovoltaic cells collect solar energy and convert it to electricity
Solar energy that is passively converted to electricity
The redirection of solar energy
The inanimate use of solar energy
48
What is the gravity model?
Determines the interaction between places
Publishes the need fact that objects are attracted to larger bodies
States the increased interaction through space-time compression
Demonstrates that interaction decreases as distance increases
49
What map projection is best for traveling?
Homolosine
Mercator
Planar
Robinson
50
Where is the International Date Line located?
0o Latitude
0o Longitude
180o Latitude
180o Longitude
51
What is it called when a deteriorated house is renovated?
Refurbishing
Gentrification
Remodeling
Retrofitting
52
What type of energy source constitutes the highest energy use worldwide?
Nuclear Fission
Natural Gas
Coal
Petroleum
53
What is the definition of sustainable agriculture?
A type of agriculture in which the farmer sustains the family
A type of agriculture that returns a sustainable profit
A version of agriculture in which the output sustainably increases
An agriculture practice that preserves or enhances environmental quality
54
What are the pillars of Islam?
Charity, Prayer, Faith
Faith, Fasting, Pilgrimage
Faith, Prayer, Fasting
Charity, Pilgrimage
55
What is the population center?
The geographic median of the population
Where most people live
The average place that someone wants to live
The geographic mean of the population
56
The attack on Pearl Harbor was terrorism?
False
True
57
What reason do most people migrate for?
Political
Social
Environmental
Economic
58
What are PolyChlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) ?
A chemical used to clean water
A chemical used to make computer boards
A mix of chlorine and biphenyl
Synthetic chemicals
59
What are the main goals of terrorists?
Attack the public
Remove leaders
Destroy the military
Complete tasks secretly
60
What is the threshold of a business?
How far people are willing to travel
How many items are purchased
How much its stock value is
How many people it needs
61
What is the density gradient?
A type of map that uses gradients to display data
When the population is less dense further from a trading center
The idea that as activities get further away there will be less interaction
The observable change in density from the center of place to the periphery
62
What is the IMR?
How many mothers die during child birth per 100,000
How many babies that die before age 1 per thousand
How many babies that die before age 2 per thousand
How many babies are born per thousand mothers
63
What does the HDI do?
It measures the development of gender
It measures the development of a state
It makes sure that people aren't Hags, Dummies, or Idiots
It measures only the education of a state
64
What region is uniform, where everyone shares a distinct trait?
Functional
Formal
Vernacular
65
What is a Hindu taboo?
Insects
Pork
Chicken
Cow
66
What ethnicity is not represented in the U.S. census?
Asian
African-American
Fair
Latino
67
What was the Fertile Crescent?
A center for land and sea communication in the old days
A relatively fertile land area
A type of moon that farmers used long ago to know when to harvest crops
An area of land where fertilizer was first used in large quantities
68
What is a universalizing religion?
A type of religion that wants a universal presence
A religion that tries to get everyone to join
A religion that believes it is the most important
A religion that doesn't care if others join
69
What stage of the DTM are most countries in?
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 2
Stage 3
70
What type of state is the U.S.?
Perforated
Prorupted
Compact
Fragmented
71
Which country has the most proven oil reserves?
Venezuela
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Russia
72
What is the Central Business District, by exact definition?
Where the center of the city is
Where high-threshold businesses are located
Where most of the businesses are located
Where retail and office services are clustered
73
What happens in the primary sector of the economy?
Services are provided
Knowledge
Resources are refined
Resources are extracted
74
Which religion has the most adherents?
Islamic
Catholic
Hinduism
Buddhism
75
What aren't the 3 G's sought by European powers through colonies?
Square
Gold
Glory
God
76
What is it when a country exercises control over an inhabited area as a colony?
Imperialism
Colonialism
Daoism
Fascism
77
What is vertical geography?
When a housing complex utilizes multiple floors
When people build upwards instead of outwards
The use of vertical measurements in determining the center of population
When a business controls all parts of the manufacturing process
78
What are some more of the primary hearths of agriculture?
Middle East
East Asia
Western Europe
Sub-Saharan Africa
79
What is vertical integration?
When a business controls all parts of the manufacturing process
The use of vertical measurements in determining the center of population
When people build upwards instead of outwards
When a housing complex utilizes multiple floors
80
What do high levels of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) suggest?
The water is very healthy
The water is wastewater
The water has many dangerous chemicals and is unsafe to drink
The water has many nutrients
81
What religions are facing off in Ireland?
Protestant
Muslim
Eastern orthodox
Catholic
82
What is ethnic cleansing?
The removal of ethnicities from a region to coerce people to get along
When a minority ethnicity is removed because the other ethnicities hate it
When a minority ethnicity is removed to create an ethnically similar region
The deliberate killing of an ethnicity to destroy that ethnicity
83
What happens in the tertiary sector of the economy?
Resources are refined
Services are provided
Knowledge
Resources are extracted
84
Which countries have a claim on Antarctican land?
Brazil, Peru
Norway, UK
Indonesia, Germany
Chile, Argentina
85
What is a sanitary landfill?
A landfill that accumulates solid waste
A landfill that burns most of the input trash
A landfill that uses sanitary practices
A landfill that cleans trash
86
Where was the Fertile Crescent located?
Persian Gulf
Western Egypt
Southern US
Central Africa
87
What two innovations made skyscrapers possible?
Cheaper building materials
Elevators
Stronger iron alloys
Iron-frame building
88
What is the definition of balkanization?
When a continent breaks down due to tectonic plates diverging
When a state breaks down due to ethnic conflicts
When a religion breaks down due to religious factions being created
When an ethnicity breaks down due to factions disagreeing
89
What are the people that originally invaded Enland and made English?
Angles, Jutes, Saxons
Normans, Native Americans
Genghis Khan, Vikings
Romans, Normans, Anglo-Saxons
90
Who coined the term geography?
Eli Whitney
Ernest Burgess
Norman Bourlaug
Eratosthenes
91
What is ethnicity?
The culture of a person
The ancestry of a person
A group of people with similar physical features
A group of people with similar cultural or national traditions
92
What is a labor instensive industry?
When compensation for employees constitutes a low cost
When people in the industry work very hard
When compensation for employees constitutes a high cost
When people in the industry use efficient methods to get things done
93
What is the inner-city process known as filtering?
The buying, fixing, and selling of a house for a profit
Banks choosing who can get loans based on where they live
The division of a residence to house more people
The altering of an area to house rich people

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