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Globally, population is...
Crude Birth Rate Minus Crude Death rates give you what?
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Crude Birth Rate Minus Crude Death rates give you what?
Infant Mortality Rate
Agricultural Density
Natural Increase Rate
Total Fertility Rate
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Globally, population is...
Decreasing everywhere.
Increasing everywhere.
Increasing more in developed countries.
Increasing more in developing countries.
3
Concept of space time compression means....
it is hard to keep up to date with current events
as objects move faster in space, time slows for the object
distant places in world becoming effectively closer together
people no longer have time to read books
4
Controversial process of middle class people buying and renovating inner city housing is..
gentrification
transition
suburbanization
consolidation
5
Urban Sprawl is...
period in the morning with the highest volume of traffic
middle class families moving to inner city neighborhoods
movement from urban areas to suburban areas
development of new housing sites not nearby existing areas
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The three main properties of distribution include density, concentration and...
pattern
increase
sprawl
capacity
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State (country) with control over its internal affairs has....
ethnicity
suffrage
sovereignty
nationality
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Three factors in the Human Development Index (HDI) include standard of living, healthy life...
access to job opportunities
access to recreation
access to knowledge
access to natural resources
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How are plantations different from other forms of commercial agriculture?
They are located in LDC's
located in densely populated locations
Their owners are in LDC's
part of agribusiness
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Which of the following is an ethnic religion?
Christianity
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
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Chain Migration is.....
middle class people moving into inner city neighborhoods
movement of people from rural to urban areas
number of immigrants outnumber number of emigrants
movement to specific locations due to relatives living there
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Industry in which the inputs weigh more than the final product is...
bulk gaining industry
break of bulk point
just in time industry
bulk reducing industry
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What is overpopulation?
too many people in the world
too many people in a region
too many people compared to available resources
too many people per square mile
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A nation state is...
territory that is legally tied to a sovereign state
territory that corresponds to a particular ethnicity
sovereign state made up of a town and the countryside
state with two or more ethnic groups
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Wearing shorts and a t-shirt on a 98 degree day in MN is an example of what?
Location
Globalization
Movement
Human Environment Interaction
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What is the world's largest universalizing religion?
Judaism
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
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An outcome of gentrification is...
more people moving to the suburbs.
a decrease in property values in the area.
higher costs force current residents from the neighborhood.
fewer tax dollars available to fund public services.
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Chippewa Middle School is about 5 miles east of Irondale. This describes what?
Functional Node
Absolute Location
Absolute Distance
Relative Location
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This is a system that creates maps to layer on top of each other to show different features.
Remote Sensing
Satellite Imagery
Sonar Radar
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
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A majority of less developed countries practice what type of agriculture?
subsistence
goverment
commercial
subsidized
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What is the primary factor in von Thunen's model for choosing commercial farm products?
profit analysis
soil
market location
climate
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Identifying a place by its' unique physical characteristics is....
site
absolute location
situation
relative location
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What type of agriculture typically involves crop rotation?
mixed crop and livestock farming
banana plantations
dairy farming
grain farming
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There is enough food in the world, and yet people are malnourished. What is the primary reason?
climate and taxes
Food Distribution and ability to pay
water supply and food preferences
There isn't enough food for everyone.
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Canada has two languages used by the government in documents and affairs. These languages are..
preferred languages
official languages
recognized languages
creole languages
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To calculate a country's dependency ratio you need to know the country's population and...
number of people younger than 15 and older than 64
number of people younger than 15
number of children receiving help from parents
number of people older than 64
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which of the following is an example of a cultural hearth
origin area of religion
airport
isolated region
shopping mall
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Shifting cultivation is also known as...
sustainable agriculture
slash and burn agriculture
subsistence agriculture
pastoral nomadism
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What is a region?
small group that has broken away from a denomination
location's physical and human features
specific place on Earth distinguished by a particular trait
area distinguished by unique cultural and physical features
30
What two pieces of information can you get from reading a population pyramid?
fertility rates and GDP
gender and fertility rates
population trends and age groups
age groups and gender
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Who predicted that the world's population was growing faster than Earth's ability to support it
Thomas Malthus
Adam Smith
John Maynard Keynes
Tom Rodefeld
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Average number of children a woman will have through her childbearing years is...
Infant Mortality Rate
Natural Increase Rate
Total Fertility Rate
Dependency Ratio
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As a subject, Human Geography is principally concerned with.....
nature and meaning of place names
impact of environment on human understandings/activities
evolving character and spatial organization of Earth
construction of maps
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Manufacturing system where materials are scheduled to arrive moments before needed is...
bulk gaining manufacturing
just in time manufacturing
bulk reducing manufacturing
break of bulk manufacturing
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Which of the following was NOT a motive for European colonialism?
Gold
Glory
God
Guilt
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Name given to a portion of Earth's surface is.....
location
situation
site
toponym
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If you wanted to figure out a country's farming efficiency, which density would you study?
physiological
arithmetic
population
agricultural
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A state (country) that contains more than two nationalities with traditions of self determinism
multinational state
multi ethnic state
unified state
collaborative state
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Refugees migrate due to which of the following push factors?
environmental
economic
political
all of the above
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A principle practice of sustainable agriculture is...
increased use of fertilizers
increased land use
limited use of chemicals
less integration of crops and livestock
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According to environmental determinism....
People can develop programs to help their environments
people can adjust to physical environment
physical environment sets limits on human actions
physical environment causes social development
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The concentric zone model sees the city structured as a series of what?
sectors
rings
nodes
wedges
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Identifying with a group who share the cultural traditions of a particular hearth is..
nationality
race
multi-nationalism
ethnicity
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Mexican immigrants bringing salsa music to the US is an example of what type of diffusion?
stimulus
hierarchal
relocation
contagious
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Country A has a large amount of arable land and small number of farmers. Describe its' density
low agricultural density
high physiological density
high agricultural density
low physiological density
46
cultures with strong folk clothing preferences young adults are..
likely to dress like their parents
pay close attention to international dressing styles
likely to create their own styles
unlikely to dress like their parents
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As population has continued to grow, most increase in food production has come from where..
increasing agricultural productivity
expanding exports
expanding agricultural land
discovering new foods
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What was the primary problem with Thomas' Malthus' theory of population growth?
It didn't consider the impact of new technologies.
He lived over 100 years ago.
The cost of food
Rural population vs. urban population
