What are the measurements of the Gender Inequality Index (GII)?

Reproductive Health, Empowerment, Labor Market

What is the global trend regarding kcal/day and % income spent on food?

MDCs eat more calories but spend a lower % of income on it

What is the stimulus strategy?

Governments should tax less and spend more

What was present prior to the Industrial Revolution?

Cottage industry, Home-based manufacturing

What is double cropping?

Harvesting a crop two times in a year

What is the austerity strategy?

Governments should sharply reduce taxes

What was the French Long-Lot System?

Farms were long & thin & ran perpendicular to a river

Where has industry shifted to in the U.S.

Same as the median center location of the U.S. population, Westward & Southward

Which of the following is correct?

Trucks: Short Distance, Trains: Medium Distance, Ships: Long Distance, Airplanes: High-Value

What is a suitcase farm?

Farm where the farmers live nearby instead of inhabiting it

All of the following were triumphs for international trade except

Catalyst for Industrial Revolutions

How is empowerment measured in regards to the GII? (Trick Question Alert!)

National Legislature, Secondary School

What is dietary energy consumption?

Amount of food an individual eats

What is food security?

Access at all times to safe & nutritious food

What is outsourcing an example of?

New International Division of Labor

What is a global trend regarding sources of dietary energy?

MDCs eat more wheat, whereas LDCs have diversity in sources

What is horticulture and which form of farming is it most closely associated with?

Growing crops from the base of Mediterranean farming

Modification of Earth's surface for sustenance or profit

What was the first agricultural revolution?

When humans first domesticated plants and animals

Using knowledge and technology to improve peoples' lives

What has been the trend regarding recycling?

It has increased while waste is decreasing

Gives greater equity to workers, consumers, small businesses

What is biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)?

Oxygen req'd for aquatic bacteria to decompose waste

What is true about every single region on Earth?

They have developed in some way

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1
Which populous country uses the most hydroelectric energy?
Canada
United States
China
Brazil
2
All of the following were agricultural hearths except
Latin America
Southeast Asia
Western Europe
Southwest Asia
3
What are the measurements of the Gender Inequality Index (GII)?
Access to food, Food security, Proximity to food markets
Income, Education, Life Expectancy
Reproductive Health, Empowerment, Labor Market
Suffrage, Empowerment, Education
4
All of the following are predominantly in MDCs except
Mixed Crop and Livestock
Ranching
Dairying
Plantation
5
Who created this model?
Banana von Thünen
Hoyt
von Thünen
Burgess
6
What is the global trend regarding kcal/day and % income spent on food?
LDCs eat more, but MDCss spend a higher % of income on it
MDCs eat more
MDCs eat more calories but spend a lower % of income on it
LDCs eat less and spend a less % of income on it
7
What is ridge tillage?
The system of planting crops in a way that yields less
Leaving soil undisturbed
Planting crops along mountains
Planting crops on ridges
8
What is the stimulus strategy?
Governments should only tax the rich
Governments should tax more
Governments should tax less and spend more
Governments should tax only the poor
9
What is a township?
5 in by 5 in plot of land
72 acre plot of land
6 mi by 6 mi plot of land
Any plot of land
10
Where are bulk-reducing industries likely to be?
Near the sources
Near the markets
11
Which of the following pioneered post-Fordist Production?
Boeing
Ford
Toyota
Honda
12
Which of the following was cultivated in in Latin America originally?
Maize (Corn)
Mango
Wheat
Rice
13
What stage of the Rostow model are countries rapidly progressing through?
Drive to Maturity
Pre-Conditions for Take-Off
Age of Mass Consumption
Take-Off
14
What was present prior to the Industrial Revolution?
Cottage industry
People?
Steam engines
Home-based manufacturing
15
What is double cropping?
Farming more than two different crops
Harvesting a crop two times in a year
Farming two different crops
Harvesting two different crops in a year
16
What is the austerity strategy?
Governments should tax less and spend more
Governments should tax more to invest in infrastructure
Governments should sharply reduce taxes
Governments should tax more so they can save banks
17
What two factors are causing a reduction of prime agricultural land?
Pesticides & Climate Change
2nd Agricultural Revolution & Industrial Revolution
Desertification & Urbanization
Globalization & Distance Decay
18
What is synonymous with shifting cultivation?
Swidden agriculture
Slash-and-burn agriculture
LDC agriculture
MDC agriculture
19
What was the French Long-Lot System?
Farms were extremely large
Farms ran perpendicular to a river
Farms were long & thin & ran perpendicular to a river
Farms were small and single-owned
20
Where is fishing most prominent in the world?
Pacific NE, Inland North America
Pacific NW, Inland Asia
Atlantic NE
Inland Africa
21
What are the two global-scale air pollution issues?
Pesticides & Industry
Globalization & Urbanization
Climate Change & Ozone Damage
Sprawl & Gentrification
22
Where has industry shifted to in the U.S.
Midwest
Same as the median center location of the U.S. population
Westward & Southward
Towards the Northeast
23
Which of the following is correct?
Trucks: Short Distance, Trains: Medium Distance
Ships: High-Value, Airplanes: Long Distance
Trains: Short Distance, Trucks: Medium Distance
Ships: Long Distance, Airplanes: High-Value
24
What is a suitcase farm?
When farmers migrate and start a new farm
When farmers begin to utilize mechanization
A farm inside of a suitcase
Farm where the farmers live nearby instead of inhabiting it
25
All of the following are reasons that World Bank funding has failed in Africa except
Doesn't Attract Investments
Faulty Engineering
Failing Institutions
Squandered Money, Corruption
26
All of the following industries were impacted by the Industrial Revolution except
Textiles
Iron
Cottage
Chemicals
27
All of the following were triumphs for international trade except
Catalyst for Industrial Revolutions
Exposure to other countries
Raw material sales
Evidence of countries developing because of it
28
What is an example of a technopole?
Silicon Valley, US
Delhi, IN
Stuttgart, DE
St. Petersburg, RU
29
How is empowerment measured in regards to the GII? (Trick Question Alert!)
National Legislature
Suffrage
All of the Above
Secondary School
30
All of the following are challenges of nuclear energy except
Potential Accidents
Radioactive Waste
Limited Reserves & High Costs
Political Instability
31
All of the following regions are predominantly in LDCs except
Shifting Cultivation
Intensive Subsistence
Mediterranean
Pastoral Nomadism
32
What is dietary energy consumption?
Energy needed for basic tasks
How someone's diet changes country-by-country
Amount of food an individual eats
Food
33
What is food security?
Keeping food in a locked box
None of the Above
Securing high-value food items
Access at all times to safe & nutritious food
34
What is outsourcing an example of?
Plantations
Slavery
New International Division of Labor
Sharecropping
35
What is a global trend regarding sources of dietary energy?
MDCs eat more rice, whereas LDCs eat maize
MDCs eat more wheat, whereas LDCs have diversity in sources
MDCs tend to eat more maize
LDCs eat the most wheat
36
All of the following are government policies towards improving the economics for farmers except
Govt. subsidizes farming
Govt. buys surplus production & sells or donates it
Avoiding excessive supply
Government payments when commodities are low
37
Which country has the highest per capita demand of energy?
U.S.
Russia
China
India
38
Why is China less expensive to make textiles in than the U.S.
Less capital
None of the Above
More land
Less labor costs
39
What is horticulture and which form of farming is it most closely associated with?
Transportation of crops, Commercial Gardening
Transportation of crops, Grain Farming
Growing crops from the base of Mediterranean farming
Growing crops from the base of Mixed Crop farming
40
What is agriculture?
Plants
Raising plants
None of the Above
Modification of Earth's surface for sustenance or profit
41
What is nuclear fission?
Splitting atoms
Combining atoms
42
What is the more successful path of development?
Self-Growth
International Trade
Self-Sufficiency
Whatever the U.S. did
43
Which country has taken over regarding steel production?
China
India
U.S.
Germany
44
Where are right-to-work laws most prominent in the U.S.?
Midwest
North
West
South
45
What was the first agricultural revolution?
When humans first discouraged the use of GMOs
When humans first domesticated plants and animals
When humans began to utilize mechanization
When GMOs became commonplace
46
What is development?
Using knowledge and technology to improve peoples' lives
LDCs
MDCs
None of the above
47
What has been the trend regarding recycling?
It exploded in 2015
It has started to decrease
It began at the turn of the century
It has increased while waste is decreasing
48
What is fair trade?
Gives greater equity to workers, consumers, small businesses
Allowed the World Bank to be created
Synonymous with Unionization
Gives more rights to employers
49
What is biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)?
Oxygen needed for plants
Oxygen req'd for aquatic bacteria to decompose waste
The UN's recommended amount of oxygen intake
Oxygen needed for cellular respiration
50
What is true about every single region on Earth?
They have begun a period of stagnation
They have begun to devolve
They have developed in some way
They have increased their populations vastly
51
What is the global pattern of drug trade?
LDCs-->MDCs
MDCs-->LDCs
52
What is the difference between GDP & GNI?
GDP is useful for industries, GNI is useful for individuals
GNI accounts for money that enters and leaves a country.
GNI is better
GDP accounts for money that enters and leaves a country.
53
Agricultural regions correlate with climate regions.
True
False
54
All of the following are used to evaluate access to knowledge except
Years of schooling for adults
Expected years of schooling for children
Number of students enrolled in schools globally
Literacy Rate
55
What is imperialism?
What was before colonialism
Extending a country's power through diplomacy or force.
The process of development
Profiting off of exploited economies
56
Which types of countries have lower GIIs?
MDCs
LDCs
57
All of the following are reasons that food prices are increasing except
Poor weather
Mass Desertification
Lowered supply and higher demand
Biofuels
58
What is an advantage of maquiladoras?
Cheaper labor and land costs
Proximity to inputs
Proximity to the U.S.
Faster production
59
Just-in-time delivery is when parts are shipped and arrive moments before they are needed.
False
True
60
What are economies of scale?
Cost advantages that companies get due to large-scale ops
As a country develops, it gets more valuable
Companies that focus on the global scale achieve more profit
The local scale is more valuable than the global scale
61
What is the principal non-point source pollution?
Contamination of water
Agriculture
Oil spills
Industry
62
Where does California's limited water supply come from?
Surface Water & Groundwater
Seas & Straits
Oceans & Lakes
Desalination
63
What is pastoral nomadism?
Based on the herding of domesticated animals
Same as ranching
Popular in MDCs
Found where crops are abundant
64
Which farms are larger?
Subsistence
Commercial
65
What is significant about the female labor force participation rate?
It is low across the world
It is highest in MDCs
It is highest in the U.S.
There is low correlation between it regarding MDCs and LDCs
66
Which of the following is a main point source water pollution?
Municipal Sewage
Lake pollution
Trash in water pollution
River contamination
67
What is nuclear fusion?
Combining of atoms
Splitting of atoms
68
What are Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)?
Organizations that terrorize people living in an area
International non-profit agencies who keep the peace
UN
Areas without a government that are trying to become a state
69
What are the two forms of intensive subsistence farming?
Wet-Rice Dominant and Wet-Rice Non Dominant
Intensive and Extensive
Wet and Dry
Subsistence and Commercial
70
According to this, who first dominated steel and textile production?
Russia
Ukraine
Germany
UK
71
What are the two candidates for the optimal strategy to fight economic downturn?
Stimulus & Austerity
Domestic Investment & Foreign Investment
Subsistence and Commercial Agriculture
Self-Sufficiency and International Trade
72
What makes dairy farming economically difficult?
All of the Above
Winter Feeding
Labor-intensive
73
What is vertical integration?
When a company builds itself from the ground up
When two companies merge together
When a company builds itself from the top to the bottom
When a company controls all phases of a complex process
74
What is the difference between proven and potential reserves?
Proven: Discovered Potential: Yet to be developed/discovered
Proven: Discovered, Potential: Yet to be developed
Proven: Discovered Potential: Discovered but unused
Proven: Undiscovered, Potential: Discovered
75
Who gets more protein from meat rather than cereals?
LDCs
All of the Above
Both
MDCs
76
What is Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)?
Adjustment of cost of goods discrepancies in diff. states
Amount of trade that goes back and forth in a country
How much a currency is worth
Adjustment of inflation
77
Which country uses the most geothermal energy?
China
Philippines
Indonesia
U.S.
78
What is agribusiness?
Used to research future increases in yield
A business of farmers
Unionization of farmers
Amalgamation of farming and a large food production industry
79
Which of the following is the least industrialized?
East Asia
Europe
North America
South Asia
80
What are technopoles?
Area with technological stagnation
Center of high-tech manufacturing (quaternary sector)
Area in which technology is imported to ("Tech Ports")
Area only useful for a piece in tech products
81
Which of the following are primary lenders to LDCs?
United Nations (UN)
MDCs
International Organization for Monetary Assistance (IOMA)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
82
Why was the term "Industrial Revolution" misleading?
Innovations came much later than 1769
It also had gradual social, economic, and political upgrades
It didn't affect any industry
It was largely useless
83
Who uses more mechanization: Subsistence Farmers or Commercial Farmers?
Subsistence
Commercial
84
What is fracking most associated with?
Coal
Natural Gas
Renewable Energy
Oil
85
What are agglomeration economies?
When countries industrialize during a certain time period
When a country controls many islands
When bulk-reducing industries are close to the market
The spatial grouping of businesses to share costs
86
What is the difference between point source (P) and non-point source (NP) water pollution?
None of the Above
NP is better for the environment
P: Enters a body of water, NP: Comes from a diffuse area
P is better for the environment
87
All of the following cereal grains account for 90% of the world's grain production except
Oats
Wheat
Maize
Rice
88
What does the U.N. believe that every person should have?
Good standards of living
Access to healthcare
Access to knowledge
All of the Above
89
What is crop rotation?
Physically rotating crops
Switching which crop is cultivated to preserve the soil
Rotating crops so they have higher yields
Rotating crops to export to MDCs
90
What is a break-of-bulk point?
Where transfer among transportation modes is possible
Where some packages reduce in size
Where transportation costs are increased
When a location is made to transfer packages
91
What is the milkshed?
The outermost ring of the von Thünen model
The ring around a city from which milk is moved w/o spoiling
The place where milk is shipped in a CBD
The area where milk is produced
92
Nuclear power supplies _______ % of the world's electricity
10%
14%
12%
20%
93
What is the single most important measurement of development in a country?
PPP
GII
HDI
GNI
94
What is a footloose industry?
An industry that begins seasonally
An industry that can be placed at any location
An industry that implodes
An industry projected to go bankrupt
95
All of the following are important to transportation and communication except
Computers
Motor Vehicles
Artificial Intelligence
Telephones
96
What were the factors that led to the first agricultural revolution?
Cultural & Social
Economic & Political
Cultural & Environmental
Environmental & Economic
97
Who created this model?
Rostow
Carl Sauer
Immanuel Wallerstein
Immanuel Kant
98
What is a right-to-work law?
Gives rights to workers
Allows for workers to take a break
Favors workers
Prohibits unionization
99
What is the trend regarding sources and targeted destinations of FDI?
Sources: LDCs, Destination: LDCs
Sources: MDCs, Destinations: LDCs
Sources: MDCs, Destinations: MDCs
Sources: LDCs, Destinations: MDCs
100
All of the following are reasons that GMO opposition is strong in Africa except
Expensive
Health Problems
Increased Dependence on the United States
Export Problems
101
All of the following are site factors except
Proximity to Market
Labor
Land
Capital
102
All of the following sectors make up half of the world's recycling activities except
Batteries
Plastic Converters
Paper mills
Iron/Steel Foundries & Mills
103
All of these contribute to variation in dietary consumption except
Cultural Preferences
Food Available
Level of Development
Physical Conditions
104
Which of the following is correct about sectors?
Primary: Extract, Secondary: Services, Tertiary: Manufacture
Primary: Manufacture, Secondary: Extract, Tertiary: Services
Primary: Extract, Secondary: Manufacture, Tertiary: Services
Primary: Services, Secondary: Extract, Tertiary: Manufacture
105
What is the difference between Subsistence (S) and Commercial (C) Agricultures?
S: Self-Sustenance, C: Feeding the family
S: Self-Sustenance, C: Profit & Exports
S: Profit, C: Revenue
S: Profit & Exports, C: Self-Sustenance
106
What are the measurements of the Gender-Related Development Index (GDI)?
Reproductive Health, Empowerment, Labor Market
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
Income, Education, Life Expectancy
Labor, Land, Capital
107
Where is fish consumed the most in the world?
China
India
Russia
U.S.
108
What percentage of farmland is organic in the world?
1%
5%
12%
20%
109
What is the difference in % of farmers in labor force between Subsistence and Commercial Ag?
Subsistence has a much higher % (U.S. has 20% & DRC has 10%)
Commercial has a higher & (India has 10% & Norway has >50%)
Subsistence has a higher % (Canada has <5% & DRC has >50%)
Commercial has a higher % (China has above 50% & UK has <5%)
110
What is a distinctive feature of shifting cultivation?
It is completely useless
It necessitates the use of mechanization
Grow crops-->Fallow-->Grow crops again
It is highly efficient
111
What has been an unintended consequence of switching to the Euro?
Countries like Greece prospered immediately
Countries like Germany collapsed
The Soviet Union almost came about again
States w/ a weaker econ. than other EU members had debt rise
112
Workers in ____ countries are more ____ than in ____ countries because they have a higher ____.
Developing, Useful, Developed, Threshold
Developed, Productivity, Developing, Range
Developed, Productive, Developing, Value Added
Developing, Productive, Developed, Value Added
113
The ____________ was created to promote the international trade development model.
United Nations (UN)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
European Union (EU)
World Health Organization (WHO)
114
All of the following are biofuels except
Plant material
Fertilizer
Wood
Animal waste
115
Where has motor vehicle production shifted to in Europe?
Away from Germany
Westward
Eastward
Southward
116
What are maquiladoras?
Airbus's assembly plant in Mexico
Spanish businesses
A tax on Mexico
Mexican plants close to the U.S.
117
Which of the following has been most affected by recycling?
Food Waste
Paper
Leather & Textiles
Plastics
118
What has the U.S. shifted to regarding petroleum?
Imports
Domestic drilling
Mostly domestic still, but trending more towards imports
Exclusively imports
119
In which country has microfinance had a large effect?
U.S.
Italy
Bangladesh
U.K.
120
What is transhumance?
Seasonal migration of livestock between highlands & lowlands
When humans migrate with crops
When humans migrate with their animals across the world
The location of the origin of agriculture
121
Which of the following is not a BRICS nation?
South Africa
China
Indonesia
Russia
122
Pastoral nomads do not wander randomly across the landscape but have a strong sense of
Hunting
Assimilating
Nomadism
Territoriality
123
What is a brownfield?
Post-Industrial cities that were once manufacturing leaders
Cities that have gone from urban to rural
Cities that have widespread sanitation issues
Cities experiencing high rates of flooding
124
What is the U.N.'s recommended daily intake?
1,800 kcal
2,902 kcal
1,844 kcal
2,800 kcal
125
Where are bulk-gaining industries likely to be?
Near the sources
Near the markets
126
What is swidden?
Using a land for cultivation
Depleting nutrients from the soil
The cleared area before planting in shifting cultivation
The process of slashing and burning
127
All of the following describe post-Fordist (lean) Production except
Productivity
Teams
Leveling
Strict standards
128
Which fossil fuel has the highest demand?
Natural Gas
Coal
Petroleum
129
What is the difference between fishing and aquaculture?
Aquaculture: Capturing, Fishing: Cultivating
Fishing: Capturing, Aquaculture: Cultivating
Aquaculture: Farming, Fishing: Selling
Fishing: Farming, Aquaculture: Selling
130
Which of the following is in the correct order, from most developed to least developed?
N Amer, EU, Latin Amer, E Asia, S Asia, C/SE Asia, S-S Afr.
N Amer, EU, E Asia, Latin Amer, C/SE Asia, S. Asia, S-S Afr.
EU, N Amer, Latin Amer, E Asia, C/SE Asia, S. Asia, S-S Afr.
N Amer, EU, Latin Amer, E Asia, C/SE Asia, S. Asia, S-S Afr.
131
Who created this?
The UN!
An organization that maintains global peace and security!
People who want the good of society!
The United Nations!
132
All of the following are principal types of energy consumption except
Farming
Commercial
Industry
Homes
133
What is the word for the flooded field in wet-rice intensive subsistence farming?
Chaff
Terrace
Sawah
Paddy
134
What is significant about plantations?
Owned by MDC companies but located in LDCs
They disappeared after slavery was abolished in the U.S.
They came about after slavery was abolished in the U.S.
There is nothing significant about plantations.
135
What is the difference between a labor-intensive industry and high wages?
Labor-intensive = High pay, not high %
Labor-intensive = High % of expenses, High wages = High pay
High wages = Low pay
136
Which of the following is a challenge to resources?
Humans refuse to combat climate change
Humans deplete resources faster than they can be replenished
Humans smoke too many cigarettes
Natural body functions of humans are pollutants
137
All of the following are components of urban air pollution except
Hydrocarbons
Carbon Monoxide
Particulates
Factory Pollution
138
What is a commodity chain?
Process that allows companies to sell goods in supermarkets
Process used to gather, transform, and transport goods
Farmer-->LDC-->MDC-->Consumer
Process by which farmers communicate with companies
139
Which agricultural revolution introduced the most new technologies?
1st Agricultural Revolution
Green Revolution
2nd Agricultural Revolution
4th Agricultural Revolution
140
What is truck farming most closely related to?
Commercial Gardening and Fruit Farming
Grain Farming
Mediterranean
Mixed Crop and Livestock
141
What was animate power?
Powered by humans and/or animals
Biofuel
Fossil fuels
Used in animism
142
What are metes and what are bounds in the metes and bounds system?
M: Long Distances, B: Short Distances
Metes: Meters, Bounds: Feet
Metes: England, Bounds: U.S.
M: Short Distances, Specific, B: Larger Areas & Features
143
All of the following are results of just-in-time delivery except
Labor Unrest
Traffic
Unionization
Natural Hazards
144
What is Fordist Production?
Production that began with Henry Ford
Production that uses Ford vehicles
Production right before Ford began vehicle production
Mass production

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Which populous country uses the most hydroelectric energy?
Canada
United States
China
Brazil
2
All of the following were agricultural hearths except
Latin America
Southeast Asia
Western Europe
Southwest Asia
3
What are the measurements of the Gender Inequality Index (GII)?
Access to food, Food security, Proximity to food markets
Income, Education, Life Expectancy
Reproductive Health, Empowerment, Labor Market
Suffrage, Empowerment, Education
4
All of the following are predominantly in MDCs except
Mixed Crop and Livestock
Ranching
Dairying
Plantation
5
Who created this model?
Banana von Thünen
Hoyt
von Thünen
Burgess
6
What is the global trend regarding kcal/day and % income spent on food?
LDCs eat more, but MDCss spend a higher % of income on it
MDCs eat more
MDCs eat more calories but spend a lower % of income on it
LDCs eat less and spend a less % of income on it
7
What is ridge tillage?
The system of planting crops in a way that yields less
Leaving soil undisturbed
Planting crops along mountains
Planting crops on ridges
8
What is the stimulus strategy?
Governments should only tax the rich
Governments should tax more
Governments should tax less and spend more
Governments should tax only the poor
9
What is a township?
5 in by 5 in plot of land
72 acre plot of land
6 mi by 6 mi plot of land
Any plot of land
10
Where are bulk-reducing industries likely to be?
Near the sources
Near the markets
11
Which of the following pioneered post-Fordist Production?
Boeing
Ford
Toyota
Honda
12
Which of the following was cultivated in in Latin America originally?
Maize (Corn)
Mango
Wheat
Rice
13
What stage of the Rostow model are countries rapidly progressing through?
Drive to Maturity
Pre-Conditions for Take-Off
Age of Mass Consumption
Take-Off
14
What was present prior to the Industrial Revolution?
Cottage industry
People?
Steam engines
Home-based manufacturing
15
What is double cropping?
Farming more than two different crops
Harvesting a crop two times in a year
Farming two different crops
Harvesting two different crops in a year
16
What is the austerity strategy?
Governments should tax less and spend more
Governments should tax more to invest in infrastructure
Governments should sharply reduce taxes
Governments should tax more so they can save banks
17
What two factors are causing a reduction of prime agricultural land?
Pesticides & Climate Change
2nd Agricultural Revolution & Industrial Revolution
Desertification & Urbanization
Globalization & Distance Decay
18
What is synonymous with shifting cultivation?
Swidden agriculture
Slash-and-burn agriculture
LDC agriculture
MDC agriculture
19
What was the French Long-Lot System?
Farms were extremely large
Farms ran perpendicular to a river
Farms were long & thin & ran perpendicular to a river
Farms were small and single-owned
20
Where is fishing most prominent in the world?
Pacific NE, Inland North America
Pacific NW, Inland Asia
Atlantic NE
Inland Africa
21
What are the two global-scale air pollution issues?
Pesticides & Industry
Globalization & Urbanization
Climate Change & Ozone Damage
Sprawl & Gentrification
22
Where has industry shifted to in the U.S.
Midwest
Same as the median center location of the U.S. population
Westward & Southward
Towards the Northeast
23
Which of the following is correct?
Trucks: Short Distance, Trains: Medium Distance
Ships: High-Value, Airplanes: Long Distance
Trains: Short Distance, Trucks: Medium Distance
Ships: Long Distance, Airplanes: High-Value
24
What is a suitcase farm?
When farmers migrate and start a new farm
When farmers begin to utilize mechanization
A farm inside of a suitcase
Farm where the farmers live nearby instead of inhabiting it
25
All of the following are reasons that World Bank funding has failed in Africa except
Doesn't Attract Investments
Faulty Engineering
Failing Institutions
Squandered Money, Corruption
26
All of the following industries were impacted by the Industrial Revolution except
Textiles
Iron
Cottage
Chemicals
27
All of the following were triumphs for international trade except
Catalyst for Industrial Revolutions
Exposure to other countries
Raw material sales
Evidence of countries developing because of it
28
What is an example of a technopole?
Silicon Valley, US
Delhi, IN
Stuttgart, DE
St. Petersburg, RU
29
How is empowerment measured in regards to the GII? (Trick Question Alert!)
National Legislature
Suffrage
All of the Above
Secondary School
30
All of the following are challenges of nuclear energy except
Potential Accidents
Radioactive Waste
Limited Reserves & High Costs
Political Instability
31
All of the following regions are predominantly in LDCs except
Shifting Cultivation
Intensive Subsistence
Mediterranean
Pastoral Nomadism
32
What is dietary energy consumption?
Energy needed for basic tasks
How someone's diet changes country-by-country
Amount of food an individual eats
Food
33
What is food security?
Keeping food in a locked box
None of the Above
Securing high-value food items
Access at all times to safe & nutritious food
34
What is outsourcing an example of?
Plantations
Slavery
New International Division of Labor
Sharecropping
35
What is a global trend regarding sources of dietary energy?
MDCs eat more rice, whereas LDCs eat maize
MDCs eat more wheat, whereas LDCs have diversity in sources
MDCs tend to eat more maize
LDCs eat the most wheat
36
All of the following are government policies towards improving the economics for farmers except
Govt. subsidizes farming
Govt. buys surplus production & sells or donates it
Avoiding excessive supply
Government payments when commodities are low
37
Which country has the highest per capita demand of energy?
U.S.
Russia
China
India
38
Why is China less expensive to make textiles in than the U.S.
Less capital
None of the Above
More land
Less labor costs
39
What is horticulture and which form of farming is it most closely associated with?
Transportation of crops, Commercial Gardening
Transportation of crops, Grain Farming
Growing crops from the base of Mediterranean farming
Growing crops from the base of Mixed Crop farming
40
What is agriculture?
Plants
Raising plants
None of the Above
Modification of Earth's surface for sustenance or profit
41
What is nuclear fission?
Splitting atoms
Combining atoms
42
What is the more successful path of development?
Self-Growth
International Trade
Self-Sufficiency
Whatever the U.S. did
43
Which country has taken over regarding steel production?
China
India
U.S.
Germany
44
Where are right-to-work laws most prominent in the U.S.?
Midwest
North
West
South
45
What was the first agricultural revolution?
When humans first discouraged the use of GMOs
When humans first domesticated plants and animals
When humans began to utilize mechanization
When GMOs became commonplace
46
What is development?
Using knowledge and technology to improve peoples' lives
LDCs
MDCs
None of the above
47
What has been the trend regarding recycling?
It exploded in 2015
It has started to decrease
It began at the turn of the century
It has increased while waste is decreasing
48
What is fair trade?
Gives greater equity to workers, consumers, small businesses
Allowed the World Bank to be created
Synonymous with Unionization
Gives more rights to employers
49
What is biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)?
Oxygen needed for plants
Oxygen req'd for aquatic bacteria to decompose waste
The UN's recommended amount of oxygen intake
Oxygen needed for cellular respiration
50
What is true about every single region on Earth?
They have begun a period of stagnation
They have begun to devolve
They have developed in some way
They have increased their populations vastly
51
What is the global pattern of drug trade?
LDCs-->MDCs
MDCs-->LDCs
52
What is the difference between GDP & GNI?
GDP is useful for industries, GNI is useful for individuals
GNI accounts for money that enters and leaves a country.
GNI is better
GDP accounts for money that enters and leaves a country.
53
Agricultural regions correlate with climate regions.
True
False
54
All of the following are used to evaluate access to knowledge except
Years of schooling for adults
Expected years of schooling for children
Number of students enrolled in schools globally
Literacy Rate
55
What is imperialism?
What was before colonialism
Extending a country's power through diplomacy or force.
The process of development
Profiting off of exploited economies
56
Which types of countries have lower GIIs?
MDCs
LDCs
57
All of the following are reasons that food prices are increasing except
Poor weather
Mass Desertification
Lowered supply and higher demand
Biofuels
58
What is an advantage of maquiladoras?
Cheaper labor and land costs
Proximity to inputs
Proximity to the U.S.
Faster production
59
Just-in-time delivery is when parts are shipped and arrive moments before they are needed.
False
True
60
What are economies of scale?
Cost advantages that companies get due to large-scale ops
As a country develops, it gets more valuable
Companies that focus on the global scale achieve more profit
The local scale is more valuable than the global scale
61
What is the principal non-point source pollution?
Contamination of water
Agriculture
Oil spills
Industry
62
Where does California's limited water supply come from?
Surface Water & Groundwater
Seas & Straits
Oceans & Lakes
Desalination
63
What is pastoral nomadism?
Based on the herding of domesticated animals
Same as ranching
Popular in MDCs
Found where crops are abundant
64
Which farms are larger?
Subsistence
Commercial
65
What is significant about the female labor force participation rate?
It is low across the world
It is highest in MDCs
It is highest in the U.S.
There is low correlation between it regarding MDCs and LDCs
66
Which of the following is a main point source water pollution?
Municipal Sewage
Lake pollution
Trash in water pollution
River contamination
67
What is nuclear fusion?
Combining of atoms
Splitting of atoms
68
What are Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)?
Organizations that terrorize people living in an area
International non-profit agencies who keep the peace
UN
Areas without a government that are trying to become a state
69
What are the two forms of intensive subsistence farming?
Wet-Rice Dominant and Wet-Rice Non Dominant
Intensive and Extensive
Wet and Dry
Subsistence and Commercial
70
According to this, who first dominated steel and textile production?
Russia
Ukraine
Germany
UK
71
What are the two candidates for the optimal strategy to fight economic downturn?
Stimulus & Austerity
Domestic Investment & Foreign Investment
Subsistence and Commercial Agriculture
Self-Sufficiency and International Trade
72
What makes dairy farming economically difficult?
All of the Above
Winter Feeding
Labor-intensive
73
What is vertical integration?
When a company builds itself from the ground up
When two companies merge together
When a company builds itself from the top to the bottom
When a company controls all phases of a complex process
74
What is the difference between proven and potential reserves?
Proven: Discovered Potential: Yet to be developed/discovered
Proven: Discovered, Potential: Yet to be developed
Proven: Discovered Potential: Discovered but unused
Proven: Undiscovered, Potential: Discovered
75
Who gets more protein from meat rather than cereals?
LDCs
All of the Above
Both
MDCs
76
What is Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)?
Adjustment of cost of goods discrepancies in diff. states
Amount of trade that goes back and forth in a country
How much a currency is worth
Adjustment of inflation
77
Which country uses the most geothermal energy?
China
Philippines
Indonesia
U.S.
78
What is agribusiness?
Used to research future increases in yield
A business of farmers
Unionization of farmers
Amalgamation of farming and a large food production industry
79
Which of the following is the least industrialized?
East Asia
Europe
North America
South Asia
80
What are technopoles?
Area with technological stagnation
Center of high-tech manufacturing (quaternary sector)
Area in which technology is imported to ("Tech Ports")
Area only useful for a piece in tech products
81
Which of the following are primary lenders to LDCs?
United Nations (UN)
MDCs
International Organization for Monetary Assistance (IOMA)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
82
Why was the term "Industrial Revolution" misleading?
Innovations came much later than 1769
It also had gradual social, economic, and political upgrades
It didn't affect any industry
It was largely useless
83
Who uses more mechanization: Subsistence Farmers or Commercial Farmers?
Subsistence
Commercial
84
What is fracking most associated with?
Coal
Natural Gas
Renewable Energy
Oil
85
What are agglomeration economies?
When countries industrialize during a certain time period
When a country controls many islands
When bulk-reducing industries are close to the market
The spatial grouping of businesses to share costs
86
What is the difference between point source (P) and non-point source (NP) water pollution?
None of the Above
NP is better for the environment
P: Enters a body of water, NP: Comes from a diffuse area
P is better for the environment
87
All of the following cereal grains account for 90% of the world's grain production except
Oats
Wheat
Maize
Rice
88
What does the U.N. believe that every person should have?
Good standards of living
Access to healthcare
Access to knowledge
All of the Above
89
What is crop rotation?
Physically rotating crops
Switching which crop is cultivated to preserve the soil
Rotating crops so they have higher yields
Rotating crops to export to MDCs
90
What is a break-of-bulk point?
Where transfer among transportation modes is possible
Where some packages reduce in size
Where transportation costs are increased
When a location is made to transfer packages
91
What is the milkshed?
The outermost ring of the von Thünen model
The ring around a city from which milk is moved w/o spoiling
The place where milk is shipped in a CBD
The area where milk is produced
92
Nuclear power supplies _______ % of the world's electricity
10%
14%
12%
20%
93
What is the single most important measurement of development in a country?
PPP
GII
HDI
GNI
94
What is a footloose industry?
An industry that begins seasonally
An industry that can be placed at any location
An industry that implodes
An industry projected to go bankrupt
95
All of the following are important to transportation and communication except
Computers
Motor Vehicles
Artificial Intelligence
Telephones
96
What were the factors that led to the first agricultural revolution?
Cultural & Social
Economic & Political
Cultural & Environmental
Environmental & Economic
97
Who created this model?
Rostow
Carl Sauer
Immanuel Wallerstein
Immanuel Kant
98
What is a right-to-work law?
Gives rights to workers
Allows for workers to take a break
Favors workers
Prohibits unionization
99
What is the trend regarding sources and targeted destinations of FDI?
Sources: LDCs, Destination: LDCs
Sources: MDCs, Destinations: LDCs
Sources: MDCs, Destinations: MDCs
Sources: LDCs, Destinations: MDCs
100
All of the following are reasons that GMO opposition is strong in Africa except
Expensive
Health Problems
Increased Dependence on the United States
Export Problems
101
All of the following are site factors except
Proximity to Market
Labor
Land
Capital
102
All of the following sectors make up half of the world's recycling activities except
Batteries
Plastic Converters
Paper mills
Iron/Steel Foundries & Mills
103
All of these contribute to variation in dietary consumption except
Cultural Preferences
Food Available
Level of Development
Physical Conditions
104
Which of the following is correct about sectors?
Primary: Extract, Secondary: Services, Tertiary: Manufacture
Primary: Manufacture, Secondary: Extract, Tertiary: Services
Primary: Extract, Secondary: Manufacture, Tertiary: Services
Primary: Services, Secondary: Extract, Tertiary: Manufacture
105
What is the difference between Subsistence (S) and Commercial (C) Agricultures?
S: Self-Sustenance, C: Feeding the family
S: Self-Sustenance, C: Profit & Exports
S: Profit, C: Revenue
S: Profit & Exports, C: Self-Sustenance
106
What are the measurements of the Gender-Related Development Index (GDI)?
Reproductive Health, Empowerment, Labor Market
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
Income, Education, Life Expectancy
Labor, Land, Capital
107
Where is fish consumed the most in the world?
China
India
Russia
U.S.
108
What percentage of farmland is organic in the world?
1%
5%
12%
20%
109
What is the difference in % of farmers in labor force between Subsistence and Commercial Ag?
Subsistence has a much higher % (U.S. has 20% & DRC has 10%)
Commercial has a higher & (India has 10% & Norway has >50%)
Subsistence has a higher % (Canada has <5% & DRC has >50%)
Commercial has a higher % (China has above 50% & UK has <5%)
110
What is a distinctive feature of shifting cultivation?
It is completely useless
It necessitates the use of mechanization
Grow crops-->Fallow-->Grow crops again
It is highly efficient
111
What has been an unintended consequence of switching to the Euro?
Countries like Greece prospered immediately
Countries like Germany collapsed
The Soviet Union almost came about again
States w/ a weaker econ. than other EU members had debt rise
112
Workers in ____ countries are more ____ than in ____ countries because they have a higher ____.
Developing, Useful, Developed, Threshold
Developed, Productivity, Developing, Range
Developed, Productive, Developing, Value Added
Developing, Productive, Developed, Value Added
113
The ____________ was created to promote the international trade development model.
United Nations (UN)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
European Union (EU)
World Health Organization (WHO)
114
All of the following are biofuels except
Plant material
Fertilizer
Wood
Animal waste
115
Where has motor vehicle production shifted to in Europe?
Away from Germany
Westward
Eastward
Southward
116
What are maquiladoras?
Airbus's assembly plant in Mexico
Spanish businesses
A tax on Mexico
Mexican plants close to the U.S.
117
Which of the following has been most affected by recycling?
Food Waste
Paper
Leather & Textiles
Plastics
118
What has the U.S. shifted to regarding petroleum?
Imports
Domestic drilling
Mostly domestic still, but trending more towards imports
Exclusively imports
119
In which country has microfinance had a large effect?
U.S.
Italy
Bangladesh
U.K.
120
What is transhumance?
Seasonal migration of livestock between highlands & lowlands
When humans migrate with crops
When humans migrate with their animals across the world
The location of the origin of agriculture
121
Which of the following is not a BRICS nation?
South Africa
China
Indonesia
Russia
122
Pastoral nomads do not wander randomly across the landscape but have a strong sense of
Hunting
Assimilating
Nomadism
Territoriality
123
What is a brownfield?
Post-Industrial cities that were once manufacturing leaders
Cities that have gone from urban to rural
Cities that have widespread sanitation issues
Cities experiencing high rates of flooding
124
What is the U.N.'s recommended daily intake?
1,800 kcal
2,902 kcal
1,844 kcal
2,800 kcal
125
Where are bulk-gaining industries likely to be?
Near the sources
Near the markets
126
What is swidden?
Using a land for cultivation
Depleting nutrients from the soil
The cleared area before planting in shifting cultivation
The process of slashing and burning
127
All of the following describe post-Fordist (lean) Production except
Productivity
Teams
Leveling
Strict standards
128
Which fossil fuel has the highest demand?
Natural Gas
Coal
Petroleum
129
What is the difference between fishing and aquaculture?
Aquaculture: Capturing, Fishing: Cultivating
Fishing: Capturing, Aquaculture: Cultivating
Aquaculture: Farming, Fishing: Selling
Fishing: Farming, Aquaculture: Selling
130
Which of the following is in the correct order, from most developed to least developed?
N Amer, EU, Latin Amer, E Asia, S Asia, C/SE Asia, S-S Afr.
N Amer, EU, E Asia, Latin Amer, C/SE Asia, S. Asia, S-S Afr.
EU, N Amer, Latin Amer, E Asia, C/SE Asia, S. Asia, S-S Afr.
N Amer, EU, Latin Amer, E Asia, C/SE Asia, S. Asia, S-S Afr.
131
Who created this?
The UN!
An organization that maintains global peace and security!
People who want the good of society!
The United Nations!
132
All of the following are principal types of energy consumption except
Farming
Commercial
Industry
Homes
133
What is the word for the flooded field in wet-rice intensive subsistence farming?
Chaff
Terrace
Sawah
Paddy
134
What is significant about plantations?
Owned by MDC companies but located in LDCs
They disappeared after slavery was abolished in the U.S.
They came about after slavery was abolished in the U.S.
There is nothing significant about plantations.
135
What is the difference between a labor-intensive industry and high wages?
Labor-intensive = High pay, not high %
Labor-intensive = High % of expenses, High wages = High pay
High wages = Low pay
136
Which of the following is a challenge to resources?
Humans refuse to combat climate change
Humans deplete resources faster than they can be replenished
Humans smoke too many cigarettes
Natural body functions of humans are pollutants
137
All of the following are components of urban air pollution except
Hydrocarbons
Carbon Monoxide
Particulates
Factory Pollution
138
What is a commodity chain?
Process that allows companies to sell goods in supermarkets
Process used to gather, transform, and transport goods
Farmer-->LDC-->MDC-->Consumer
Process by which farmers communicate with companies
139
Which agricultural revolution introduced the most new technologies?
1st Agricultural Revolution
Green Revolution
2nd Agricultural Revolution
4th Agricultural Revolution
140
What is truck farming most closely related to?
Commercial Gardening and Fruit Farming
Grain Farming
Mediterranean
Mixed Crop and Livestock
141
What was animate power?
Powered by humans and/or animals
Biofuel
Fossil fuels
Used in animism
142
What are metes and what are bounds in the metes and bounds system?
M: Long Distances, B: Short Distances
Metes: Meters, Bounds: Feet
Metes: England, Bounds: U.S.
M: Short Distances, Specific, B: Larger Areas & Features
143
All of the following are results of just-in-time delivery except
Labor Unrest
Traffic
Unionization
Natural Hazards
144
What is Fordist Production?
Production that began with Henry Ford
Production that uses Ford vehicles
Production right before Ford began vehicle production
Mass production