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Gentrification...
Leads to revival of specific urban neighborhoods
Leads to the displacement of poorer community members
Tends to be carried out by wealthier people without children
All of these are true
2
Would livestock ranching be considered intensive or extensive?
Extensive
Intensive
3
Which of the following countries is likely in Stage One of the DTM?
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Japan
United States of America
None of these coutries
4
The presence of multiple religious traditions within one state could be described as...
A stateless nation
A centrifugal force
Irredentism
A centripetal force
5
A family that moves from Williamsburg to Amelia, then Amelia to Cincinnati is using...
step migration
chain migration
rural to urban migration
transnational migration
6
All scientists believe that GMOs are unhealthy for you.
True
False
7
This model suggests that housing tends to group together in corridors based on income
Latin American City Model
Hoyt's Sector Model
Burgess's Concentric Zone Model
Harris and Ulman's Multiple Nuclei Model
8
Which of the following is NOT one of the four most populated regions?
Southeast Asia
Central Asia
South Asia
East Asia
9
The idea of the nation-state originated and is most prevalent in...
The United States
Western Europe
Sub-Saharan Africa
Asia
10
This is a good example of...
An isoline map
A chloropleth map
A dot map
A cartogram
11
The study of population characteristics and statistics like age, ethnicity, and gender is...
Cartography
Epidemiology
Demography
Fertility Studies
12
Which best describes the distribution of Muslims in the world?
Latin America, the Middle East, and parts of Europe
Europe, America, and the Middle East
North Africa, Southwest Asia, South Asia, and Indonesia
Africa and Asia
13
Which of the following statements is true regarding the U.N. Law of the Sea?
The first 3 miles off coast are territorial waters
The first 100 miles off coast are exclusive economic zones
The first 200 miles off coast are exclusive economic zones
It sets the first 10 miles off coast as territorial waters
14
Which is NOT an example of human modification of the land to increase food production?
Irrigation
Terracing
Using hybrid seeds
Draining Wetlands
15
My friend John Fay's NGO - VITALITE gives rural Zambian people access to electricity. This would be a good example of?
Sustainable Agriculture
Local Food Movement
Microfinancing
Fair Trade
16
An oil company that was looking to open a new oil well would be most interested in a places...
Site
Absolute Location
Sense of Place
Situation
17
Rural settlement patterns that feature people living closer together would be considered...
dispersed
circular
linear
clustered
18
Countries with a low arithmetic density, but a high physiological density must have...
Tons of farmers
Lots of unarable land
Lots of mountains
Lots of water
19
Which of the following models has 3 CBDs?
Latin American City Model
Sub-Saharan Africa City Model
Islamic City Model
SE Asian City Model
20
Pollution in urban areas is an especially large problem in...
China
The United States
Denmark
Bolivia
21
Which of the following statements is true?
Nations are people with shared culture, states are countries
Nation-states are made up of many different cultural groups
Nations are countries and states are a group of people
Nations and States are interchangable terms
22
Controlling people and resources of the Eurasian landmass would lead to world power is...
Rimland Theory
Organic Theory
Law of the Sea
Heartland Theory
23
Coffee production primarily takes place...
On plantation farms
In LDCs
All of these are true
Close to the equator
24
The most prominent agricultural hearth for crops and domesticated animals is...
The Andes Mountains (Latin America)
The Fertile Crescent (Southwest Asia)
China (East Asia)
Indonesia (SE Asia)
25
Which of the following areas is least populated?
Peru and Ecuador, around the Andes mountains.
Western Canada and United States
South Africa
Greenland
26
Agreeing over the terms of a border treaty would be considered...
Defined
Demarcated
Administered
Delimited
27
The gravity model helps explain interactions between two cities based on...
Language and Religious differences
Population size and distance
Economic and Political power
Population size only
28
Someone who is forced to flea a country out of fear of their own safety is a...
Internally Displaced Person
Refugee
Emigrant
Intraregional Migrant
29
Women and Men earn equal wages around the world.
True
False
30
Which of the following map types show accurate direction between points on a map?
Oval
Cylandrical
Planar
Conic
31
Superimposed boundaries in Africa have caused issues because...
All of these are true
Many ethnicities are grouped into one state
It ignores linguistic and religious traditions of people
Certain ethnicities are divided between multiple states
32
This map projection greatly distorts relative size at the poles...
Peters-Gall Projection
Azimuthal Projection
Robinson Projection
Mercator Projection
33
Which of the following is NOT a major center of global population?
Europe
Latin America
East Asia
South Asia
34
Which of the following countries would likely have the highest crude birth rate?
The Democratic Republic of Congo
United States
Thailand
Brazil
35
Which of the following languages is not part of the Indo-European language family?
Russian
English
Hindi
Mandarin
36
Total Fertility Rate...
= average number of children a woman will have in her life
is 2.1 globally on average
is CBR - CDR
All of these are true
37
A true benefit of the Local Food Movement is....
All of these are true
That GMOs, fertilizers, and pesticides are all harmful
That local food is always healthier
That local food takes less energy to transport to market
38
Which country would you expect to have the highest life expectancy?
Egypt
Ukraine
Japan
China
39
A country has 100 people, 20 below age 16, 20 above age 65, what is the dependency ratio?
100%
20%
40%
60%
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Which stage of the Demographic Transition Model features the highest NIR?
Stage Two
Stage Four
Stage One
Stage Five
41
A population pyramid that looked like an upside down pyramid would be most indicative of...
Stage One of the DTM
Stage Two of the DTM
Stage Five of the DTM
Stage Four of the DTM
42
Ecotourism is a big part of which of the following countries economies?
Costa Rica
India
United States
China
43
Christianity diffused...
Into the western hemisphere along with colonization
Into Africa along with colonists and missionaries
All of these are true
through Europe after it became the official religion of Rome
44
The European Union is a good example of...
Nationalism
Balkanization
Devolution
Supranationalism
45
This model argues that different nodes around a city impact location of industry/housing
Burgess's Concentric Zone Model
Hoyt's Sector Model
Harris and Ulman's Multiple Nuclei Model
Peripheral City Model/Galactic City Model
46
The science of making maps is known as...
Cartography
Mapography
Geography
Etymology
47
Which of the following events led to the creation of many new countries
The end of the Cold War with USSR and Yugoslavia breaking up
Decolonization after WWII
The break-up of empires like the Ottoman after WWI
All of these
48
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of migration?
Countries pass laws restricting and regulating migration
All immigrants assimilate within 5 years
Migrants send remittances back home
Migrants bring their religion and language to new places
49
Which of the following helps explain the unbalanced sex ratio found in China?
China's government passed a law making girl children illegal
All of these are true
Asian women are more likely to have male children
Male children are preferred, thus are more likely to survive
50
This map is an example of...
A chloropleth map
A cartogram
An isoline map
A dot map
51
Which of these is NOT an issue in sustainable agriculture?
Reduction in biodiversity
Soil degradation
All of these are issues
Fertilizers, Pesticides,and Herbicides in the water and food
52
As countries develop towards stages 3 and 4 of the DTM, the most common cause of death becomes
Starvation and famine
Pandemics like the bubonic plague
Infectious diseases, like ebola or small pox
Degenerative diseases like cancer and heart disease
53
Cincinnati is located 100 miles south of Columbus. This represents its...
Situation
All of these
Absolute Location
Site
54
Weber's model argues that...
Residential areas cannot support industry
Industries should seek to minimize transportation costs only
Industries locate where site and situation costs are least
Industries should locate based only where wages are lowest
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In commercial farming, is the average fam size larger or smaller?
Smaller
Larger
56
Which of the following is a good example of an autonomous region?
Ohio
Australia
Indian Reservations in America
North Korea
57
Rostow's Model argues that countries develop...
as they develop domestic industries and trade with others
in unique and unpredictable ways
as they put up trade barriers and focus on independence
All of these are true
58
States with monoculture tend to favor centralized government systems known as...
Multinational States
Multiethnic States
Federal Systems
Unitary Systems
59
Globalization and the internet...
are making cultures more distinct and unique
are eliminating inequality in the world
All of these are true
are contributing to language loss worldwide
60
Many manufacturing jobs have moved to LDCs primarily because...
The resources are more abundant there
They are located closer to world markets
Regulations are non-existent in LDCs
Wages are cheaper
61
Which of the following countries is most likely to practice subsistence farming?
Japan
Canada
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
62
The way we feel emotionally about a location contributes to...
Distortion
Time-Space Compression
The Gravity Model
Sense of place
63
Boundaries serve which of the following duties?
All of these are true
They establish the limits of state sovereignty
They can cause conflict between states
They can sometimes separate cultural groups
64
Comparative Advantage refers to...
The higher level of development in MDCs
gender inequality in industrial jobs
why countries refuse to trade with others
Production will be favored, where costs are lowest
65
Which best describes the distribution of Christians in the world?
Europe and Latin America
Europe, the Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa,and parts of Asia
North Africa, Southwest Asia, South Asia, and Oceania
Asia and Africa
66
Which of the following correctly matches the job to the right economic sector?
Professional Athlete - Quinary
Waitress - Tertiary
Textile Worker - Primary
Farming - Secondary
67
Increased fertilizer use and hybrid seeds are characterizations of which Agri. Revolution?
The Green Revolution
Second Agricultural Revolution
The First Agricultural Revolution
Neolithic Revolution
68
Which of the following is NOT included in the UN's Human Development Index?
Natural Increase Rate
Literacy Rate
GDP per capita
Life Expectancy
69
Which of the following is NOT true regarding U.S. historical migration patterns?
Immigration to the U.S. reached its peak before WWI
1840-1850 saw mass European migration, i.e Germans and Irish
Today, immigration is mainly from Latin America and Asia
British colonists and African slaves mark the first wave
70
Which of the following religions has not diffused much from its hearth?
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
71
Cities are growing rapidly across the world.
False
True
72
Which of the following are examples of sustainable development initiatives in cities?
Improved public transportation
Greenbelts to reduce urban sprawl
All of these are good examples
Walkable mixed-use commercial and residential areas
73
Which of the following would be a pronatalist policy?
Forced sterilization programs for women
Requiring that families have no more than two children
All of these would be pronatalist policies
Offering tax breaks to families that have more children
74
The Industrial Revolution led to the era of imperialism in part because...
It created a need for markets abroad to ship to
It created a need for raw materials across the globe
All of these are true
it created large inequalities in military technology
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Grain farming typically takes place in this type of climate...
Arctic Climates
Temperate Climates
Dry Climates
Tropical Climates
76
Factories in northern Mexico are known as...
Barrios
Maquiladoras
Periferato
Favelas
77
39 degrees N latitude, 84 degrees W longitude is Cincinnati's...
Situation
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Site
78
Which of the following is more characteristic of folk cultures than pop cultures?
They tend to diffuse using expansion diffusion
All of these are characteristic of folk culture
They tend to be practiced in diverse areas
They tend to have anonymous origins
79
A country in stage one of the DTM has what type of NIR?
Zero to Low
Medium
Very High
High
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Which of the following was NOT a result of the Industrial Revolution
A decrease in the amount of agricultural workers
Massive urbanization
A more equitable distribution of development
A general increase in the standard of living of humans
81
States that contain another state entirely within it have what state shape?
Elongated
Prorupted
Perforated
Compact
82
Which of the following are NOT one of the five toos?
Too Hilly
Too Volcanic
Too Wet
Too Hot
83
If a country's three largest settlements are 6 million, 2 million, and 1 million, it follows...
The Primate City Rule
Rank-size Rule
Borchert's Epochs Model
The Gravity Model
84
Which of the following geographers believed that population would outgrow the food supply?
Carl Sauter
Walter Christaller
Thomas Malthus
Homer Hoyt
85
English...
is a romance language
is part of the Germanic language family
is a lingua franca
All of these are true
86
The equator is located at...
180 degrees longitude
90 degrees latitude
0 degrees latitude
0 degrees longitude
87
This model, pictured below, argues that distance from CBD is most important.
Harris and Ulman's Multiple Nuclei Model
Burgess's Concentric Zone Model
Hoyt's Sector Model
SE Asian City Model
88
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which maps can be distorted?
Direction between two points
Relative Size of Land Masses
Flipped directions (i.e. North on bottom, South on top)
Shape of Land Masses
89
Which of the following would be considered a push factor?
Yearly flooding in your community increases by 50%
All of these
A new school is built down the block
A new company brings lots of new jobs to your community
90
Which of the following is a negative environmental consequence of modern agriculture?
Draining wetlands
Desertification
All of these are negative consequences
Deforestation
91
Scale...
All of these are true
can be represented in a written, graphic, or bar-line format
helps explain how something fits into a larger context
Is the relationship between something on a map and real life
92
Which language is shown here?
Arabic
Hindi
Russian
Mandarin
93
According to Wallerstein's World Systems Theory...
Countries are core or periphery countries and won't change
Over time, all countries will become wealthier through trade
The periphery countries provide manufacturing for the world.
Core countries exploit periphery countries for cheap inputs
94
Religious followers from which religion are pictured here?
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
95
Redrawing congressional districts to benefit one political party over another is...
Gerrymandering
Unitary system
Redistricting
Parliamentary Democracy
96
Which of the following has MOST led to the rise of suburbs?
Greater economic opportunities in the suburbs
Improved transportation and communication technology
Changing land costs
The growth of railroads
97
In general, gender inequality is worse...
in the parts of the world where Hinduism is prevalent
in the hispanic speaking parts of the world
In more developed countries
in less developed countries
98
Which of the following crops could not be found in Europe prior to the Columbian Exchange?
Rice
Sugar
Potatoes
Wheat
99
According to Von Thunen's Model, where is dairying likely to take place?
Far away from the city center, as it is extensive land use
Far away from the city center because land is cheaper there
Close to the city center, since it is perishable
None of these are correct
100
NAFTA...
is a free trade agreement between USA, Canada, & Mexico
is a military cooperation of Western countries
has led to increasing manufacturing jobs in America
is a nationalist organization in America
