Ch. 4 Geography Test

Question 1

Resources, which are used for producing power, are the result ofsolar, planetary processes and are unlimited in quantity

Accepted Answer

inexhaustible energy sources

Question 2

Describes the number of organisms a piece of land can support?

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Carrying Capacity

Question 3

Countries that are more industrialized and have higher per capita income levels are considered Developed Nations

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Shares a language, customs, and a common heritage; has an identity as a separate group within their region

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ethnic group

Question 5

Mixed economies has a mixture of command, traditional and Market elements

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True

Question 6

Countries that disagree on certain policies, such as setting prices is an advantage in economic unions

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False

Question 7

A natural resource that will not replace themselves at the same rate at which the resource is consumed

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un-renewable resource

Question 8

Is political and social organization a factor in Culture?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

An independent unit that occupies a specific territory and has full control of its internal and external affairs

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state

Question 10

Graphic device that shows sex and age distribution of population

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population pyramid

Question 11

Nations that are economically and technologically less developed than industrialized nations

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developing nations

Question 12

An economy in which production is based on customs and traditions and economic roles, Trading & Bartering

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Traditional Economy

Question 13

More Economically Developed Countries have a lower birthrate.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

The number of live births per thousand population

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birthrate

Question 15

A person providing labor or a service and includes his/her skills and/or abilities; depends on level of education

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Human Resource

Question 16

Bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale

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Imports

Question 17

The total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Question 18

Consists of the basic support systems needed to keep an economy going,including power, communications, transportation.

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infrastructure

Question 19

The total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared by and passed on by the members of a specific group

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Culture

Question 20

Conversion of raw materials from the primary economic sector into finished industrial product

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secondary activities

Question 21

System in which religious leaders control political decisions and religious law provides the basis for policy decisions?

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Theocracy

Question 22

Little Italy in New York is an example of an Ethnic region

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

A limited amount of resources to meet unlimited wants and needs

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Scarcity

Question 24

A small group of individuals exercises power over the state without being constitutionally responsible to the public?

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Authoritarianism

Question 25

The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior

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diffusion

Question 26

The average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime

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fertility rate

Question 27

Services to the general population; service industries (banking, retailing, education, law enforcement, entertainment)

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tertiary activities

Question 28

Language is the most important factor in a culture.

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True

Question 29

All Natural resources are Un-renewable

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False

Question 30

Economic integration whereby countries remove barriers to trade and the movement of labor and capital among members

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Economic Union

Question 31

Government and economic system in which nearly all political power and means of production are held by the government

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Communism

Question 32

A social science that analyzes the production, distribution, consumption of goods and services

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Economics

Question 33

An artificial boundary is a fixed line generally following latitude or longitude lines

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True

Question 34

Any asset used to produce a good or service basic physical, organizational structures needed for a society

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Capital Resource

Question 35

Rural areas are more dense than Urban areas

Accepted Answer

False

Question 36

A government tax on imports or exports

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Tariffs

Question 37

Process which businesses, other organizations develop international influence start operating on an international scale

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Globalization

Question 38

Production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers

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market economy

Question 39

Reasons why people migrate

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push-pull factors

Question 40

The acceptance or adoption of an innovation by a society

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acculturation

Question 41

Materials on or in the earth that have economic value, elements from the Earth that are not made by people

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natural resources

Question 42

Production of goods and services is determined by a central government

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command economy

Question 43

Government in which a ruling family holds political power and may or may not share the power with citizens

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Monarchy

Question 44

Average number of people who live in a measurable area

Accepted Answer

population density

Question 45

A nation with established agriculture and industry, advanced technology, and a strong educational system.

Accepted Answer

Developed Nation

Ch. 4 Geography Test

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Ch. 4 Geography Test

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