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1
This type of map projection is...
Robinson's
Peter's
Mercator
Fuller
2
What is country #6?
Israel
Lebanon
Jordan
Syria
3
Much of Africa's current political and economic challenges can be attributed to
colonialism
climate change
the Cold War
lack of natural resources
4
Which of the following is an example of a nation without a state?
Iraq
Israel
Kurdistan
Crimea
5
The Sun Belt is located in
The Rocky Mountain states
The Southern Part of the US
New England
The Pacific States
6
A country with this shape population pyramid, is most likely in which stage of the DTM?
Stage 3
Stage 1
Stage 4
Stage 2
7
Which of the following countries would you expect to have the densest population?
France
Belgium
Canada
Mexico
8
According to the central place theory
most people live in mid-sized cities
large cities serve as economic hubs
small communities bind regions together
there are more large cities than small cities
9
A columnar-shaped population pyramid, like the US, indicates a country that is
growing slowly or not at all
experiencing a high dependency ratio
experiencing high immigration rates
growing rapidly
10
Mexico's maquiladoras are examples of
export-processing zones
transnationals
ancillary activities
Offshore financial centers
11
The EU, the Arab League and the UN are all examples of
federations
nation-states
centrifugal organizations
supranational organizations
12
What is country #9?
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
13
The population pyramid pictured most likely represents which country?
India
Singapore
Japan
Vietnam
14
What is country #1?
Turkey
Iraq
Syria
Iran
15
Which of the following languages is most concentrated?
French
Spanish
Japanese
Chinese
16
When young people move to cities with nightlife, and job opportunities this is an example of
pull factor
intervening obstacle
push factors
intervening opportunity
17
The split of Islam into two branches (Shi’ite and Sunni) was over
The successor to Mohammed
How to enforce Sharia law
Controlling access to Mecca
Whether non-Arabs could be Muslim
18
This is an image of
Distance Decay Model
Population Pyramid
Von Thunen Model
Demographic Transition Model
19
Globalization
is a new and unique phenomenon
is always good for people in the poorest countries
has penetrated the entire world
has a long and circuitous history
20
This is an image of what type of map projection?
Robinson's
Fuller
Mercator
Peter's
21
This is an example of a:
Mercator Projection
Peter's Projection
Fuller Projection
Robinson's Projection
22
Which of the following countries is at Stage 2 of the demographic transition model?
Nigeria
South Africa
Singapore
Germany
23
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and Eastern Orthodox are all:
Christian denominations
Christian branches
Christian sects
headed by the Pope
24
What is country #21?
Lichtenstein
Monaco
Andorra
San Marino
25
The Green Revolution greatly increased crop production in some countries
as a replacement for deindustrialization
by introducing organic agricultural methods
with some adverse side effects
without adverse side effects
26
Which of the following most accurately matches the country to its territorial shape?
Poland: elongated
Singapore: perforated
Chile: fragmented
Vietnam: elongated
27
Differences in the way that English is spoken in the UK, US and Australia are differences in
dialect
official languages
language families
vernaculars
28
When a group of people who share a common ethnic identity have been spread out, this is
diaspora
dialect
race
pogroms
29
This image best represents
a political boundary
a superimposed boundary
a relic boundary
an allocational boundary
30
Which of the following is not a Protestant denomination?
Baptist
Lutheran
Methodist
Catholicism
31
This map best depicts a
Perceptual Region
Formal Region
Cognitive Region
Functional Region
32
Which of the following was NOT a location of independent plant and animal domestication?
Peru
Iraq
California
India
33
A__ is a group of people with a common identity, and a __ is a country with recognized borders.
nation... territory
state... territory
state... nation
nation... state
34
Many cultural groups combine elements of Christianity with their traditional religion, this is:
cultural syncretism
creolized religion
relocation diffusion
cultural assimilation
35
This type of map projection is a:
Robinson's Projection
Peter's Projection
Mercator Projection
Fuller Projection
36
An example of a primary economic occupation is
a farmer
an automobile manufacturer
a firefighter
a supermarket clerk
37
What is country #19?
Libya
Algeria
Angola
Morocco
38
What is country #3?
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Iceland
39
Christianity and Judaism share a hearth in:
New York
Israel/Palestine
Southern Asia
Saudi Arabia
40
The Rust Belt is considered a
Functional Region
Political Region
Perceptual Region
Formal Region
41
What is country #41?
Ukraine
Belarus
Bulgaria
Romania
42
This map is an example of a
Choropleth Map
Reference Map
Isoline Map
Thematic Map
43
The 2nd Agricultural Revolution transformed agriculture by
incorporating fertilizers and gmo seeds
eliminating agricultural pests
moving people away from hunting and gathering
mechanizing many farming activities
44
What is country #8?
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Iran
45
The most widespread language family on earth is...
Afro-Asiatic
Sino-Tibetan
Germanic
Indo-European
46
The angular distance east or west of the Prime Meridian is
Equator
Latitude
Longitude
Greenwich, England
47
This map is of what forward capital
Canberra, Australia
Jakarta, Indonesia
Karachi, Pakistan
Brasilia, Brazil
48
What is country #2?
Thailand
Taiwan
Laos
Myanmar
49
This image is from which city?
Baghdad
Mecca
Jerusalem
Cordoba
50
The first cities arose in
hearths of early agriculture
the Indian subcontinent
ancient Greece
near the equator
51
The present number of countries and territories in the world is around
100
400
200
300
52
To a political geographer, the term "state" is synonymous with which of the following terms?
Country
Province
Territory
Nation
53
Throughout human history, world population has:
Experienced numerous periods of dramatic decline
Been confined to countries in the southern hemisphere
Grown most rapidly over the last 200 years
Grown at a steady rate
54
Firms try to locate their production facilities to
maximize visibility and minimize transportation
minimize costs and maximize profits
maximize agglomeration
maximize spatial accessibility
55
Who is the conflict over Kashmir between?
Pakistani Muslims and Indian Hindus
Chinese Buddhists and Indian Hindus
Pakistani Buddhists and Chinese Hindus
Pakistani Hindus and Indian Muslims
56
To a cultural geographer what is placelessness?
A classic item in history
The loss of uniqueness in the cultural landscape
the abundance of uniqueness in the cultural landscape
a mom and pop store
57
Modernist architecture
stressed efficiency and geometrical order
stresses the ornate
uses eclectic and classic forms
is limited to newer American cities.
58
Which of the following countries has the highest rate of population growth?
England
Uganda
Chile
Argentina
59
This city is often referred to as the Venice of the North
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Oslo, Norway
Copenhagen, Denmark
St. Petersburg, Russia
60
Rostow's stages of development predicts that a country's economy will progress from
high levels of pollution to sustainability
low employment in tertiary activities
low output to high input
low incomes to high incomes and mass consumption
61
Balkanization may result from all of the following factors EXCEPT
external pressures
a strong central government
centrifugal forces
ethnic divisions
62
What is country #5?
Malaysia
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia
63
Gerrymandering adjusts voting districts boundaries in order to
ensure that all districts are the same shape and size.
create districts that coincide with natural borders
benefit the interests of Republicans
benefit the interest of one political party or group
64
Which religion allows its adherents to follow other religions simultaneously?
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
Judaism
65
The _____________ will increase over the next decade, as more baby boomers reach retirement age.
Age-Gender Ratio
Population Density
Carry Capacity
Dependency Ratio
66
The youngest major religion is
Hinduism
Judaism
Islam
Christianity
67
Which country is not pictured here?
Belize
Venezuela
Guatemala
Honduras
68
What is the name of the country that is landlocked?
Vietnam
Burma
Cambodia
Laos
69
Deindustrialization has had a dramatic impact on which of the following regions?
The Great Lakes
The lower Mississippi Valley
The Great Plains
The Cotton Belt
70
Ranching is a good example of which type of agricultural system?
extensive commercial cultivation
Intensive subsistence cultivation
labor intensive agriculture
controlled agriculture
71
The shape of a state is referred to as its
ethnicity
morphology
toponym
function
72
A country at the end of demographic transition usually has which of the following:
A high infant mortality rate
Low fertility rate and high death rate
Low birth and death rates
High birth and low death rates
73
A person moves from Miami to LA, but decides to take a job in Dallas. This is an example of a:
voluntary migration
pull factor
intervening obstacle
intervening opportunity
74
What is country #13?
Belgium
Denmark
Netherlands
Luxemburg
75
What country is #25?
Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
Austria