In the US it has been demonstrated that a sudden influx of wealth into an urban ghetto leads to

desegregation and economic development within the ghetto

Which is an example of agribusiness?

Processing corn crops into canned corn.

Deglomeration occurs when a location -

is over saturated with businesses that are too similar.

In the multiple nuclei model, a city is lacking a CBD if -

different industries located throughout the city

Which is NOT one of Rostow's stages of development in the international trade approach?

The point of diminishing returns

The three major religions with the largest number of adherents world wide are -

Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism

In the US, the largest concentration of Amish are found in -

Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana

Equal-area projection -

Keep size or amount of area intact but distorts the shapes

Demographic transition model: Stage 1:

hunting and gathering societies

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In the US it has been demonstrated that a sudden influx of wealth into an urban ghetto leads to
drop in number of women owned businesses in the ghetto
ghetto's transformation into a commuter zone
Further segregation and the persistence of the ghetto
desegregation and economic development within the ghetto
2
The largest brach of Christianity is -
Roman Catholic
Baptist
Protestant
Lutheran
3
Which is an example of agribusiness?
Processing corn crops into canned corn.
Cutting wood for shelter.
Selling handwoven fruit baskets.
Making clothes from cotton.
4
Realtors encouraging people to buy in neighborhoods where their ethnicity is most prevalent -
redlining
block busting
racial steering
gentrification
5
SEZs are most common in which country?
Philippines
Mexico
Japan
China
6
Which country was the site of conflict between Catholic + Protestant groups in the 20th century
Canada
Switzerland
Ireland
Scotland
7
Humans aren't a product of environment but possess skills to modify their env. to fit needs -
possiblist
opportunist
environmental alteration
environmental determinism
8
Deglomeration occurs when a location -
becomes too expensive because of tax rates.
experiences a rapid loss of industry
experience a natural disaster.
is over saturated with businesses that are too similar.
9
In the multiple nuclei model, a city is lacking a CBD if -
different industries in one business park
industry scattered throughout main city's edge cities
similar industries in one business park
different industries located throughout the city
10
Which is NOT one of Rostow's stages of development in the international trade approach?
The age of mass consumption
The point of diminishing returns
The preconditions for takeoff
Takeoff
11
What country is number 11?
Zambia
Malawi
Namibia
Zimbabwe
12
Segregation of blacks in SouthAfrica from 1948-1994 White minority in power over black majority
Ethnic conflict
Annexation
Ethnic cleansing
Apartheid
13
Which of the following is an Asian Dragon?
Tokyo
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Beijing
14
An Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit -
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Nunavut
Manitoba
15
The three major religions with the largest number of adherents world wide are -
Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Hinduism
16
The number of people supported by a unit of land suitable for agriculture is called -
Potential density
Physiological density
Population density
Agricultural density
17
China leads NICs in terms of demographic transition mostly due to -
rapid urbanization.
low labor costs.
the one child policy.
advanced infrastructure.
18
Simplified language between linguistically heterogenous groups for basic communication is -
Pidgin
Creole
Lingua franca
Dialect
19
Ability of land to sustain a certain number of people is -
physiological capacity
living density
carrying capacity
living capacity
20
What country is number 32?
Hungary
Slovakia
Croatia
Austria
21
Wheat is planted in a field one year but the following year, corn is planted. This is -
commercial farming
shifting cultivation
slash and burn agriculture
crop rotation
22
What country is number 14?
Jordan
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
23
In the US, the largest concentration of Amish are found in -
Rhode Island, New York, and West Virginia
Utah, Arizona, and Nevada
Tennessee, Arkansas, and Kentucky
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana
24
When high wage jobs increase in the suburbs, the number of low wage jobs is likely to rise -
in rural areas
in the central city
in neither the suburbs nor the city
in the suburbs
25
Boundaries that mark breaks in the human landscape based on differences in ethnicity -
cultural boundary
geometric boundary
ethnographic boundary
physical boundary
26
19th century belief that the US was destined to expand across the North American continent -
law of the sea
manifest destiny
sovereignty
southern expansion
27
What country is number 10?
Paraguay
Bolivia
Uruguay
Ecuador
28
The adding of a region to the territory of an existing political unit -
apartheid
annexation
balkanization
buffer state
29
Land, labor and capital are characteristics of?
Situation
Site
Location
Industry
30
Demographic transition model - Country can only go back to previous stage due to -
migration
nuclear war/horrific calamity
immigration
zero growth
31
What country is number 30?
Sudan
Niger
Libya
Chad
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Saving resources for future generations to live at same or higher standard of living than today
sustainability
recyclable energy resources
climate change reform
environmental safety
33
Relationship of the size of the map to the amount of area it represents on the planet -
scale
proportion
map theory
locational theory
34
Idea that if one land in a region came under the influence of Communism, then more would follow
Monroe Doctrine
domino effect
devolution
westward expansion
35
The value of a country's total output of goods and services in a year is their -
HDI
GDP
GDI
GEM
36
6 ESSENTIAL ELEMENT: All places are linked by some factors that assist in defining a place -
the spatial world
physical systems
human systems
places and regions
37
Equal-area projection -
Keep size or amount of area intact but distorts the shapes
Distorts area but keeps shapes intact
38
English is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native lang are different. It is
a lingua franca
a dialect
a Creole language
a Pidgin language
39
Which of the following is an example of a misuse of maps?
Size of countries can be skewed to indicate power
Bolder colors issues to countries to show power
Maps used to fuel propaganda
all of the above
40
Growth as a percentage of the total population -
exponential growth
parallel growth
linear growth
perpendicular growth
41
Restriction on use of land so that value and enjoyment of surrounding area will be preserved -
zoning
land laws
restrictive covenant
block busting
42
What invention was important for the creation of factories?
The watermill
The assembly line
The windmill
The steam engine
43
A factory processing raw cotton into fabric falls into which economic category?
Tertiary
Secondary
Primary
Quaternary
44
Demographic transition model: Stage 1:
industrial societies
agricultural societies
hunting and gathering societies
tertiary societies
45
The second agricultural revolution occurred at the same time as -
Green Revolution
American Revolution
American Civil War
Industrial Revolution
46
A country in which the majority of the population are Shiite Muslims?
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Egypt
Indonesia
47
Political term referring to the breakup of a region/country into smaller regions/countries
balkanization
devolution
decolonization
annexation
48
Suburban sprawl is an example of -
economic development
urban development
globalization
industrialization
49
According to Wallerstein's economic theory, Canada is a country of the -
core
semi-periphery
more developed country
periphery
50
What was the first society to introduce geography as a subject?
Jews
Romans
British
Greeks
51
How linked a place is to the outside world -
region
location
human environment interaction
spatial interaction/movement
52
Which is NOT true of Hinduism?
It began in India.
It is an ethnic religion.
It involves belief in reincarnation.
It is a syncretic religion.
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Term that refers to a country that is "independent", but under control of another country
territorial disputes
city state
stateless nation
satellite state
54
The lifestyle of a culture, often handed down orally, is known as -
popular culture
folk culture
material culture
nonmaterial culture
55
Residents of large cities band together to address concerns through political demonstrations -
neighborhood block club
civic association
ad hoc committee
grassroots organization
56
Developed by Ian Bremmer. Places countries on a scale based on their openness and stability -
proportional curve
linear curve
j-curve
exponential curve
57
Gentrification is -
improving of lower class neighborhoods to benefit residents
govt funded housing of lower income individuals
voluntary segregation
middle class invasion of lower income neighborhoods
58
Which area is not one of the 5 main areas of population density?
East Asia
Sub Saharan Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia
59
The largest branch of Islam, to which as many as 80% of all Muslims belong, is called -
Sunni
Meccan
Berber
Shia
60
Shows true direction and examines the Earth from one point, usually a pole or polar projection-
planar projection
conic projection
oval projection
cylindrical projection
61
What country is number 18?
Iraq
Turkmenistan
Iran
Afghanistan
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Which is NOT included when considering a country's Gender Empowerment Measure?
Percentage of women in administrative positions.
Female literacy rate
Percentage of professional jobs held by women.
Per capita female income relative to men.
63
According to Wallerstein's economic theory, Mexico is a country of the -
semi-periphery
periphery
newly industrialized country
core
64
Which is not a reason for population increase?
implementation of birth control
ethnic and religious issues
medical advances
quality and quantity of food
65
Suggested that the world's population was growing faster than the rate of food production -
Thomas Malthus
Jennifer Olmeda
Chauncey Harris
Normal Borlaug
66
The seasonal movement of livestock from highland to lowland area is called?
Topography
Transhumance
Pastoral Nomadism
Erosion
67
Dowry -
women's family pays men's family for the right to marry son
the right to vote
status of men vs women
gap between men and women's pay
68
In a futuristic version of sector model, low income pop. would be most likely to live close to
industrial canals
pedestrian walkways
wind farms
high-speed rail lines
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A cab company wants to buy a car. Car at dealer A: $20k. Same car at dealer B: $18k. This is -
price efficiency
fixed costs
substitution principle
variable costs
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Von Thunen's model was built on the idea that -
Climate of area influences what is grown.
In the village system, all farming is commercial farming.
Distance from farm to market influences what is grown.
All farmers in the area are involved in subsistence farming.
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Chinese explorers (Zheng He) -
all of the above
developed gunpowder
had an advanced system of writing
burned their ships and quit exploration
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In a socialist economy, the state controls prices of essentials to make sure -
every person can obtain employment.
that all taxes owed to the state are paid.
that no corporation becomes too wealthy.
that all citizens can afford their basic needs.
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Political barrier that isolated the people of Eastern Europe after WWII -
Iron Lady
Iron Curtain
Berlin Wall
Great Wall
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Redrawing legislative boundaries for the purpose of benefiting the political party in power -
gerrymandering
geopolitics
reapportionment
national iconography
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Links places together using any parameter the geographer chooses -
location
region
place
spatial interaction/movement
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Controls what type of buildings and functions occur where -
gentrification
land laws
restrictive covenants
zoning

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