Traditionally, the Ganges anNile Valleys have had comparatively high pop densities b/c of their

intensive agriculture based irrigation

Balkanization refers to

fragmentation of a region into smaller units

Nunavut was created by the Canadian government by

recognize territorial rts of indigenous people in the area

The term "cultural diffusion" refers to the

spead of an idea of innovation from its source

The :Four Economic Tigers" of East and Southeast Asia include

Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan

Fertility rates have dropped in LDCs, , but total population continues to grow because a high %

of the population is under age 15

Dramatic increases in global grain production since 1950 have been made possible by

an increase in the use of energy and technology

Why do some cities not experience out migration when demand for its good and services decline?

Family/emotional bonds to the city limit workers' mobility

Which is true of popular culture

It incorporated traits that diffuse quickly to many places

Why are SoAmer population centers located at of near the coast?

The colonial economies were export oriented

A problem w/ the traditional classification of agriculture as a primary activity

modern farmers are engaged in production, research,marketing

Maquiladoras of northern Mexico

manufacturing outsourcing plants

According to the Hoyt model of city structure, low income people tend to live in

linear residential areas radiating from the CBD outward

The 4 ancient culture hearths

Indus Valley, Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, North China

In the cent following the arrival of European, the indigenous population of the Americas

decreased dramatically with the introduction of new diseases

In the US, the largest concentrations of Amish are found in

Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana

The establishment of maquiladoras in Mexico by US companies represents

New international division of labor

The early stages of the core-periphery model describe the relationship

between the power and transfer of resources from LDC to MDC

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1
Which of the following is a primary activity
Car manufacturing
Engineering
Coal mining
Teaching
2
Traditionally, the Ganges anNile Valleys have had comparatively high pop densities b/c of their
intensive agriculture based irrigation
designation as sacred sites
in-migratin from neighboring arid areas
tropical climate
3
Balkanization refers to
military and economi alliance of a group of countries
introduction of an economic system of free enterprise
industrial growth in LDCs
fragmentation of a region into smaller units
4
Nunavut was created by the Canadian government by
facilitate the exploration of mineral rscs in the NW terr
re-create the per-1912 boundary of Quebec
recognize territorial rts of indigenous people in the area
grant autonomy to the Cree and Mohawk people
5
The world's 3 major monotheistic religions originated in
Northern Africa
East Asia
Western Europe
Southwest Asia
6
The cost of transportation is primary consideration in the location of an industrial site
Hoyt's sector model
Weber's least cost theory
bid rent theory
von Thunen's agricultural land use model
7
Internat'l company HQ, significant global financial functions, and polarized social structure
forward capitals
world cities
primate cities
entrepots
8
The term "cultural diffusion" refers to the
spead of an idea of innovation from its source
relationship btw human cultures & their physical environment
modification of Earth's surface by human actions
integration of behavioral traits within a group
9
in the 1st 1/2 of the 20th cent, the transportation of beef over long dist was made possible by
commercial canning
high speed railroads
airplanes
refrigerated ships
10
When approaching FRQ questions, you should answer what you think is the easiest question first.
True
Depends
False
11
The :Four Economic Tigers" of East and Southeast Asia include
China, Indonesia, Japan, and Taiwan
Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan
Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam
Japan, Philippines, South Korea, and Vietnam
12
Common characteristic of Switzerland, Canada, and New Zealand
primate urban system
Low population growth rates
membership in the EU
more than 10% of the population is involved in sheep farming
13
Spatial patterns of urban and outlying areas based on the flow of goods and services is
Burgess's Concentric zone model
Central Place Theory
Wallerstein's core periphery model
von Thunen agricultural land use model
14
Fertility rates have dropped in LDCs, , but total population continues to grow because a high %
of the population is under age 15
of the population is female
of the population receiving adequate medical care
of the population is over age 15
15
Violent confrontation in Ambon, Aceh, and E Timor illustrate the problem of holding together
South Africa
India
Indonesia
Brazil
16
Which has fostered the most significant economic growth by eliminating tariffs btwn members
Association of Caribbean States
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
European Union
17
Dramatic increases in global grain production since 1950 have been made possible by
an increase in the use of energy and technology
an increase in the agricultural workforce
an increase in the urban workforce
substantial increases in the amt of land under cultivation
18
Which of the following have the greatest linguistic fragmentation?
Caucasus
Korea
Quebec
Scandinavia
19
Which of the following is a forward capital?
Brasilia
London
Lima
Seoul
20
In terms of total tonnage, _____is the leading export crop in the world
rice
wheat
coffee
corn
21
Which of the following is NOT a major oil-producting zone
Gulf of California
Persian Gulf
Caspian Sea
North Sea
22
Why do some cities not experience out migration when demand for its good and services decline?
Unempolyment programs are designed to keep cheap labor
The unempolyed do not have the human capital find new jobs
Workers have no place to go
Family/emotional bonds to the city limit workers' mobility
23
Which is true of popular culture
It is more static than folk culture
It is practiced among a homogeneous group of people
It promotes regional diversity
It incorporated traits that diffuse quickly to many places
24
Why are SoAmer population centers located at of near the coast?
Few Amerindian population centers were located on the coast
LatinAmer armed forced have plans for defense of the coast
Climate is warmer on the coast and cooler in the highlands
The colonial economies were export oriented
25
A problem w/ the traditional classification of agriculture as a primary activity
modern farmers are engaged in production, research,marketing
it has not been affected by industrialization
modern farmers use machinery
traditional patterns of farming are disappearing
26
Maquiladoras of northern Mexico
manufacturing outsourcing plants
organic agricultural cooperatives
border squatter settlements
commercial produce farms
27
According to the Hoyt model of city structure, low income people tend to live in
evenly dispersed throughout the urban area
peripheral temporary settlements
linear residential areas radiating from the CBD outward
inner city only
28
An example of ecotourism
national parks in Costa Rica
recreational canals in Florida
ski resorts in Chile
artificial lakes in Texas
29
The 4 ancient culture hearths
Indus Valley, Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, North China
Central Asia, India, Nile Valley, Southern Europe
Egypt, Mekong Valley, Middle East, Western Africa
Ethiopia, Ghana, Machu Picchu, Indonesia
30
If you wish to highlight a key concept in a FRQ response, it is a good idea to underline it
True
Dependa
Fasle
31
According to environmental determinism, which would have the most productive settlements?
tropical regions
arid regions
temperate regions
mountainous regions
32
In the cent following the arrival of European, the indigenous population of the Americas
deceased slowly due to increased competition for land
decreased dramatically with the introduction of new diseases
increased b/c of new trade routes and industries
increased slowly with the introduction of new crops
33
Clustering of dr's offices and pharmacies near hospitals is BEST explained by the benefits of
intervening opportunities
decentralization
agglomeration
subsidies
34
The literacy rate of any country correlates most closely with which of the following
per capita income
population density
general level of intelligence
GINI coefficient
35
Which population pyramid represents a town with a military base?
Kansas
Florida
Alaska
36
An example of a centripetal force
poorly developed road network
primate city
rugged topography
existence of different language regions
37
In the US, the largest concentrations of Amish are found in
Rhode Island, New York, and West Virginia
Tennessee, Arkansas, andKentucky
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana
Minnesota, Michigan, and Illinois
38
in the 19th and 20th cent, the most prominent type of intraregional migration worldwide was
urban to suburban
inland to coastal
urban to rural
rural to urban
39
Who is most likely to migrate
married 50 year old
single 14 year old
married 30 years old
single 25 years old
40
The establishment of maquiladoras in Mexico by US companies represents
industrialization
New international division of labor
colonialism
tertiary economic activity
41
A footloose industry
tuna canning
wine making
furniture
computer chip
42
How are new languages created?
isolation
innovation
migration
religious purposes
43
Which population pyramid demonstrates an elderly dependency ratio?
Alaska
Kansas
Florida
44
Prior to 1850 the location of all major North American cities was related to the presence of
defensive sites
transcontinental highways
navigable waterways
railroad junctions
45
Which pyramid shows a college town?
Florida
Kansas
Alaska
46
Rank size rule: largest city has a population of 10 million, the next largest city will have a
population of 9 million
population of 5 million
a population of 7.5 million
a population of 2.5 million
47
The early stages of the core-periphery model describe the relationship
btw the outward appearance of a place & its internal working
between the power and transfer of resources from LDC to MDC
of the Heartland and the Rimland
btwThe basic structure of a society & its outward expression
48
The Indo-European family includes all major languages in Europe and other regions EXCEPT:
Northern India
Central Asia
Iran
Russia
49
Which letter represents the region of the greatest proportion of the Canadian population
E
A
B
D
50
Which of the following countries did NOT have a long lasting colonial presence in Africa?
Belgium
France
Portugal
Germany
51
Consumption of agricultural products directly by the producer rather than for market
plantation farming
subsistence agriculture
hunting and gathering
shifting field agriculture
52
Which of the following is a characteristic of shifting cultivation
multicropping
demand for wage laborers
sharecropping
production of cash crops for export
53
Compared to N America ranches, commercial ranchers in the Pampas are likely to
use practices developed by indigenous people
raise livestock for export
raise sheep
lease their grazing land
54
Which of the following countries has the fewest people per unit of arable land
Guatemala
Netherlands
Argentina
Egypt
55
1950s-Downtown business district: 1970s-Shopping mall: 1990s -"Big Box" superstore
Describes the growth of cities in the US
represents the gentrification of inner cities int he US
describes the retailing trend of the US
demonstrates Borchert's epochs
56
Regionalization is to geography as
composition is to music
periodization is to history
description is to literature
exploration is to geology
57
The alignment of ancient Chinese cities toward cardinal directions illustrates the importance
of belief systems
of economics
of technology
of topography
58
Quaternary economic activities are those that
transform raw material into finished products
extract natural resource fromt he environment
invole the exchange of goods & and the provision of svcs
involve the collection, processing, & manipulation of info
59
Which of the following countries consumes the most fossil fuel per capita?
England
US
China
Japan
60
An ethnic religion
Buddhism
Judaism
Islam
Mormonism
61
Which is a true statement about edge cities
Located on edges of lakes, rivers or other physical features
Increasingly used for heavy industry
Large amounts of recently developed retail and office space
Is an outlet for a region's trade
62
Which of the following industries will located closest to the raw material
nickel smelting
soft drink bottling
brewing
automobile assembly
63
vonThunen emphasized ____ in his model of agricultural land use
capital costs
transportation cost
labor cost
seasonal fluctuation in prices of farm products
64
The largest # of refugee in the 21st century
North America
Africa
Southwest Asia
Europe
65
Cultural landscape can be defined as
forms superimposed on the physical environment by humans
particular area w/in a geog region dedicated to cultural act
the way people in differing culture perceive the environment
types of art, music, dance and theater practiced in regions
66
Where is terracing least likely to occur
The Philippines
Nepal
Greece
Niger
67
A reason why rapid suburbanization did NOT happen in the US after WWII
mass production of the automobile
reduction in long distance commuting
expansion of the interstate highway system
availability of low down payment terms & long term mortgages
68
The environmental issue of immediate concern to policy makers in New England
Desertification by overgrazing of cattle
Overharvesting of breeding stock by commercial fishers
Oil-spill liability
Intensification of urban heat islands
69
Which of the following areas was what domesticated the earliest?
Southern Italy
The plateau of central Mexico
Southeastern Turkey
Eastern China
70
Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape?
adobe ruins
strand of mangrove trees
coastal wetlands
cloud forest
71
The correct hierarchy of political administrative units from largest to smallest
county, province, nation-state, empire
empire, nation-state, county, province
empire, nation, province, county
empire, county, province, nation-state
72
Who said plant domestication 1st occured in diversified habitats with a variety of species?
Esther Boserup
Ernest Ravenstein
Thomas Malthus
Carl Sauer
73
False statement about NAFTA
It outlines a supranational organization for all of NoAm
It helped the mvmt of tertiary sector ind. from the US to Mx
It led to a net trade deficit for the US w/ Mex and Can
It eventually may include other Latin American countries
74
A settlement node whose primary function is to provide for the population in its hinterland
Wallerstein's Core Periphery Model
Cristaller's Central Place Theory
Mackinder's Heartland Theory
Rostow's model of economic development
75
The internet is reshaping traditional economic arrangements by
beinging consumers and producers into face to face contact
reinforcing the dominance of the CBD for retail sales
expanding the importance of express packaging delivery
inc'ing the importance of rail transport compared to truck
76
An area of instability located between regions with opposing political and cultural values
rimland
heartland
enclave
shatterbelt
77
The following 20th cent migration streams were propelled by persecution or open conflict EXCEPT
Tutsis leaving Rwanda
Hindus leaving Pakistan
Asians leaving Uganda
Mexicans leaving Mexico
78
Rostow's modernization model is concerned with
core-periphery relations
dependency
economic development
neocolonialism
79
Which of the following applies to MDCs?
Long life expectancy
High total fertility rates
Early stages of the epidemiological transition
Rapid population growth
80
Most are relatively isolated islands with small populations, and remnants of empires
Provinces of Canada
the global commons
Remaining dependencies
newly independnet states of the 1990s
81
The shape of Maryland's 3rd congressional district is the result of
gerrymandering
watershed boundaries
agglomeration
decentralization
82
Indonesia is an example of a ___ state
compact
fragmented
perforated
prorupted
83
The European Union, the ARab League and the UN are all examples of
supranational organizations
nation states
federations
centrifugal organizations
84
The map represents
Planar with diverging lines at the poles
Mercator, with distorted land area
Homolosine with continuity of landmasses
Robinson with distortions at the equator
85
___ is an environmental problem most associated with the African Sahel
Deforestation
Flooding
Air pollution
Desertification
86
Which is not an example of spatial analysis
distance associated with shopping trips to area malls
# of space shuttles constructed
volume of telephone calls between Corey Union and Old Main
Trans-Atlantic slave trade
87
One would expect to find a population with a relatively young age structure in
highly developed countries
countries with a low death rate
LDCs
countires with a low fertility rate
88
American Midwest land parcels are rectilinear because
Span. colonists laid out settlmts in a geometric pattern
Native America settlement patterns were rectangular
EngSpeak'g settlers copied the landscape patterns of England
US Govt. a survey syst in 1700s imposed geometric pattern
89
The UNCLOS gives coastal countries navigational and economic sovereignty over
export processions zone (EPZ)
12 nautical mile territorial zne
200 mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ)
continental shelf
90
Best example of the geographical concept of nation-state
Sri Lanka
Canada
Belgium
Iceland
91
Ag practiced in CA differs from forms practiced in Mediterranean ag regions b/c in CA
grapes are grown for wine production
farms use more irrigation
wheat is grown in the winter as a cover crop
farms rely on local labor
92
_is disproportionately larger than the 2nd lrgst city and dominates a country's socioeconomics
megalopolis
megacity
primate city
conurbantion
93
Isolated farmsteads in the US evolved as a result of all of the following EXCEOT
government land policy
political stability
agricultural private enterprise
physical barriers prevented communal farm practices
94
All of the following have created ghettos in North America EXCEPT
redlining by financial institutions
blockbusting and racial steering
Economic Enterprise Zones
concentration of public housing and social services
95
The pair that best represents regional appellation
Pork rinds: Mountain Dew
Parmesan cheese: Cha
Bordeaux: fondue
Philly cheesesteak: New York pizza
96
Which best describes the impact of improvements in transportation systems on agriculture
local markets have become more important to dairy farmers
subsistence farmers are given great advantages
Corporate farms have gained a grtr advtge over family farms
individual farms have become more diversified
97
The growth potential of raising elk, deer and emu for meat is limited because
the high protein content of the meats is unhealthy
growers have not established an integrated commodity chain
the animals are difficult to raise
restrictive dietary laws in the US
98
A country where the majority of the population are Shiite Muslims
India
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Indonesia
99
A characteristic of most societies in the last stage of the DTM
hyperinflation
aging population
overpopulation
youth dependency
100
Which has low terminal cost, high line cost, and high route flexibility
airplane
ship
railroad
truck

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