Which of the following helps explain the unbalanced sex ratio found in China?

Male children are preferred, thus are more likely to survive

This model argues that different nodes around a city impact location of industry/housing

Harris and Ulman's Multiple Nuclei Model

Rostow's Model argues that countries develop...

as they develop domestic industries and trade with others

The most prominent agricultural hearth for crops and domesticated animals is...

The Fertile Crescent (Southwest Asia)

Which of the following is a negative environmental consequence of modern agriculture?

All of these are negative consequences

Which best describes the distribution of Muslims in the world?

North Africa, Southwest Asia, South Asia, and Indonesia

Weber's model argues that...

Industries locate where site and situation costs are least

Globalization and the internet...

are contributing to language loss worldwide

Which of the following would be considered a push factor?

Yearly flooding in your community increases by 50%

The Local Food Movement argues....

That local food takes less energy to transport to market

Which of the following countries would likely have the highest crude birth rate?

The Democratic Republic of Congo

Which of the following is more characteristic of folk cultures than pop cultures?

They tend to have anonymous origins

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1
Which of the following are examples of sustainable development initiatives in cities?
Greenbelts to reduce urban sprawl
Improved public transportation
Walkable mixed-use commercial and residential areas
All of these are good examples
2
If a country's three largest settlements are 5 million, 2 million, and 1 million, it follows...
The Gravity Model
Rank-size Rule
Borchert's Epochs Model
The Primate City Rule
3
Which of the following helps explain the unbalanced sex ratio found in China?
Male children are preferred, thus are more likely to survive
Asian women are more likely to have male children
China's government passed a law making girl children illegal
4
Pollution in urban areas is an especially large problem in...
Bolivia
The United States
China
5
Scale...
All of these are true
helps explain how something fits into a larger context
Is the relationship between something on a map and real life
can be represented in a written, graphic, or bar-line format
6
39 degrees N latitude, 84 degrees W longitude is Cincinnati's...
Relative Location
Absolute Location
7
Which of the following correctly matches the job to the right economic sector?
Textile Worker - Primary
Professional Athlete - Quinary
Farming - Secondary
Waitress - Tertiary
8
This model argues that different nodes around a city impact location of industry/housing
Hoyt's Sector Model
Harris and Ulman's Multiple Nuclei Model
Peripheral City Model/Galactic City Model
Burgess's Concentric Zone Model
9
Which of the following languages is not part of the Indo-European language family?
English
Hindi
Russian
Mandarin
10
A country has 100 people, 20 below age 16, 20 above age 65, what is the dependency ratio?
40%
20%
11
Which of the following is NOT one of the four most populated regions?
South Asia
East Asia
Southeast Asia
Central Asia
12
Which of the following countries is likely in Stage One of the DTM?
Democratic Republic of the Congo
None of these countries
United States of America
Japan
13
This model suggests that housing tends to group together in corridors based on income
Hoyt's Sector Model
Burgess's Concentric Zone Model
Latin American City Model
Harris and Ulman's Multiple Nuclei Model
14
Which of the following models has 3 CBDs?
Latin American City Model
Sub-Saharan Africa City Model
SE Asian City Model
Islamic City Model
15
Which of the following is a good example of an autonomous region?
Australia
Indian Reservations in America
North Korea
Ohio
16
Increased fertilizer use and hybrid seeds are characterizations of which Agri. Revolution?
Second Agricultural Revolution
Neolithic Revolution
The Green Revolution
The First Agricultural Revolution
17
Many manufacturing jobs have moved to LDCs primarily because...
They are located closer to world markets
Wages are cheaper
The resources are more abundant there
Regulations are non-existent in LDCs
18
Gentrification...
Tends to be carried out by wealthier people without children
Leads to revival of specific urban neighborhoods
Leads to the displacement of poorer community members
All of these are true
19
Which country would you expect to have the highest life expectancy?
Japan
China
20
Cities are growing across the world.
False
True
21
Rostow's Model argues that countries develop...
as they develop domestic industries and trade with others
as they put up trade barriers and focus on independence
22
Countries with a low arithmetic density, but a high physiological density must have...
Tons of farmers
Lots of unarable land
23
The science of making maps is known as...
Cartography
Mapography
24
Controlling people and resources of the Eurasian landmass would lead to world power is...
Heartland Theory
Organic Theory
Rimland Theory
25
Grain farming typically takes place in this type of climate...
Dry Climates
Tropical Climates
Temperate Climates
Arctic Climates
26
The most prominent agricultural hearth for crops and domesticated animals is...
The Fertile Crescent (Southwest Asia)
The Andes Mountains (Latin America)
Indonesia (SE Asia)
China (East Asia)
27
Someone who is forced to flea a country out of fear of their own safety is a...
Refugee
Intraregional Migrant
Emigrant
28
Which of the following is a negative environmental consequence of modern agriculture?
Desertification
Deforestation
Draining wetlands
All of these are negative consequences
29
Rural settlement patterns that feature people living closer together would be considered...
clustered
circular
dispersed
linear
30
Which best describes the distribution of Muslims in the world?
Latin America, the Middle East, and parts of Europe
Africa and Asia
North Africa, Southwest Asia, South Asia, and Indonesia
31
Factories in northern Mexico are known as...
Periferato
Barrios
Maquiladoras
Favelas
32
The gravity model helps explain interactions between two cities based on...
Population size and distance
Language and Religious differences
Economic and Political power
Population size only
33
In general, gender inequality is worse...
in the parts of the world where Hinduism is prevalent
In more developed countries
in the hispanic speaking parts of the world
in less developed countries
34
Which of the following crops could not be found in Europe prior to the Columbian Exchange?
Sugar
Rice
Potatoes
Wheat
35
Weber's model argues that...
Industries locate where site and situation costs are least
Industries should seek to minimize transportation costs only
Residential areas cannot support industry
Industries should locate based only where wages are lowest
36
Christianity diffused...
Into Africa along with colonists and missionaries
All of these are true
Into the western hemisphere along with colonization
through Europe after it became the official religion of Rome
37
Which of these is NOT an issue in sustainable agriculture?
Fertilizers, Pesticides,and Herbicides in the water and food
Reduction in biodiversity
All of these are issues
Soil degradation
38
Globalization and the internet...
are eliminating inequality in the world
are contributing to language loss worldwide
39
Cincinnati is located 100 miles south of Columbus. This represents its...
Situation
Site
40
Which language is shown here?
Hindi
Mandarin
Arabic
Russian
41
Which of the following would be considered a push factor?
Yearly flooding in your community increases by 50%
All of these
A new company brings lots of new jobs to your community
A new school is built down the block
42
Which of the following areas is least populated?
Greenland
South Africa
Western Canada and United States
Peru and Ecuador, around the Andes mountains.
43
A population pyramid that looked like an upside down pyramid would be most indicative of...
Stage Five of the DTM
Stage Two of the DTM
Stage One of the DTM
Stage Four of the DTM
44
A family that moves from Williamsburg to Amelia, then Amelia to Cincinnati is using...
step migration
chain migration
45
States with monoculture tend to favor centralized government systems known as...
Federal Systems
Multinational States
Unitary Systems
Multiethnic States
46
The Local Food Movement argues....
That local food takes less energy to transport to market
All of these are true
That GMOs, fertilizers, and pesticides are harmful
That local food is always healthier
47
States that contain another state entirely within it have what state shape?
Compact
Prorupted
Perforated
Elongated
48
Which of the following countries would likely have the highest crude birth rate?
Brazil
The Democratic Republic of Congo
49
Which of the following is more characteristic of folk cultures than pop cultures?
They tend to have anonymous origins
They tend to be practiced in diverse areas
They tend to diffuse using expansion diffusion
50
The Industrial Revolution led to the era of imperialism in part because...
it created large inequalities in military technology
It created a need for raw materials across the globe
It created a need for markets abroad to ship to
All of these are true
51
This map projection greatly distorts relative size at the poles...
Robinson Projection
Mercator Projection
52
Comparative Advantage refers to...
The higher level of development in MDCs
Differing production costs in different parts of the world
gender inequality based on religious values
why countries refuse to trade with others
53
Redrawing congressional districts to benefit one political party over another is...
Unitary system
Redistricting
Gerrymandering
Parliamentary Democracy
54
In commercial farming, is the average fam size larger or smaller?
Smaller
Larger
55
Boundaries serve which of the following duties?
All of these are true
They can cause conflict between states
They establish the limits of state sovereignty
They can sometimes separate cultural groups
56
A country in stage one of the DTM has what type of NIR?
Zero to Low
Medium
High
Very High
57
The presence of multiple religious traditions within one state could be described as...
Irredentism
A centrifugal force
A centripetal force
A stateless nation
58
This is a good example of...
A chloropleth map
A dot map
A cartogram
An isoline map
59
Which of the following is NOT true regarding U.S. historical migration patterns?
1840-1850 saw mass European migration, i.e Germans and Irish
British colonists and African slaves mark the first wave
Immigration to the U.S. reached its peak before WWI
Today, immigration is mainly from Latin America and Asia
60
Which of the following are NOT one of the five toos?
Too Volcanic
Too Hilly
Too Hot
Too Wet
61
The idea of the nation-state originated and is most prevalent in...
Western Europe
The United States
Sub-Saharan Africa
Asia
62
According to Von Thuunen's Model, where is dairying likely to take place?
Far away from the city center, as it is extensive land use
Close to the city center, since it is perishable
None of these are correct
Far away from the city center because land is cheaper there
63
Which of the following statements is true regarding the U.N. Law of the Sea?
It sets the first 10 miles off coast as territorial waters
The first 200 miles off coast are exclusive economic zones
The first 3 miles off coast are territorial waters
The first 100 miles off coast are exclusive economic zones
64
This map is an example of...
A chloropleth map
An isoline map
A dot map
A cartogram
65
Coffee production primarily takes place...
All of these are true
On plantation farms
In LDCs
Close to the equator
66
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
67
Women and Men earn equal wages around the world.
False
True
68
Which of the following map types show accurate direction between points on a map?
Cylandrical
Oval
69
Agreeing over the terms of a border treaty would be considered...
Delimited
Demarcated
Defined
Administered
70
Kiva.org is a good example of which practice?
Fair Trade
Local Food Movement
Microfinancing
Sustainable Agriculture
71
Which stage of the Demographic Transition Model features the highest NIR?
Stage One
Stage Two
72
Which best describes the distribution of Christians in the world?
Europe, the Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of Asia
North Africa, Southwest Asia, South Asia, and Oceania
73
The European Union is a good example of...
Balkanization
Devolution
Supranationalism
Nationalism
74
The way we feel emotionally about a location contributes to...
Sense of place
Distortion
75
Religious followers from which religion are pictured here?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
76
Which of the following statements is true?
Nations are people with shared culture, states are countries
Nations are countries and states are a group of people
Nations and States are interchangable terms
77
Which of the following geographers believed that population would outgrow the food supply?
Thomas Malthus
Walter Christaller
78
As countries develop towards stages 3 and 4 of the DTM, the most common cause of death becomes
Starvation and famine
Infectious diseases, like ebola or small pox
Degenerative diseases like cancer and heart disease
Pandemics like the bubonic plague
79
All scientists believe that GMOs are unhealthy for you.
False
True
80
Which is NOT an example of human modification of the land to increase food production?
Using hybrid seeds
Draining Wetlands
Terracing
Irrigation
81
The equator is located at...
0 degrees latitude
0 degrees longitude
82
Ecotourism is a big part of which of the following countries economies?
China
India
United States
Costa Rica
83
Which of the following is NOT a major center of global population?
Europe
Latin America
South Asia
84
Would livestock ranching be considered intensive or extensive?
Extensive
Intensive
85
Total Fertility Rate...
is CBR - CDR
is 2.1 globally on average
= average number of children a woman will have in her life
All of these are true
86
The study of population characteristics and statistics like age, ethnicity, and gender is...
Demography
Epidemiology
87
Which of the following religions has not diffused much from its hearth?
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
88
Which of the following would be a pronatalist policy?
Forced sterilization programs for women
Offering tax breaks to families that have more children
Requiring that families have no more than two children
89
Which of the following was NOT a result of the Industrial Revolution
Massive urbanization
A decrease in the amount of agricultural workers
A more equitable distribution of development
A general increase in the standard of living of humans
90
English...
is a lingua franca
is a romance language
All of these are true
is part of the Germanic language family
91
NAFTA...
is a military cooperation of Western countries
is a free trade agreement between U.S.A., Canada, and Mexico
is a nationalist organization in America
has led to increasing manufacturing jobs in America
92
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of migration?
Migrants send remittances back home
Countries pass laws restricting and regulating migration
All immigrants assimilate within 5 years
Migrants bring their religion and language to new places
93
Which of the following events led to the creation of many new countries
Decolonization after WWII
The break-up of empires like the Ottoman after WWI
All of these
The end of the Cold War with USSR and Yugoslavia breaking up
94
An oil company that was looking to open a new oil well would be most interested in a places...
Site
Situation
95
Which of the following countries is most likely to practice subsistence farming?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Canada
Japan
Denmark
96
Which of the following is NOT included in the U.N. HDI?
Natural Increase Rate
GDP per capita
Life Expectancy
Literacy Rate
97
Which of the following has MOST led to the rise of suburbs?
Changing land costs
Greater economic opportunities in the suburbs
The growth of railroads
Improved transportation and communication technology
98
This model, pictured below, argues that distance from CBD is most important.
Harris and Ulman's Multiple Nuclei Model
Burgess's Concentric Zone Model
SE Asian City Model
Hoyt's Sector Model
99
Superimposed boundaries in Africa have caused issues because...
All of these are true
Certain ethnicities are divided between multiple states
It ignores linguistic and religious traditions of people
Many ethnicities are grouped into one state
100
According to Wallerstein's World Systems Theory...
Core countries exploit periphery countries for cheap inputs
The periphery countries provide manufacturing for the world.

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