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The principal religion of Central and South America is

The literacy rate of any country correlates most closely with which of the following

Which pyramid shows a college town?

Which of the following is a forward capital?

What makes Brasilia, Canberra and Washington DC, different from the design of most urvan areas?

Which has low terminal cost, high line cost, and high route flexibility

The term "cultural diffusion" refers to the

Which describes NAFTA

The first wave of immigrants to the US during the 19th century came from

Which has fostered the most significant economic growth by eliminating tariffs btwn members

Advantage for Japanese corporations locating manufacturing plants in the US

Which of the following is a characteristic of shifting cultivation

An example of ecotourism

Which of the following countries did NOT have a long lasting colonial presence in Africa?

Ag practiced in CA differs from forms practiced in Mediterranean ag regions b/c in CA

Which letter represents the region of the greatest proportion of the Canadian population

Spatial patterns of urban and outlying areas based on the flow of goods and services is

A straight line on a navigation map using the Mercator projection represents

Which pair of agriculture types occupies the largest % of the world's total land area

A characteristic of most societies in the last stage of the DTM

The maps scale most useful for studying features in the landscape of a farming community

Which of the following countries has the fewest people per unit of arable land

Which of the following is a term used in the study of place names?

Which population pyramid represents a town with a military base?

Prior to 1850 the location of all major North American cities was related to the presence of

vonThunen emphasized ____ in his model of agricultural land use

Most are relatively isolated islands with small populations, and remnants of empires

Cultural landscape can be defined as

Olives, pita bread, cheese, figs, lamb, and wine, would be found in

Which of the following represent a nation without a state?

Balkanization refers to

Which of the following is the essential requirement of lowland rice production?

Labor intensive intertillage is often practice in

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

The BEST example of Balkanization

The shape of Maryland's 3rd congressional district is the result of

Which is true of popular culture

The concept that population will continue to grow even after fertility rates decline

The primary geographic effect of globalization on the economy

Which is not an example of spatial analysis

The 4 ancient culture hearths

American Midwest land parcels are rectilinear because

Quaternary economic activities are those that

Where is terracing least likely to occur

Who is most likely to migrate

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

The European Union, the ARab League and the UN are all examples of

The environmental issue of immediate concern  to policy makers in New England

Depicts a commerical spine bordered by an elite residential sector extending outward from CBD

Clustering of dr's offices and pharmacies near hospitals is BEST explained by the benefits of

1950s-Downtown business district: 1970s-Shopping mall:  1990s -"Big Box" superstore

The pair that best represents  regional appellation 

The largest # of refugee in the 21st century

Which population pyramid demonstrates an elderly dependency ratio?

The following 20th cent migration streams were propelled by persecution or open conflict EXCEPT

The DTM

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

Which country has the largest number of Sunni Muslims?

Who said plant domestication 1st occured in diversified habitats with a variety of species?

In terms of total tonnage, _____is the leading export crop in the world

Network cities...

Dependency ratio is most useful for indicating the 

The shaded area shows

Compared to N America ranches, commercial ranchers in the Pampas are likely to

Which region had the smallest # of people living in urban areas at the end of the 20th century

?is most likely to be used by marketing firms seeking map patterns of lifestyle characteristics

Which of the following sectors of the economy has grown the fastest in the US since the mid 70s

A country where the majority of the population are Shiite Muslims

Which of the following areas was what domesticated the earliest?

Which of the following have the greatest linguistic fragmentation?

According to environmental determinism, which would have the most productive settlements?

Which is a true statement about edge cities

The internet is reshaping traditional economic arrangements by

The shaded area on the map is most associated with

vonThunen predicted

Subsistence agriculture is always characterized by

The correct hierarchy of political administrative units from largest to smallest

___ is an environmental problem most associated with the African Sahel

Most accurate with regard to food preferences and taboos

Which of the following is a primary activity

Which describes a primate city

Violent confrontation in Ambon, Aceh, and E Timor illustrate the problem of holding together

Most of Africa's original boundaries were drawn by

The best example of extensive land use

When approaching FRQ questions, you should answer what you think is the easiest question first.

A footloose industry

Culturally defined political boundaries, such as those determined by language, religion or lang

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

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

The high tech firms in Silicon Valley in California are clustered together take advantage of 

All of the following are crucial to the emergence of the first cities EXCEPT

The alignment of ancient Chinese cities toward cardinal directions illustrates the importance

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

An ethnic religion

Which of the following countries is the primary destination for guest workers from the Maghreb

Which statement is falses about global patterns of development

Which of the following accounts for the universial appeal of blue jeans?

During winter months in NoAm, the primary source of fruits and veggies found in grocery stores 

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

Which best describes the impact of improvements in transportation systems on agriculture

Consumption of agricultural products directly by the producer rather than for market

Best example of the geographical concept of nation-state

in the 1st 1/2 of the 20th cent, the transportation of beef over long dist was made possible by

The European Union is an example of

Religion that is predominant in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota

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

Physiological population density differs from crude population density in that it

All of the following have created ghettos in North America EXCEPT

Rank size rule:  largest city has a population of 10 million, the next largest city will have a

The establishment of maquiladoras in Mexico by US companies represents

Best example of a state with a compact shape

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

Maquiladoras of northern Mexico

Isolated farmsteads in the US evolved as a result of all of the following EXCEOT

Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape?

False statement about NAFTA

Which of the following countries consumes the most fossil fuel per capita?

A reason why rapid suburbanization did NOT happen in the US after WWII

The map represents

Rostow's modernization model is concerned with

Boundaries based on the median line principle are generally associated with

Which of the following industries will located closest to the raw material

The cost of transportation is primary consideration in the location of an industrial site

Nunavut was created by the Canadian government by

Present distribution of Basques suggests IndoEuro spread across Europe, this group isolated in

in the 19th and 20th cent, the most prominent type of intraregional migration worldwide was

The UNCLOS gives coastal countries navigational and economic sovereignty over

The Indo-European family includes all major languages in Europe and other regions EXCEPT:

How are new languages created?

Florida earns greater revenues from exporting oranges than Georgia does.  Why?

Which is not a reason for the rise of suburban development in the 1950s

Name for political redistricting it makes unusually shaped districts-create political advantage

Regionalization is to geography as

Which of the following applies to MDCs?

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

If you wish to highlight a key concept in a FRQ response, it is a good idea to underline it

A settlement node whose primary function is to provide for the population in its hinterland

The growth potential of raising elk, deer and emu for meat is limited because

Water run-off is likely to be greatest in which setting?

Common characteristic of Switzerland, Canada, and New Zealand

One would expect to find a population with a relatively young age structure in

The world's 3 major monotheistic  religions originated in

Which of the following is NOT a major oil-producting zone

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

The belief that one's own culture is the best or better than other cultures

Which statement about mega-stores is false?

An example of a centripetal force

An area of instability located between regions with opposing political and cultural values

Internat'l company HQ, significant global financial functions, and polarized social structure

_is disproportionately larger than the 2nd lrgst city and dominates a country's socioeconomics

Indonesia is an example of a ___ state