In social geography the concept of race is best defined as

Differences based on human physiologicalvariations

Gentrification in citiescan be best described bywhich of the following processes?

Prvt reconstruction in existing residential buildings

Pollution in the form of acid rain is primarily the result of

Burning of coal for electrical and industrial production

Improvements inhealth care systems, sanitation infrastructure and personal nutrition lead to

Decreasedinfant mort. rates and increased life expectancy

Friedrich Ratzel isnoted as the geographer who

Establishedcontemporary human geography atthe Uni of Berlin

The industrial loc. of large steelmanufacturing centers would be significantly determinedby

Nearby locationof water, coal and limestone resources

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In social geography the concept of race is best defined as
Differences based on human physiologicalvariations
Differences based uponlinguistic variations
Differences based upon the continent of a person’s origin
Differences based uponethnic variation
2
The notionthat Christopher Columbuswas the first European to “discover” America characterized
Fact that is part of a multicultural identity in the US
Myth that is removed from textbooks
Inaccurate but folklore
Fact proven by archaeology
3
Gentrification in citiescan be best described bywhich of the following processes?
Prvt reconstruction in existing residential buildings
Foreign direct investment in new factories
Corporate land development and building new suburbs
Govt funding and development of new downtown sports stadium
4
The following are allfactors in the Green RevolutionEXCEPT
Low-cost human labor
Pesticides
Chemical fertilizers
Mechanized irrigation
5
Pollution in the form of acid rain is primarily the result of
Combustionof nat. gas for home heating andindust. production
Use of hydrochloric acid in factories
Burning of coal for electrical and industrial production
Airborne emissions from petroleum refineries
6
Placessuch as Silicon Valley, CA and Hyderabad, India, areareas of economic development in
Automotive industry
High-technology equipment
Finance industry
Mining of silica
7
The existence of Hindu Indian communities in places like Fiji and South Africa is the resultof
colonial-era labor migrations
rural to urban migration
relocation diffusion
religious conversions
8
Improvements inhealth care systems, sanitation infrastructure and personal nutrition lead to
Increased birth rates and decreased life expectancy
Increased total fertility rates and higher birthrates
Decreased lifeexpectancy and increased total fertility rates
Decreasedinfant mort. rates and increased life expectancy
9
The caste system in Hindu India is a social structurebased upon
Economic Class
Political Party System
Social Hierachy
Regional Cultural Divisions
10
The amount of energy resourcesknown to be contained in a supply ordeposit is known as a
Production volume
Proven reserve
Consumption volume
Surplus
11
Two examples of current “hard-line”Marxist-socialist states are
Nicaragua and grenada
North Korea and Cuba
Russia and Belarus
Cambodia and Laos
12
Twoexamples of absolute monarchies that exist today are
UK and the Netherlands
China and Japan
Iceland and japan
Saudi Arabia and Brunei
13
The Prime Meridian is
located in Greenwich, Connecticut
0 degrees longitude
a meridian that cannot be divided by a whole number
180 degrees longitude
14
Friedrich Ratzel isnoted as the geographer who
Devised the map and internal boundaries of colonial Africa
Established the concept of Heartlands and Rimlands
Establishedcontemporary human geography atthe Uni of Berlin
1st proposed the Concentric Zone model ofurban geo. form
15
The industrial loc. of large steelmanufacturing centers would be significantly determinedby
Nearby locationof water, coal and limestone resources
Central location in retail networks
Nearby location of iron ore resources
A high volumeof steel consumers in the area
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A decrease in trade or interaction between diff places as the distancebetween places increases
friction of distance
elasticity
segregation
distance decay

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