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- 1. Multiple Choice
Subsistence agriculture is most common in which of the following regions?
Great Plains of the US
Pampas of Argentina
Amazon Basin
Outback of Australia
- 2. Multiple Choice
Historically, Iceland had only one period of human migration. The country has never been invaded and possess a common culture and language. As a result, Iceland is regarded as a good example of which of the following concepts?
Absolute Monarchy
theocracy
Constitutional monarchy
nation-state
Exclave
- 3. Multiple Choice
8- Which of the following countries has experienced an economic boom as a result of the reclassification of tar sands from potential energy reserves of energy?
Saudi Arabia
Nigeria
Canada
China
Venezuela
- 4. Multiple Choice
13) What is the source of dispute between Canada, Russia, Norway, Denmark, and the United States over political boundaries in the Arctic Ocean and Ownership of the North Pole?
All claim the right to extract natural resources out to the edge of the continental shelf, beyond their exclusive economic zones.
The all claim to have had indigenous residents from their countries living on the polar ice pack at sometime in the past.
each clams the first explorer to reach the North Pole came from their country and planted their flag, signifying ownership.
- 5. Multiple Choice
In the first decade of the twenty-first century, which of the following countries had the lowest fertility rate?
Somalia
Niger
Angola
Democratic Republic of Congo
South Africa
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was a consequence of blockbusting in North American cities?
European immigrants moved into housing vacated by upwardly mobile Americans.
Poor residents were unable to acquire mortgages
Neighborhoods were razed for commercial establishments.
The ethnic composition of neighborhoods changed.
- 7. Multiple Choice
23) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Hinduism?
it uses human and animal images in its sacred places.
pilgrims bathe in holy rivers
Religious functions most likely take place at home within a family
it is a universalizing religion
Sacred places are established by tradition.
- 8. Multiple Choice
25) In descriptions of interaction between people and the environment, the term environmental determinism implies that...
the physical environment exclusively shapes humans and their actions.
humans by their actions and technologies alter the physical environment to suit their needs
determination of environmental limitations is a primary task of geographers
capitalist economies do not contribute to global environmental degradation
there exists no interacting relationship between people and their surrounding physical environment.
- 9. Multiple Choice
26) Which of the following is an example of a shatterbelt region?
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
Siberia
South America
Southern Africa
- 10. Multiple Choice
A country in the first state of the demographic transition demonstrates which of the following?
An old population age structure
high birth rates, but low deathrates
low birth rates, low death rates, and low rates of population growth
High birth rates, high death rates, and low rates of population growth.
- 11. Multiple Choice
The map shown above fits which of the following map types?
Choropleth
Cartogram
Proportional symbol
Dot symbol
Isoline
- 12. Multiple Choice
30) Which of the following religions is appropriately matched with its region of origin?
Islam:Egypt
Judaism:Spain
Hinduism: China
Buddhism: India
Christianity: Germany
- 13. Multiple Choice
31) Which of the following is South Africa's former-state sanctioned policy of segregating the races?
Redlining
Gerrymandering
Apartheid
Secularism
Gentrification
- 14. Multiple Choice
32) Which of the following variables has an inverse or negative relationship with the level of economic development in the country?
Literacy rate
birth rate
percent of labor force in tertiary sector
Life expectancy
percent of urban population
- 15. Multiple Choice
The urban linguistic landscape shown in the photograph above is most likely found in a region where which of the following languages is spoken?
Chinese
Bahasa Indonesia
Hindi
Arabic
Russian
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