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- 1. Multiple Choice
As “Baby Boomers” reach retirement age in the United States (and many other developed countries), which of the following demographic rates increase?
Fertility
Dependency ratio
Mortality rate
Natural increase rate
Independency ratio
- 2. Multiple ChoiceHow do you calculate the Rate of Natural Increase for a population?Birth Rate - Mortality Rate = Overall Growth RateInfant Mortality Rate - Birth Rate = Rate of Natural IncreaseBirth Rate ÷ 1,000 people per square mile = Population DensityUrban Population - Rural Population = Rate of Natural Increase
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich civilization acted as a cultural hearth?AustraliaSpanishMesopotamiaKlingon
- 4. Multiple ChoiceA system of belief in many deities or gods.Polytheistic ReligionMonotheistic ReligionSymbolCulture
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following would be a pull factor, or something that pulls someone to a new place?a shortage of foodcheap, good farmlandlack of jobslack of freedom
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following would be most helpful in understanding why people moved from other countries to the United States?diaries of immigrantsbook about pioneers living on the Plainsmap of the worldchart showing where immigrants came from
- 7. Multiple Choice
This agricultural system, which exemplifies adaptation to poor soil quality in rainforest climate regimes, can be sustainable at small scales and large fallow times.
Nomadic herding
Slash and burn
Commerical
Subsistence
Organic
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is the best example of Outsourcing?An El Salvadorian immigrant illegally immigrates to the USA to find workAn American Tech Company fires it's American Employees and hires people in Bangladesh to do the same job for 1/4 the costA European worker moves to the USA and gets a high paying job at a tech company.An American company decides to change it's steel contracts from Japanese companies to Chinese companies
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhy does Coca-Cola have bottling plants all over the world and not just one major plant?Because Coca Cola is a Bluk Reducing IndustryBecause Coca Cola is a Bulk Gaining IndustryBecause Coca Cola is a Footloose industryBecause Coca Cola is a Basic Industry
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which sector of the economy tends to have the highest salaries on average?
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quadrinary
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who is the first Human Geographer? He came up with the concept of the Cultural landscape
Carl Sauer
Colin Renfrew
Derwent Whittlesay
James Rubenstien
- 12. Multiple Choice
According to the Von Thunen Model which form of Agriculture would be located closest to the city?
Dairy
Lumber
3 fields
Ranching
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which concept is NOT related to GMO?
Using science to create the "Perfect" food
Using high intensity pesticides to kill any bugs that could damage the food
Utilizing local farmers to sell crops to the communtiies that they live close to
Utilizing big corporations to help sell and spread GMO products all over the USA
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the best example of Brain drain?A Doctor from the USA goes on a year long trip with Doctors without bordersto AfricaA Doctor from Haiti moves to the USA with her familyAn Engineer from Nevada moves to New York City for a higher paying jobAn elementary school teacher from Africa moves to Dubai for better pay.
- 15. Multiple Choice
What did Thomas Malthus believe?
The World population would be limited by the amount of food we can produce
The World population would be limited by total land resources
The World population would be limited by technological high marks
The World population would be limited by cultural appropriation
- 16. Multiple Choice
All of the following are traits common to Muslim religions of the world EXCEPT ___________.
fasting
pilgrimage
Sharia law
polytheism
daily ritual prayers
- 17. Multiple Choice
This projection is called the
Peters projection
Fuller projection
Robinson projection
Mercator projection
- 18. Multiple Choice
The gravity model predicts a high level of spatial interaction between New York and London despite the large distance between the two cities. Why?
Both cities speak English
Both cities have high populations
Have similar economic structures
There is not much interaction between the two cities
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich stage of the DTM is the US in1234
- 20. Multiple ChoiceA characteristic of stage Three of the DTM shows?
High birth and death ratesLow death and high birth ratesDeclining birth and death ratesHigh death and low birth rates - 21. Multiple ChoiceWhose model is this?Colin RenfrewJulian SimoThomas MalthusJohn Snow
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe maximum distance people are willing to travel for a service ishinterlandrangethresholdmedian
- 23. Multiple ChoiceThe area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted is thehinterlandrangethresholdmedian
- 24. Multiple ChoiceCountries moved from Stage 1 to Stage 2 in the DTM due topeople moving into citiesinvention of new technologywomen entering the workforceagricultural revolution
- 25. Multiple ChoiceType of farming that grows surplus crops to sellCommercial FarmingSubsistence FarmingSubstantial FarmingCrop-based Farming
- 26. Multiple ChoiceTaking cotton and transforming it into a shirt is an example of:Per Capita GNPGNPManufacturingCommercial Farming
- 27. Multiple Choice
The darkest regions on this map represent which agricultural system?
Plantation agriculture
Mediterranean agriculture
Livestock ranching
Slash-and-burn agriculture
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which of the following models of urban geography is represented by this figure?
Multiple nuclei model of urban development
Central place theory
Sector model of urban development
Rank - size rule
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhat are lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees?longitudelatitudegridequator
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the physical and human features of a location?perceptionplaceperspectivelandscapes
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an imaginary line drawn from the North Pole through Greenwich, England to the South Pole?longitudelatitudeequatorprime meridian
- 32. Multiple Choice
What type of map is shown?
Robinson Projection
Mercator Projection
Duchin Projection
Projection Projection
- 33. Multiple Choice
You emigrate ________________________ a place.
To
From
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