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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a characteristic of a country moving from stage 2 to stage 3 of the demographic transition model?
shorter life expectancy
increasing birth rate
high level of female education
declining death rate
increasing dependence on farm labor
- 2. Multiple Choice
The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 and the partition of India in 1947 changed borders in Africa and South Asia and are reflected in the current world map. Which of the following best describes the type of political border resulting from these events?
relict boundaries
antecedent boundaries
consequent boundaries
superimposed boundaries
subsequent boundaries
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the land survey system shown in the satellite image?
multiple nuceli
suburban subdivision
long lots
metes and bounds
township and range
- 4. Multiple Choice
In reading the landscape of the image, a geographer will most likely identify the land-survey pattern shown as typical of which of the following locations?
a rural agricultural region in the USA
an exurb of Paris, France
a coastal region of China
an agricultural region of eastern Canada
a rainforest development in southern Brazil
- 5. Multiple Choice
Technologies invented during which of the following periods explain how farmland was divided and cultivated as shown in the satellite image?
Columbian Exchange, when the use of Old World farm animals such as cows and horses was introduced
First Agricultural Revolution, when the animal-powered plow and domesticated plants were developed.
Second Agricultural Revolution, when land-surveying technology and mechanical plows were developed.
Modern era, when local farmers used computers and data analysis.
Postindustrial era, when local farmers used GPs and GIS.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the following factors best explains the development and expansion of squatter settlements?
Gentrification of megacities in more developed countries displacing large numbers of urban dwellers.
Rapid urbanization and inability of infrastructure to keep pace with the growth of megacities in developing countries.
urban dwellers seeking residential housing and shopping outside the congestion of the city.
Zoning laws in developing countries that prevent current urban dwellers from obtaining land to build residential structures.
The growth of urban agriculture encouraging migrant farm workers to move to cities requiring more housing.
- 7. Multiple Choice
The lush golf courses in the United Arab Emirates, the dikes and polders in the Netherlands, and the Three Gorges Dam in China are significant examples of land use.
Which of the following viewpoints of human-environment interaction are best described by these land-use examples?
environmental determinism
ecotourism
possibilism
Heartland Theory
Malthusian Theory
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following processes accounts for the change in coal miners employed in the United States from 1950 to 2000?
technological diffusion
just-in-time production
industrial revolution
devolution
deindustrialization
- 9. Multiple Choice
Compare the bar graph showing coal mine employment and the line graph showing miner production. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from trends in this data?
coal mining has been outsourced to less-developed countries
mechanization and computer automation in mining have increased
legal restrictions have been imposed on the amount of coal exported overseas
renewable resources are being used more frequently to power vehicles
natural gas and oil production of electricity has declined
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a pull factor affecting migration to some of the more developed countries?
loss of factory jobs
severe famine
rise of an authoritarian regime
universal health care
religious persecution
- 11. Multiple Choice
Based on the map, which of the following languages are most likely to be spoken in counties where 60 percent or more of residents spoke a language other than English at home?
French and French Creole
Spanish and American Indian languages
German and Dutch
Russian and Hindi
Chinese and Arabic
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best explains a neo-Malthusian perspective on the Green Revolution?
The Green Revolution represents a jump in agricultural technology, but population will still grow faster than our ability to produce food will over the long run.
The Green Revolution solves the entire problem of feeding the planet, and Malthusian ideas are no longer relevant.
Local food production is the key to long-term food production.
The distribution of food in a capitalist system results in too many people being unable to afford basic foods.
The increase in the food supply and a resulting increase in the population available for farm labor will solve the food crisis.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Compare the largest municipality populations for each country, and then select the following statement that correctly draws a conclusion regarding the pattern of the data.
China has a primate city, and the United States follows the rank-size rule.
Both countries follow the rank-size rule.
Neither country follows the rank-size rule.
Both countries have a primate city.
The US has a primate city, and China follows the rank-size rule.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following correctly pairs a global religion described with its hearth region of origin?
Buddhism and East Asia
Christianity and Latin America
Islam and Central Asia
Hinduism and South Asia
Judaism and eastern Europe
- 15. Multiple Choice
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas sets the limit of the exclusive economic zone at 200 nautical miles from a country's coastline. In cases where countries are less than 400 nautical miles apart at sea, which of the following explains how the exclusive economic zone boundary is determined for each country?
Both countries will state their case to the United Nations during a hearing of the Security Council.
Both countries will follow the median-line principle.
Both countries will share all of the water area.
Neither country can claim the area as an EEZ because the area is considered international water.
Both countries will receive increased territorial sea claims up to 24 nautical miles but will have no EEZ.
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