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Chapter 1: Intro to Human Geography
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The ratio between distance on a map and distance on the earth’s surface is called the
a. Projection
b. Resolution
c. Scale
d. Azimuth
e. Aggregation
Cartography is the science of
a. Demographics
b. Map-making
c. Spatial orientation
d. Cognitive imagery
e. Making visualizations
Map projections attempt to correct for errors in
a. Transferability
b. Area, distance, scale, and projection
c. Area, distance, shape, and direction
d. Distance, proximity, and topology
e. Distance, shape, and lines of latitude and longitude
The Mercator projection preserves
a. Direction
b. Area
c. Shape
d. Scale
e. Distance
Topographic maps must use which of the following symbols?
a. Tonal shading
b. Isolines
c. Proportional symbols
d. Location charts
e. Cartograms
Lines of longitude
a. Never meet
b. Begin at the equator
c. Are referred to as parallels
d. Intersect at the poles
e. Contain the two tropics
Which of the following is a true statement regarding time-space convergence?
a. Places seem to all look the same
b. Places seem to be getting closer together
c. Places are increasingly concentrated on maintaining their histories
d. Places are making more of an effort to converge activities to save time
e. Places are implementing more rapid forms of transportation
Rap music first appeared in New York in the 1970s. Later, it spread to large cities with vibrant AfricanAmerican populations –such as Los Angeles, Oakland, Chicago and Detroit-without being absorbed by the
smaller cities and rural areas in between. This type of spatial diffusion is called
a. Relocation potential
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b. Hierarchical diffusion
c. Contagious diffusion
d. Cultural diffusion
e. Cascade diffusion
A cognitive map (mental map) is
a. A map of exact differences between landmarks
b. Made up of beliefs of what is in the environment and where it is
c. Any map without projection
d. A map someone sketches to give another person directions
e. A map showing where people prefer to live
Given a topographic contour (isoline) map, which pattern of contour lines would show the steepest slope?
a. Open areas with no contour lines
b. Widely-spaced contour lines
c. Evenly-spaced contour lines
d. Closely-spaced contour lines
e. You can’t tell slopes from contour lines, only elevations
A thematic map that shows quantities of some variable by shrinking or expanding the sizes of regions is
called
a. An image map
b. A choropleth map
c. A projected map
d. An isoline map
e. A cartograpm
On a Mercator projection map, where will you find the landmasses most exaggerated in relative size?
a. Near the poles
b. Actually, land masses are not exaggerated on this type of map
c. Near the Prime Meridian
d. Near the equator
e. Near the major oceans
To map the surface of the earth, geographers use different projections because
a. No projection can show the entire earth on a single map
b. No projection is ideal for the purpose of every map
c. The appearance of the earth’s surface changes with the seasons
d. Some parts of the earth haven’t been surveyed accurately
e. They don’t anymore; all maps are now produced using the same projection
Charlie believes Suzanne’s laziness and consequent unemployment results from the fact that she grew up in
an oppressive climate (very hot and humid). Charlie is most likely an
a. Environmental possibilist
b. Environmental determinist
c. Environmental conservationist
d. Environmental preservationist
e. Environmental ecologist
A thematic map that shows quantities of some variable by shading or coloring regions such as counties is
called
a. A cartogram
b. An image map
c. A chlorogram
d. An isoline map
e. A choropleth map
Chapter 2: Population
16. Which of the following regions is currently experiencing the fastest population growth?
a. Northern Asia
b. Tropical Africa
c. Eastern Europe
d. Sun Belt
e. Northeast United States
17. Most of the world’s people live in
a. The world’s poorest countries
b. The southern hemisphere
c. The developed world
d. China
e. Urban areas in the developed world
18. Throughout human history, world population has
a. Grown at a steady rate
b. Experienced numerous periods of dramatic decline
c. Been confined to countries in the southern hemisphere
d. Grown most rapidly over the last 200 years
e. Grown most rapidly in the developed world
19. _______occurs when a population is adding a fixed percentage of people to a growing population each year
a. Doubling
b. Arithmetic growth
c. Overpopulation
d. Exponential growth
e. Demographic accounting
20. Life expectancy has increased
a. Only in the most-developed countries
b. Only in the least-developed countries
c. Due to increased food production
d. Worldwide
e. Due to the Green Revolution
21. The number of live births per thousand people per year is called the
a. Total fertility rate
b. Natural increase rate
c. Crude birth rate
d. Exponential growth rate
e. Infant growth rate
22. Thomas Malthus predicted that
a. Technology will offset population growth
b. The distribution of resources would be a continuing problem
c. Population would outpace food production
d. The environment would allow less food to be grown in the future
e. The Green Revolution would provide agricultural technology to support increasing populations
23. Which of the following countries is at stage two of the demographic transition model?
a. San Marino
b. Nigeria
c. Denmark
d. Russia
e. Finland
24. A rectangle-shaped population pyramid indicates a country that is
a. Growing slowly or not at all
b. Growing rapidly
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c. Experiencing high immigration rates
d. Composed mainly of the older age classes
e. Highly dependent on the economically productive generations
The baby boom
a. Occurred in the years following World War I
b. Was a result of free love during the late 1960’s
c. Was fostered by economic prosperity and relative peace
d. Was limited to California and the West
e. Was described by the off-beat author Douglas Coupland
When Baby Boomers have reached retirement age, what will the population pyramid for the United States
look like?
a. An hourglass, wide at both top and bottom but narrow in the middle
b. Relatively rectangular, with a slight bulge near the top
c. Carrot-shaped, a narrow bottom and wide top
d. Pear-shaped, wide at the bottom, but narrow at the top
e. None of the above
Population policy usually involves limitations on
a. Fertility levels
b. Immigration levels
c. Education levels
d. All of the above
e. Both a and b
India and China are the world’s two most populous countries. While China has instituted a strict population
policy, India
a. For cultural reasons, encourages women to continue to reproduce
b. Does not endorse birth control because of the Catholic majority
c. Encourages lower fertility through education and access to family planning
d. Has a similar policy as China
e. Because of their agricultural system, encourages reproduction
Which of the following countries is in the top five in terms of total population in the world?
a. Iran
b. Pakistan
c. Indonesia
d. Vietnam
e. Russia
Which of the following regions is considered to be in the five primary areas of population density in the
world?
a. South Asia, including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
b. Eastern South America, including Argentina and Uruguay
c. Sub-Saharan Africa
d. Northern Europe, including Finland
e. Central Asia, including western China and Mongolia
Chapter 3: Migration
31. Millions of _______ came to the United States during the early years of the 20 th century.
a. Suburbanites
b. Emigrants
c. Immigrants
d. Refugees
e. Colonists
32. Which of the following is the result of chain migration?
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a. The African Slave trade
b. French colonial rule
c. The formation of Israel
d. San Francisco’s Chinatown
e. Colonization of the American frontier
Refugees are produced through
a. Cultural migration
b. Forced migration
c. Internal migration
d. Economic migration
e. Chain migration
Many recent college graduates and young professionals move to large, vibrant cities-such as New York,
Chicago, and Los Angeles-with nightlife, cultural amenities, and job opportunities. These attractions are
examples of
a. Economic factors
b. Mobility opportunities
c. Suburban amenities
d. Pull factors
e. Push factors
The Sun Belt includes
a. The Rocky Mountain states
b. Alabama and Louisiana
c. Texas and New Mexico
d. Southern Nevada, southern California, and South Florida
e. Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina
The Dust Bowl in the Great Plains is the best example of which push or pull factor?
a. Political pull factor
b. Economic push factor
c. Environmental pull factor
d. Environmental push factor
e. Economic pull factor
What is the seasonal migration of livestock to pasture lands where food is more plentiful called?
a. Transhumance
b. Natality
c. Sustainability
d. Step migration
e. Interval migration
The five toos-too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry, and too hilly-refer to which term?
a. Cohort
b. Distance decay
c. Ecumene
d. Transmigration
e. Intervening opportunity
39. A person is trying to move from Miami to San Diego but decides to stop and stay in Dallas. This is an
example of what?
a. Intervening obstacle
b. Intervening opportunity
c. Voluntary migration
d. Environmental pull factor
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During what 20-year period has the United States seen the greatest immigration in terms of raw
numbers?
a. 1850-1870
b. 1900-1920
c. 1920-1940
d. 1960-1980
e. 1980-2000
The idea that once a culture locates in another area, the original customs and traditions eventually die out
or are less strong, is best characterized by which term?
a. Place utility
b. Acculturation
c. Distance decay
d. Transhumance
e. Gravity model
The term _______ describes a group of people with a common ethnic identity that is spread out over a
large geographic area
a. “caste”
b. “sect”
c. “diaspora”
d. “race”
e. “cultural complex”
Mexico’s maquiladoras are examples of
a. Offshore financial centers
b. Brick-and-mortar businesses
c. Ancillary activities
d. Informal economic zones
e. Export producing zones
Sources of forced migration include
a. Complementarity and individual choice
b. Economic opportunities and religious freedom
c. Political unrest and ecological degradation
d. The draw of a pleasant climate
e. Familial ties in another country
In the gravity model of spatial interaction, population and distance
a. Are inversely related
b. Are directly related
c. Each have multiple measures
d. Do not affect the final solution
e. Vary significantly
Chapter 4: Local and Popular Culture
46. Regionalization would best explain the characteristics of the study of
a. Popular culture
b. Adaptive strategies
c. Built environment
d. Material culture
e. Folk culture
47. Which of the following best exemplifies folk culture?
a. A dialect that is similar in two different regions of the country
b. The purchasing of rap music by white suburban youth
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c. Cajun music
d. Eating Chinese food in New York City
e. The burial of the dead
Where is the hearth of country music?
a. Galveston, Texas
b. Montgomery, Alabama
c. Atlanta, Georgia
d. Nashville, Tennessee
e. Charlotte, North Carolina
Which distinctive cultural region in the United States has its own food, music, and language along the
border with Mexico?
a. Italian-American
b. Swedish-American
c. Cajun
d. Creole
e. Tex-Mex
Which of the following is the best example of folk food?
a. Hamburgers in the United States
b. Pizza in the United States
c. McDonald’s French fries in Germany
d. KFC in China
e. Blowfish in Japan
The worldwide devotion to the game of soccer (football) is an example of what type of diffusion?
a. Relocation diffusion
b. Contagious diffusion
c. Hierarchical diffusion
d. Stimulus diffusion
e. Cultural diffusion
What is most responsible for “hierarchical” diffusion, as opposed to “contagious” diffusion?
a. Distance decay effects
b. Special network links between major nodes
c. Some people need multiple contacts before they adopt an innovation
d. Proximity of the innovation to the major nodes of diffusion
e. Relevance of particular innovations to only specific locations
Which of the following processes can explain how a new idea of product comes to appear in a region?
a. Expansion diffusion
b. Innovation
c. Relocation diffusion
d. Contagious diffusion
e. Distance decay
In distance decay models, the slope of the decay function illustrates
a. The type of interaction
b. The nature of the network
c. The influence of “friction of distance”
d. Topography
e. Net dispersion
A fad started by a television personality of wearing shorts with a shirt and tie. The trend spreads
throughout the United States. This is an example of what type of diffusion?
a. Expansion
b. Contagious
c. Stimulus
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e. Hierarchical
One important consequence of cultural extinction is
a. Decreasing population
b. Increased poverty in peripheral regions
c. Loss of genetic diversity
d. Loss of indigenous knowledge about ecosystems
e. Increasing population
The center and place of origin of a cultural tradition is called a
a. Culture center
b. Cultural complex
c. Cultural trait
d. Cultural hearth
e. Cultural genesis
Religious practices, language, and dietary preferences, when combined, form a
a. Cultural complex
b. Cultural hearth
c. Dialect
d. Idiom
e. Cultural trait
Elements of ______________ change rapidly over time, but not space, whereas elements of __________
change very little over time, but dramatically over space
a. Folk culture…pop culture
b. Rapid diffusion…local diffusion
c. The fast world…the slow world
d. Pop culture…folk culture
e. Youth culture…elite culture
The hearth of contemporary country music is located around what city?
a. Houston, Texas
b. Dallas, Texas
c. Memphis, Tennessee
d. Nashville, Tennessee
e. Atlanta, Georgia
Chapter 5: Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality
61. Literacy rates vary by
a. Sex
b. Location
c. Education
d. Economic development
e. All of the above
62. An ethnicity is defined as
a. A group of people with a common history
b. A group of people with similar physical characteristics
c. A group of people who share a common identity
d. A group of people united against a common enemy
e. A group of people with a similar religion
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a. Became less ethnically diverse
b. Decreased in overall population
c. Saw few changes in its ethnic composition
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e. Remained relatively homogenous in its ethnic makeup
A group of people, all of the same ethnicity, live in the same area of a city near a nuclear waste facility.
This is an example of a(n)
a. Diaspora
b. Ghetto
c. Cultural landscape
d. Ethnic neighborhood
e. Gentrified neighborhood
Which is true about the conditions of women in more-developed countries (MDC), as compared to those in
less-developed countries (LDC)?
a. Women are more likely to be employed in agriculture in MDC
b. Women are less likely to be literate in MDC
c. Women do not perform labor in MDC
d. Women are more likely to participate in government positions on MDC
e. Women are more likely to have multiple children in MDC
The disproportionate siting of power plants and waste disposal facilities in African-American and Latino
neighborhoods-independent of other economic and historical factors-is an example of
a. Postmaterialism
b. Environmental racism
c. Deindustrialization
d. Environmental justice
e. Ecological inferiority
The process by which one ethnic group becomes integrated into a larger culture is called
a. Articulation
b. Ossification
c. Assimilation
d. Syncretism
e. A melting pot
Which of the following is NOT descriptive of spatial patterns of literacy?
a. It was a powerful tool contributing to colonial dominance
b. It is often used as a means to limit educational opportunities for women by tyrannical governments
c. The historical development of alphabets largely explains dominant languages across the globe today
d. Literacy rates vary little between developed and developing nations
e. In general, literacy rates are increasing across the globe
Total fertility rate is NOT closely correlated with which of the following?
a. Industrial output
b. Gender empowerment
c. Education
d. Economic development
e. Literacy rate
The beliefs that one ethnic group is superior to others is an example of
a. Genocide
b. Ethnocentrism
c. Ethnic conflicts
d. Ethnic homeland
e. Ethnic landscapes
Chapter 6: Language
71. The most widespread language family on earth is the
a. Sino-Tibetan
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c. Germanic
d. Indo-European
e. Mandarin Chinese
People in London, Melbourne, Vancouver, and Mumbai all speak
a. A pidgin language
b. Lingua francas
c. Different dialects
d. Official languages
e. Different creoles
Acculturation is a common cause of
a. Illiteracy
b. Language extinction
c. Assimilation
d. Creolization
e. Cultural diffusion
A simple trade language is called a
a. Lingua franca
b. Pidgin
c. Dialect
d. Creole
e. Syncretic
Which language has become the world’s primary lingua franca?
a. Mandarin Chinese
b. Hindi
c. German
d. Spanish
e. English
A good example of a monolingual country would be
a. Japan
b. Canada
c. Switzerland
d. South Africa
e. Turkey
When European settlers established relations with Native Americans, a new language was created to ease
translation for both groups. What is that language called
a. Constitutional language
b. Trade language
c. Creole language
d. Official language
e. Indigenous language
What language is known as the lingua franca of Eastern Africa?
a. Hindi
b. English
c. French
d. Swahili
e. Zulu
What percentage of the world’s languages are expected to die out within the next century?
a. 90 percent
b. 75 percent
c. 50 percent
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Which language family has the most speakers across the globe?
a. Sino-Tibetan
b. Mandarin Chinese
c. Indo-European
d. Afro-Asiatic
e. Uralic-Altaic
All of the following are true statements about the English language EXCEPT
a. In the next couple of decades, the number of secondary and tertiary speakers will outnumber the
number of primary speakers
b. It is the dominant primary language across the globe
c. It is the language of the internet
d. It is generally considered the language of science
e. Even in other countries, much advertising exists in English
Which of the following is true about language extinctions?
a. They happen suddenly and without warning
b. They are usually the result of genocide
c. There could be several thousand over the next century
d. They are increasingly rare
e. They are unrelated to cultural imperialism
The Italian language varies significantly between Milan, Rome, Naples, and Palermo. These varieties are
examples of
a. Pidgins
b. Lingua franca
c. Language groups
d. Dialect
e. Idioms
The language of the United Kingdom is broken down phonetically into Scottish, Irish, Cockney, and other
a. Languages
b. Dialects
c. Phonics
d. Isoglosses
e. Lingua francas
Two mountain towns with unique languages develop a new simple language, understood by both groups, for
trade purposes. What is this called?
a. Trade dialect
b. Lingua franca
c. Linguistic diaspora
d. Threat to language extinction
e. Both a and c
Chapter 7: Religion
86. The cultural hearth of Christianity is in
a. New York
b. Rome
c. Israel
d. South Carolina
e. Turkey
87. All evangelical religions are also
a. Local religions
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b. Universal religions
c. Animist religions
d. Ethnic religions
e. Polytheistic religions
Local Native American and African religions that teach a belief in a natural world full of spiritual beings
and supernatural powers are often referred to as
a. Animist
b. Shamanistic
c. Missionary
d. Denominational
e. Local religions
The world’s most widespread religion is
a. Islam
b. Animism
c. Christianity
d. Hinduism
e. Buddhism
The hearth and spiritual center of Islam is at
a. Baghdad
b. Cairo
c. Jakarta
d. Mecca
e. Jerusalem
________ is an excellent example of a nonevangelical, universalizing religion.
a. Christianity
b. Buddhism
c. Protestantism
d. Polytheism
e. Hinduism
In _______ religions, community, common history, and social relations are inextricable interwtwined with
spiritual beliefs.
a. Monotheistic
b. Local
c. Evangelical
d. Ethnic
e. Universal
What is the world’s fastest growing religion?
a. Christianity
b. Hinduism
c. Islam
d. Buddhism
e. Judaism
Which of the following is the largest proselytizing religion?
a. Hinduism
b. Christianity
c. Islam
d. Buddhism
e. Shintoism
Which of the following religions is the best example of a polytheistic religion
a. Shintoism
b. Judaism
c. Atheism
d. Christianity
e. Islam
96. When Muslims make the pilgrimage to Mecca to observe the Kabah, which of the five pillars of Islam are
they practicing?
a. Shahadah
b. Salah
c. Zakat
d. Sawm
e. Hajj
97. What is the largest denomination of Christianity?
a. Roman Catholicism
b. Greek Orthodox
c. Methodists
d. Baptists
e. Mormons
98. Many Islamic states in the Middle East region combine religion and state and don’t separate them. This is
an example of what?
a. Monotheism
b. Plural society
c. Democracy
d. Theocracy
e. Multilingual society
99. The two primary Eastern religions of Hinduism and Buddhism each have their hearths located where?
a. Jerusalem, Israel
b. Western Saudi Arabia
c. Eastern China
d. Southeast Asia
e. Northern India
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Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, is the most important holiday in which religion?
a. Christianity
b. Islam
c. Judaism
d. Hinduism
e. Buddhism
Chapter 8: Political Geography
101. A _____ is a group of people with a common political identity, and a _______ is a country with recognized
borders
a. Territory…federalism
b. Nation…territory
c. State…nation
d. Nation…state
e. Territory…state
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______ governments are organized into geographically based hierarchy of local government
agencies
a. Federal
b. Territorial
c. Consolidated
d. Electoral
e. National
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With its system of regional provinces, Canada is an example of a
a. Microstate
b. Electoral state
c. Reapportioned state
d. Federal state
e. Nation-state
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The drawing of new voting districts is called
a. Reapportionment
b. Gerrymandering
c. Reelection
d. Redrawing
e. Discretization
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When voting districts are redrawn in such a way that they purposely favor a political party, the
have been
a. Salamandered
b. Reapportioned
c. Redistricted
d. Gerrymandered
e. Reelected
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Indonesia is an example of a(n)
a. Elongated state
b. Microstate
c. Compact state
d. Fragmented state
e. Prorupted state
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Which of the following is a landlocked country?
a. Peru
b. Germany
c. Burma
d. Afghanistan
e. Colombia
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______ forces work to pull countries apart, while ______ forces work to bind them together.
a. Centripetal…centrifugal
b. Centrifugal…centripetal
c. Communist…democratic
d. Capitalist…socialist
e. Socialist…centripetal
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When one country exerts political, economic, or social influence over another without the aid of
official government institutions, it is called
a. Dominance
b. Imperialism
c. Colonialism
d. Federalism
e. Territorialism
110. For many years, French Canadians from Quebec sought ______, or the right to govern themselves and to
establish their own independent state.
a. Nationalism
b. Self-determination
c. Anticolonialism
d. Reapportionment
e. Colonization
111. Hitler’s nationalist/expansionist philosophies drew in part from
a. Self-determination
b. Sound historical evidence
c. Organic geopolitical theory
d. Rimland theory
e. Heartland theory
112. When countries come together for a common purpose, somewhat limiting their own individual powers, the
resulting body is called a(n)
a. International organization
b. Confederacy
c. Supranational organization
d. Union
e. National alliance
113. OPEC is an example of a(n)
a. Supranational organization
b. Commonwealth
c. Confederacy
d. International organization
e. National organization
114. The _______ was based on control of land, markets, and political ideology, whereas the ________ divide is
based on wealth and poverty.
a. East/west divide…north/south divide
b. Domino theory…heartland theory
c. North/south divide…east/west divide
d. Organic theory…rimland theory
e. Core/periphery…east/west divide
115. _______ boundaries characterize much of Africa as they ignore cultural and tribal differences across
space.
a. Superimposed
b. Subsequent
c. Colonial
d. Antecedent
e. Territorial
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of the following is the best example of a nation-state?
The United States
China
Russia
Japan
Canada
of the following was a centrifugal force in the India/Pakistan relationship in the late 1940’s?
Commonality of language
Commonality of religion
Differences in political border interpretation
Differences in religion
Commonality of climate
of the following is the best example of a perforated state?
France
b. Vietnam
c. Singapore
d. Ecuador
e. Italy
119. The largest territory in the world in terms of population is
a. The Solomon Islands
b. Puerto Rico
c. The Falkland Islands
d. India
e. Taiwan
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What is the best example of voluntary segregation?
a. Barrios in Spanish Harlem in New York City, United States
b. Ghettos during World War II in Munich, Germany
c. Refugee camps in Bangkok, Thailand
d. Ethnic neighborhoods in Tokyo, Japan
e. The ethnic landscape of Los Angeles, United States
Chapter 9: Urban Geography
121. The first cities arose in
a. Ancient Greece
b. Hearths of early agriculture
c. The Indian subcontinent
d. Central Mexico
e. Near the equator
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Some prominent Native American cities later became
a. Manufacturing hubs
b. Agricultural distribution centers
c. Gateway cities
d. Colonial cities
e. Export processing zones
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The Industrial Revolution
a. Had little impact on urban areas
b. Spawned vast manufacturing centers
c. Began in the Great Lakes region
d. Made factory workers obsolete
e. Caused an urban to rural migration
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Asian, African, and South American cities
a. Contain dominant centers, usually surrounding something of religious significance
b. Contain strong manufacturing and industrial sectors within the city
c. Display mostly modern forms of architecture as they are recently developing themselves after
colonialism
d. Contain many structural relics from colonialism
e. Usually have a church at the center of the city
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Los Angeles provides an excellent example of
a. The Beaux Arts tradition
b. A central business district
c. The multinucleated metropolis
d. The concentric zone model
e. Disagglomeration
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Many Latin American cities conform more or less to the
a. Theory of ghettoization
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The sector model
The multimode model
Inner city decay theory
The concentric zone model
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In cities like Baltimore, inner-city revitalization has transformed_______ into gentrified urban
neighborhoods.
a. Suburbs
b. Central business districts
c. Edge cities
d. Ghettos
e. Agglomerations
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Which of the following cities exemplifies an urban geography defined by railroads?
a. Boston
b. Mexico City
c. Chicago
d. San Francisco
e. Los Angeles
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Which of the following bet describes edge cities?
They are located along freeways on the outskirts of major cities
They are usually found in Europe and Asia
They are small, isolated communities
They are designed in the Beautiful City tradition
They are gentrified communities
According to the central place theory,
Small communities bind regions together
Most people live in mid-sized cities
Large cities serve as economic hubs
Regions are impossible to define
There are more large cities than small cities
of the following would be considered a primate city?
Berlin, Germany
New York City, United States
Beijing, China
Paris, France
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Which of the following best describes the urban hierarchy of settlements?
Town, hamlet, village, metropolis, megalopolis
Village, town, hamlet, metropolis, megalopolis
Megalopolis, metropolis, village, town, hamlet
Hamlet, town, city, metropolis, megalopolis
Hamlet, village, town, city, metropolis
The United Kingdom has established greenbelts around certain cities to prevent what?
Major traffic tie-ups
Urban sprawl
The spread of poverty
Unbearable pollution
Race relations from erupting into riots
According to Ullman and Harris’s multiple nuclei model, what develops at the outskirts of core
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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c.
d.
e.
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b.
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b.
c.
d.
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cities?
a. Airports
b.
c.
d.
e.
Nucleated cities
Edge cities
World cities
First-ring suburbs
135.
What city were the concentric zone model and the sector model based on when they were
developed in the early 20th century?
a. Chicago
b. London
c. New York City
d. Philadelphia
e. Boston
Chapter 11: Agriculture
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The first agriculturalists were
a. Commercial farmers
b. European entrpreneurs
c. Also hinter-gatherers
d. Also ranchers
e. Most likely males
Slash-and-burn agriculture is
a. Not sustainable
b. Practiced in high, mountainous regions
c. Typical for tropical forests
d. A relatively new invention
e. Always completely sustainable
The Industrial Revolution transformed Western Agriculture
a. Through mechanization and the creation of new markets
b. With biotechnology
c. Through technological and religious change
d. By eliminating agricultural pests
e. By eliminating plant hybridization
The Green Revolution greatly increased crop production in some countries
a. Without adverse side effects
b. As a replacement for deindustrialization
c. With some adverse side effects
d. By encouraging the cultivation of local crop varieties
e. By introducing organic agricultural methods
The modern global geography of agriculture is determined by
a. Climate
b. Soil
c. Cultural traditions
d. All of the above
e. Only a and b
_________ is (are) widespread in semiarid climates throughout the world
a. Ranching
b. Tropical plantations
c. Dairying
d. Slash-and-burn agriculture
e. Rice paddies
The effects of biotechnology
a. Are positive because it allows for much greater agricultural yields
b.
c.
d.
e.
Are negative because its expense limits its availability to all farmers across the globe
Are unknown because very little research has been conducted on them
All of the above
None of the above
143.
Agribusiness has had all of the following effects on agriculture, EXCEPT
a. The farm is no longer the center of agricultural activity
b. Transnational Corporations (TNCs) often control agricultural activity abroad
c. Family farmers, through increasing technology, are producing goods for the global economy
d. Agriculture has become a multilevel process of production, processing, marketing, and consumption
e. Some corporations essentially dictate agricultural production in other countries beside their own
144.
In arid climates, like southern California and the Middle East, ___________ can cause the soil to
become salty and infertile.
a. Erosion
b. Topsoil loss
c. Salinization
d. Saltation
e. Droughts
145.
___________ is a common cause of decreasing farmland in rapidly growing urban areas.
a. Urban sprawl
b. Topsoil loss
c. Loss of material inputs
d. Industrialization
e. Agribusiness
146.
DDT is an example of a _____ that has had negative effects all the way through the food chain.
a. Herbicide
b. Pesticide
c. Bacteria
d. Fungicide
e. Genetically modified organism
147.
Soil specialists must work to overcome the negative effects of ______ associated with agricultural
production.
a. Fertilization and salinization
b. Pesticides and fertilization
c. Salinization and topsoil loss
d. Topsoil loss and gentrification
e. The Green Revolution and agribusiness
148.
In what zone of von Thunen’s model would the fruit production method of farming best fit?
a. Market gardening
b. Dairy
c. Livestock fattening
d. Commercial grain
e. Livestock ranching
149.
What type of survey pattern of farming would be found in the Louisiana or Mississippi Delta region
of the United States?
a. Township and range
b. Dispersed village
c. Metes and bounds
d. Nucleated format
e. Long lots
150.
Which crop started the Third Agricultural Revolution?
a. Corn
b.
c.
d.
e.
Wheat
Rice
Sorghum
manioc