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10. Urbanization
1.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Which event took place during the first urban revolution?
People moved into cities for the first time.
Modern cities developed as commerce replaced farming as the main way to make a living.
The greatest population growth is taking place in cities in developing countries.
City dwellers moved from urban areas to rural areas.
2.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Megacities are cities with more than how many inhabitants?
4 million
8 million
10 million
12 million
3.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Separate industrial parks, shopping centers and apartment districts are largely the result of:
zoning
smart growth
suburban sprawl
all of these
4.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cities have grown at the expense of rural populations because:
fewer farmers support an increased number of people
people in rural settings have fewer employment opportunities
cities have traditionally provided more jobs because of industry and economic development
all of these
11. Fossil Fuels
5.
A.
B.
C.
D.
The use of less energy to accomplish the same task is energy:
conservation
manipulation
efficiency
consumption
6.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Which two countries possess 48% of the world's natural gas deposits?
United States and Canada
Egypt and Brazil
Russia and Iran
Israel and India
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7.
Which of the following is NOT a fuel
A. Coal
B. Uranium
C. Natural Gas
D. Oil
E. Nuclear
12. Nuclear Fuels
8.
The time required for one-half of the total amount of a radioactive substance to change into a
different material is called its:
A. fuel cycle
B. transformation time
C. half-life
D. decay rate
9.
A.
B.
C.
D.
What country received heavy radioactive fallout from the Chornobyl incident?
France
Ireland
Romania
Estonia
14. Water
10.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Which of these rivers has the world's largest watershed?
Congo
Mississippi
Nile
Amazon
11.
Why is management of the Rhine River so complex?
A. The drainage basin for the river is in five countries.
B. The land in the watershed is highly developed and densely populated.
C. Some countries in the drainage basin used the water and polluted it; other countries then had to
clean it up.
D. all of these
12.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Southern California receives much of its water supply from:
aqueducts from northern California
aqueducts from the Colorado River
the Central Arizona Project
both aqueducts from northern California and aqueducts from the Colorado River
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A.
B.
C.
D.
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Which is the longest river in the United States?
Missouri
Mississippi
Ohio
Colorado
18. Land
14.
What percentage of land in the United States is privately owned by citizens, corporations and
nonprofit organizations?
A. 29%
B. 33%
C. 55%
D. 62%
15.
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Corn Belt of the United States is located in:
the southeast
the southwest
the West
the Midwest
22. Water Pollution
16.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Which of these is not a cause of tropical deforestation?
subsistence agriculture
water pollution
commercial logging
cattle ranching
17.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Which of these is a dominant tree species in a boreal forest?
Fir
Maple
Spruce
Oak
18.
A.
B.
C.
D.
All of these are sources of sediment pollution except:
erosion of agricultural land
forest soil exposed by logging
untreated wastewater
overgrazed rangelands
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A.
B.
C.
D.
The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is caused by:
fertilizer runoff
livestock feedlot runoff
high levels of phosphorus and nitrogen in the Mississippi River
all of these
20.
A.
B.
C.
D.
About 72% of the water pollution in rivers is attributed to:
agricultural practices
municipalities
households
industry
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Energy and You
21 – 25. Identify the Sources of Energy as illustrated on the following chart. Match the question number
to one of the selections listed here.
A. Alternative
B. Coal
C. Electricity
D. Natural Gas
E. Nuclear
AB. Oil
AC. Renewable
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