Geo A Final Practice #2

What is the study of population called?

• geography

• demography

• cartography

• sociology

What are renewable resources?

• resources that can be replaced

• resources that are used up over time

• resources are not valuable

• resources only usable through technology

Parallel mountain ranges in Latin America are called

• cliffs

• escarpments

• cordilleras

• trenches

Slash-and-burn agriculture throughout the Amazon Rainforest has caused which of the following?

• urbanization

• reforestation

• sustainable development

• deforestation

What types of languages are most commonly spoken in Southern Europe?

• Indo-European languages

• Germanic languages

• Romance languages

• Tribal languages

What policy required new Russian citizens to assimilate?

• perestroika

• glasnost

• czar

• russification

Low birth rates and high life expectancies led to which of the following in Europe?

• younger population

• older population

• smaller population

• larger population

What was the division of regions by ethnicity in Eastern Europe called?

• Balkanization

• communism

• Kyoto Protocol

• ethnic cleansing

What is a functional region?

• a time period in a specific part of the world

• the distant future and how geography will change in an area

• a system of related regions that cover large continents

• a central point and the surrounding territory linked to it

Which group invented democracy?

• Romans

• Slavs

• Greeks

• Franks