Geography Test Practice

Poverty, high crime rates, war, and unemployment are all examples of...

• Pull Factors

• Push Factors

• Transportation Corridors

• Transportation Barriers

Which of the following is a transportation barrier?

• The Erie Canal

• The Mississippi River

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Atlantic Ocean

How does geography influence the economy?

• Natural resources and climate determine jobs

• Places with a lot of natural resources have weak economies

• Rivers limit economic growth

• Geography does not influence the economy

Conservation, replanting, recycling, and preservation are all examples of...

• Transportation corridors

• Transportation barriers

• H-E-I (Human-Environment-Interaction)

• Push factors

Which of the following is an example of infrastructure?

• Poverty

• Water facilities

• Unemployment

• Pull factors

How could a government best use the information provided by a population pyramid?

• To measure the distance of a city or country

• To move the location of the capitol

• To elect government officials

• To decide how much money to spend on infrastructure

Who is responsible for the development of infrastructure?

• The Government

• Volunteers

• Citizens

• Policemen

Which of these is an example of migration?

• The Rocky Mountains

• People immigrating from one place to another

• Trading resources

• Recycling

Pull factors such as good schools, employment opportunities, and no state income tax...

• Make people want to leave a place

• Stop transportation

• Encourage people to immigrate to a place

• Create problems for citizens

Mountains that isolate an area serve as a transportation...

• Corridor

• Helper

• Facilitator

• Barrier