World Geography ACP Review

The loss of local traditions, increased levels of pollution, and the risk of pandemics are negative aspects of

• cottage industries

• globalization

• genocide

• ethnic cleansing

Frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in an area of the Pacific Ocean called the 'Ring of Fire.' Which of the following causes such events?

• a rise in the ocean surface temperature

• the movement of tectonic plates

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• the formation of canyons

The daily path of the Sun, as viewed from the Earth, appears to change with the seasons because the

• Sun revolves around the Earth

• Sun rotates

• Earth's axis is tilted

• Earth's distance from the Sun changes

The vast size of the Atlantic Ocean once protected the peoples of the Western Hemisphere. After 1492, the Atlantic Ocean became a channel for trade. Tobacco, sugar, rice and other products grown in the Americas were carried on ships to Europe. Manufactured goods, tea, and other products were then shipped across the Atlantic from Europe to the Americas. What changes led to these diverse uses of the Atlantic Ocean?

• The spread of the plague encouraged Europeans to search for safer areas.

• Population growth forced Europeans to expand.

• Technological improvements such as the compass and improvements in ship design made ocean voyages possible.

• Europeans had challenged the views of the Catholic Church on travel.

The Amazon rainforest constitutes a region because it -

• has a common climate and the same plants and animals

• is cut off from surrounding areas by mountains

• is under the rule of a single government

• has greater trade within this area than without

The cross-section shows the prevailing winds that cause different climates on the two sides of this mountain range.

Compared to the western side of this mountain range, the eastern side is more likely to receive

• frequent hurricanes

• less precipitation

• larger snow accumulations

• heavy rains

People live on savannas and mountains, in deserts and rainforests, along river valleys and coastlines, and on islands.

What does this diversity in the areas of human settlement demonstrate?

• People organize similar forms of government.

• People can adapt to many different

  physical surroundings.

• People follow similar occupations

  in very different regions.

• People prefer to live in isolation

  from each other.

What is the best explanation for the change in world population shown on the graph between 1950 and 2000?

• Family planning services became more widespread.

• There were several major wars in Asia and Africa.

• Improvements in medicine and

  agriculture were accompanied by rising birth rates in less developed nations.

• A dramatic increase in the number of famines and natural disasters occurred in the last half of the twentieth century

What prediction about the world population in 2025 is supported by the information in these graphs?

• Africa may experience problems with overpopulation.

• Technological improvements will cause a population decline in Asia.

• More developed nations will become home to a majority of the world’s population.

• Efforts to curb population growth in less developed nations will be highly successful.

On January 24, 1848, gold was discovered in Coloma, California, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. How did this discovery lead to changes in settlement patterns?

• People fled from

  these areas to avoid

  mining operations.

• Mining towns sprang up almost overnight where gold was discovered.

• Population in the mountains increased rapidly as farmers arrived to plant crops.

• San Francisco’s population decreased as people moved inland to the Sierra Nevada Mountains.