SLT Post test

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s, Russia has attempted to build an economic system based on ____________.

• a return to feudalism

• the writing of Mao Zedong

• the ideas of Marx and Lenin

• a free-market system

A region is an area of land that has common features. Which of the following is NOT considered a region in World Geography?

• common language

• common religion

• common government

• common height

The principal purpose of topographic maps is to:

• Assess the human impact upon environmentally sensitive areas

• Determine the location and extent of urban areas

• Display elevation and terrain using contours

• Provide information about geologic processes

The frequent changes in the political organization of Africa from the early sixteenth century to the late nineteenth century reflected ________.

• attempts by European countries to establish colonies and gain control of certain regions

• an economic shift away from primarily agrarian activities toward primarily industrial ones

• the replacement of European trading partners with Asian ones

• efforts by territories to unite against potential colonizers

Which of the following statements best explains why Cairo, Egypt, has grown into a large urban center?

• It is located near the Nile River

• It is located east of Tripoli, Libya

• It is located west of the Caspian Sea

• 
  It is located north of Mount Kilimanjaro

A geographer is analyzing global trade routes in the era of sailing ships. Which of the following tow essential elements of geography would likely form the conceptual bases of the geographer’s study?

• human systems and environment and society

• physical systems and places and regions

• human systems and the world in the spatial terms

• physical systems and the use of geography

In the 1800s, European settlers came in large numbers to the American Midwest in search of prosperity. What geographic features led to heavy settlement in this region?

• Precious Metals

• Fertile prairies

• Dense forests

• Marine life

The large-scale migrations of the Irish in the 1840s and European Jews in the 1930s differ in that:

• Only the European Jews were chased from their homeland by actual or threatened violence

• Only Jewish emigration was motivated by the threat of famine

• Only the Irish migration occurred in a time of economic instability

• Only the Irish left their country in protest of religious persecution by political leaders

Selected Pull Factors for Immigration

• Job opportunities

• Political freedom

• Access to education

In the twentieth century these factors encouraged migration primarily ___________.

• by people with significant economic resources

• from one developed country to another

• from developing to developed countries

• among people with similar religious beliefs

All parallel circles from the equator up to the poles are called __________.

• Parallels of latitudes

• Anti-latitude

• Anti-parallel latitudes

• None of these