Fall Semester Review 2025

Which factor is NOT typically considered when determining the location of economic activities?

• Climate

• Language

• Access to resources

• Transportation

What is an example of cultural convergence?

• The isolation of a language in a remote area

• The spread of global sports like soccer

• The decline of a traditional food dish

• The preservation of indigenous cultures

How does globalization affect the standard of living?

• It decreases connectivity between regions.

• It has no impact on pandemics.

• It can improve the standard of living through increased access to goods and services.

• It only benefits developed countries.

What process has contributed to changes in settlement patterns?

• Isolationism

• Urbanization

• Deindustrialization

• Desertification

Which of the following is a human factor that constitutes a region?

• River systems

• Climate

• Language

• Vegetation

What was a significant effect of the Columbian Exchange?

• The isolation of American cultures

• The introduction of European diseases to the Americas

• The decline of European agriculture

• The end of global trade

Grace and Oliver are studying how the character of a city is related to its elements. How do these elements influence the city's character?

• It is only influenced by its economic elements.

• It is shaped by its political, economic, social, and cultural elements.

• It is determined solely by its cultural elements.

• It is unrelated to its social elements.

What is a key difference between democracy and dictatorship?

• Both have the same level of citizen participation.

• Democracy allows for citizen participation in government, while dictatorship does not.

• Dictatorship promotes free elections, while democracy does not.

• Both systems operate identically in all countries.

What can population pyramids help predict?

• Past migration patterns

• Future population trends

• Historical economic activities

• Ancient settlement patterns

What environmental modification connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans using the isthmus of Central America, cutting travel time in half?

• Suez Canal

• Panama Canal

• Hoover Dam

• Grand Canyon