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WorksheetsAPHG Final Exam Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The most likely religious reason for the origin of settlements was a place to ...
Bury the dead
Educate children
Protect the group’s assets
House the ruler
Which of the following is a cultural reason for establishing a settlement...
Religion
Politics
Manufacturing
All of the above
Business services provide what kind of services?
Diffusion and distribution of services
Services to business
Services for the well being of individuals
Security and protection
Rural settlements differ from urban settlements primary according to which type of activity?
Cultural
Economic
Political
Religious
What activity tends to locate on the street-level floor of a skyscraper in a typical North American CBD?
Government
Industry
Office
Retail
Economic reasons for settlements include which of the following?
Warehousing
Trading
Manufacturing
All of the above
The Industrial Revolution can be explained by a gradual diffusion of ________ inventions.
social
economic
political
all of the above
The Industrial Revolution began in...
Great Britain.
Japan.
Russia.
the United States.
The main source of power for steam engines and blast ovens is produced from...
coal.
dross.
iron ore.
wood.
The Industrial Revolution began in...
the late 1500s.
the late 1600s.
the late 1700s.
the late 1800s.
The lowest-cost form of transporting goods very long distances is by...
truck.
train.
boat.
airplane.
Geographers recognize that connections are important to explain why a particular place is suitable for industry. Connections refers to...
A. where the markets for the product are located.
B. where the resources needed to make the product are located.
C. where the company's headquarters were originally located.
A and B
Asian agriculture is characterized by shortages of all but which of the following?
Equipment
Funds
Labor
Land
Farmland preservationists traditionally define prime farmland based only on…
soil quality.
proximity to market.
dry harvest climate.
habitat for endangered species.
Vegetative planting probably originated in…
Southeast Asia.
Southwest Asia.
Ethiopia.
Northern China
The earliest known domesticated wheat, barley, and rice crops are thought to have originated in Asia…
10,000 years ago
100,000 years ago
1.1 million years ago
1,000 years ago
To increase crop yields, farmers in South China commonly practice…
Double cropping
Transhumance
Threshing
Pastoral nomadism
The first group to integrate seed agriculture with domestication of herd animals was probably in…
Western India
Northern China
Ethiopia
Southwest Asia
What two main regions suffer from poor human rights and low standing of women?
Southwest Asia and North Africa
Europe and South Asia
South America and North Africa
Southeast Asia and Southwest Asia
1. What is Russia's biggest economic asset?
Oil resources
Coal
Timber
Iron
What is an important step in increasing development in LDCs?
Improving education
Trading more
Focusing money on the military
Using money to fund wars
What is Southwest Asia and North Africa's major economic asset?
Petroleum
Coal
Cotton
Iron
How many factors are taken into account when measuring HDI? How many from each category?
3; 1 economic, 1 social, 1 demographic
5; 1 economic, 2 social, 2 demographic
4; 1 economic, 2 social, 1 demographic
6; 1 economic, 2 social, 3 demographic
Which factors do NOT affect a country's level of development?
Social
Political
Demographic
Economic
A feature of the physical environment commonly used to separate states includes all but which of the following?
deserts
geometry
mountains
lakes
