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APHG Final Exam Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The most likely religious reason for the origin of settlements was a place to ...

a)

Bury the dead

b)

Educate children

c)

Protect the group’s assets

d)

House the ruler

2.

Which of the following is a cultural reason for establishing a settlement...

a)

Religion

b)

Politics

c)

Manufacturing

d)

All of the above

3.

Business services provide what kind of services?

a)

Diffusion and distribution of services

b)

Services to business

c)

Services for the well being of individuals

d)

Security and protection

4.

Rural settlements differ from urban settlements primary according to which type of activity?

a)

Cultural

b)

Economic

c)

Political

d)

Religious

5.

What activity tends to locate on the street-level floor of a skyscraper in a typical North American CBD?

a)

Government

b)

Industry

c)

Office

d)

Retail

6.

Economic reasons for settlements include which of the following?

a)

Warehousing

b)

Trading

c)

Manufacturing

d)

All of the above

7.

The Industrial Revolution can be explained by a gradual diffusion of ________ inventions.

a)

social

b)

economic

c)

political

d)

all of the above

8.

The Industrial Revolution began in...

a)

Great Britain.

b)

Japan.

c)

Russia.

d)

the United States.

9.

The main source of power for steam engines and blast ovens is produced from...

a)

coal.

b)

dross.

c)

iron ore.

d)

wood.

10.

The Industrial Revolution began in...

a)

the late 1500s.

b)

the late 1600s.

c)

the late 1700s.

d)

the late 1800s.

11.

The lowest-cost form of transporting goods very long distances is by...

a)

truck.

b)

train.

c)

boat.

d)

airplane.

12.

Geographers recognize that connections are important to explain why a particular place is suitable for industry. Connections refers to...

a)

A. where the markets for the product are located.

b)

B. where the resources needed to make the product are located.

c)

C. where the company's headquarters were originally located.

d)

A and B

13.

Asian agriculture is characterized by shortages of all but which of the following?

a)

Equipment

b)

Funds

c)

Labor

d)

Land

14.

Farmland preservationists traditionally define prime farmland based only on…

a)

soil quality.

b)

proximity to market.

c)

dry harvest climate.

d)

habitat for endangered species.

15.

Vegetative planting probably originated in…

a)

Southeast Asia.

b)

Southwest Asia.

c)

Ethiopia.

d)

Northern China

16.

The earliest known domesticated wheat, barley, and rice crops are thought to have originated in Asia…

a)

10,000 years ago

b)

100,000 years ago

c)

1.1 million years ago

d)

1,000 years ago

17.

To increase crop yields, farmers in South China commonly practice…

a)

Double cropping

b)

Transhumance

c)

Threshing

d)

Pastoral nomadism

18.

The first group to integrate seed agriculture with domestication of herd animals was probably in…

a)

Western India

b)

Northern China

c)

Ethiopia

d)

Southwest Asia

19.

What two main regions suffer from poor human rights and low standing of women?

a)

Southwest Asia and North Africa

b)

Europe and South Asia

c)

South America and North Africa

d)

Southeast Asia and Southwest Asia

20.

1. What is Russia's biggest economic asset?

a)

Oil resources

b)

Coal

c)

Timber

d)

Iron

21.

What is an important step in increasing development in LDCs?

a)

Improving education

b)

Trading more

c)

Focusing money on the military

d)

Using money to fund wars

22.

What is Southwest Asia and North Africa's major economic asset?

a)

Petroleum

b)

Coal

c)

Cotton

d)

Iron

23.

How many factors are taken into account when measuring HDI? How many from each category?

a)

3; 1 economic, 1 social, 1 demographic

b)

5; 1 economic, 2 social, 2 demographic

c)

4; 1 economic, 2 social, 1 demographic

d)

6; 1 economic, 2 social, 3 demographic

24.

Which factors do NOT affect a country's level of development?

a)

Social

b)

Political

c)

Demographic

d)

Economic

25.

A feature of the physical environment commonly used to separate states includes all but which of the following?

a)

deserts

b)

geometry

c)

mountains

d)

lakes