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WorksheetsAPHG Review
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
According to von Thunen's Model, which agricultural zone is closest to the market?
a)
Livestock
b)
Commercial Grain
c)
Dairy Farming
d)
Forestry
2.
The result of overgrazing in semi-arid climates is
a)
environmental modification
b)
desertification
c)
aquaculture
d)
desalination
3.
Which crop is associated with intensive agriculture?
a)
Corn
b)
Rice
c)
Wheat
d)
Cotton
4.
Farmers that produce food that they need to survive on a daily basis are called
a)
Commercial agriculture
b)
Industrial agriculture
c)
Slash-and-burn agriculture
d)
subsistence agriculture
5.
Agricultural hearths developed in four areas around the world EXCEPT
a)
Central America
b)
Eastern Europe
c)
Northwestern South America
d)
Western Africa
6.
Mediterranean agriculture must be practiced in a climate that is
a)
Wet summer, dry winter
b)
Plentiful rainfall year round
c)
Dry summer, cool moist winter
d)
Mild and dry year round
7.
All of the following are aspects of commercial agriculture EXCEPT
a)
a heavy reliance on machinery
b)
the product is consumed off the farm
c)
there is little relationship to other businesses
d)
a small percentage of the workforce is engaged directly in agriculture.
8.
Corn was first domesticated in
a)
the Tibetan Plateau
b)
the Canadian Prairie.
c)
Central Mexico
d)
Northern Argentina.
9.
Physiological density is defined as
a)
the average farm production compared to arable land.
b)
the number of farmers as compared to the total population.
c)
the number of people compared to arable land.
d)
the number of farms compared to the total land area.
10.
A region where boundaries are very thinly or weakly developed, zones where territoriality is unclear and not well established.
a)
Frontier
b)
Shatterbelt
c)
Buffer State
d)
Satellite State
11.
A state or group of states that exists within a sphere of competition between larger states and is often culturally, economically, and politically fragmented and splintered.
a)
Frontier
b)
Satellite States
c)
Shatterbelt
d)
Buffer State
12.
A state with only one nation within its borders
a)
Stateless-Nation
b)
Nation-State
c)
Ethnocentric Nation
d)
Statehood
13.
a state that contains more than one ethnicity.
a)
United States
b)
Multi-Cultural State
c)
Multi-Ethnic State
d)
Nation-State
14.
a country that contains more than one ethnicity with traditions of self-determination.
a)
Multi-Ethnic State
b)
Multi-National State
c)
Stateless Nation
d)
Nationalism
15.
Which of the following is not a part of the United Kingdom?
a)
England
b)
Ireland
c)
Scotland
d)
Wales
16.
The Sahara desert and Himalayan mountains are examples of which type of boundary?
a)
Susequent
b)
Cultural
c)
Superimposed
d)
Antecedent
17.
Which characteristic do all the nations seen here share?
a)
All are compact
b)
All are landlocked
c)
All are federal states
d)
All are members of OPEC
18.
The UN is an example of what?
a)
Military alliance
b)
Multinational state
c)
Confederation
d)
Supranational organization
19.
Which of the following is not a strong centripetal force in the United States?
a)
network television
b)
the flag
c)
the many ethnic groups living within it
d)
"The Star Spangled Banner"
20.
The morphology of Namibia is best described as
a)
compact.
b)
elongated.
c)
prorupt(ed).
d)
fragmented.
21.
The morphology of Vietnam is best described as
a)
compact.
b)
elongated.
c)
prorupt(ed).
d)
fragmented.
22.
Centrifugal forces _____, while centripetal forces _____.
a)
divide : unite
b)
unite : divide
23.
Farming that requires lots of labor and/or capital investment is:
a)
intensive agriculture
b)
extensive agriculture
c)
subsistence agriculture
d)
diffusion agriculture
24.
1. Situation costs are critical to a firm that wishes to
a)
avoid skilled laborers.
b)
minimize production costs inside the plant.
c)
minimize transport costs.
d)
identify unique characteristics of a particular industry.
25.
1. Soda bottling is an example of a
a)
perishable industry.
b)
labor intensive industry.
c)
bulk-gaining industry.
d)
communications-oriented industry.
26.
The Chicago area became a significant asset for the Western Great Lakes region owing to its steel industries and its
a)
large market area.
b)
access to the nation's transportation network.
c)
greater distance from raw materials essential for the steel industry.
d)
skilled labor force.
27.
A company which uses more than one mode of transport will often locate near what?
a)
Factory
b)
Consumer Products
c)
Raw materials
d)
Break-of-bulk Point
28.
Why are the factories in Mexico close to the border?
a)
Where the best resources are
b)
The geography is best there
c)
Easy to ship in and out
29.
What are the factories in Mexico called?
a)
Mariachi
b)
Maquiladoras
c)
Commercial Factories
d)
No factories in Mexico
30.
According to Alfred Weber, which one of the following costs of production is the most important factor in locating a new industry?
a)
Labor
b)
Transportation
c)
Raw Materials
d)
Agglomeration Costs
31.
Targets generally have Best Buys, Sally Beauty Salons, Famous Footwear, JC Penny, & Petsmarts near them. This is known as what?
a)
Maquiladora Industires
b)
Just-in-time planning
c)
Agglomerations
d)
Outsourcing
32.
AT&T having their call centers stationed in India and China is known as what industry practice?
a)
Agglomerations
b)
Outsourcing
c)
NAFTA
d)
Special Economic Zones
33.
If a product is heavier when it arrives at the factory than when it leaves (trees--> paper, potatoes-->chips) then the factory will be ____________ to the market
a)
closer
b)
farther
34.
A Doctor or Lawyer would be in which economic sector?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Qinary
35.
Shows the influence of women in a society by measuring women's income, participation in labor force, and political influence.
a)
Human Development Index
b)
GNP
c)
Gender Empowerment Index
d)
GDP
36.
The term used for a country with high birth rates, high death rates, little economic growth, and a high population in the primary sector.
a)
MDC
b)
LDC
c)
HDI
d)
GNP
37.
Mining and farming are part of which economic sector?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Quaternary
38.
A Country with an HDI of .92 is most likely what type of country
a)
MDC
b)
LDC
c)
In between
39.
What makes up the human development index?
a)
life expectancy
b)
per capita income
c)
education level and literacy rate
d)
all of the above
40.
Newly industrialized countries (NICs) like Brazil and Mexico are considered part of the
a)
Core
b)
Periphery
c)
Semi-Periphery
d)
External
41.
Whose development model consists of a 5 stage process that countries go through as they develop economically?
a)
Losch
b)
Rostow
c)
Wallerstein
d)
Weber
42.
Which movement has aims to improve economic prospects for producers and laborers in LDCs?
a)
fair trade
b)
maquiladora movement
c)
sustainability initiative
d)
World Trade Organization
43.
Countries in _____ and _____ would likely have the highest rates of gender equality.
a)
North America: Western Europe
b)
South America: Western Europe
c)
North America: South America
d)
East Asia: South America
44.
Which region of the world has no core countries?
a)
North America
b)
Western Europe
c)
Oceania
d)
Sub-Saharan Africa
45.
Created by Wallerstein to show that the world is interconnected and that we are all interdependent on each other. Divides us into three tiers of economic prosperity.
a)
Dependency Theory
b)
Neo liberal counterrevolution
c)
structural adjustment loan
d)
World Systems theory
46.
Which of the following is a renewable resource?
a)
hydroelectricity
b)
oil
c)
coal
d)
fossil fuel
47.
The UN considers all but the following factors when determining a country's level of development, its HDI (Human Development Index).
a)
Life expectancy
b)
Literacy rate
c)
Income per capita
d)
Natural increase rate
48.
In which of the following countries is one most likely to find speakers whose native language belongs to the Uralic family?
a)
Libya
b)
Cambodia
c)
Kazakhstan
d)
Portugal
49.
Which of the following terms best describes the geographic boundary of a particular linguistic feature?
a)
Toponym
b)
Choropleth interval
c)
Linguistic hearth
d)
Isogloss
50.
A highly simplified language developed between two heterogeneous groups for the purpose of basic group inter group communication is a
a)
Creole language
b)
Lingua franca
c)
Standard dialet
d)
Pidgin language
51.
All of the following belong to the Indo-European language family except
a)
Mandarin
b)
Hindi
c)
Dutch
d)
Farsi
52.
Which of the following toponyms best belongs in a formal culture region defined by common traits of Catholicism and Spanish languages?
a)
Saint Paul
b)
Tel Aviv
c)
Fauske
d)
San Jose
53.
The predominance of English as the preferred language spoken at international business meetings and political summits could be cited to support the claim that English is
a)
a creole language
b)
a lingua franca
c)
a popular dialect
d)
a pidgin language
54.
Which of the following will encompass the largest number of speakers?
a)
language group
b)
language family
c)
language branch
d)
dialect
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