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Practice Test II (JM)

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 42mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following items below is an absolute location?

a)

10 miles east of Pittsburgh

b)

Washington

c)

3 degrees south

d)

479 Elm Street, Muncie, Indiana

e)

Prime Meridian

2.

China and Vietnam's dispute over the Spartley island is

a)

a positional dispute

b)

a territorial dispute

c)

a resource dispute

d)

a functional dispute

e)

a religious dispute

3.

Every country with a seacoast has an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) under the UN convention on the Law of the Sea. Which one of the following statements regarding the law of the following statements regarding the Law of the Sea and the EEZ is NOT correct

a)

The EEZ extends up to 200 nautical miles (370 km) from the coastline

b)

Countries have the right to exploit natural resources in their EEZ

c)

Countries can exploit resources on the on the continental shelf extending up to 350 nautical miles (560 km) beyond their EEZ

d)

A country does not have the right to exploit living resources in its EEZ

e)

A country has the right to exploit nonliving resources in its EEZ

4.

A person who practices the Hindu religion would be most likely to

a)

Visit shrine built on the shore of a lake

b)

Pray five times a day

c)

Bathe in the Ganges River

d)

Make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem

e)

Make a pilgrimage to Mecca

5.

which of the following is MOST likely to experience population pressure?

a)

An industrial society with abundant natural resource and large imports of food

b)

A society with a highly-mechanized agricultural sector

c)

A non-ecumene

d)

A society that uses fertilizer, biocides and irrigation extensively

e)

A slash-and-burn agricultural society

6.

The voluntary association of three or more countries willing to give up some measure of sovereignty is called

a)

nationalism

b)

devolution

c)

supranationalism

d)

complementarity

e)

transferability

7.

The idea that people, and not their environment, are the forces that create cultural development is called

a)

possibilism

b)

animism

c)

environmental determinism

d)

cultural ecology

e)

syncretism

8.

Which region of China has the largest number of Tibeto-Burman speakers?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

9.

Which religion is practiced by most inhabitants of Region A?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Shintoism

c)

Catholicism

d)

Hinduism

e)

Islam

10.

Which one of the following statements does NOT correctly describe transnational companies (TNCs)?

a)

Many TNCs operate in areas of electronics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and petroleum.

b)

Most TNCs produce and sell manufactured goods.

c)

Most TNCs are headquartered in the United States, Japan, and the European Union.

d)

TNCs actively make use of the principle of comparative advantage.

e)

TNCs are generally controlled by foreign governments.

11.

Which one of the statements below correctly describes immigrants living in Europe?

a)

Most find citizenship easy to get in host countries.

b)

Muslim immigrants from North Africa are well integrated in France.

c)

Immigrants to European cities rarely bring their families.

d)

They are usually restricted to certain neighborhoods.

e)

They enjoy the same treatment as received by immigrants to the United States.

12.

A strong movement away from all religions is called

a)

secularism

b)

heathenism

c)

sacrilege

d)

nationalism

e)

communism

13.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a city in the developing world?

a)

Contains modern centers of commerce

b)

Has a well-developed infrastructure

c)

Experiences large in-migrations of rural people into the city

d)

Produces a large share of its country's GDI

e)

Is surrounded by high-density squatter settlements

14.

Shifting cultivation is most often practiced in

a)

alpine tundra

b)

tropical forests

c)

flood plains

d)

deserts

e)

boreal forests

15.

A rejection of or indifference to religion in a country is called

a)

polytheism

b)

animism

c)

secularism

d)

monotheism

e)

heathenism

16.

The first stage if the demographic transition exhibits

a)

high birth rated with high but fluctuating death rates

b)

declining birth rates with continuing high death rates

c)

low birth rates with continuing high death rates

d)

high birth rates with declining death rates

e)

high birth rates with low and stable death rates

17.

Which continent has the highest total fertility rates?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

South America

d)

Europe

e)

Australia

18.

With what religion is the architecture shown above associated?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Judaism

c)

Christianity

d)

Hinduism

e)

Islam

19.

The Philippines and Indonesia are each an example of

a)

a perforated state

b)

a fragmented state

c)

an elongated state

d)

a prorupt state

e)

a compact state

20.

The increasing interconnectedness of different parts of the world through economic, political, and cultural interaction is called

a)

culture

b)

core-periphery

c)

globalization

d)

development

e)

diffusion

21.

Which of the following associations linking a US region to an industrial base is NOT correct?

a)

Gulf Coast of Texas---petroleum and natural gas

b)

United States--Mexico border-- golf and silver mining

c)

Silicon Valley (San Francisco Bay area)-- high-tech industries

d)

Southeast United States-- textile, tobacco, and furniture

e)

Ohio River Valley/Monongahela River Valley (Pittsburgh area)-- advanced material processing and high-tech industries

22.

Which one of the following statements is best supported by the map above?

a)

Potatoes are grown mostly in the Midwest

b)

Potatoes are not grown in the southwest because of a cultural preference for corn

c)

Potatoes would be in the first ring of von thunen's model of agricultural location

d)

Potatoes are most profitable when grown in cooler climates

e)

Potatoes have overtaken bread as the staple of American life

23.

Which term describes the forces that unify and strengthen a country?

a)

Diffusion

b)

Centrifugal

c)

Centripetal

d)

Ethnocentric

e)

Naturalizing

24.

The European Union (EU) replaced which of the following organization?

a)

NATO

b)

EEC

c)

UN

d)

ASEAN

e)

NAFTA

25.

A chief factor that contributed to the Second Agricultural Revolution was

a)

the industrial revolution

b)

World War I

c)

World war II

d)

the discovery of the plow

e)

the domestication of plants and animals

26.

Which stage of the demographic transition model is characterized by high birth rates and high variable death rates?

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

State 4

e)

State 5

27.

The largest Hindu temple complex ever constructed is found in

a)

Calcutta

b)

Bombay

c)

Cambodia

d)

Bali

e)

New York City

28.

Which country faces a serious trade disadvantage due to its location?

a)

Singapore

b)

Italy

c)

Spain

d)

Argentina

e)

Mongolia

29.

A city is more than twice as large as the next largest city in a country is called

a)

global city

b)

world leader city

c)

megalopolis

d)

primate city

e)

metropolis

30.

Which of the following statements below best describes an application of the S-curve?

a)

Graph of the Bantu migration

b)

Graph of the growth of human populations since their first appearance on earth

c)

The chart showing how cities associate with one another based on their population sizes

d)

A model showing the decrease in population growth for several countries after they industrialize

e)

A case study explaining how countries gain stability and a sense of "openness" overtime

31.

Which one of the following organizations is NOT a supranational organization?

a)

UN

b)

NATO

c)

ASEAN

d)

NAFTA

e)

PLO

32.

Which of the following is NOT used by geographers to determine absolute location?

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

e)

Distance of the nearest city

33.

Which of the following is NOT a problem Europe currently faces today?

a)

Rising immigration

b)

Lack of population growth

c)

Environmental apathy

d)

Urban ethnic ghettos on the rise

e)

Lack of cultural activities

34.

The most rapidly urbanizing area of the world is

a)

Europe

b)

East Asia

c)

Sub-Saharan Africa

d)

South Asia

e)

Latin America

35.

Which of the following supranational organizations is not an economic union?

a)

EU

b)

CARICOM

c)

NATO

d)

MERCOSUR

e)

NAFTA

36.

In what country are the most Basque speakers found?

a)

Denmark

b)

Finland

c)

Luxembourg

d)

Spain

e)

Germany

37.

Opponents of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food are afraid that the GMOs

a)

will hinder global trade

b)

make plans more resistant to disease

c)

may cause irreversible changes in humans

d)

make plants more resistant to drought

e)

help clean up the environment

38.

Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of world cities?

a)

World cities contain the headquarters of many transnational corporations

b)

World cities are well connected to secondary-level world cities

c)

World cities contain many offices of multinational organizations

d)

World cities are found only in northern and western hemispheres

e)

World cities contain a concentration of legal, banking, and marketing services

39.

Which theorist(s) tried to explain the price of farm products as they relate to patterns of land use?

a)

Rostow

b)

Ravenstein

c)

Von Thunen

d)

Burgees

e)

Harris and Ullman

40.

Regions share all of these characteristics EXCEPT

a)

boundaries

b)

common features

c)

relative location

d)

easily defined

e)

spatial extent

41.

The rehabilitation of old, rundown inner-city neighborhoods by middle- and high-income people is called

a)

urbanization

b)

gentrification

c)

suburbanization

d)

multiplier effect

e)

home improvements

42.

Which term below best describes a religion that uses missionaries to spread its faith?

a)

Ethnic

b)

Universalizing

c)

Monotheistic

d)

Polytheistic

e)

Animistic

43.

Which crop began the Third Agricultural Revolution?

a)

Rice

b)

Wheat

c)

Barley

d)

Millet

e)

Sorghum

44.

The idea that you identify with, and give allegiance, to a nation state is

a)

regionalism

b)

diffusion

c)

iconography

d)

ethnocentrism

e)

nationalism

45.

The theory that most migration occurs over a short distance and in steps is attributed to

a)

Rostow

b)

Ravenstein

c)

Von Thunen

d)

Burgess

e)

Harris and Ullman

46.

The largest exporter of agricultural goods in the world is

a)

China

b)

Mexico

c)

Chile

d)

France

e)

The United States

47.

The multiplier effect is

a)

the addition of non-basic workers to an urban economy that has added more basic workers

b)

a ratio of urban to rural workers in an economy

c)

the ratio of city workers to farm workers in an economy

d)

the addition of rural jobs created by the urban economy

e)

the multiple jobs eliminated by foreign workers

48.

Which geographer viewed the US urban community if the 1920's as a set of concentric rings radiating outward from a central core?

a)

Rostow

b)

Ravenstein

c)

Von Thunen

d)

Burgess

e)

Harris and Ullman

49.

Which if the following is NOT a key milestone reached by the EU?

a)

The introduction of a common currency used by man EU countries

b)

A custom union

c)

A single markey

d)

A common European language

e)

Broad support of the Kyoto Protocol

50.

Which pair of religions below share a long-held tradition of cremating their dead?

a)

Hindu and Buddhist

b)

Hindu and Muslim

c)

Muslim and Jewish

d)

Christian and Buddhist

e)

Christian and Jewish

51.

Part of the boundary between the united states and Mexico is the Rio Grande, and example of

a)

a water divider

b)

a watercourse

c)

an artificial boundary

d)

a natural boundary

e)

a relict boundary

52.

Which of the following is NOT an important environmental factor influencing a country's agriculture?

a)

Number of frost-free days per year

b)

Availability of sufficient rainfall

c)

Reliability of sufficient rainfall

d)

Amount of fertilizer produced in the country

e)

Existence of a 90-day-or-longer growing season

53.

The key factor Thomas Malthus failed to recognize in his population theory was

a)

population is limited by their means of subsistence

b)

all populations have the potential to increase more than the actual rate of increase

c)

wars and famine inhibit population's reproductive capacity

d)

populations will always increase if the means of subsistence increase

e)

technology's ability to raise the earth's carrying capacity

54.

What family do most European languages belong to?

a)

Ural-Altaic

b)

Baque

c)

Indo-European

d)

Phoenician

e)

Sino-Tibetan

55.

The latitude and longitude coordinates of a place are an example of

a)

a formal region

b)

a functional region

c)

an absolute region

d)

a relative location

e)

a perceptual region

56.

All of the following are non-basic jobs in the city EXCEPT

a)

city firefighter

b)

social worker

c)

drycleaner

d)

waitress

e)

garment factory worker

57.

The theory that cities grow outward from a core utilizing several nodes of growth was proposed by

a)

Rostow

b)

Ravenstein

c)

Van Thunen

d)

Burgess

e)

Harris and Ullman

58.

What was the primary reason the Green Revolution did NOT help Africa much?

a)

It targeted crops African don't grow and eat

b)

It required sophisticated machinery

c)

Population growth has fallen so drastically that Africans don’t need the increased food production

d)

African agricultural production went up without its help

e)

African refused to use the Green Revolution’s farming techniques

59.

Your parents moved from full-time to Pittsburgh. Along the way, stop in Columbus, Ohio to visit a relative in the city! I decide to stay in the Columbus are you home. This is an example of

a)

Intervening opportunity

b)

Distance decay

c)

Involuntary migration

d)

Push-pull factors

e)

Transhumance

60.

What type of countries generally possesses a greater variety of climate, and resources than others?

a)

Perforated states

b)

Fragmented states

c)

Elongated states

d)

Prorupt states

e)

Compact states

61.

Which of the following statements is not true of the “Core” countries?

a)

They are technologically advanced

b)

They are wealthy

c)

They are powerful

d)

They are less developed

e)

They are more developed

62.

Which of the following statements best describes the United Nations?

a)

The UN operates a worldwide police force

b)

Member states surrender sovereignty to the UN

c)

World laws are enforced by the UN

d)

UN membership includes all countries

e)

The UN often practices interventionism in world conflicts

63.

Which pair of religions are both universalizing?

a)

Islam and Judaism

b)

Judaism and Buddhism

c)

Hinduism and Buddhism

d)

Christianity and Buddhism

e)

Islam and Hinduism

64.

Olives, grapes and chickpeas are staple crops of which type of farming?

a)

Pastoral nomadism

b)

Subsistence

c)

Plantation

d)

Mediterranean

e)

Commercial

65.

Which one of the statements below is characteristic of most African cities?

a)

They have thriving, clean and residential areas.

b)

There are jobs for most rural-to-urban migrants

c)

They have three separate business districts

d)

They have a well developed infrastructure

e)

They offer an adequate social welfare system

66.

The theory that every society developed economically according to a five stage pattern of growth attributed to

a)

Rostow

b)

Ravenstein

c)

Von thunene

d)

Burgess

e)

Harris and Ullman

67.

A society in which two or more population groups coexist while maintaining their unique culture demonstrates

a)

Racial segregation

b)

Miscegenation

c)

Cultural pluralism

d)

Cultural segregation

e)

Cultural integration

68.

In which of the following Asian countries would one find special economic zones (SEZs)?

a)

Japan

b)

South Korea

c)

China

d)

Vietnam

e)

North Vietnam

69.

The practice of hiring a foreign third-party service provider to run an operation is called

a)

Outsourcing

b)

Offshoring

c)

Maquiladoras

d)

Locational interdependence

e)

Fordism

70.

The theory that the main person of a settlement or market town is to furnish goods and services to the surrounding market area the

a)

Urban hierarchy theory

b)

Central place theory

c)

Concentric zone model

d)

Multiplier effect

e)

Rank-size rule

71.

When a country combines its religion with its government ,it is called

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Theocracy

c)

Democracy

d)

Autocracy

e)

Oligarchy

72.

Which structure(s) traditionally occupies the center of a historic Asian city?

a)

A central market

b)

High-density housing

c)

A religious building

d)

A government office building

e)

Commercial building

73.

Which of the following is a push factor?

a)

Dissatisfaction with current job

b)

Higher-paying jobs elsewhere

c)

An attractive retirement community elsewhere

d)

A pleasant climate

e)

Safer communities elsewhere

74.

The influence of Neo-Malthusianism can be seen in

a)

Government programs for birth control and planning

b)

Famine relief

c)

Increase spending in social welfare programs

d)

Increased total fertility rates

e)

Pro-Natalist polices

75.

What is the chief religion practiced in Europe ?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Hinduism

d)

Animism

e)

Buddhism

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