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Human Geography - Spring 2019 Final Exam Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The world's largest state is
a)
China
b)
Canada
c)
United States
d)
Russia
2.
An area organized into a independent political unit is a 
a)
colony
b)
territory
c)
satellite
d)
State
3.
Poland is an example of a ____ state.
a)
elongated
b)
fragmented
c)
compact
d)
prorupted
4.
A country that has no access to water is a ___ country.
a)
Compact
b)
Landlocked
c)
Island Nation
d)
Elongated
5.
The concept that an ethnic group would have the right to govern themselves.
a)
Balkanization
b)
Self-Determination
c)
Sovereignty
d)
Anocracy
6.
Human geographers use ____  as a more precise term for "downtown."
a)
Central Business District (CBD)
b)
Urban Business District
c)
Service Business District
d)
City Business District
7.
According to this model, a city grows in rings around the Central Business District.
a)
Concentric Zone Model
b)
Multiple Nuclei Model
c)
Sector Model
d)
Latin America Model
8.
Between 175 million and 1 billion people live in ________, areas that have few consumer services, because neither the city nor the residents can afford them.
a)
squatter settlements
b)
urban zones
c)
public housing
d)
disamenity zones
9.

This map shows the amount of land that has been converted from farmland to residential use. This unchecked spread of residential areas beyond city limits is called

a)

urban sprawl

b)

urban growth

c)

urban expansion

d)

urban footprint

10.
Inner-city residents  who face an unending cycle of social and economic issues are called a  permanent
a)
poor class.
b)
underclass.
c)
poverty class.
d)
homeless class.
11.

According to the Von Thunen Model which form of Agriculture would be located closest to the city?

a)

Dairy

b)

Lumber

c)

3 fields

d)

Ranching

12.
Who is responsible for theorizing that human population will outgrow food supply?
a)
Malthus
b)
Von Thunen
c)
Boserup
d)
Wallerstein
13.
Farming, mining, fishing, and forestry are all considered to be
a)
Primary Economic Activities
b)
Secondary Economic Activities
c)
Tertiary Economic Activities
d)
Quaternary Economic Activities
14.
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
15.
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
16.
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
17.

Which country is most likely to feature slash-and-burn agriculture?

a)

Congo

b)

China

c)

Russia

d)

Canada

18.

All of the following are forms of commercial agriculture EXCEPT

a)

dairy farming

b)

pastoral nomadism

c)

cattle ranching

d)

specialized fruit production

e)

grain farming

19.

Which form of commercial agriculture is found primarily in developing countries?

a)

plantation agriculture

b)

livestock farming

c)

mixed farming

d)

dairy farming

e)

truck farming

20.

A farmer plants corn in a field one year, cotton in the same field the following year, and then corn again. This farmer is practicing ---

a)

subsistence agriculture

b)

commercial farming

c)

crop rotation

d)

slash-and-burn agriculture

e)

shifting cultivation

21.
Which of the following is the best example of Outsourcing? 
a)
An El Salvadorian immigrant illegally immigrates to the USA to find work
b)
An American Tech Company fires it's American Employees and hires people in Bangladesh to do the same job for 1/4 the cost 
c)
A European worker moves to the USA and gets a high paying job at a tech company. 
d)
An American company decides to change it's steel contracts from Japanese companies to Chinese companies 
22.
Where was the hearth of the Industrial revolution? 
a)
Germany
b)
USA
c)
Russia
d)
England
23.
Why does Coca-Cola have bottling plants all over the world and not just one major plant? 
a)
Because Coca Cola is a Bluk Reducing Industry
b)
Because Coca Cola is a Bulk Gaining Industry 
c)
Because Coca Cola is a Footloose industry
d)
Because Coca Cola is a Basic Industry 
24.
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
25.

The least expensive mode of transport for shipping goods over long distances is by:

a)

automobile

b)

rail

c)

ship

d)

truck

26.

Police, firefighters, DMV employees are examples of

a)

Insurance industry jobs

b)

Business services jobs

c)

Public services jobs

d)

Government services jobs

27.

Product or service that would require support from a major city

a)

Milk

b)

Bread

c)

Car dealership

d)

Professional sports team

28.
A community's collection of basic industries.
a)
Nobasic industries
b)
Central Place
c)
Economic Base
d)
Service
29.
 The minimum number of people needed to support the service
a)
City State
b)
Threshold
c)
Service
d)
Range
30.

The range is

a)

the maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service

b)

the distance from one node to another node

c)

the amount of consumers within a market area

d)

the circumference of a hinterland

31.

Which of the following resources is nonrenewable?

a)

oil

b)

fish

c)

soil

d)

solar energy

32.
Which of the following resources is renewable?
a)
silver
b)
diamonds
c)
trees
d)
wind
33.
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
a)
Production
b)
Consumption
c)
Fracking
d)
Sustainable Development
34.

Why is oil considered a nonrenewable resource?

a)

It takes millions of years to form.

b)

It is found deep in the ground.

c)

It creates pollution when burned.

35.

Which resource is the primary energy producer in the United States?

a)

Uranium

b)

Coal

c)

Gas

d)

Oil

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