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GS Final Review

Total questions: 72

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Using lines of latitude and longitude to find an exact location is...
a)
Absolute Location
b)
Relative Location
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Place
2.
Mexico is south of the United States is an example of...
a)
Absolute Location
b)
Relative Location
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Bad Dirtections
3.
The Relative Location of New York City is ___________ of Boston.
a)
northwest
b)
southwest
c)
Northeast
d)
Southeast
4.
What is the Absolute Location of Denver?
a)
west of St. Louis
b)
105 degrees W by 39 degrees N
c)
Southeast of Seattle
d)
39 degrees W by 105 degrees N
5.
What hemisphere do you live in?
a)
Canadian
b)
Northern
c)
Southern
d)
Mexican
6.
A circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart.
a)
A Point
b)
Compass Rose
c)
Map Scale
d)
Direction
7.
Shows the relationship between a unit of length on a map and the corresponding length
a)
Map Scale
b)
Hemisphere
c)
Compass Rose
d)
Continent
8.
What IS NOT a part of most maps?
a)
Compass Rose
b)
Title
c)
Symbols/Key
d)
People
9.
What is the reason why latitude lines NEVER intersect? 
a)
They converge at the poles
b)
They are cool
c)
They are vertical lines 
d)
They are parallel
10.

What type of map is this?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Thematic

11.

What type of map is this?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Thematic

12.

What type of map is this?

a)

Physical

b)

Political

c)

Thematic

13.

Which type of map shows man-made features such as borders and cities?

a)

Physical

b)

Political

c)

Thematic

14.

The rapid spread of a city from its center is known as...

a)

New Urbanism

b)

Exurbanization

c)

Urban sprawl

d)

Urban infill

15.

Where do you find suburbs?

a)

Urban core

b)

mixed-use neighborhoods

c)

urban fringe

d)

outside the urban growth boundary

16.

What is an example of infill?

a)

building an airport on a farm

b)

building a transit into the city suburbs

c)

replacing an abandoned factory with a new apartment building

d)

filling in wetlands for a new mall

17.

If you were in favor of urban sprawl, what might be your argument?

a)

it is good for the environment

b)

it is a good way to satisfy the need for new housing

c)

it lowers tax prices

d)

creates traffic issues and increases pollution

18.
High levels of GDP per capita indicate...
a)
Higher levels of happiness 
b)
Higher standard of living
c)
Equal levels of wealth 
d)
Self-sufficient communities
19.

Which of the following regions include mostly developing nations?

a)

Sub-Saharan countries

b)

Europe

c)

North America

d)

Scandinavian countries

20.

When measuring the standard of living of a nation, which of the following would NOT be considered an important factor?

a)

birth rate and infant mortality

b)

literacy rate

c)

population age distribution

d)

size of the fishing industry

21.

Most people in developing nations earn their living by —

a)

farming.

b)

hunting and fishing.

c)

working in manufacturing

industries.

d)

working in service industries.

22.
These countries typically have simple, agriculture-based economies
a)
Developed countries
b)
Developing countries
23.

Countries with strong infrastructure [transportation/ communication/ healthcare/ education systems] would be which level of economic development?

a)

More Developed

b)

Newly Industrialized

c)

Less Developed

24.

What is meant by brain drain?

a)

emigration of intellectuals

b)

migration of skilled person to other country

c)

moving of human capital

d)

all of the above

25.

Which of the following encompasses the causes of brain drain?

a)

Russia and the European Union

b)

Race and Culture

c)

Push Factors and Pull Factors

d)

Tug of Wars and Push factors

26.

An unequal distribution of wealth and resources...

a)

Socialism

b)

Urbanization

c)

Metropolitan

d)

Spatial inequality

27.

Term that refers to people's overall level of well-being.

a)

Standard of living

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Precipitation

d)

Elevation

28.

Which of these words / phrases has THE LEAST to do with poverty?

a)

Estates

b)

Slums

c)

Tenements

d)

"Have nots"

29.
Human Development index is best described as;
a)
the development of a country and how much money it has
b)
index that measures a country’s well being and rank in order of the most developed to least developed country  based on 3 key criteria
c)
how long people are living and how happy they are
30.

high birth rate, high infant mortality & a low literacy rate is associated with a

a)

more developed or highly developed country

b)

less developed country

31.

What does the acronym HDI stand for?

a)

Human Development Index

b)

Huge Donut Industry

c)

High Development Industry

d)

Highly Dubious Imagination

32.

Which three indicators are used to measure the HDI?

a)

Life expectancy, literacy rate, number of trees per 1000 people

b)

Life expectancy, mortality rates and GDP

33.

a multinational political union that is given authority by its member states

a)

sovereign

b)

supranational organization

c)

industry

d)

alliance

34.

a group of countries that trade without restrictions or tariffs

a)

free enterprise

b)

NATO

c)

free trade

d)

common market

35.

a common currency (money) used by several EU

a)

Euro

b)

Pound

c)

Dollar

d)

Franc

36.

How are EU laws enforced?

a)

EU laws are enforced by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

b)

EU member nations must enforce the laws themselves.

c)

EU laws are enforced by an international police force known as Interpol.

d)

EU laws are enforced by NATO.

37.

What is the advantage of participating in the European Union (EU)?

a)

Eliminated tariffs and increase of free trade

b)

Low tariffs and no embargos

c)

High tariffs and no free trade

d)

Embargoes, tariffs, and quotas

38.

Can be traced back to the point of origin.

a)

Point Source Pollution

b)

Non-point source pollution

39.

Cannot easily be traced to the source of the pollution.

a)

Point Source Pollution

b)

Non-point source pollution

40.

Sewage leaking from a pipe.

a)

Point Source Pollution

b)

Non-point source pollution

41.

Fertilizer farm runoff

a)

Point Source Pollution

b)

Non-point source pollution

42.

A group of people who share a common culture and identity as a cohesive group are called a ___.

a)

nation state

b)

nation

c)

state

d)

country

43.

Another word for state is

a)

country.

b)

territory.

c)

region.

d)

province.

44.

State that is independent to make their own decisions and laws is said to have...

a)

centrifugal forces.

b)

nationalism.

c)

sovereignty.

d)

pluralism.

45.

The organization of an area with a permanent population, a defined territory, a government, and the ability to make decisions for itself is a...

a)

state

b)

nation

c)

territory

d)

region

46.
What is the best definition of a micro-enterprise? 
a)
a successful business run by a woman
b)
a small business with few or no employees
c)
A new business started with a small loan
d)
a food business offering home cooking
47.
What is Water Stress?
a)
Large amounts of pressure cause by water.
b)
When your coffee tastes more like water than coffee.
c)
When you feel like your under water due to stress.
d)
When people don't have enough clean or fresh water.
48.

What is groundwater?

a)

Water that is on top of the ground.

b)

Water that is found deep under ground.

c)

Water that is mixed with coffee grounds.

d)

Water stored in tanks underground

49.

What is an example of salinization?

a)

When you put way to much salt on your noodles.

b)

The removal of salt from water.

c)

When a mixture becomes more soluble.

d)

The build up of salt in soil or water.

50.

How did the changes of the Aral Sea affect the health of the local population?

a)

People in the Aral Sea region started to get sick.

b)

The health of people in the region started to improve.

c)

The Infant Mortality Rate went down.

d)

There was an decrease in the literacy rate.

51.
What was the main reasons for the shrinking of the Aral Sea?
a)
Capitalism
b)
Consumerism
c)
Facism
d)
Cotton
52.
Under the rule of apartheid, which of the following could a black person do?
a)
work as a laborer
b)
marry a white person
c)
go to college
d)
protest against the government
53.
Even with the end of apartheid, what was a major problem that remained?
a)
laws that treated whites better than blacks
b)
income inequality between blacks and whites
c)
an unfair tax system
d)
blacks being forced to live in homelands
54.

Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

a)

renewable resources

b)

replaceable resources

c)

non renewable resources

d)

non replaceable resources

55.

Renewable resources ...

a)

are not replaceable

b)

are used more frequently than non renewables

c)

are never going to run out

d)

going to run out

56.

Which resources are renewable?

a)

Solar, Wind, Water

b)

Gas, Oil, Coal

c)

Fossil Fuels

57.

What are three NONRENEWABLE resources?

a)

Solar, Wind, Water

b)

Trees, Wind, Soil

c)

Coal, Oil, Natural Gas

58.
Q.NO. 1 Sustainable Development is that development which satisfies the need of:
a)
Present generation only
b)
future generation only
c)
both (a) & (b)
d)
none of these
59.
Q.NO. 7 Which of the following is a cause of environmental degradation?
a)
Population explosion
b)
Increasing urbanization
c)
Rapid industrialization
d)
ALL of these
60.

Countries will export goods and services that they can produce at lower costs. This is called —

a)

oligarchy

b)

monopoly

c)

comparative advantage

d)

capitalism

61.

Because the Earth’s resources are not evenly distributed across its surface —

a)

global economic interdependence is declining.

b)

most countries have the resources they need to survive and grow.

c)

countries must engage in trade to get the goods they need to survive.

d)

most people in the world are engaged in tertiary economic activities.

62.

The United States imports oil from Saudi Arabia. Japan exports cars to the United States. The United States sells high technology to Saudi Arabia. Which of the following is a valid conclusion that can be drawn from these statements?

a)

Most nations of the world specialize in one export.

b)

The nations of the world are economically interdependent.

c)

The U.S. is the world’s leading exporter.

d)

Saudi Arabia controls most of the world’s natural resources.

63.

Increasing interdependence of nations and peoples across the globe.

a)

Infrastructure

b)

Globalization

c)

Interdependence

d)

Specialization

64.

Sending goods to another country to sell.

a)

import

b)

export

65.

Bringing goods in from another country to sell.

a)

import

b)

export

66.

The development of a worldwide economy where resources flow fairly freely across borders.

a)

Globalization

b)

Economy

c)

GDP

d)

Economic Independence

67.

What are some negatives of globalization?

a)

Workers are exploited in sweatshops

b)

Pollution and deforestation

c)

Low wages for factory workers in Asia and Africa

d)

All of the answers are correct

68.

What are some positives of globalization?

a)

Cheap sneakers and clothes

b)

Cheap electronics

c)

Information is easy to access and it travels quickly (internet and social media)

d)

All of the answers are correct

69.

Which of these problems could happen if we don't look after the resources we have?

a)

Loss of animal homes

b)

Climate change

c)

Increase in pollution

d)

All of the above

70.
Your Ecological or Carbon Footprint is the ratio of 
a)
the amount of resources you use to the amount of resources available
b)
how many people there are on earth to how much space we have on earth
c)
people to cars
d)
robots available to robots needed
71.
What is NOT a sustainable practice?
a)
recycling
b)
reducing
c)
reusing
d)
buying 
72.
The variety of life in the world, a habitat, or an ecosystem
a)
biodiversity
b)
ecosystem
c)
mutations
d)
diversity

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