WorksheetsFinal APHUG Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Core-periphery models are generally based on the idea that
all world regions are equally well developed
levels of social and economic development are fairly uniform between core areas and peripheral areas
sharp spatial contrasts in social and economic development exist between economic heartlands and outlying subordinate areas
the growth and prosperity of core countries has not been achieved at the expense of peripheral countries
According to central place theory, the threshold is defined as the
economic base of a central place
distance away from a central place
gross value of the product minus the costs of production
minimum number of people needed to support a service
Contemporary manufacturing is characterized by
production facilities that are generally located as close as possible to the sites of raw material production
strong unions and localized involvement in all facets of the production process
spatial disaggregation of the production process
reliance on highly skilled labor at all phases of the production process
The early stages of the core-periphery model describe the
relationship between the outward appearance of a place and its internal functioning
relationship of power and the transfer of resources from less developed to more developed areas
social and cultural differences between urban and rural people
ways that suburban workers commute to urban workplaces
Latitude and longitude may be used to determine which of the following characteristics of a place?
Its site features
Its absolute location
Its relative location
Its situation
Outsourced industrial production in less-developed countries often relies on female labor because
men are engaged mainly in agriculture
wage rates for women are much lower than for men
women are more skilled at operating machinery than men are
social taboos prevent women from working in the service sector
The Canadian government created the new territory of Nunavut in order to
re-create the pre-1912 boundary of Quebec
recognize the territorial rights of indigenous people in the area
facilitate the exploration of mineral resources in the Northwest Territories
guarantee Canadian fishing rights in the Atlantic Ocean
Corn (maize) was first domesticated in
Northern Argentina
the Tibetan plateau
the Canadian prairie
Central Mexico
Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion?
Islam
Mormonism
Buddhism
Judaism
Which of the following can be an example of a centrifugal political force?
Homogeneous ethnic population
Variation of language within the country
Concentrated ownership of media
Shift to tertiary economy
Historically, the growth of North American suburbs was most constrained by
high land values
zoning ordinances
limited transportation
housing shortages
A formal culture region differs from other regions in that it
has a selected feature or internal uniformity
is one that people believe exists
does not contain gradations such as core, domain, and sphere
applies only to linguistic and religion regions
If four languages have similar words for numbers and the names of fish, but different names for a certain disease, what might be concluded about the time at which the disease first diffused?
The disease spread among a population that later divided and evolved into four different languages.
The population divided and evolved into the four different languages, and then the disease spread.
The disease spread to two different populations that later divided into two different languages.
There can be no conclusions drawn about the initial diffusion of the disease based on language.
The provisions of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea give coastal countries navigational and economic sovereignty over which of the following zones?
Twelve-nautical-mile territorial sea zone
Export processing zone (EPZ)
Empowerment zone
Continental shelf
The literacy rate of any country correlates most closely with which of the following?
Per capita income
Annual precipitation rates
General level of intelligence
Population density
