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Final APHUG Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

Core-periphery models are generally based on the idea that

a)

all world regions are equally well developed

b)

levels of social and economic development are fairly uniform between core areas and peripheral areas

c)

sharp spatial contrasts in social and economic development exist between economic heart­lands and outlying subordinate areas

d)

the growth and prosperity of core countries has not been achieved at the expense of peripheral countries

2.

According to central place theory, the threshold is defined as the

a)

economic base of a central place

b)

distance away from a central place

c)

gross value of the product minus the costs of production

d)

minimum number of people needed to support a service

3.

Contemporary manufacturing is characterized by

a)

production facilities that are generally located as close as possible to the sites of raw material production

b)

strong unions and localized involvement in all facets of the production process

c)

spatial disaggregation of the production process

d)

reliance on highly skilled labor at all phases of the production process

4.

The early stages of the core-periphery model describe the

a)

relationship between the outward appearance of a place and its internal functioning

b)

relationship of power and the transfer of resources from less developed to more developed areas

c)

social and cultural differences between urban and rural people

d)

ways that suburban workers commute to urban workplaces

5.

Latitude and longitude may be used to determine which of the following characteristics of a place?

a)

Its site features

b)

Its absolute location

c)

Its relative location

d)

Its situation

6.

Outsourced industrial production in less-developed countries often relies on female labor because

a)

men are engaged mainly in agriculture

b)

wage rates for women are much lower than for men

c)

women are more skilled at operating machinery than men are

d)

social taboos prevent women from working in the service sector

7.

The Canadian government created the new territory of Nunavut in order to

a)

re-create the pre-1912 boundary of Quebec

b)

recognize the territorial rights of indigenous people in the area

c)

facilitate the exploration of mineral resources in the Northwest Territories

d)

guarantee Canadian fishing rights in the Atlantic Ocean

8.

Corn (maize) was first domesticated in

a)

Northern Argentina

b)

the Tibetan plateau

c)

the Canadian prairie

d)

Central Mexico

9.

Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion?

a)

Islam

b)

Mormonism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Judaism

10.

Which of the following can be an example of a centrifugal political force?

a)

Homogeneous ethnic population

b)

Variation of language within the country

c)

Concentrated ownership of media

d)

Shift to tertiary economy

11.

Historically, the growth of North American suburbs was most constrained by

a)

high land values

b)

zoning ordinances

c)

limited transportation

d)

housing shortages

12.

A formal culture region differs from other regions in that it

a)

has a selected feature or internal uniformity

b)

is one that people believe exists

c)

does not contain gradations such as core, domain, and sphere

d)

applies only to linguistic and religion regions

13.

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?

a)

The disease spread among a population that later divided and evolved into four different languages.

b)

The population divided and evolved into the four different languages, and then the disease spread.

c)

The disease spread to two different populations that later divided into two different languages.

d)

There can be no conclusions drawn about the initial diffusion of the disease based on language.

14.

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?

a)

Twelve-nautical-mile territorial sea zone

b)

Export processing zone (EPZ)

c)

Empowerment zone

d)

Continental shelf

15.

The literacy rate of any country correlates most closely with which of the following?

a)

Per capita income

b)

Annual precipitation rates

c)

General level of intelligence

d)

Population density