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HGAP Semester 2 Exam Prep

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following would be classified as a primary sector economic activity?

a)

Automobile Assembly

b)

Teaching

c)

Engineering

d)

Coal Mining

2.

What is a primate city?

a)

A city that was formerly under colonial power

b)

A city that has a disproportionally large population in relation to other cities in the country

c)

A city that serves as a center for religious activities

d)

A city that is located in a highly developed country

3.

Construction would be included in which sector of the economy?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

4.

Real Estate (the buying and selling of land and houses) would be included in which sector of the economy?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

5.

Farming would be included in which sector of the economy?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

6.

Which sector of the economy is the largest in the United States?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

7.

In a country that follows rank size rule, the largest city has 1 million people. What would the population of the second largest city be (approximately)?

a)

2 million

b)

500,000

c)

200,000

d)

100,000

8.

In a country that follows rank size rule, the largest city has 1 million people. What would the population of the third largest city be (approximately)?

a)

3 million

b)

330,000

c)

200,000

d)

30,000

9.

In a country that follows rank size rule, the largest city has 1 million people. What would the population of the fourth largest city be (approximately)?

a)

4 million

b)

400,000

c)

250,000

d)

40,000

10.

All of the following are sources of non-renewable energy, except

a)

Wind

b)

Coal

c)

Oil

d)

Natural Gas

11.

All of the following are sources of renewable energy, except

a)

Solar

b)

Biomass

c)

Nuclear

d)

Petroleum

12.

Which of the following is NOT included when determining HDI?

a)

Life expectancy

b)

Gender equality

c)

Education

d)

Average income

13.

Which UN developed statistic is most useful when determining the level of development within a country?

a)

GII

b)

HDI

c)

GDP

d)

CDR

14.

Maquiladoras are American companies built where?

a)

India

b)

Germany

c)

Mexico

d)

the Bahamas

15.

The process of banks refusing to loan money to residents of certain areas of a city is called

a)

Redlining

b)

Blockbusting

c)

Gentrification

d)

Redistribution

16.

On the hierarchy of urban settlements, which settlement would be largest?

a)

City

b)

Village

c)

Metropolis

d)

Hamlet

17.

On the hierarchy of urban settlements, which settlement would be smallest?

a)

City

b)

Village

c)

Metropolis

d)

Hamlet

18.

According to Wallerstein's World Systems Theory, the countries with the highest levels of development are located in...

a)

the Core

b)

the Periphery

c)

the Semi-Periphery

19.

According to Wallerstein's World Systems Theory, the countries with the lowest levels of development are located in...

a)

the Core

b)

the Periphery

c)

the Semi-Periphery

20.

According to Wallerstein's World Systems Theory, the countries that are in the process of developing from a LDC to a MDC are located in...

a)

the Core

b)

the Periphery

c)

the Semi-Periphery

21.

What word refers to the maximum distance people are willing to travel to acquire a service?

a)

Threshold

b)

Range

c)

Hierarchy

d)

Hinterland

22.

What word refers to the minimum number of people needed for a service to operate?

a)

Threshold

b)

Range

c)

Hierarchy

d)

Hinterland

23.

What products are on the first ring of Von Thunen's Model?

a)

Fruits, Veggies, Milk and Eggs

b)

Grains

c)

Timber

d)

Animals that will be sold for consumption

24.

What products are on the second ring of Von Thunen's Model?

a)

Fruits, Veggies, Milk and Eggs

b)

Grains

c)

Timber

d)

Animals that will be sold for consumption

25.

What products are on the third ring of Von Thunen's Model?

a)

Fruits, Veggies, Milk and Eggs

b)

Grains

c)

Timber

d)

Animals that will be sold for consumption

26.

What products are on the fourth ring of Von Thunen's Model?

a)

Fruits, Veggies, Milk and Eggs

b)

Grains

c)

Timber

d)

Animals that will be sold for consumption

27.

A farmer who is engaging in commercial agriculture is...

a)

Using sustainable farming practices

b)

Producing food to feed themselves and their family

c)

Producing food that will be sold to make a profit

d)

Employed by Monsanto

28.

Subsistence farming is predominantly practiced in

a)

LDCs

b)

MDCs

29.

Commercial agriculture is predominantly practiced in

a)

LDCs

b)

MDCs

30.

What is the only type of commercial agriculture that is practiced in LDCs?

a)

Ranching

b)

Commercial Gardening

c)

Dairying

d)

Plantation

31.

The First Agricultural Revolution is also known as

a)

The Neolithic Revolution

b)

The Industrial Revolution

c)

The Green Revolution

32.

The Second Agricultural Revolution is also known as

a)

The Neolithic Revolution

b)

The Industrial Revolution

c)

The Green Revolution

33.

The Third Agricultural Revolution is also known as

a)

The Neolithic Revolution

b)

The Industrial Revolution

c)

The Green Revolution

34.

How were humans able to survive before the First Agricultural Revolution?

a)

Planting seeds

b)

Hunting and gathering

c)

Raising livestock

d)

GMOs

35.

Potatoes and corn are native to what region?

a)

The Americas

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

East Asia

36.

Barley and wheat are native to what region?

a)

South Asia

b)

Middle East

c)

Sub Saharan Africa

d)

East Asia

37.

Rice and soybeans are native to what region?

a)

South Asia

b)

Middle East

c)

Sub Saharan Africa

d)

East Asia

38.

Sorghum and yams are native to what region?

a)

South Asia

b)

Middle East

c)

Sub Saharan Africa

d)

East Asia

39.

Which type of agriculture uses larger sized farms?

a)

Commercial

b)

Subsistence

40.

All of the following are forms of commercial agriculture EXCEPT

a)

Dairy farming

b)

Cattle ranching

c)

Pastoral nomadism

d)

Grain farming

41.

The following are all factors in the Green Revolution except

a)

chemical fertilizers

b)

pesticides

c)

low-cost human labor

d)

plant hybridization

42.
What allowed for the creation of Maquiladoras?
a)
NAFTA
b)
NATO
c)
ANSEAN
d)
HDI
43.

According to Christaller’s central place model, which of the following would most likely have the smallest range?

a)

A university

b)

An international airport

c)

A professional football stadium

d)

A grocery store

44.

What is the definition of nation?

a)

People who think of themselves as one based on a shared sense of culture and history and who desire political autonomy.

b)

a state composed of a single nation

c)

a group of people with a common culture occupying a particular territory, but they do not have their own independent state

d)

a state with two or more nations

45.

What is the definition of nation-state?

a)

people who think of themselves as one based on a shared sense of culture and history and who desire political autonomy

b)

a state composed of a single nation

c)

a group of people with a common culture occupying a particular territory, but they do not have their own independent state

d)

a state with two or more nations

46.

What is the definition of a stateless nation?

a)

people who think of themselves as one based on a shared sense of culture and history and who desire political autonomy

b)

a state composed of a single nation

c)

a group of people with a common culture occupying a particular territory, but they do not have their own independent state

d)

a state with two or more nations

47.

The Kurds are

a)

a nation-state

b)

a stateless nation

c)

an autonomous region

d)

a multi-national state

48.

Since Iceland has seen only one period of migration, has never been successfully invaded and possesses a common culture and language it can be considered a(n)

a)

Absolute Monarchy

b)

Theocracy

c)

Exclave

d)

Nation-State

49.

Which of the following is South Africa's former state-sanctioned policy of segregating races?

a)

Redlining

b)

Gerrymandering

c)

Apartheid

d)

Gentrification

50.

A country that is run according to the interests of its ruler rather than its people is called a ____.

a)

Autocracy

b)

Anocracy

c)

Democracy

d)

Regime

51.
A group of people who share a common culture and identity as a cohesive group is a called a ___.
a)
Nation State
b)
Nation
c)
Country
d)
Sovereign State
52.
A country that is not full autocratic or fully democratic is referred to as a ___.
a)
Republic
b)
Dictatorship
c)
Anocracy
d)
Monarchy
53.

A state is a synonym for a

a)

territory

b)

country

c)

unit

d)

member

54.

A _________________________ is a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by one particular ethnicity.

a)

nation-state

b)

state

c)

multinational state

d)

trinational state

55.

_____________ is the process by which a state breaks down through conflicts among its ethnicities.

a)

Balkanization

b)

Apartheid

c)

Nationalism

d)

Ethnic Cleansing

56.

Something within a society that pushes people apart is referred to as a ____.

a)

Centripetal Force

b)

Centrifugal Force

c)

Nationalism

d)

Ethnic conflict

57.
What geographer suggested that certain crops are grown in direct relation to their distance from the market center?
a)
Johann Heinrich Von Thunen
b)
Carl Sauer
c)
Thomas Malthus
d)
Jon Snow
58.

National or global regions where economic power, in terms of wealth, innovation, and advanced technology is concentrated are considered to be part of the

a)

Core

b)

Periphery

c)

Semi-periphery

59.
Which types of countries' economies rely primarily on primary economic activities?
a)
Core Countries
b)
NICs
c)
Semi-Periphery Countries
d)
Periphery Countries
60.

Which of the following was created by Wallerstein to show that the world is interconnected and that we are all interdependent on each other?

a)

Dependency Theory

b)

Neo liberal counterrevolution

c)

structural adjustment loan

d)

World Systems theory

61.

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

a)

hydroelectricity

b)

oil

c)

coal

d)

petroleum

62.

Which of the following could be used as an example of a nation-state?

a)

Brazil

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

Great Britain

63.

Redrawing district boundaries to favor a political party is called

a)

Autocracy

b)

Oligopoly

c)

Gerrymandering

d)

Autonomy

64.

The highest HDI scores are found in

a)

East Asia

b)

South America

c)

North America

d)

Sub-Saharan Africa

65.

Sovereignty means...

a)

cooperative relationship with other nations.

b)

independence from the interference from other states.

c)

reclaiming land that was part of a nation's history.

d)

an area defined by it's ethnic population.

66.
A country that has no access to water is a ___ country.
a)
Compact
b)
Landlocked
c)
Island Nation
d)
Elongated
67.

Where was the hearth of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

France

b)

North America

c)

England

d)

Russia

68.

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

69.
Which country's ethnic conflict gave rise to the term “balkanization”?
a)
Soviet Union
b)
Sudan
c)
Serbia
d)
Yugoslavia
70.

A resource that can replenish itself is...

a)

Renewable

b)

Non-renewable

71.
Illinois' 4th congressional district shown here is a clear example of which concept?
a)
salamandering
b)
gerrymandering
c)
blockbusting
d)
redlining
72.

Sending industrial processes out for external production, typically where labor is cheaper than internal labor is called

a)

Transnational Cooperation

b)

Outsourcing

c)

Point-Source Polution

d)

Right-to-work states

73.
The clustering of industries and firms that depend on each other or are related in some way is called:
a)
agglomeration
b)
horizontal industry
c)
vertical integration
d)
industrialization
74.
A state which places most power in the hands of a central government is a
a)
federal state.
b)
fragmented state.
c)
unitary state
d)
nation-state.
75.
An area organized into an independent political unit is a(n)
a)
state
b)
nation-state
c)
nation
d)
sovereignty
76.
Which characteristic do all the nations seen here share?
a)
All are compact
b)
All are landlocked
c)
All are federal states
d)
All are members of OPEC
77.

Maquiladoras are

a)

US workers that move to other countries for jobs

b)

Mexican factories on the US border that are owned and operated by US companies

c)

Mexican workers who enter the US legally on a work visa

d)

Mexican and American workers who migrate to Canada for higher paying jobs

78.

Threshold is...

a)

the region or area that is serviced by a community or business

b)

the distance you will go to obtain a good or service

c)

the number of people needed in a region for a business to show a profit

d)

the good or service that a business or community provides

79.

Range is...

a)

the region or area that is serviced by a community or business

b)

the distance you will go to obtain a good or service

c)

the number of people needed in a region for a business to show a profit

d)

the good or service that a business or community provides

80.

A major issue that can arise from gentrification of neighborhoods is...?

a)

Increased property values displacing residents

b)

Zones being abandoned and falling into disrepair

c)

Economic segregation due to gated areas

d)

Racial discrimination due to unethical loan practices

81.

Seoul, Bangkok, Buenos Aires, and Mexico City are all examples of_____________________, meaning they are more than double the size of the next largest city in the country.

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a)

Primate Cities

b)

Rank-Size Rule Cities

c)

Metacities

d)

Megalopolis

82.

The First Agricultural Revolution refers to

a)

the invention of agriculture

b)

the application of new machines and industrialization to agriculture

c)

the application of science and new chemicals to agriculture (GMOs, fertilizers, pesticides)

d)

the diffusion of agriculture after the Spanish made contact with the Americas

83.

The Second Agricultural Revolution refers to

a)

the invention of agriculture

b)

the application of new machines and industrialization to agriculture

c)

the application of science and new chemicals to agriculture (GMOs, fertilizers, pesticides)

d)

the diffusion of agriculture after the Spanish made contact with the Americas

84.

What is the primary crop grown in Mixed Crop and Livestock farming?

a)

Wheat

b)

Wet Rice

c)

Corn

d)

Cotton

85.

Truck farming is another name for which type of agriculture?

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Mixed crop and livestock

c)

Commercial gardening

d)

Grain

86.

Which type of agriculture dominates the Southeastern U.S.?

a)

Commercial gardening

b)

Plantation

c)

Mixed crop and livestock

d)

Ranching

87.

Most wine production in the world takes place within what type of agriculture?

a)

Plantation

b)

Mediterranean

c)

Commercial gardening

d)

Shifting Cultivation

88.

What type of agriculture dominates the Southwestern U.S. ?

a)

Ranching

b)

Plantation

c)

Commercial gardening

d)

Mediterranean

89.

_________ is/are widespread in semiarid climates throughout the world.

a)

ranching

b)

dairying

c)

tropical plantations

d)

rice paddies

90.
Truck farming typically includes the sale of:
a)
fish
b)
fruits
c)
livestock
d)
soybeans
91.

Shifting cultivation agriculture can have negative environmental impacts if

a)

the practice is combined with livestock raising.

b)

the human population becomes too low in a region.

c)

period of fallow is short for proper nutrient regeneration

d)

the practice includes diverse agriculture.

92.

What type of agriculture is practiced in tropical regions, and is also called "slash and burn"?

a)

Pastoral Nomadism

b)

Shifting Cultivation

c)

Intensive Subsistence

d)

Mediterranean

93.

What type of agriculture is practiced in the dry areas of Africa and the Middle East, and depends on animals instead of crops?

a)

Plantation

b)

Shifting Cultivation

c)

Ranching

d)

Pastoral Nomadism

94.

Any elements of society that bring people together are known as

a)

Centripetal Forces

b)

Centrifugal Forces

c)

Pull Factors

d)

Intervening Opportunities

95.

Which regime type is most widespread in the world?

a)

Democracy

b)

Theocracy

c)

Autocracy

d)

Anocracy

96.

What is the largest (in terms of population) city in the world?

a)

Beijing

b)

New York City

c)

Tokyo

d)

London

97.

Many of the world's megacities are located on what continent?

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

North America

98.

A state in which power is divided among local governments is called a

a)

Federal State

b)

Unitary State

c)

Nation State

d)

Democracy

99.
Mediterranean agriculture must be practiced in a climate that is
a)
Wet summer, dry winter
b)
Plentiful rainfall year round
c)
Dry summer, cool moist winter
d)
Mild and dry year round
100.

The production of milk, butter, and cheese are all associated with which type of agriculture?

a)

Ranching

b)

Dairying

c)

Mixed crop and livestock

d)

Mediterranean

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