practice exam Flashcards
Which pf the following have not been considered new industrial countries? Hong Kong South Korea Brazil China Indonesia
Indonesia has not been considered a new industrial country.
Serving the US president’s cabinet would be considered in what sector of economic activity?
quinary-sector.
London has become a world city in part because of its proximity to ports and other places that foster development. This reason for London’s historic growth relates to the city’s ___.
Distance decay.
A valid difference between the urban patterns of the United States and those of Latin America is?
Unlike U.S. cities, Latin American cities show patterns of wealthy residents emanating from the city’s central business district.
The number of people under the age of 15 plus the number of people above the age of 64 divided by the number of people aged 15 through 64 is defined as
dependency ratio.
Governments such as those once controlled the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran are classified as
theocratic.
Which of the following was not an original member of the European community, the predecessor to the European Union? France Belgium United Kingdom Italy The Netherlands
United Kingdom.
In 1492, Christopher Columbus’s voyage took nearly 40 days to cross the Atlantic Ocean, a trip that would take a modern ship less than one week. This difference best reflects the geographic concept of
space-time compression.
Amritsar, located in the north west section of India contains the largest number of shrines from which religion.
Sikhism.
An outlined region contains delivery destinations served by United Trucking. Which classification best fits this region?
Functional region.
Compared with the world pattern of crude birth rates, the world pattern of crude death rates shows what?
less variation because of the general availability of minimal health care facilities throughout the world.
Who would be most attracted to export-processing zones in less-developed countries?
Transnational corporations assembling products that are bulk reducing or not weight gaining.
The second agricultural revolution developed at the same time as what?
growing urban markets were demanding increased food production.
Is the following statement true of truck farming? “Among the most common truck crops are tomatoes, strawberries, and lettuce.”
Yes it is true of truck farming.
Is the following statement true of truck farming? “Labour costs are often relatively high on these large-scale farming operations.”
No that is not true of truck farming.
Which of the following places is least influenced by conflicts related to multilingualism? Nigeria Venezuela Quebec Cyprus Belgium
Venezuela.
What was the first prerequisite for the start of urbanization?
Agricultural surplus.
Which of the following regions is most threatened by desertification? South America Africa Australia Asia Europe
Australia.
What is something that significantly weakened the strength of of Mackinder’s geopolitical heartland theory?
Ascendance of the United State’ international influence after World War II.
Name a factor that had the greatest effect in proving the demographic theorist Thomas Malthus incorrect?
Improved fertilizers and crop strains.
Country X can produce televisions at 50% of the cost that country Y can produce televisions. Country y can produce pencils at 70% of the cost country X can produce pencils. Therefore, Country X chooses to produce televisions and trade them with country Y for pencils. This scenario best reflects what concept?
Comparative advantage.
In the 1980s the demographic trend in china was best characterized by a(n)
decreasing general fertility rate.
The United Nations Human Development Index is based on the assumption that a country’s development
is a function of social, demographic, and economic factors.
in 1998 an estimated 350,000 asylum seekers were from Croatia. What were their primary destinations in that year?
Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
On what map projection is direction true everywhere on the map?
Mercator.
Which among the following has the highest-threshold, highest-range central place function? Doughnut shop post office movie theatre neurosurgery complex department store
Neurosurgery complex.
“Women are inherently better preservationists of Earth because women have traditionally been nurturers and men have been destroyers.” This argument exemplifies
ecofeminism.
You would most likely find a linguistic refuge area in a(n)
mountainous region.
by 2015 life expectancy in several African countries, such as Namibia, is expected to decline by more than 10 years. What is the principal factor causing this demographic projection?
HIV/AIDS
Both Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia and Lagos in Nigeria are examples of
primate cities.
A coffee shop and an ice cream shop are often found on the same block, in close proximity. This is an example of
agglomeration.
The size of an urban place’s hinterland is an indication of its
degree of centrality.
Is the following a reason for the informal-sector in a developing country to exist? “The government benefits from taxing informal-sector workers and their small businesses.”
No it is not a reason for the informal-sector in a developing country to exist.
Is the following a reason for the informal sector in a developing country to exist? “The demand for informal-sector goods and services keep prices low.
yes it is a reason for the informal-sector in a developing country to exist.
two unrelated people are trying to decide whether to travel to Houston, Texas, from their homes in Germany for a special vacation package offered on television. One German decides Houston is too far away, while the other decides to purchase the vacation package. This scenario best demonstrates the effects of
cognitive distance.
Which of the following is best classified as a centrifugal force? National flag state-owned news station national research laboratories common language ethnic discrimination
ethnic discrimination.
by 2006 the Nigeria came under the governance of
the Sharia law.
All of the following are in the Indo-European language family except Portuguese Bengali German Hindi Turkish
Turkish
in 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait, in part over an oil resource that Iraq and Kuwait both claimed fell within their national boundaries. This type of boundary dispute is classified as
an infrastructure.
