practice exam

Question 1

Which pf the following have not been considered new industrial countries?
Hong Kong
South Korea
Brazil
China
Indonesia

Answer 1

Indonesia has not been considered a new industrial country.

Question 2

Serving the US president’s cabinet would be considered in what sector of economic activity?

Answer 2

quinary-sector.

Question 3

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 ___.

Answer 3

Distance decay.

Question 4

A valid difference between the urban patterns of the United States and those of Latin America is?

Answer 4

Unlike U.S. cities, Latin American cities show patterns of wealthy residents emanating from the city’s central business district.

Question 5

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

Answer 5

dependency ratio.

Question 6

Governments such as those once controlled the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran are classified as

Answer 6

theocratic.

Question 7

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

Answer 7

United Kingdom.

Question 8

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

Answer 8

space-time compression.

Question 9

Amritsar, located in the north west section of India contains the largest number of shrines from which religion.

Answer 9

Sikhism.

Question 10

An outlined region contains delivery destinations served by United Trucking. Which classification best fits this region?

Answer 10

Functional region.

Question 11

Compared with the world pattern of crude birth rates, the world pattern of crude death rates shows what?

Answer 11

less variation because of the general availability of minimal health care facilities throughout the world.

Question 12

Who would be most attracted to export-processing zones in less-developed countries?

Answer 12

Transnational corporations assembling products that are bulk reducing or not weight gaining.

Question 13

The second agricultural revolution developed at the same time as what?

Answer 13

growing urban markets were demanding increased food production.

Question 14

Is the following statement true of truck farming? “Among the most common truck crops are tomatoes, strawberries, and lettuce.”

Answer 14

Yes it is true of truck farming.

Question 15

Is the following statement true of truck farming? “Labour costs are often relatively high on these large-scale farming operations.”

Answer 15

No that is not true of truck farming.

Question 16

Which of the following places is least influenced by conflicts related to multilingualism? 
Nigeria
Venezuela
Quebec
Cyprus
Belgium

Answer 16

Venezuela.

Question 17

What was the first prerequisite for the start of urbanization?

Answer 17

Agricultural surplus.

Question 18

Which of the following regions is most threatened by desertification?
South America
Africa
Australia
Asia
Europe

Answer 18

Australia.

Question 19

What is something that significantly weakened the strength of of Mackinder’s geopolitical heartland theory?

Answer 19

Ascendance of the United State’ international influence after World War II.

Question 20

Name a factor that had the greatest effect in proving the demographic theorist Thomas Malthus incorrect?

Answer 20

Improved fertilizers and crop strains.

Question 21

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?

Answer 21

Comparative advantage.

Question 22

In the 1980s the demographic trend in china was best characterized by a(n)

Answer 22

decreasing general fertility rate.

Question 23

The United Nations Human Development Index is based on the assumption that a country’s development

Answer 23

is a function of social, demographic, and economic factors.

Question 24

in 1998 an estimated 350,000 asylum seekers were from Croatia. What were their primary destinations in that year?

Answer 24

Yugoslavia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Question 25

On what map projection is direction true everywhere on the map?

Answer 25

Mercator.

Question 26

Which among the following has the highest-threshold, highest-range central place function?
Doughnut shop
post office
movie theatre
neurosurgery complex
department store

Answer 26

Neurosurgery complex.

Question 27

“Women are inherently better preservationists of Earth because women have traditionally been nurturers and men have been destroyers.” This argument exemplifies

Answer 27

ecofeminism.

Question 28

You would most likely find a linguistic refuge area in a(n)

Answer 28

mountainous region.

Question 29

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?

Answer 29

HIV/AIDS

Question 30

Both Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia and Lagos in Nigeria are examples of

Answer 30

primate cities.

Question 31

A coffee shop and an ice cream shop are often found on the same block, in close proximity. This is an example of

Answer 31

agglomeration.

Question 32

The size of an urban place’s hinterland is an indication of its

Answer 32

degree of centrality.

Question 33

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.”

Answer 33

No it is not a reason for the informal-sector in a developing country to exist.

Question 34

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.

Answer 34

yes it is a reason for the informal-sector in a developing country to exist.

Question 35

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

Answer 35

cognitive distance.

Question 36

Which of the following is best classified as a centrifugal force?
National flag
state-owned news station
national research laboratories 
common language
ethnic discrimination

Answer 36

ethnic discrimination.

Question 37

by 2006 the Nigeria came under the governance of

Answer 37

the Sharia law.

Question 38

All of the following are in the Indo-European language family except
Portuguese
Bengali
German
Hindi
Turkish

Answer 38

Turkish

Question 39

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

Answer 39

an infrastructure.