geog 200 Final Exam
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 Which of the following countries is likely to have the largest population by the end of the 20th century? a) Brazil b) India c) China d) Russia e) Indonesia | c) China |
| A flat plain area in Argentina is known as: a) Llanos b) Pampas c) Isthmus d) Chaco e) El Flatulo | b) Pampas |
| Which of the following countries utilized the Marshall Plan? a) Germany b) Russia c) Poland d) China e) All of the above | a) Germany |
| The former state of East Pakistan is now known as: a) Bangladesh b) Nepal c) India d) Tibet e) Burma | a) Bangladesh |
| Which of the following is not one of the dominant rivers of Western Europe? a) Rhine b) Rhone c) Danube d) Seine e) Thames | e) Thames |
| Which of the following is Islam's holiest city? a) Jerusalem b) Mecca c) Medina d) Riyadh e) Qum | b) Mecca |
| Which of the following countries is the dominant country in Western Europe? a) Germany b) France c) United Kingdom d) Ukraine | a) Germany |
| Which of the following do not belong to the "Big 5" oil-producing countries? a) Iraq b) Iran c) Libya d) Saudi Arabia e) Kuwait | c) Libya |
| Which of the following countries are not leading exporters of petroleum? a) Saudi Arabia b) Nigeria c) United States d) Russia | c) United States |
| Which of the following represents the "1-China" that the U.S. officially recognizes? a) Tibet b) People's Republic of China c) Taiwan d) Manchuria e) Mongolia | b) People's Republic of China |
| What % of the land surface in Japan is habitable? a) 9% b) 18% c) 25% d) 38% | b) 18% |
| The Meiji Restoration: a) Halted Japan's explosive population growth and has led to a stable population since about 1940. b) Witnessed the rise of Kyoto as the country's modern capital city. c) Restored Japan to its former position of power and regional influence. d) Marked the beginning of Japan's modernization and generated its economic and military transformation. e) Occurred after the disastrous defeat Japan suffered in World War II. | d) Marked the beginning of Japan's modernization and generated its economic and military transformation. |
| Which of the following involves the capacity to move a good from one place to another at a reasonable cost? a) Complementarity b) Transferability c) Intervening Opportunity d) Economic Gravity | b) Transferability |
| A territorial sea is: a) an area of the ocean where all of the rights of a coastal state prevail b) a body of water completely surrounded by a state c) a small body of water that connects to larger bodies of water d) only found in the Southern Ocean e) an area where a state has no rights to exploit minerals | a) an area of the ocean where all of the rights of a coastal state prevail |
| Which of the following is located in Melanesia? a) Marshall Islands b) Easter Island c) Vanuatu d) Tonga e) Hawai'I | c) Vanuatu |
| 16. Two former colonial entities that recently reunited with China are: a) Vietnam and Shandong b) Macau and Shenzhen c) Hong Kong and Shenzhen d) Hong Kong and Guangdong e) Macau and Hong Kong | e) Macau and Hong Kong |
| The country of the "people of Han" is: a) Taiwan b) China c) Vietnam d) Korea e) Tibet | b) China |
| Wallace's Line refers to: a) the fault in Australia where earthquakes are particularly severe b) the line separating Australian species from non-Australian species c) the midpoint of the Great Dividing Range d) the place at which Australian waters are divided from New Zealand waters e) the dividing line between the Southern and Pacific oceans | b) the line separating Australian species from non-Australian species |
| The largest Chinese province in population size is: a) Sichuan b) Guangdong c) Xizang d) Peking e) Hunan | b) Guangdong |
| Which of the following regions is often called "Manchuria" by uninformed foreigners? a) Northeast China b) Taiwan c) North China Plain d) Xinjiang e) Red Basin of Sichuan | a) Northeast China |
| Which of the following cities is located nearest the Australian capital of Canberra? a) Perth b) Melbourne c) Auckland d) Oakland e) Wellington | b) Melbourne |
| The governmental structure of Australia is that of a: a) federal state b) unitary state c) socialist society d) monarchy e) communist society | a) federal state |
| The island off the southeastern coast of Australia is known as: a) Tasmania b) Canberra c) Sydney d) South Island e) Christmas Island | a) Tasmania |
| Most of the core area of Australia is located in the: a) Northwest b) Northeast c) Southwest d) Southeast e) Outback | d) Southeast |
| Southeast Asian physiography is dominated by: a) Plateaus b) Mountains c) extensive flat plains d) rolling plains e) none of the above | b) Mountains |
| Large-scale population clusters in Southeast Asia exist in all but which of the following areas? a) lower valleys of major rivers b) deltas of major rivers c) zones of plantation development in Malaysia d) areas of volcanic soil in the islands e) interior highland regions | e) interior highland regions |
| Agriculture in Southeast Asia is limited by: a) Desert conditions b) Permafrost c) Leached tropical soils d) Severe dietary restrictions caused by food taboos e) all of the above | c) Leached tropical soils |
| Which of the following areas is the French-speaking part of Canada? a) Manitoba b) Ontario c) Quebec d) New Brunswick | c) Quebec |
| Middle America's largest city in population size is: a) Mexico City b) Sao Paulo c) Buenos Aires d) Chicago | a) Mexico City |
| The most populous of all the Middle American countries is: a) Nicaragua b) Panama c) Mexico d) Honduras | c) Mexico |
| The North American Metropolitan Manufacturing belt includes all of these cities except: a) Boston b) New York c) Philadelphia d) Las Vegas | d) Las Vegas |
| __________ forces tie a nation together. a) Irrdentist b) Centripetal c) Centrifugal d) Charismatic | b) Centripetal |
| An industry identified in your textbook as one with mixed blessing for Middle America is: a) Agriculture b) Industry c) Banking d) Tourism e) Diamond cutting | d) Tourism |
| The religion most closely associated with South America is: a) Islam b) Roman Catholicism c) Incanism d) Cokism e) Coptic Christianity | b) Roman Catholicism |
| A country's leading urban, disproportionately larege and exceptionally expressive of national feelings, such as Paris is to France, is a: a) Capital city b) Primate city c) Nodal point d) Functional region. | b) Primate city |
| A country in Southeast Asia that remained, for the most part, an independent state during the colonial era was: a) Vietnam b) Thailand c) Borneo d) Tonkin e) Myanmar (Burma) | b) Thailand |
| The largest Muslim country in the world in terms of population is: a) Bangladesh b) Iran c) Pakistan d) Indonesia e) Nigeria | d) Indonesia |
| The ethnic group forming a significant part of the commercial class in Southeast Asia are the: a) Chinese b) British c) Singaporeans d) Malaysians e) Indians | a) Chinese |
| Which of the following associations is incorrect? a) Niger River, Mali b) Congo River, The Congo c) Zambezi River, Angola d) Nile River, Sudan e) Orange River, Kenya | e) Orange River, Kenya |
| A maquildora is: a) A foreign owned factory in northern Mexico that assembles duty-free goods. b) The owner of an ejido c) A person of mixed white-Amerindian ancestry d) The owner of a hacienda e) A new miracle crop being introduced in northern Mexico. | a) A foreign owned factory in northern Mexico that assembles duty-free goods. |
| Which of the following groups have formed a growing presence in many European contries? a) Jews b) Canadians c) Muslims d) Croatians e) Ugandans | c) Muslims |
| A disease that spreads worldwide is known as a(n): a) Vector b) Agent c) Pandemic d) Endemic e) Epidemic | c) Pandemic |
| Land tenure refers to: a) the balance between population and land resources b) the sustainable development level of a tract of land c) the way people own, occupy, and use land d) a system not unlike tenure at a university, where once you have land, you keep it forever e) a form of subsistence farming | c) the way people own, occupy, and use land |
| Which of the following states was not a colony of France prior to its independence? a) Ivory Coast b) Chad c) Ghana d) Senegal e) Burkina Faso | c) Ghana |
| Which of the following countries was not a British colony prior to its independence? a) Botswana b) Zambia c) Kenya d) Ethiopia e) Malawi | d) Ethiopia |
| The great river of Southern Africa is the: a) Zambezi b) Zimbabwe c) Niger d) Congo e) Angola | a) Zambezi |
| People of Dutch ancestry in South Africa are called a) Veld Hollanders b) Afrikaners c) Cape Boers d) Great Trekkers e) Transvaalers | b) Afrikaners |
| The now-independent political entity that was a German colony named South West Africa is today known as: a) Namibia b) Botswana c) Western Rhodesia d) Tanganyika e) Togo | a) Namibia |
| Which of the following countries is not located in East Africa? a) Nigeria b) Kenya c) Uganda d) Tanzania e) Burundi | a) Nigeria |
| Which of the following countries borders Lake Victoria? a) Sudan b) Uganda c) Malawi d) The Congo e) Ethiopia | b) Uganda |
| The two groups who fought one another in the Rwandan civil war are the: a) Ibo, Zulu b) Zulu, Hausa c) British, Dutch d) Hutus, Tutsis e) Rwandans, Burundans | d) Hutus, Tutsis |
| The country in Equatorial Africa with significant oil supplies and an upper-middle income economy is: a) Congo b) Cameroon c) Central African Republic d) Gabon e) Angola | d) Gabon |
| Which of the following countries is located in the Bulge of Africa? a) Liberia b) South Africa c) Somalia d) Tanganyika e) Kenya | a) Liberia |
| Which two colonial powers dominated West Africa? a) Britain and France b) Portugal and France c) Germany and Britain d) U.S. and France e) Belgium and the Netherlands | a) Britain and France |
| The first West African state to gain its independence, formerly called the Gold Coast, is: a) Ghana b) Guinea-Bissau c) Sierra Leone d) Liberia e) Kenya | a) Ghana |
| Which of the following countries was established by former American slaves? a) Liberia b) Senegal c) Ghana d) Sierra Leone e) Togo | a) Liberia |
| Which of the following is located in the African Transition Zone? a) Mesopotamia b) the Kalahari Desert c) the Islamic Front d) the Zambezi Basin e) Madagascar | c) the Islamic Front |
| Which of the following countries is not in The African Transition Zone? a) Mauritania b) Mali c) Niger d) Somalia e) The Congo | e) The Congo |
| Which of the following countries is located in the Horn of Africa? a) Mauritania b) Mali c) Niger d) Nigeria e) Ethiopia | e) Ethiopia |
| The Huang He (Yellow River): a) drains the Xi/Pearl River Basin b) flows into the South China Sea c) almost encircles the Ordos Desert d) flows from the Loess Plateau eastward toward its mouth at Shanghai e) originates in the Sichuan Basin | c) almost encircles the Ordos Desert |
| Which of the following is one of the worlds' most heavily populated agricultural areas: a) Northeast China Plain b) Liao-Songhua Basin c) Xinjiang d) the Jakota Triangle e) North China Plain | e) North China Plain |
| The Grand Canal connects: a) the Xi/Pearl River and the Chang-Yangzi River b) the Chang-Yangzi River and the Huang He c) the Liao and the Amur d) Beijing and Xian e) the Liao and the Songhua | b) the Chang-Yangzi River and the Huang He |
| The main river serving the hinterland of Shanghai is the: a) Xi/Pear b) Huang He c) Chang-Yangzi d) Amur e) Songhua | c) Chang-Yangzi |
| The Gobi is associated with which region? a) North China b) Northeast China c) Inner Mongolia d) Xinjiang e) Xizang | c) Inner Mongolia |
| Which river is found in Guangdong Province: a) Huang He b) Yangzi c) Liao d) Chang Jiang e) Pearl (Xi) | e) Pearl (Xi) |
| Mestizos are persons who are of mixed ________heritage. a) European and Amerindian b) European and African c) Portuguese and Aztec d) European and Asian e) None of the above | a) European and Amerindian |
| A state in southern Mexico that is demanding more autonomy is: a) Baja California b) Chiapas c) Monterrey d) Chihuahua e) Aguascalientes | b) Chiapas |
| The emerging economic region of China, driven by forces of globalization, is: a) the Northwest b) Shenzhen c) the Pacific Rim d) Hainan Island e) Hong Kong | c) the Pacific Rim |
| Europe's political revolution: a) began in 1789 with the French Revolution b) ended with the formation of the German state in the 1870s c) was stimulated by the new weaponry produced by the Industrial Revolution d) originated as a reaction to the oppression of the Roman Empire e) was an anticolonial rebellion that threw off Moorish and Ottoman yokes | a) began in 1789 with the French Revolution |
| The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy is known as: a) Devolution b) Irredentism c) local functional specialization d) supranationalism e) transferability | a) Devolution |
| Most foreign workers in Germany are of _________origin. a) Russian b) Israeli c) French d) Turkish e) Austrian | d) Turkish |
| The major river in Germany, which enters the North Sea through the Netherlands and which passes through the Ruhr is the: a) Rhône b) Danube c) Loire d) Rhine e) Po | d) Rhine |
| Significant oil and natural gas supplies have been found beneath the: a) Baltic Sea b) Gulf of Finland c) North Sea d) Adriatic Sea e) English Channel | c) North Sea |
| The country located on the Jutland Peninsula and the smallest state (in area) in Norden is: a) Sweden b) Norway c) Estonia d) Iceland e) Denmark | e) Denmark |
| The Iberian Peninsula is isolated from the rest of Europe by which mountain range? a) Appennines b) Alps c) Pyrenees d) Pennines e) Transylvanian Alps | c) Pyrenees |
| Italy's economic core, no longer focused on Rome, is located today in: a) Sicily b) Po River Valley c) the Naples-Venice conurbation d) Catalonia e) the Alpine chain | b) Po River Valley |
| The island contested between Greece and Turkey is: a) Cyprus b) Crete c) Cosica d) Sicily e) Sardinia | a) Cyprus |
| The term "Balkanization" refers to: a) a peculiar language spoken in Bulgaria b) the landmass located just north of Italy c) Serbian supranationalism d) the division and fragmentation of the Eastern Europe peninsula e) the imposition of the Slavic religion | d) the division and fragmentation of the Eastern Europe peninsula |
| The Danube River empties into the: a) Adriatic Sea b) Mediterranean Sea c) North Sea d) Black Sea e) Rhine River | d) Black Sea |
| The Russian exclave between Lithuania and Poland is: a) Kaliningrad b) Leningrad c) Belarus d) Estonia e) the Polish Corridor | a) Kaliningrad |
| Which former Soviet Republic, with its capital at Mensk, is also called White Russia, and is still strongly linked to Moscow? a) Belarus b) Lithuania c) Moldova d) Estonia e) Ukraine | a) Belarus |
| When a state seeks to acquire the ethnically similar people and territory on the other side of its boundary by appealing to a concentrated group, this action is termed: a) Irradiation b) Devolution c) Interference d) Irredentism e) Balkanization | d) Irredentism |
| Which of the following countries does not contain a portion of the Amazon Basin? a) Brazil b) Ecuador c) Peru d) Colombia e) Chile | e) Chile |
| The richest 20% of the South American population control _____ of the realm's wealth. a) 2% b) 20% c) 50% d) 60% e) 70% | e) 70% |
| An altiplano is: a) a low area with small mountains b) a plain high in the Andes c) an agricultural area in Brazil d) only found in the Lesser Antilles e) a mixture of African and Amerindian heritage | b) a plain high in the Andes |
| The Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 stipulated that a boundary was to be drawn separating the South American territories of ____________________. a) Spain and France b) France and Britain c) Spain and Portuga d) the Netherlands and France e) the Incas and the Mayas | c) Spain and Portuga |
| Which South American "culture sphere" resembles the Middle American "Rimland?" a) The European-commercial sphere b) The Tropical-plantation sphere c) The Amerind-subsistence sphere d) The Mestizo-transitional sphere e) The Undifferentiated sphere | b) The Tropical-plantation sphere |
| In the Latin American city model, the elite residential sector contains the: a) commercial/industrial spine b) disamenity sector c) zone of maturity d) zone of in situ accretion e) zone of peripheral squatter settlements | a) commercial/industrial spine |
| The initial stage in the evolution of an insurgent state, according to McColl, is the stage of: a) Equilibrium b) Contention c) Counteroffensive d) Subsequence e) Disintegration | b) Contention |
| The dominant economic activity in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo Lowland is: a) large scale cattle herding b) tourism c) oil production d) fishing e) cocaine refining | c) oil production |
| The South American country that contains the northern end of the Andes is: a) Venezuela b) Colombia c) Panama d) Guyana e) Ecuador | b) Colombia |
| The major river of Venezuela's iron-rich eastern region is the: a) Rio de la Plata b) Caracas c) Amazon d) Orinoco e) Maracaibo | d) Orinoco |
| The country of Guyana: a) was formerly a British colony before independence in 1966 b) is also called Suriname c) contains a population that is three-quarters European d) is the smallest of the four Guianas in population size e) still belongs to France | a) was formerly a British colony before independence in 1966 |
| The major river of Pakistan is the: a) Tigris b) Ganges c) Brahmaputra d) Indus e) Irrawaddy | d) Indus |
| The lava covered plateau that extends across most of southern India is known as the: a) Punjab b) Himalayas c) Sind d) Deccan e) Kashmir | d) Deccan |
| An area whose control is still disputed by India and Pakistan is: a) Punjab b) Jammu and Kashmir c) Bangladesh d) northern Sri Lanka e) the Tribal Area | b) Jammu and Kashmir |
| Which of the following areas of India is located in the Brahmaputra Valley? a) Deccan b) Assam c) Punjab d) Kashmir e) Delhi-New Delhi | b) Assam |
| Which State is located in southern India? a) Assam b) Kerala c) Punjab d) Kashmir e) Maharashtra | b) Kerala |
| In India, a leading centrifugal force has been: a) Hinduism b) the caste system c) education d) the cultural force of political leadership e) democracy | b) the caste system |
| India's Sikh population is concentrated in: a) Punjab b) Assam c) the far south d) Kashmir e) Eelam | a) Punjab |
| The priestly caste in India is known as the: a) Hindus b) Brahmans c) Harijans d) Sikhs e) Dalits | b) Brahmans |
| The city located closest to the Ganges Delta is: a) Kolkata (Calcutta) b) New Delhi c) Chennai (Madras) d) Islamabad e) Colombo | a) Kolkata (Calcutta) |
| The ___________ Revolution of the 1960s introduced "miracle" varieties of wheat and rice that significantly increased the productivity of these crops. a) Communist b) Green c) Cultural d) Malthusian e) Gandhian | b) Green |
| India has more land devoted to _____ production than any other country in the world. a) Rice b) Wheat c) Corn d) Cotton e) Tobacco | a) Rice |
| Your textbook indicates that a newly developing regional disparity in India is between: a) urban and rural areas b) east and west c) north and south d) coastal and interior e) none of the above | b) east and west |
| Bangladesh was formerly known as: a) East Pakistan b) West Pakistan c) Ceylon d) British India e) Burma | a) East Pakistan |
| The two countries in the Mountainous North of South Asia are: a) Sri Lanka and Ceylon b) Pakistan and Bangladesh c) Nepal and Bhutan d) Assam and Punjab e) Jammu and Kashmir | c) Nepal and Bhutan |
| The small group of islands 400 miles south of India are the: a) Ceylonese b) Sri Lankans c) Maldives d) Dravidians e) Colombos | c) Maldives |
| According to the text, the present-day field of geography tries to discern ________ in the heterogeneous array of things that cover the Earth. (Select the Best Answer.) a) geological relationships b) economic laws c) environmental control of human life d) spatial order e) association between highlands and low lands. | d) spatial order |
| What % of the water found in the Earth system is found in the world's seas and oceans? a) 3/1000 of 1% b) 1% c) 2% d) 66% e) 97% | e) 97% |
| GIS, one of the most rapidly growing careers in geography, stands for: a) Geographic Interaction Series b) Geography is Swell c) General Information Series d) Geographic Internet Symbols e) Geographic Information Systems | e) Geographic Information Systems |
| Which of the following mountain ranges is regarded by some geographers as Europe's eastern boundary? a) Pennines b) Appennines c) Pyrenees d) Urals | d) Urals |
| Which of the following is not included in the North Africa/Southwest Asia realm? a) Pakistan b) Iran c) Iraq d) Israel e) Afghanistan | a) Pakistan |
| The three largest countries in population size in the North Africa/Southwest Asia realm are: a) Israel, Jordan, and Pakistan b) Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran c) Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen d) Egypt, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan e) Egypt, Iran, and Turkey | e) Egypt, Iran, and Turkey |
| _____ is the name for the land between the rivers. a) Levant b) Mesopotamia c) Choke Point d) Maghreb e) The Tell | b) Mesopotamia |
| Shi'ite Muslims constitute the great majority of the population of: a) Egypt b) Israel c) Saudi Arabia d) Turkey e) Iran | e) Iran |
| The dominant form of Islam in Saudi Arabia is: a) Sunni b) Wahhabism c) Shi'ite d) Reformed e) Maronite | a) Sunni |
| The empire that ruled over much of Southwest Asia prior to World War I was the: a) Ottoman b) Persian c) Byzantine d) British e) Russian | a) Ottoman |
| Which of the following states of the US is characterized by positive international inmigration, but negative state-to-state migration? a) California b) Nevada c) North Carolina d) Pennsylvania | a) California |
| The mountains located between the Black Sea and Caspian seas are named the: a) Caucasus b) Urals c) Alps d) Armenia | a) Caucasus |
| Which of the following countries is not a major oil producer? a) Kuwait b) Azerbaijan c) Iraq d) Iran e) Turkey | e) Turkey |
| The North Africa/Southwest Asia realm contains about __________ percent of the world's oil reserves. a) 10 b) 36 c) 63 d) 77 e) 91 | d) 77 |
| The city of __________ is located at the confluence of the White Nile and Blue Nile, and serves as the capital of __________. a) Khartoum/Sudan b) Timbuktu/Ethiopia c) Cairo/Egypt d) Kabol/Afghanistan e) Basra/Iraq | a) Khartoum/Sudan |
| Darfur Province, the recent scene of a massive ethnic cleansing, is located in the central-west of: a) Egypt b) Sudan c) Libya d) Turkey e) Chad | b) Sudan |
| Which of the following is not located within the Maghreb region? a) the Atlas Mountains b) Casablanca c) the countries that were once called the Barbary states d) the Mecca area of the Arabian Peninsula e) the area known as The Tell | d) the Mecca area of the Arabian Peninsula |
| Which of the following regions in the U.S. has gone through the most profound changes in the last 50 years? a) Pacific Hinge b) Maritime Northeast c) Continental Interior d) South | d) South |
| Which one of the following is not one of the "Five Pillars of Islam?" a) The Sanctity of Polygamy b) Almsgiving c) One pilgrimage to Mecca d) Daily prayers and a month of daytime fasting. | a) The Sanctity of Polygamy |
| Which of the following countries is not a member of NAFTA? a) Mexico b) Chile c) United States d) Canada | b) Chile |
| The Isreali/Palestinian conflict is a result of : a) The need for more oil b) Land appropriation c) Palestine building more cities d) U.S. intervention | b) Land appropriation |
| Which of the following oil producers does not border the Persian Gulf? a) Libya b) Kuwait c) Iran d) Saudi Arabia e) United Arab Emirates | a) Libya |
| . This country is the smallest in North Africa, but has the highest GNI per capita in North Africa. a) Chad b) Israel c) Tunisia d) Morocco e) Libya | c) Tunisia |
| In Iraq, the Shi'ite population is concentrated in: a) the northwest b) the capital c) the western border area near Jordan d) the southeast e) the Shi'ite Triangle in the center | d) the southeast |
| The Syrians have lost which piece of territory to the Israelis? a) Gaza b) Lebanon c) the West Bank d) Golan e) Kurdistan | d) Golan |
| The modern state of Israel was created in: a) 1923 b) 1937 c) 1948 d) 1959 e) 1967 | c) 1948 |
| Which of the following countries does not share a common border with Israel? a) Iran b) Egypt c) Jordan d) Lebanon e) Syria | a) Iran |
| Which of the following is located in the Greater Antilles? a) Cuba b) Nicaragua c) the Bahamas d) Honduras e) Belize | a) Cuba |
| Which of the following countries is located in the culture hearth known as Mesoamerica? a) Guatemala b) United States c) Puerto Rico d) Jamaica e) Panama | a) Guatemala |
| The Caribbean Coast of Middle America is: a) part of the Rimland b) part of the Heartland c) an area settled by the Dutch d) an area settled by the Portuguese e) is dominated by haciendas | a) part of the Rimland |
| Which of the following is not a segment of the Euro-Amerindian Mainland? a) Central America from Guatemala to Panama (except the Caribbean coastal zone) b) Mexico c) Costa Rica d) Dominican Republic e) El Salvador | d) Dominican Republic |
| Which of the following countries does not have a common border with Guatemala? a) El Salvador b) Honduras c) Belize d) Nicaragua e) Mexico | d) Nicaragua |
| The Central American country where English is spoken, but where Spanish will eventually become the predominant language is: a) Jamaica b) Guatemala c) Costa Rica d) Trinidad e) Belize | e) Belize |
| While other Central American countries were called banana republics, this country was a coffee republic: a) Cuba b) Guatemala c) Mexico d) El Salvador e) Colombia | d) El Salvador |
| Central America's poorest country is: a) Cuba b) Guatemala c) Costa Rica d) Haiti e) Nicaragua | b) Guatemala |
| The Switzerland of Central America, the region's oldest democratic republic, is: a) Nicaragua b) Jamaica c) Belize d) Honduras e) Costa Rica | e) Costa Rica |
| To which country did Panama belong before its 1903 United States-supported revolution achieved independence? a) Mexico b) Colombia c) Costa Rica d) Spain e) Hispaniola | b) Colombia |
| The only remaining gap in the Pan American Highway is in: a) Belize b) Suriname c) Panama d) Florida e) Hispaniola | c) Panama |
| More than one million Puerto Ricans have migrated to: a) Miami b) San José c) Havana d) Caracas e) New York | e) New York |
| The archipelago to the north of Cuba that is a leading tourist destination is: a) Greater Antilles b) the Bahamas c) Turks d) the Bermuda Triangle e) ABC Islands | b) the Bahamas |
| Which of the following is not a Central Asian Ex-Soviet Republic? (All of the following were former Soviet Republics but Azerbaijan is not in CENTRAL Asia.) a) Uzbekistan b) Turkmenistan c) Azerbaijan (Trans-Caucasian Transition Zone) d) Kazakhstan e) Tajikistan | c) Azerbaijan (Trans-Caucasian Transition Zone) |
| The majority of Russia falls within the humid cold climate region. In the Köppen-Geiger classification scheme, this is signified by the letter: a) A b) B c) C d) D e) E | d) D |
| The vegetation on a higher-latitude treeless plain (mostly mosses, lichens, and grasses) is known as: a) Taiga b) Rus c) Permafrost d) Tundra e) Biocontinental | d) Tundra |
| The movement of the headquarters of the Russian Empire to St. Petersburg occurred so that the city could become a(n): a) new capital b) forward capital c) industrial site d) continental city e) Asian gateway | b) forward capital |
| This Russian republic fought a (still unresolved) war for independence from Moscow during the 1990s: a) Chechen Republic b) Buryat Republic c) Serbian Republic d) Bashkort Republic e) Tatar Republic | a) Chechen Republic |
| A Russian word that entered the international vocabulary meaning openness is: a) Glasnost b) Russification c) Perestroika d) Taiga | a) Glasnost |
| The system of racial separation in the Republic of South Africa was known as: a) Amandla b) Racial Separation c) Apartheid d) Transkei | c) Apartheid |
| Which of the following is not one of the world's four largest populatin concentrations? a) South Asia b) Europe c) Eastern Africa d) East Asia | c) Eastern Africa |
| Under Putin, the Russian Republics have been organized into seven: a) States b) Provinces c) federal heartlands d) common markets e) federal administrative districts | e) federal administrative districts |
| A country's core area: a) often contains a state's capital city b) incorporates the nation's largest population cluster c) contains the region with the country's most efficient communications networks d) exhibits the country's strongest cultural imprints e) displays all of the characteristics listed above | e) displays all of the characteristics listed above |
| Which of the following is not an important manufacturing region of the Soviet Union? a) Volga Region b) Urals Region c) Kuzbas Region d) Central Industrial Region e) the Muslim region of central Asia | e) the Muslim region of central Asia |
| The railroad network of the Soviet Union radiates from Moscow, providing the city with a high degree of: a) Inaccessibility b) Centrality c) Diversity d) Continentality e) Complementarity | b) Centrality |
| The __________ form(s) the eastern limit of the Russian Core: a) Volga-Don Canal b) Ob River c) Volga River d) Ural Mountains e) permafrost line | d) Ural Mountains |
| Armenia is in conflict with which other former Soviet Socialist Republic? a) Georgia b) Afghanistan c) Azerbaijan d) Iran e) Turkmenistan | c) Azerbaijan |
| This former Soviet Socialist Republic contains the oil city of Baki (Baku) and its people have ethnic affinities with Iran. a) Azerbaijan b) Moldova c) Georgia d) Armenia e) Turkmenistan | a) Azerbaijan |
| The Russian port of ______ is kept open by warm water from the North Atlantic. a) Vladivostok b) Novorossiysk c) Murmansk d) St. Petersburg e) Baki (Baku) | c) Murmansk |
| Japanese investment in Russia's Far East has been held up by a dispute over: a) the Amur River b) several Kurile Islands c) the BAM railroad d) Sakhalin Island e) Vladivostok | b) several Kurile Islands |
| The area that surrounds and is served by a city is known as its: a) Periphery b) formal region c) hinterland d) core e) relative location | c) hinterland |
| Savanna environments belong to the general climate type known as: a) humid equatorial b) humid cold c) humid temperate d) dry e) polar | a) humid equatorial |
| Which statement below best characterizes the concept of culture? a) A civilized pattern of behavior, dominated by appreciation of serious music and good food b) Learned patterns of thought and behavior characteristic of a population or society. c) An expression of the artistic qualities in a nation, such as painting and other fine arts. d) A combination of habits relating to the human body, including washing, eating methods and cleanliness. e) None of the above are related to the concept of culture. | b) Learned patterns of thought and behavior characteristic of a population or society. |
| States first began to develop: a) in areas where cities could begin to command their hinterlands b) in open areas between empires c) on the eastern seaboard of the United States d) after the colonial era ended in the 1950's e) in areas where boundaries had already been drawn by royal decree | a) in areas where cities could begin to command their hinterlands |
| The European state model includes all of the following except: a) a clearly and legally defined territory b) a population governed from a capital city c) a representative government d) a high level of urbanization | d) a high level of urbanization |
| The World Bank ranks countries within four groups. Which of the following is not one of those groups? a) high income countries b) upper middle income countries c) lower middle income countries d) low income countries e) urbanized countries | e) urbanized countries |
| The core areas of the world: a) include areas that are only in the Northern Hemisphere b) include areas that are located only in Europe and North America c) are located in the western sections of Russia d) include most of the countries of Eastern Europe e) include the area where the richer countries are clustered | e) include the area where the richer countries are clustered |
| Which of the following areas was not one of the cultural hearths of the United States? a) New England b) The Ohio River Valley c) Middle-Atlantic Pennsylvania d) Tidewater Maryland e) Tidewater Virginia | b) The Ohio River Valley |
| The Pacific Hinge is called a "hinge" because: a) The potential for earthquakes is so great that the area is like a hinge, hanging of the remainder of the continent. b) It represents a gateway to Asia and the Pacific Rim. c) Of the large Hispanic population d) It is a humid area of the West e) It is a major agricultural area | b) It represents a gateway to Asia and the Pacific Rim. |
| The gradual reduction of regional contrasts resulting from increasing cultural, economic, political and other types of exchanges is known as: a) regional disparity b) regional equalization c) continental thrift d) the European model e) globalization | e) globalization |
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