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1. According to von Thunen's Model, which agricultural zone is closest to the market?

A Livestock B Forestry

C Dairy Farming D Commercial Grain

2. The result of overgrazing in semi-arid climates is

A desertification B environmental modification

C aquaculture D desalination

3. Which crop is associated with intensive agriculture?

A Cotton B Rice

C Wheat D Corn

4. Farmers that produce food that they need to survive on a daily basis are called

A Commercial agriculture B Slash-and-burn agriculture

C subsistence agriculture D Industrial agriculture

5. Agricultural hearths developed in four areas around the world

EXCEPT

A Eastern Europe B Western Africa

C Central America D Northwestern South America

6. Mediterranean agriculture must be practiced in a climate that is

A Plentiful rainfall year round B Dry summer, cool moist winter

C Wet summer, dry winter D Mild and dry year round

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7. All of the following are aspects of commercial agriculture EXCEPT

a small percentage of the workforce is

A the product is consumed off the farm B
engaged directly in agriculture.

there is little relationship to other

C a heavy reliance on machinery D
businesses

8. Corn was first domesticated in

A the Tibetan Plateau B Northern Argentina.

C the Canadian Prairie. D Central Mexico

9. Physiological density is defined as 

the average farm production compared the number of farmers as compared to

A B
to arable land. the total population.

the number of people compared to the number of farms compared to the

C D
arable land. total land area.

10. A region where boundaries are very thinly or weakly developed, zones where territoriality
is unclear and not well established.

A Satellite State B Frontier

C Shatterbelt D Buffer State

11. A state or group of states that exists within a sphere of competition between larger states
and is often culturally, economically, and politically fragmented and splintered.

A Shatterbelt B Frontier

C Buffer State D Satellite States

12. A state with only one nation within its borders

A Stateless-Nation B Ethnocentric Nation

C Statehood D Nation-State

13. a state that contains more than one ethnicity.

A United States B Multi-Ethnic State

C Multi-Cultural State D Nation-State

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14. a country that contains more than one ethnicity with traditions of self-determination.

A Nationalism B Multi-Ethnic State

C Multi-National State D Stateless Nation

15. Which of the following is not a part of the United Kingdom?

A England B Scotland

C Ireland D Wales

16. The Sahara desert and Himalayan mountains are examples of which type of boundary?

A Cultural B Superimposed

C Antecedent D Susequent

17. Which characteristic do all the nations seen here share?

A All are federal states B All are members of OPEC

C All are landlocked D All are compact

18. The UN is an example of what?

A Military alliance B Supranational organization

C Multinational state D Confederation

19. Which of the following is not a strong centripetal force in the United States?

A the many ethnic groups living within it B network television

C the flag D "The Star Spangled Banner"

20. The morphology of Namibia is best described as

A prorupt(ed). B fragmented.

C elongated. D compact.

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21. The morphology of Vietnam is best described as

A elongated. B prorupt(ed).

C fragmented. D compact.

22.  Centrifugal forces _____, while centripetal forces _____.

A unite : divide B divide : unite

23.  Farming that requires lots of labor and/or capital investment is:

A subsistence agriculture B diffusion agriculture

C intensive agriculture D extensive agriculture

24. 1.  Situation costs are critical to a firm that wishes to

minimize production costs inside the

A  avoid skilled laborers. B
plant.

identify unique characteristics of a

C D  minimize transport costs.
particular industry.

25. 1.  Soda bottling is an example of a

A  labor intensive industry. B  bulk-gaining industry.

C  communications-oriented industry. D  perishable industry.

26.  The Chicago area became a significant asset for the Western Great Lakes region owing to
its steel industries and its

access to the nation's transportation greater distance from raw materials

A B
network. essential for the steel industry.

large market area.

C  skilled labor force. D

27. A company which uses more than one mode of transport will often locate near what?

A Consumer Products  B Break-of-bulk Point

C Factory D Raw materials 

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28. Why are the factories in Mexico close to the border? 

A The geography is best there B Easy to ship in and out

C Where the best resources are

29. What are the factories in Mexico called?

A Commercial Factories B Mariachi

C Maquiladoras D No factories in Mexico

30. According to Alfred Weber, which one of the following costs of production is the most
important factor in locating a new industry?

A Agglomeration Costs B Transportation

C Raw Materials D Labor

31. Targets generally have Best Buys, Sally Beauty Salons, Famous Footwear, JC Penny, &
Petsmarts near them. This is known as what? 

A Outsourcing B Maquiladora Industires

C Agglomerations D Just-in-time planning

32. AT&T having their call centers stationed in India and China is known as what industry
practice? 

A Outsourcing B NAFTA

C Special Economic Zones D Agglomerations

33. If a product is heavier when it arrives at the factory than when it leaves (trees--> paper,
potatoes-->chips) then the factory will be ____________ to the market

A farther  B closer

34. A Doctor or Lawyer would be in which economic sector?

A Secondary B Primary

C Qinary D Tertiary

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35. Shows the influence of women in a society by measuring women's income, participation
in labor force, and political influence. 

A GDP B Gender Empowerment Index

C Human Development Index D GNP

36. The term used for a country with high birth rates, high death rates, little economic
growth, and a high population in the primary sector.

A LDC B HDI

C MDC D GNP

37. Mining and farming are part of which economic sector?

A Primary B Tertiary

C Quaternary D Secondary

38. A Country with an HDI of .92 is most likely what type of country 

A MDC B LDC

C In between

39. What makes up the human development index?

A per capita income B life expectancy

C education level and literacy rate D all of the above

40. Newly industrialized countries (NICs) like Brazil and Mexico are considered part of the 

A Core B Semi-Periphery

C Periphery D External

41. Whose development model consists of a 5 stage process that countries go through as
they develop economically?

A Weber B Losch 

C Rostow  D Wallerstein 

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42. Which movement has aims to improve economic prospects for producers and laborers in
LDCs?

A maquiladora movement B sustainability initiative

C World Trade Organization D fair trade 

43. Countries in _____ and _____ would likely have the highest rates of gender equality.

A North America: South America B East Asia: South America

C South America: Western Europe  D North America: Western Europe 

44. Which region of the world has no core countries?

A North America B Oceania

C Sub-Saharan Africa D Western Europe

45. Created by Wallerstein to show that the world is interconnected and that we are all
interdependent on each other.  Divides us into three tiers of economic prosperity.

A structural adjustment loan B Dependency Theory

C Neo liberal counterrevolution D World Systems theory

46. Which of the following is a renewable resource?

A oil B hydroelectricity

C coal D fossil fuel

47. The UN considers all but the following factors when determining a country's level of
development, its HDI (Human Development Index).

A Natural increase rate B Literacy rate

C Life expectancy D Income per capita

48. In which of the following countries is one most likely to find speakers whose native
language belongs to the Uralic family?

A Libya B Kazakhstan

C Cambodia D Portugal

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49. Which of the following terms best describes the geographic boundary of a particular
linguistic feature?

A Isogloss B Linguistic hearth

C Choropleth interval D Toponym

50. A highly simplified language developed between two heterogeneous groups for the
purpose of basic group inter group communication is a

A Standard dialet B Pidgin language

C Creole language D Lingua franca

51. All of the following belong to the Indo-European language family except

A Dutch B Farsi

C Mandarin D Hindi

52. Which of the following toponyms best belongs in a formal culture region defined by
common traits of Catholicism and Spanish languages?

A Saint Paul B San Jose

C Tel Aviv D Fauske

53. The predominance of English as the preferred language spoken at international business
meetings and political summits could be cited to support the claim that English is 

A a pidgin language B a lingua franca

C a popular dialect D a creole language

54. Which of the following will encompass the largest number of speakers?

A language family B dialect

C language branch D language group

Answer Key

1.c 2.a 3.b 4.c

5.a 6.b 7.d 8.d

9.c 10.b 11.a 12.d

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13.b 14.c 15.c 16.c

17.c 18.b 19.a 20.a

21.a 22.b 23.c 24.d

25.b 26.a 27.b 28.b

29.c 30.b 31.c 32.a

33.a 34.d 35.b 36.a

37.a 38.a 39.d 40.b

41.c 42.d 43.d 44.c

45.d 46.b 47.a 48.b

49.a 50.b 51.c 52.b

53.b 54.a

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