GEOGRAPHY FINAL EXAM 2024
The word geography literally means? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Earth
writing
New York City is divided into five________ in order to better organize
social services for millions of people - CORRECT ANSWERS-
boroughs
In which of the following countries would you expect to find the highest
rate of population growth? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Namibia
In distance decay models, the slope of the decay function illustrates -
CORRECT ANSWERS-the influence of friction distance
Which of the following projection places the North or South Pole at the
center of the view? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Azimuthal
Rap music first appeared in New York in the 1970s. Later, it spread to
large cities with vibrant African-American populations-such as Los
Angeles, Oakland, Chicago, and Detroit-without being absorbed by
the smaller cities and rural areas in-between. This type of spatial
diffusion called - CORRECT ANSWERS-Hierarchical diffusion
Cartography is the art and science of - CORRECT ANSWERS-Map-
making
Which of the following is FLASE regarding slash-and-burn agriculture -
CORRECT ANSWERS-It is part of the Green Revolution
A population pyramid does what - CORRECT ANSWERS-shows the
age and sex structure of a population
The Pleistocene overkill theory argues that - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Hunter-gatherers caused the extinction of many species after the end
of the last ice age
,In an address to the 1994 United Nations International Conference on
Population and Development, India argued that, although population
growth had placed pressure on the world's natural
resources,___________by industrialized nations has also had
extreme consequences for environmental quality - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Material consumption
Geographical research that applies only to one place or region is -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Idiographic
Approximately how long did it take for Eurasian hunter-gatherers to
reach the tip of South America after their arrival in Alaska - CORRECT
ANSWERS-2,000 years
The demographic accounting equation computes future population as
a function of current population - CORRECT ANSWERS-+ births -
deaths + immigration - emigration
Which of the following models of urban geography best describes this
map - CORRECT ANSWERS-sector model of urban development
Longitude is - CORRECT ANSWERS-the angular distance east or
west of Greenwich, England
The idea that or impressions and experience of the world around us
are filtered through the lens of our culture and our individual
experiences, which critiques the sort of scientific, universalist grand
theories offered by modernists is called - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Postmodernism
The religious practices of some Native American groups combine
elements both from their traditional religion and from Christianity. This
is an example of - CORRECT ANSWERS-A cultural syncretism
,The demographic transition model posits that - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Countries with high level of economic production will have
lower birth rates
One important consequence of cultural extinction is - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Loss of indigenous knowledge about ecosystems
_____________maps work well for locating and navigating between
places, while ___________maps display one or more variables across
a specific space - CORRECT ANSWERS-Reference, thematic
Which of the following religions originated in northern India and then
spread across central and Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Japan? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Buddhism
States with federal forms of government must also have - CORRECT
ANSWERS-territorial organization
In the world systems model, the core nations of the world are -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Located mainly in Europe and North America.
The study of the interaction between human cultures and natural
ecosystems is called - CORRECT ANSWERS-cultural ecology
Which of the following is NOT a potential cause of Balkanization -
CORRECT ANSWERS-A strong central government
In the following distance decay function - CORRECT ANSWERS-
distance imposes a significant barrier to spatial interactions
Which of the following is true about language extinctions - CORRECT
ANSWERS-there could be several thousand over the next century
_____________involves the economic and political domination of one
state by another, while__________ includes official, institutionalized
government rule - CORRECT ANSWERS-Imperialism, colonialism
, Sources of forced migration include - CORRECT ANSWERS-Political
unrest and ecological degradation
In a 1995 plebiscite, the Canadian province of Quebec sought which
of the following - CORRECT ANSWERS-Self-determination
The disproportionate siting of power plants and waste disposal
facilities in African-American and Latino neighborhoods-independent
of other economic and historical factors is an example of - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Environmental racism
Advanced economic countries, like the United States, may produce
more pollution than less economically advanced countries because -
CORRECT ANSWERS-they consume more resources
Latitude is - CORRECT ANSWERS-The angular distance north or
south of the equator
Primary economic activities involve - CORRECT ANSWERS-the direct
extraction or harvest of natural resources
According to Thomas Malthus, _________grows arithmetically, but
_________grows geometrically - CORRECT ANSWERS-Food
production, population
since 1960, the difference between per capita gross national products
of the worlds wealthiest countries and the worlds poorest countries
has - CORRECT ANSWERS-increased dramatically
In the gravity model of spatial interaction, population and distance -
CORRECT ANSWERS-are inversely related
Core-periphery patterns exist within countries as well as among them.
In the United States, economic peripheries include - CORRECT
ANSWERS-southern Appalachia and the lower Mississippi Valley
The word geography literally means? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Earth
writing
New York City is divided into five________ in order to better organize
social services for millions of people - CORRECT ANSWERS-
boroughs
In which of the following countries would you expect to find the highest
rate of population growth? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Namibia
In distance decay models, the slope of the decay function illustrates -
CORRECT ANSWERS-the influence of friction distance
Which of the following projection places the North or South Pole at the
center of the view? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Azimuthal
Rap music first appeared in New York in the 1970s. Later, it spread to
large cities with vibrant African-American populations-such as Los
Angeles, Oakland, Chicago, and Detroit-without being absorbed by
the smaller cities and rural areas in-between. This type of spatial
diffusion called - CORRECT ANSWERS-Hierarchical diffusion
Cartography is the art and science of - CORRECT ANSWERS-Map-
making
Which of the following is FLASE regarding slash-and-burn agriculture -
CORRECT ANSWERS-It is part of the Green Revolution
A population pyramid does what - CORRECT ANSWERS-shows the
age and sex structure of a population
The Pleistocene overkill theory argues that - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Hunter-gatherers caused the extinction of many species after the end
of the last ice age
,In an address to the 1994 United Nations International Conference on
Population and Development, India argued that, although population
growth had placed pressure on the world's natural
resources,___________by industrialized nations has also had
extreme consequences for environmental quality - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Material consumption
Geographical research that applies only to one place or region is -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Idiographic
Approximately how long did it take for Eurasian hunter-gatherers to
reach the tip of South America after their arrival in Alaska - CORRECT
ANSWERS-2,000 years
The demographic accounting equation computes future population as
a function of current population - CORRECT ANSWERS-+ births -
deaths + immigration - emigration
Which of the following models of urban geography best describes this
map - CORRECT ANSWERS-sector model of urban development
Longitude is - CORRECT ANSWERS-the angular distance east or
west of Greenwich, England
The idea that or impressions and experience of the world around us
are filtered through the lens of our culture and our individual
experiences, which critiques the sort of scientific, universalist grand
theories offered by modernists is called - CORRECT ANSWERS-
Postmodernism
The religious practices of some Native American groups combine
elements both from their traditional religion and from Christianity. This
is an example of - CORRECT ANSWERS-A cultural syncretism
,The demographic transition model posits that - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Countries with high level of economic production will have
lower birth rates
One important consequence of cultural extinction is - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Loss of indigenous knowledge about ecosystems
_____________maps work well for locating and navigating between
places, while ___________maps display one or more variables across
a specific space - CORRECT ANSWERS-Reference, thematic
Which of the following religions originated in northern India and then
spread across central and Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Japan? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Buddhism
States with federal forms of government must also have - CORRECT
ANSWERS-territorial organization
In the world systems model, the core nations of the world are -
CORRECT ANSWERS-Located mainly in Europe and North America.
The study of the interaction between human cultures and natural
ecosystems is called - CORRECT ANSWERS-cultural ecology
Which of the following is NOT a potential cause of Balkanization -
CORRECT ANSWERS-A strong central government
In the following distance decay function - CORRECT ANSWERS-
distance imposes a significant barrier to spatial interactions
Which of the following is true about language extinctions - CORRECT
ANSWERS-there could be several thousand over the next century
_____________involves the economic and political domination of one
state by another, while__________ includes official, institutionalized
government rule - CORRECT ANSWERS-Imperialism, colonialism
, Sources of forced migration include - CORRECT ANSWERS-Political
unrest and ecological degradation
In a 1995 plebiscite, the Canadian province of Quebec sought which
of the following - CORRECT ANSWERS-Self-determination
The disproportionate siting of power plants and waste disposal
facilities in African-American and Latino neighborhoods-independent
of other economic and historical factors is an example of - CORRECT
ANSWERS-Environmental racism
Advanced economic countries, like the United States, may produce
more pollution than less economically advanced countries because -
CORRECT ANSWERS-they consume more resources
Latitude is - CORRECT ANSWERS-The angular distance north or
south of the equator
Primary economic activities involve - CORRECT ANSWERS-the direct
extraction or harvest of natural resources
According to Thomas Malthus, _________grows arithmetically, but
_________grows geometrically - CORRECT ANSWERS-Food
production, population
since 1960, the difference between per capita gross national products
of the worlds wealthiest countries and the worlds poorest countries
has - CORRECT ANSWERS-increased dramatically
In the gravity model of spatial interaction, population and distance -
CORRECT ANSWERS-are inversely related
Core-periphery patterns exist within countries as well as among them.
In the United States, economic peripheries include - CORRECT
ANSWERS-southern Appalachia and the lower Mississippi Valley
