GEO FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The word geography literally means? - Correct Answer Earth writing
New York City is divided into five________ in order to better organize social services for
millions of people - Correct Answer boroughs
In which of the following countries would you expect to find the highest rate of population
growth? - Correct Answer Namibia
In distance decay models, the slope of the decay function illustrates - Correct Answer the
influence of friction distance
Which of the following projection places the North or South Pole at the center of the view? -
Correct Answer 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 Answer Hierarchical diffusion
Cartography is the art and science of - Correct Answer Map-making
Which of the following is FLASE regarding slash-and-burn agriculture - Correct Answer It is
part of the Green Revolution
A population pyramid does what - Correct Answer shows the age and sex structure of a
population
The Pleistocene overkill theory argues that - Correct Answer 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 Answer Material consumption
,Geographical research that applies only to one place or region is - Correct Answer
Idiographic
Approximately how long did it take for Eurasian hunter-gatherers to reach the tip of South
America after their arrival in Alaska - Correct Answer 2,000 years
The demographic accounting equation computes future population as a function of current
population - Correct Answer + births - deaths + immigration - emigration
Which of the following models of urban geography best describes this map - Correct
Answer sector model of urban development
Longitude is - Correct Answer 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 Answer
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 Answer A cultural
syncretism
The demographic transition model posits that - Correct Answer Countries with high level of
economic production will have lower birth rates
One important consequence of cultural extinction is - Correct Answer 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
Answer Reference, thematic
Which of the following religions originated in northern India and then spread across central
and Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Japan? - Correct Answer Buddhism
States with federal forms of government must also have - Correct Answer territorial
organization
,In the world systems model, the core nations of the world are - Correct Answer Located
mainly in Europe and North America.
The study of the interaction between human cultures and natural ecosystems is called -
Correct Answer cultural ecology
Which of the following is NOT a potential cause of Balkanization - Correct Answer A strong
central government
In the following distance decay function - Correct Answer distance imposes a significant
barrier to spatial interactions
Which of the following is true about language extinctions - Correct Answer 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 Answer
Imperialism, colonialism
Sources of forced migration include - Correct Answer Political unrest and ecological
degradation
In a 1995 plebiscite, the Canadian province of Quebec sought which of the following -
Correct Answer 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 Answer Environmental racism
Advanced economic countries, like the United States, may produce more pollution than
less economically advanced countries because - Correct Answer they consume more
resources
Latitude is - Correct Answer The angular distance north or south of the equator
Primary economic activities involve - Correct Answer the direct extraction or harvest of
natural resources
, According to Thomas Malthus, _________grows arithmetically, but _________grows
geometrically - Correct Answer 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 Answer increased
dramatically
In the gravity model of spatial interaction, population and distance - Correct Answer are
inversely related
Core-periphery patterns exist within countries as well as among them. In the United States,
economic peripheries include - Correct Answer southern Appalachia and the lower
Mississippi Valley
Agricultural techniques develop in the temperate latitudes are frequently inappropriate for
wet tropical climates because rainforest soils tend to be - Correct Answer Nutrient-poor
All choropleth maps use - Correct Answer shading and coloring
Hearths of early Eurasian agriculture were generally located - Correct Answer In fertile
river valleys
The aggregate measure of economic development that accounts for the depreciation of
capital and natural resources is called the - Correct Answer net national product
The Kurds are an example of an ethnic group that - Correct Answer has historical
homeland spanning many national orders
Which of the following is an example of an edge city - Correct Answer Tyson's Corner,
Virginia
Hearth regions of early agriculture included present-day - Correct Answer China, India,
Turkey, and Mexico
Von Thunen's model of rural land use is based on which of the following premises - Correct
Answer Land values decrease farther from the urban center
The word geography literally means? - Correct Answer Earth writing
New York City is divided into five________ in order to better organize social services for
millions of people - Correct Answer boroughs
In which of the following countries would you expect to find the highest rate of population
growth? - Correct Answer Namibia
In distance decay models, the slope of the decay function illustrates - Correct Answer the
influence of friction distance
Which of the following projection places the North or South Pole at the center of the view? -
Correct Answer 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 Answer Hierarchical diffusion
Cartography is the art and science of - Correct Answer Map-making
Which of the following is FLASE regarding slash-and-burn agriculture - Correct Answer It is
part of the Green Revolution
A population pyramid does what - Correct Answer shows the age and sex structure of a
population
The Pleistocene overkill theory argues that - Correct Answer 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 Answer Material consumption
,Geographical research that applies only to one place or region is - Correct Answer
Idiographic
Approximately how long did it take for Eurasian hunter-gatherers to reach the tip of South
America after their arrival in Alaska - Correct Answer 2,000 years
The demographic accounting equation computes future population as a function of current
population - Correct Answer + births - deaths + immigration - emigration
Which of the following models of urban geography best describes this map - Correct
Answer sector model of urban development
Longitude is - Correct Answer 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 Answer
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 Answer A cultural
syncretism
The demographic transition model posits that - Correct Answer Countries with high level of
economic production will have lower birth rates
One important consequence of cultural extinction is - Correct Answer 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
Answer Reference, thematic
Which of the following religions originated in northern India and then spread across central
and Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Japan? - Correct Answer Buddhism
States with federal forms of government must also have - Correct Answer territorial
organization
,In the world systems model, the core nations of the world are - Correct Answer Located
mainly in Europe and North America.
The study of the interaction between human cultures and natural ecosystems is called -
Correct Answer cultural ecology
Which of the following is NOT a potential cause of Balkanization - Correct Answer A strong
central government
In the following distance decay function - Correct Answer distance imposes a significant
barrier to spatial interactions
Which of the following is true about language extinctions - Correct Answer 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 Answer
Imperialism, colonialism
Sources of forced migration include - Correct Answer Political unrest and ecological
degradation
In a 1995 plebiscite, the Canadian province of Quebec sought which of the following -
Correct Answer 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 Answer Environmental racism
Advanced economic countries, like the United States, may produce more pollution than
less economically advanced countries because - Correct Answer they consume more
resources
Latitude is - Correct Answer The angular distance north or south of the equator
Primary economic activities involve - Correct Answer the direct extraction or harvest of
natural resources
, According to Thomas Malthus, _________grows arithmetically, but _________grows
geometrically - Correct Answer 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 Answer increased
dramatically
In the gravity model of spatial interaction, population and distance - Correct Answer are
inversely related
Core-periphery patterns exist within countries as well as among them. In the United States,
economic peripheries include - Correct Answer southern Appalachia and the lower
Mississippi Valley
Agricultural techniques develop in the temperate latitudes are frequently inappropriate for
wet tropical climates because rainforest soils tend to be - Correct Answer Nutrient-poor
All choropleth maps use - Correct Answer shading and coloring
Hearths of early Eurasian agriculture were generally located - Correct Answer In fertile
river valleys
The aggregate measure of economic development that accounts for the depreciation of
capital and natural resources is called the - Correct Answer net national product
The Kurds are an example of an ethnic group that - Correct Answer has historical
homeland spanning many national orders
Which of the following is an example of an edge city - Correct Answer Tyson's Corner,
Virginia
Hearth regions of early agriculture included present-day - Correct Answer China, India,
Turkey, and Mexico
Von Thunen's model of rural land use is based on which of the following premises - Correct
Answer Land values decrease farther from the urban center
