Here is a rough version of the test questions
-1Situation identifies a place by its
A location relative to other objects
B mathematical location on the earth’s surface
C nominal location
D unique physical characteristics
E none of the above
A ship’s position is given as 0 latitude and 27 west longitude. The ship is located
A on the equator
B at the North or South Pole
C on the prime meridian
D astride the international date line
E impossible to determine
The international date line is measured approximately from
A 0 latitude
B 0 longitude
C 90 latitude
D 90 longitude
E none of the above
The arrangement of phenomenon across he Earth’s surface is
A regional analysis
B spatial analysis
C spatial association
D spatial distribution
The frequency of something within a given unit of area is
A concentration
B distribution
C pattern
D density
E none of the above
Which is not a form of expansion diffusion
A contagious
B hierarchical
C relocation
D stimulus
E none of the above
Diffusion of AIDS is an example of which type of diffusion
A contagious
B hierarchical
C relocation
D stimulus
E none of the above
Economic development through international trade is an example of what type of diffuicon
A contagious
B hierarchical
C relocation
D stimulus
E none of the above
Which of the following is not one of the three fundamental elements of culture
A Customary beliefs
B Material traits
C Physical environments
D Social forms
E None of the Above
The concept that the physical environment limits human activities but that people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment is
A climate
B environmental determinism
C possibilism
D spatial association
E none of the above
Map projections attempt to correct for errors in
A transferability
B area, distance, scale and proportion
C area, distance, shape and direction
D distance, proximity and topology
E distance, shape and lines of latitude and longitude
A geographer would use a formal region to
A look at small focus area
B look at broad patterns
C focus on anomalies in space
D distinguish areas that do not share common features
E none of the above
All of the following are very good examples of a nodal region except
A newspaper circulations
B broadcast television affiliates
C marketable areas for shops
D Internet site usage
E Drivable areas
The creation of a mental map would be a good way to identify a
A vernacular region
B functional region
C nodal region
D formal region
E none of the above
The spread of something over a given study area is
A concentration
B density
C distribution
D pattern
E none of the above
Density could measure all of the following except
A people
B cars
C trees
D poverty
E none of the above
Two ways to measure concentration are
A clustered and nodal
B clustered and dispersed
C contagious and dispersed
D clustered and density
E none of the above
All of the following are examples of pattern except
A Chicago’s street map
B system of townships
C distribution of baseball teams
D frequency of baseball teams
E all of the above
Latitude and longitude may be used to determine which of the following characteristics of place
A site features
B absolute location
C relative location
D situation
E none of the above
Cultural Ecology studies the
A interactions between human societies and physical environments
B interactions between places over space
C relationships between media and diffusion
D relationship between language and land use
E relationship between politics and policy
In the new global economy an increasing proportion of influential financial decisions are being made in
A the informal sector
B regional centers and small towns where fax machines are used
C the field close to sources of agricultural production
D national capitals because of the increasing importance of the nation state
E major corporate centers such as New York, London and Tokyo
Map
The daily rag provides news to all the cities in the region and wants to build a new distribution center. If the Daily Rag distributes its paper according to city size, which city is the best located for minimizing distribution costs
A p
B q
C s
D x
E y
Students in City Y have come up with a new flavor of ice cream. If their innovation spreads hierarchically, which city’s residents will be the last to try new flavor.
A p
B r
C u
D w
E z
An example of an important physical site characteristic is
A major airport
B grid street pattern
C major central park
D natural harbor
E sports facility
The “why of where” refers to
A geography’s emphasis on landscape features
B spatial patterns on the landscape
C a definition of geography that is simply locational
D the idea that the explanation of a spatial pattern is crucial
E depiction of a region’s physical features
A formal culture region differs from other regions in that it
A has a focal point or node
B is one the people believe exists
C has a selected feature or internal uniformity
D applies only to linguistic and religious regions
E none of the above
All of the following are correct statements about time zones except
A China has only one time zone
B standard time zones were created by the rail companies
C International time zones facilitate international communication
D Times zones were meant to facilitate the harvesting of crops
E most times zones are 15 degrees wide
All of the following are effects of globalization except
A the expansion of traditional cultures
B time-space compression
C uneven development
D interdependence
E none of the above
A large scale map most likely shows
A al large area
B a small area
C more generalization
D less generalization
E both d and b
A toponym is
A similar to situation
B very rare
C fixed and unchanging
D a place name
E none of the above
A scale of 1:36,000 means that one unit on the map represents
A one unit on the ground
B 360,000,000 units on the ground
C 360, 000 units on the ground
D 6,000 units on the ground
E none of the above
The prime meridian
A is 0 latitude
B passes through London
C divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres
D is drawn from the north and south poles
33 The distribution of languages is an example of which diffusion
A contagious
B hierarchical
C relocation
D stimulus
E none of the above
If someone said that people living in the desert are lazy because of the intense hear, this would be an example of what geographic approach
A cultural ecology
B environmental determinism
C possibilism
D spatial association
E none of the above
Chart
Which boxes have the highest density
A ab
B bc
C cd
D ad
Which of the two boxes have the highest concentration of dots
A ac
B bd
C ab
D cd
Globalization of the economy has lead to
Less specialization at the local level
B more specialization at the local level
C no specialization
D equal development distribution
E none of the above
The first person to have determined that the earth was spherical was
A Galileo
B Aristotle
C Copernicus
D Magellan
E da Gama
Geography’s most important and basic tool for thinking spatially about the distribution of features across the earth is
A GPA
B GIS
C a map
D remote sensing
Finding an unfamiliar place by referencing familiar locations is and example of
A site
B toponym
C situation
D polder
E none of the above
1. Which is true
A large scale maps have a large fraction and tend to show a smaller area in more detail because
they have fewer miles represented per square inch on a map.
B small scale maps have a smaller fraction and represent a smaller area in more detail because
they have fewer miles per square inch on a map represented
C large scale maps have a small fraction and show a larger area in more detail
D small scale maps have a larger fraction and in general show a smaller area in more detail
because they represent fewer miles per square inch than large scale maps
E None of the above
2. Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 and a crude death rate of 15. In what stage of the
demographic transition is it
A Stage 1 C Stage 3
B Stage 2 D Stage 4
E None
3. A permanent move to a new location is
A Migration B Mobility
C Net Migration D Voluntary Migration
E Forced Migration
4. Country X has a CBR of 40 and a CDR of 15 while Country Y had a CBR of 20 and a CDR of 9.
Which country has a higher natural increase rate?
A Country X B Country Y
C Both are Equal D Cannot be computed based off of the data
5. The shape of a country's pyramid is determined primarily by its
A Sex Ratio C Crude Death Rate
B Dependency Ratio D Crude Birth Rate
6. A country has net immigration if emigration _______immigration
A Equals C is closer to net migration than
B Exceeds D is less than
7. Thomas Malthus concluded that
A population increased arithmetically while population increased geometrically
B the world's rate of population increase was higher than food production
C moral restrain was already and definitively producing lower NIR's
D population growth was inevitably going to end in war or famine every time
8. One important feature of the world's population that is most likely going to have the most important
future implications
A It is increasing at a slower pace
B there are more people alive today than ever before
C the most rapid growth is in the less developed countries
D people are uniformly distributed across the globe
E many countries now have negative population growth increase rates
9. Refugees primarily migrate because of which push factor?
A Economic B Political
C Environmental D None had precedent over the others
E None of the Above
10. Geographers define overpopulation as
A too many people in the world
B too many people in a region
C too many people compared to resources
D all of the above
E None of the above
11. The most important obstacle hindering emigration from eastern Europe during the Cold War was
A the Rhine river C the Iron Curtain
B the Alps D capitalist democracies and their quotas
12. Millions of West Africans migrated to Nigeria during the 1970s when the country's economy
expanded and then left when it collapsed in the 1980s. This is an example of
A a push factor becoming a pull factor
B emigration changing to immigration
C forced migration to voluntary
D a pull factor changing to push
E Refugees being forced in and out of countries
13. Agricultural density is the number of
A acres of farmland C number of people to arable land
B farmers per area of farmland D number of people to each unit of land
E arithmetic density of an area
14. Forced consolidation of farms forced
A a decline of food supplies on a global scale
B made cities less likely to find the labor pools they needed
C increased death rates everywhere it occurred
D made Europeans emigrate from their farms
15. In the early 1900s, most migrants to the United States came from
A Asia C Western Europe
B Africa D Latin America
E Eastern Europe
16. The process through which skilled and educated classes leave to other more developed countries
A net migration
B immigration
C brain drain
D Inteliousis
E None of the Above
17. Guest Workers in Europe and the Middle East are almost invariably
A illegal immigrants
B low-status foreigners
C Muslims
D southern Europeans
E are an unimportant part of the country's economy
18. A country with a large amount of land and a small number of people will have a
A high physiological density B low physiological density
C high agricultural density D low agricultural density
E Both B and D
19. The U.S. center of population has moved continually
A east B north C south D west
20. If physiological density is much higher than agricultural density then a country has
A inefficient farmers
B a large number of farmers
C a small percentage of farmers
D too many people for the available resources
21. If physiological density is about twice of the agricultural density then
A you have a country that must be having a famine
B there is only one other person for every farmer
C the country is most likely not a more developed country
D you have twice the number of farmers over the overall population
E both B and C
22. Large scale migration occurred in Southeast Asia after 1975 primarily because of
A boat people
B communist victory
C failure of the monsoon rains
D separation of religious groups
23. Migration increased to the United States from Latin American and Asian countries in the 1980s
and from Europe in the late 1800s to early 1900s in part because all were
A had higher natural increase rates
B were in stage 2 or 3 of the migration transition
C had drops in their CDR's
D the U.S. had more resources and opportunities for employment
E all of the above
24. The difference between stage one and two of the demographic transition occurs when
A the birth and death rates decline
B the death rate rises
C the birth rate declines
D the death rate declines
E both A and C
25 Quality government education for all has the same effect as economic development in that
A it increases the wealth of a country
B it increases the countries Gross Domestic Product
C it lowers the total fertility rate
D it increases the likelihood of women's rights along with lowering fertility rates
E Both C and D
26. The difference between stage two and stage three of the demographic transition is that
A in stage three the birth rate stabilizes
B in stage three the death rate still goes down but begins to stabilize
C in stage three the death rate rises
D in stage three the birth rate declines
E both E and B
27. The highest natural increase rates are found in less developed countries in which stage of the
demographic transition
A one B two C three D four
28. The principal reason Rwanda had a decrease in its natural increase rate in the mid 1990s was
because of
A the country's growth and development
B the declining CDR
C the in increasing CBR
D the increasing CDR
E both A and D
29. Country X has a CBR of 40 and a CDR of 15 while country Y has a CBR of 20 and a CDR of 9.
Which has a higher natural increase rate?
A country X
B Country Y
C The rate is equal for both
D Cannot be done given the information at hand
E What the hell did you just do you little punk
30. Mr. Lewis frequently
A puts his cats in a stroller and takes them for a walk in the park
B knocks the books out of freshman girls' arms
C knocks on Foley's door and then runs
D All of the above
31. Two largest international refugees groups
32. Two largest internal refugees
A Angolans and Afghans
B Palestinians and Angolans
C Sudan and Palestinians
D Sudan and Angolans
E Palestinians and Afghans
33. In reality, food production
A has outpaced population natural increase rates
B has not quite kept pace with population which explains why famines occur
C is adequate. Fewer people have been born now than in the 1980s because of a decreasing NIR
meaning more food for all
D Both C and A
34. Net migration is
A the number of immigrants minus the number of people who attempted to migrate
B the number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants
C is the number of people plus the number immigrants minus deaths and emigrants
D None of the Above
35. The ability to move from one location to another is
A migration C net migration
B mobility D voluntary migration
E forced migration
36. The epidemiological transition refers to how
A in stage one famines and plagues are the main cause of death
B in stage two pandemics recede
C in stage three and four an increase in diseases such as heart attacks and cancers
D all of the above
E none of the above
37. According to the migration transition
A stage one countries have people that migrate to stage four countries
B stage two countries have people that migrate to stage four countries
C stage four countries have low birth rates and people emigrate to them especially if 4's wish to keep
their population stable or to get it to increase.
D people from stage two countries will not go to countries in stage three
E both B and C
38. The following is true
A Asian and African countries are in stage three of the demographic transition
B Africa is the predominant area for stage two countries
C Latin America and Asian countries are in stage three and have high NIRs so lots of people from
those countries head to America
D America is a stage four country but immigrants help to keep the population stable or rising because
they have more kids than second or third generation Americans
E BCD are all true and A is absolutely false
39. (T/F) Many countries of the world have a death rate of around 40
40. Crude in CBR and CDR means
A an estimate that can only be crudely guessed because even developed countries cannot keep total track of births or deaths
B the total number of people even if they are immigrants or emigrated
C the number of births or deaths per 1000 people of any age or sex
D the number of births or deaths
E None of the above
