What are new suburbs called that include shopping centers, industry, office, and
entertainment activities, but are less connected to the central city, and more connected
to other suburban centers?
A) urban decentralization
B) counterurbanization
C) concentric zones model
D) urban realms model
E) edge cities
Of the following places in Australia and Oceania, which was the first to be settled by
humans?
A) Australia
B) New Zealand
C) Fiji
D) Hawaii
E) Cook Islands
By the 19th Century, high-culture citizens of Russian emulated another world region.
Which region?
A) East Asia
B) South Asia
C) North America
D) Northern Latin America
E) Western Europe
Which of the following is (are) a universalizing religion(s)?
A) Buddhism
B) Islam
C) Christianity
D) Buddhism and Christianity
E) Buddhism, Christianity and Islam
What type of subsistence agriculture depends on the seasonal movement of livestock
for their livelihood?
A) pastoralism
B) pastoral nomadism
C) plantation agriculture
D) shifting cultivation
E) slash-and-burn
What language is spoken by the most people in the Caribbean?
A) English
B) Spanish
C) French
D) Dutch
E) Portuguese
In which stage of the Demographic Transition are birthrate and death rate both low?
A) stage 1
B) stage 2
C) stage 3
D) stage 4
E) stages 1 and 4
Some estimates suggest that logging occurs ________ times faster in Southeast Asia
than in the Amazon.
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
E) 10
To which of the following languages is Manchu the most closely related?
A) Mandarin Chinese
B) Cantonese
C) the tribal languages of central and southeastern Siberia
D) the tribal languages of central Tibet
E) Korean
What term describes the fragmented geopolitical processes involved with small-scale
independence movements and the phenomenon of mini-nationalism as it develops along
ethnic fault lines?
A) feudalism
B) gastarbeiter
C) balkanization
D) irredentism
E) secularization
Where is China’s “rust belt” located?
A) Beijing
B) Guangdong
C) Fujian
D) Manchuria (Dongbei)
E) Tianjin
In what type of bioregion is desertification most likely to occur?
A) tropical forests
B) temperate forests
C) coniferous forests
D) tundra
E) grasslands
What is the approximate population of the Russian Domain?
A) 100 million
B) 150 million
C) 200 million
D) 350 million
E) 500 million
What impact from global warming in the Russian Domain may actually increase carbon
emissions?
A) Rising sea levels along the Black and Baltic seas.
B) Thawing of permafrost containing large amounts of organic material.
C) Ability to navigate Russia’s northern waterways throughout the year.
D) Warmer temperatures in Arctic Ocean and Barents Sea leading to greater fishing
potential.
The physical geography of southern Africa is defined by this landform, a steep cliff
separating the coastal lowlands from the plateau uplands.
A) The Rift Valley
B) Lake Nyasa
C) The Great Escarpment
D) Gondwana
E) Kalahari Desert
Many European countries are now importing coal from North America.
The Sub-Saharan African vegetation zone characterized by a mixture of trees and tall
grasses with rainfall occurring in late Spring through early Fall is
A) Tropical Forest.
B) Desert.
C) Savanna.
D) Coniferous Forest.
E) Tropical and Coniferous Forest.
In what part of Europe is Protestantism the dominant religion?
A) northern Germany
B) Sweden and Norway
C) England
D) only England and northern Germany
E) England, northern Germany, Sweden and Norway
Most of the world’s power is generated by
A) coal.
B) oil.
C) natural gas.
D) nuclear.
E) hydropower.
Where is Megalopolis located?
A) Midwestern United States, from St. Louis to Cincinnati
B) East Coast of the United States, from Boston to Washington, D.C.
C) The intermountain west of the United States, from Salt Lake City to Denver
D) Texas, from Houston to San Antonio
E) West Coast of United States, from Portland to Seattle
When the EU entered the 1997 Kyoto negotiations, it proposed a target of a reduction of
what percent below 1990 greenhouse gas emissions?
A) 10
B) 2
C) 8
D) 15
E) 12
What country is well known for its official prohibition against unwanted cultural traits,
especially in its language?
A) France
B) United States
C) Australia
D) India
E) Japan
What is the rain-shadow effect?
A) the area of high rainfall found on the windward (windy) side of a mountain range
B) the area of low rainfall found on the windward (windy) side of a mountain range
C) the area of high rainfall found on the leeward (downwind) side of a mountain range
D) the area of low rainfall found on the leeward (downwind) side of a mountain range
E) the snow-capped peak of a mountain, where the temperatures are too cold for rain to
fall
What does a total fertility rate that is less than 2.1 indicate?
A) that a population has no natural growth
B) that a population is growing slowly
C) that a population is growing quickly
D) that a population has reached its peak
E) A TFR that is less than 2.1 has no particular significance.
What is the most densely settled island of Indonesia?
A) Borneo
B) Java
C) Sumatra
D) Bali
E) Luzon
What percentage of the world’s freshwater is used for agriculture?
A) 10
B) 50
C) 70
D) 40
E) 80
35% of the energy in France is generated from this source.
A) nuclear power
B) coal
C) natural gas
D) wind
E) solar
How were the Himalayas formed?
A) by the rifting (pulling apart) of the Eurasian Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate
B) by the collision of the Indian subcontinent with the Eurasian Plate
C) by the upwelling of magma from a hot spot beneath the Indian subcontinent
D) by the erosion of the landscape north and south of the region that would become the
mountains
E) by volcanic activity
During the fourth Phase of migration to the United States (1920-1970), where did the
majority of immigrants come from?
A) England and Africa
B) Ireland and Germany
C) Southern and Eastern Europe
D) Canada and Latin America
E) Latin America and Asia
What is the major problem that Southwest Asia and North Africa is most likely to face
as a result of global climate change?
A) Warmer average temperatures will likely increase evaporation and lower moisture
throughout the region.
B) Sea level changes will threaten farmlands in the Nile Delta.
C) Crop yields could increase.
D) Hydroelectric potential may increase.
E) Sea level changes will threaten farmlands in the Nile Delta and warmer average
temperatures will likely increase evaporation and lower moisture throughout the region.
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of traditional Chinese cities?
A) a defensive wall
B) wide alleyways that were reserved for commercial functions only
C) streets meeting at right angles due to strict geometrical principles used in the
planning process
D) houses built around courtyards
E) low buildings and straight streets