Which of the following would NOT reflect Friedman’s notion of a flat earth?
A) the ability of financial capital and production to flow easily from one place to
another
B) the ability of financial capital to change locations to take advantage of technological
innovation
C) the ability of financial capital to change locations to take advantage of labor costs
D) the ability of financial capital to develop new products that can be shipped and sold
anywhere
E) there are local differences in geographies that may encourage or inhibit the flow of
ideas and goods around the globe
Traditionally, in which region of Europe were environmental conditions the worst?
A) Benelux countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg)
B) Eastern Europe
C) Iberian Peninsula
D) Scandinavia
E) Southern Europe
Which of the following products made its way to Europe as part of the Columbian
Exchange?
A) potatoes
B) wheat
C) horses
D) grapes
E) barley
The trapping of solar radiation in Earth’s lower atmosphere
A) is entirely anthropogenic.
B) is called the greenhouse effect.
C) has no benefits.
D) began with humans’ use of fossil fuels.
E) began with humans’ use of fossil fuels and has no benefits.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of culture?
A) It is individual.
B) It is learned.
C) It is shared.
D) It has abstract dimensions.
E) It has material dimensions.
Why is China’s urban system such a good example of Central Place Theory?
A) because China’s urban system is balanced, with sizable cities relatively evenly
spaced and no city overshadowing others
B) because China’s urban system uses straight lines for roads all leading into the central
plaza of the city
C) because China’s urban system was carefully planned by the country’s communist
leaders based on Central Place Theory
D) because China’s urban system has a primate city in each of its provinces
E) because China’s urban system is constantly expanding into the rural hinterlands
Which of the following religions arose in North Africa/Southwest Asia?
A) Animism
B) Buddhism and Hinduism
C) Hinduism and Sikhism
D) Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
E) Shinto
Which country of Southwest Asia and North Africa is experiencing tension between
Sunni and Shi’a Muslims?
A) Iraq
B) Israel
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Iran
E) Turkey
Tropical savanna bioregions are found in which climate type?
A) BW
B) Cs
C) Af
D) Aw
E) Am
You would be most likely to see a Shiite Muslim in which country?
A) Morocco
B) Iran
C) Egypt
D) Turkey
E) Cyprus
What was the metaphorical name given to the policy of separation that divided Europe
into two separate geopolitical and economic blocs after World War II?
A) Berlin Wall
B) Iron Curtain
C) Kremlin
D) Autobahn
E) buffer zone
Europe was the battleground for which wars during the 20th century?
A) World War I and the Cold War, but not World War II
B) World War I, World War II, and the Cold War
C) World War II, but not World War I
D) World War I, but not World War II
E) World War I and World War II, but not the Cold War
After the dismantling of the Soviet Union, Russia maintains naval bases in
A) Armenia.
B) Ukraine.
C) Kazakhstan.
D) Belarus.
E) Tajikistan.
What is the major underlying assumption of the core-periphery model?
A) that the wealth of the developed core will eventually diffuse to the less developed
periphery
B) that the different levels of development between the core and the periphery are
caused by the relative levels of natural resources in each area
C) that the less developed periphery will eventually revolt against the wealthier core
D) that the developed core achieved its wealth primarily by taking advantage of the
southern periphery, through either colonialism or imperialism
E) that the core and periphery will work together to eliminate uneven development
What three historical eras are represented in European city landscapes?
A) Renaissance-Baroque, industrial, post-modern
B) medieval, Renaissance-Baroque, art deco
C) medieval, Renaissance-Baroque, industrial
D) pre-modern, medieval, modern
E) colonial, industrial, post-modern
Which of the following countries does (or do) NOT fit the core-periphery model?
A) Russia
B) Singapore
C) Australia
D) New Zealand
E) Australia, New Zealand, Russia and Singapore
What landform dominates much of New Zealand?
A) volcanic mountains
B) wide plains
C) lush tropical rainforest
D) eroded sedimentary formations
E) deserts
France took the early lead in colonizing North Africa.
What is the largest city in South Asia (based on population)?
A) New Delhi
B) Karachi
C) Mumbai (Bombay)
D) Bangalore
E) Kolkata (Calcutta)
What is the second most populous country in the Australia andOceania region?
A) Australia
B) Papua New Guinea
C) Fiji
D) Nauru
E) New Zealand
Write an essay discussing wildlife conservation efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa. Where
has the decline of wildlife in this region been especially problematic? What are some of
the initiatives that have been undertaken to conserve this resource?
What is the major attraction for offshore banking in the Caribbean?
A) specialized services that are confidential and tax-exempt
B) confidential services
C) tax-exempt deposits
D) specialized services and tax exempt deposits
E) confidential and specialized services
What is loess?
A) a dark, coarse sand that is eroded from sea cliffs by wave energy from the ocean
B) a human-made material that is a byproduct of the burning of high sulfur coal
C) a fine, glacially generated silt that is deposited by the wind
D) the rich dark topsoil that is found on the Japanese island of Honshu
E) a clay-like substance from which people in China use to make cement for urban
areas
What region has seen the deadliest political and ethnic conflict, with an estimated 5
million war-related deaths?
A) Ivory Coast
B) Kenya
C) Democratic Republic of the Congo
D) Uganda
E) Mali
The Caspian Sea
A) drains into the Mediterranean.
B) has doubled in size over the last few hundred years.
C) is threatened by oil-industry pollution.
D) is in much greater danger than is the Aral Sea is for desiccation due to excess water
use.
E) is the smallest lake in Central Asia.
Currently what is the most urgent environmental issue for Europe?
A) deforestation
B) climate change
C) acid rain
D) air pollution
E) fresh water sources
What country generates almost all of its electrical power from renewable sources?
A) Great Britain
B) Germany
C) Denmark
D) Iceland
E) Sweden
Which exotic animal, introduced to Australia, reached plague proportions, and was
finally brought under control only after the purposeful introduction of a disease that
affected only this particular introduced species?
A) camels
B) dogs
C) goats
D) wallabies
E) rabbits
In which stages of the Demographic Transition is the rate of natural increase (RNI)
low?
A) stage 1 and stage 3
B) stage 1 and stage 4
C) stage 2 and stage 3
D) stage 2 and stage 4
E) stage 3 and stage 4
Deforestation is probably the oldest environmental problem in Southwest Asia and
North Africa.
The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has increased since 2000. Why?
A) Because of growth of corporate farms and development of new roads and dams
B) Because of growth in corporate farms
C) From the development of new roads and dams
D) From increased global demand for tropical wood
E) From the clearing of land for farming by local villagers
The active promotion of one cultural system at the expense of another is called
A) cultural nationalism.
B) cultural assimilation.
C) cultural syncretization.
D) cultural imperialism.
E) cultural hybridization.
An agreed-upon common language to facilitate communication on specific topics such
as business is called a(n)
A) dialect.
B) official language.
C) language group.
D) language family.
E) lingua franca.
Where are earthquakes and volcanoes most commonly found?
A) in the higher latitudes
B) at the edges of oceans
C) along tectonic plate boundaries
D) around the equator
E) The location is random.
What percentage of Earth’s water is freshwater?
A) 3%
B) 20%
C) 40%
D) 75%
E) 97%