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The concept that new technologies shrink functional space between places is called A) time-space convergence. B) distance decay. C) friction of distance. D) spatial interaction. E) expansion diffusion.
What is A) time-space convergence.
100
Which map projection is most distorted at high latitudes? A) Robinson. B) Goode’s. C) Equal area value. D) Conic. E) Mercator.
E) Mercator.
100
In the countries of China, Vietnam and India which of the following sectors of the economy is losing the most people? A) Primary. B) Secondary. C) Quaternary. D) Quinary. E) Tertiary.
What is A) Primary.
100
Which stage of the classic Demographic Transition Model (DTM) is most associated with the industrialization of a country’s economy? A) Stage I. B) Stage II. C) Stage III. D) Stage IV. E) Stage V.
What is C) Stage III.
100
Weber’s least cost theory deals with A) location of services. B) industrial location. C) location of agricultural hearths. D) location of wealth. E) location of political power.
What is B) industrial location.
200
12. “Sense of Place” refers to A) the unique physical and human attributes that gives a place character. B) the unique physical site characteristics. C) the unique situational characteristics. D) the characteristics of the founder of a place. E) the uniform landscape of a place.
What is A) the unique physical and human attributes that gives a place character.
200
The idea that spatial interaction declines as distance increases is known as A) time-space compression B) the gravity model. C) migration transition. D) distance-decay. E) network integration.
What is D) distance-decay.
200
Using a global scale, which of the following regions would not be considered a major manufacturing region during the 20th century? A) Eastern China. B) Northeast United States. C) Western Europe. D) Southern India.
What is D) Southern India.
200
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, which of the following best describes manufacturing? A) Large factories located in cities were owned by corporations. B) Multinational corporations create a global assembly line of production. C) Individual families produced goods by hand or on individual spinning wheels. D) Mechanized assembly line with workers monitoring the quality of the product. E) Manufacturing did not exist prior to the Industrial Revolution.
What is C) Individual families produced goods by hand or on individual spinning wheels.
200
Which of the following regions has the lowest overall Human Development Index (HDI) ranking? A) Sub-Saharan Africa. B) Latin America. C) East Asia. D) East Europe. E) Middle East.
What is A) Sub-Saharan Africa.
300
The population distribution of the United States most closely resembles A) a linear pattern. B) a dispersed pattern. C) a geometric pattern. D) a clustered pattern. E) a clustered and dispersed pattern.
What is E) a clustered and dispersed pattern.
300
According to the Human Development Index (HDI) which of the following would be considered a social measurement of development? A) Literacy rate. B) Gross Domestic Product (GDP). C) Energy production per capita. D) Birth rate. E) Life expectancy.
What is A) Literacy rate.
300
Which of the following factors helps to explain why automobile manufacturing facilities are being built in the Southern United States as opposed to the traditional locations of Michigan and other states in the Midwest? A) Increasing cost of automobile maintenance. B) Workers in the South are less likely to join a union. C) Increasing competition from cars produced in China. D) The largest population clusters in the US are in the South. E) Hybrid technology exists in greater supplies in the South than other regions of the US.
What is B) Workers in the South are less likely to join a union.
300
Which of the following regions has the largest percent of the world’s petroleum reserves? A) Southeast Asia. B) Eastern Europe. C) Central America. D) Southwest Asia. E) North America.
What is D) Southwest Asia.
300
Which of the following is the best example of a bulk reducing industry? A) Automobile assembly. B) Copper mining. C) Toy manufacturing. D) Desk manufacturing. E) Soft-drink bottling.
What is B) Copper mining.
400
Malthus’ basic thesis was that population grows exponentially while food production grows A) constantly. B) geographically. C) arithmetically. D) geometrically. E) out of control.
What is C) arithmetically.
400
Which of the following countries in 2008 has the largest percent of its workforce engaged in the tertiary or service sector? A) Peru. B) Nigeria. C) China. D) Egypt. E) Germany.
What is E) Germany.
400
The gender empowerment index (GEM) attempts to measure the influence of women in a society by indexing woman’s income, participation in labor force, professional jobs and political influence. Which of the following regions scored the lowest on the GEM index in 2002? A) North America. B) Eastern Europe. C) Middle East. D) East Asia. E) South America.
What is C) Middle East.
400
Which of the following industries would most likely be resource oriented? A) Making concrete. B) Fresh baked bread. C) Paper production. D) Bottling soft drinks. E) Airplane production.
What is C) Paper production.
400
A clustering of rubber tire and windshield producers near automobile assembly plants is best explained by the benefits of A) productivity. B) range. C) agglomeration. D) space-time compression. E) deglommeration.
What is C) agglomeration.
500
The Township and Range pattern of land division in the United States created this type of land ownership pattern on the landscape? A) Linear. B) Clustered. C) Dispersed. D) Geometric. E) No pattern exists.
What is D) Geometric.
500
Which set of data best describes the overall structure of a highly developed country’s workforce in 2008 (% of workforce engaged in each sector)? A) Primary 75%, secondary 15%, tertiary 10%. B) Primary 25%, secondary 50%, tertiary 25%. C) Primary 10%, secondary 30%, tertiary 60%. D) Primary 50%, secondary 25%, tertiary 25%. E) Primary 33%, secondary 33%, tertiary 34%.
What is C) Primary 10%, secondary 30%, tertiary 60%.
500
Which of the following regions accounted for nearly 80% of the industrial output of the early 1800s Industrial Revolution? A) Western Europe. B) Eastern China. C) Unites States. D) Australia. E) South America.
What is A) Western Europe.
500
Which of the following industries would most likely be market oriented? A) Windshields. B) Threshing wheat. C) Copper smelting. D) French fry production. E) Fish processing.
What is A) Windshields.
500
Which of the following countries has the highest overall Human Development Index (HDI) ranking? A) Democratic Republic of the Congo. B) Argentina. C) China. D) Egypt. E) India.
What is B) Argentina.
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