Political Geography
At some point in their recent history, all of the following countries became divided into two political entities as a result of cultural or ideological conflict EXCEPT
A. Korea
B. Vietnam
C. Germany
D. Ireland
E. Japan
E. Japan
Production of agricultural products destined primarily for direct consumption by the producer rather than for market is called
A. plantation farming
B. hunting and gathering
C. subsistence agriculture
D. sedentary cultivation
E. shifting-field agriculture
C. subsistence agriculture
Which of the following is the primary geographic effect of the globalization of the economy?
A. Countries have greater control over economic activity within their borders.
B. More Local ownership makes industries less likely to move.
C. Production is increasingly concentrated in the Manufacturing Belt of the United States
D. Production is increasingly concentrated in the Rhine-Ruhr Valley of Europe.
E. Production is shifted to low-cost locations in developing countries.
E. Production is shifted to low-cost locations in developing countries.
The reason for the concentration of copper smelters, refineries, and foundries close to Arizona's copper mines is that copper production is
A. a bulk-reducing industry
B. a bulk-gaining industry
C. dependent on dry climate conditions
D. attracted to low-cost migrant labor
E. oriented to the large Southern California market
A. a bulk-reducing industry
According to central place theory, the threshold is defined as the
A. economic base of a central place
B. distance away from a central place
C. gross value of the product minus the costs of production
D. minimum number of people needed to support a service
E. point at which consumer movement is at a minimum
D. minimum number of people needed to support a service
Which of the following is an example of Balkanization?
A. Greece
B. Hungary
C. Albania
D. Yugoslavia
E. Romania
D. Yugoslavia
A set of economic and political relationships that organizes food production from the development of seed to marketing the products is known as
A. food processing
B. mechanized farming
C. mixed crop and livestock farming
D. agribusiness
E. commercial farming
D. agribusiness
Which of the following sectors of the economy has grown the fastest in the United States since the mid-1970s?
A. Service
B. Agriculture
C.Manufacturing
D. Military
E. Mining
A. Service
Compared with more-developed countries, which of the following statements is true of less developed countries?
A. A higher percent of the labor force is engaged in food production .
B. The population pyramids exhibit narrower bases .
C. The per capita consumption of energy is higher .
D. The natural increase of the population is lower .
E. Fertility rates are lower .
A. A higher percent of the labor force is engaged in food production .
An urban center that is disproportionately larger than the second largest city in a country and that dominates the country’s social, political, and economic activities can be best classified as
A. a megalopolis
B. a conurbation
C. a primate city
D. an edge city
E. an imperial city
C. a primate city
Which of the following can be an example of a centrifugal political force?
A. Homogeneous ethnic population
B. Strong central government
C. Variation of language within the country
D. Shift to tertiary economy
E. Concentrated ownership of media
C. Variation of language within the country
Which of the following activities is most likely to be found in the outermost zone of von Thünen's model of agricultural land use?
A. Mixed farming
B. Subsistence farming
C. Specialty farming
D. Dairying and market gardening
E. Extensive grain or stock raising
E. Extensive grain or stock raising
Rostow’s modernization model is concerned with which of the following concepts?
A. Dependency
B. Structuralism
C. Core-periphery relations
D. Economic development
E. Neocolonialism
D. Economic development
If a manufacturing company uses a single, weight-losing raw material to manufacture its finished product, then most likely the company will
A. locate several manufacturing plants close to consumers
B. use a ubiquitous raw material
C. choose to outsource its labor component
D. agglomerate close to similar factories
E. locate its manufacturing plant at the raw material site
E. locate its manufacturing plant at the raw material site
According to the rank-size rule, if the largest city in a country has a population of 10 million, the next largest city will have a population of
A. 9 million
B. 8 million
C. 7.5 million
D. 5 million
E. 3.5 million
D. 5 million
Which of the following is South Africa’s former state-sanctioned policy of segregating the races?
A. Redlining
B. Gerrymandering
C. Apartheid
D. Secularism
E. Gentrification
C. Apartheid
Which of the following statements best describes the impact of improvements in transportation systems on agriculture?
A. Local markets have become more important for dairy farmers.
B. Individual farms have become more diversified.
C. Corporate farms have gained a greater advantage over family farms.
D. Subsistence farmers are given great advantages.
E. Cuisines have become more regionalized.
C. Corporate farms have gained a greater advantage over family farms.
Outsourced industrial production in less-developed countries often relies on female labor because
A. men are engaged mainly in agriculture
B. wage rates for women are much lower than for men
C. women are more skilled at operating machinery than men are
D. social taboos prevent women from working in the service sector
E. women are not protected by international labor laws
B. wage rates for women are much lower than for men
Quaternary economic activities are those that
A. extract natural resources from the environment
B. transform raw materials into finished products
C. involve the collection, processing, and manipulation of information
D. involve the exchange of goods and the provision of services
E. involve the production of fresh produce for urban markets
C. involve the collection, processing, and manipulation of information
According to Christaller’s central place model, which of the following would most likely have the smallest range?
A. A university
B. An international airport
C. A grocery store
D. A professional football stadium
E. A symphony orchestra hall
C. A grocery store
An example of a relict boundary is:
A. a mountain ridge
B. Africa's colonial boundaries
C. the Berlin Wall
D. a body of water
E. the border between North & South Korea
C. the Berlin Wall
The township and range land survey system in the United States contributed to which of the following?
A. A dispersed rural settlement pattern
B. A clustered rural settlement pattern
C. A rural long-lot pattern
D. An urban agglomeration pattern
E. An urban daily system pattern
A. A dispersed rural settlement pattern
Which of the following variables has an inverse or negative relationship with the level of economic development of a country?
A. Literacy rate
B. Birth rate
C. Percent of labor force in tertiary sector of economy
D. Life expectancy
E. Percent of urban population
B. Birth rate
The classic model of industrial location theory suggests that the primary consideration in the location of an industrial site is which of the following?
A. The institutional structure of the firm
B. The cost to produce the product
C. The cost of raw materials
D. The cost of transportation
E. The location of the market
D. The cost of transportation
Which of the following was NOT a reason for rapid suburbanization in the United States after the Second World War?
A. Mass production of the automobile
B. Reduction in long-distance commuting
C. Expansion of home construction
D. Expansion of the interstate highway system
E.Availability of low down payment terms and long-term mortgages
B. Reduction in long-distance commuting