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If 4 languages have similar words for numbers and the names of fish, but different names for a certain disease, what might be concluded about the time at which the disease first diffused?
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AP HG Eagle Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| If 4 languages have similar words for numbers and the names of fish, but different names for a certain disease, what might be concluded about the time at which the disease first diffused? | B; The population divided and evolved into the 4 different languages and then the disease spread |
| 1) Empire, county, province, nation-state 2) Province, empire, nation-state 3) empire, nation-state, province, county 4) county, nation-state, province,empire 5) empire, nation-state, county, province | C; empire, nation-state, province, county |
| 1)primate cities 2)entrepots 3)forward capitals 4)world cities 5)edge cities | D; world cities |
| With respect to the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the Unites States, Canada and Mexico, which of the following statements is NOT true? | B; It outlines an eventual supranational governing body for North America |
| 1)extract natural resources from the environment 2) transform raw materials into finished products 3) involve the collection, processing, and manipulation of info. 4)involve the exchange of goods and the provision of services | C; involve the collection, processing, and manipulation of info. |
| Which of the following countries consumes the most fossil fuels per capita? | United States |
| 1) Low population-growth rates 2)Primate urban systems 3) High infant-mortality rates 4)membership in the European Union (EU) 5) More than 10% of the population involved in sheep farming | A; Low population-growth rates |
| 1) The colonial economies were export-oriented 2)The wars of independence damaged many inland cities 3) few amerindian population centers were located on the coast 4) latin american armed forces have extensive plans for the defense of coastal sites | A; the colonial economies were export-oriented |
| Which of the following is true of popular culture? | C; It incorporates traits that diffuse quickly to a wide variety of places |
| 1) prorupted 2) perforated 3) compact 4)fragmented 5) bifurcated | D; fragmented |
| The term Balkanization refers to the ______ | A; fragmentation of a region into smaller units |
| 1. watershed boundaries 2. gerrymandering 3. county boundaries 4. decentralization 5. amalgamation | B; gerrymandering |
| 1. soft-drink bottling 2. brewing 3. nickel smelting 4. baking 5. automobile assembly | C; nickel smelting |
| 1. transcontinental highways 2. defensive sites 3. railroad junctions 4. navigable waterways 5. water power | D, navigable waterways |
| 1. tropical regions 2. temperature regions 3. mountainous regions 4. arctic regions 5. arid regions | B; temperature regions |
| 1. belief systems 2. topography 3. economics 4. gender 5. technology | A; belief systems |
| 1. Local markets have become more important for dairy farmers 2. Individual farms have become more diversified 3. corporate farms have gained a greater advantage over family farms 4. subsistence farmers are given great advantages | C; Corporate farms have gained a greater advantage over family farms |
| On the map above, which letters represents the region of the greatest proportion of the Canadian population? | E |
| The European Union, the Arab League, and the United Nations are all examples of _______ | D; supranational organizations |
| Regionalization is to geography as _____ | D; periodization is to history |
| Cultural landscape can be defined as 1. the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans or 2. the ways that people in deferring cultures perceive the enviroment | answer 1 |
| One would except to find a population with a relatively young age structure in ______ | A; less developed countries |
| During the first half of the twentieth century, which of the following facilitated the transportation of beef over long distances to global markets? | C; refrigerated ship |
| 1. Nepal 2. peru 3. the philippines 4. niger 5. greece | D; niger |
| All of the following have helped create ghettos in North American cities EXCEPT _____ | E; economic enterprise zones |
| The world's three major monotheistic religions originated in which of the following regions? | B; southwest Asia |
| An urban center that is disproportionatley 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 _________ | C; a primate city |
| A country in which the majority of the population are Shiite Muslims is _____ | A; Iran |
| 1. truck 2. railroad 3. ship 4. pipeline 5. airplane | A; truck |
| 1. decentralization 2. agglomeration 3. intervening opportunity 4. balkanization 5. enfranchisement | B; agglomeration |
| Agriculture practiced in California differs from forms practiced in other Mediterranean agriculture regions bc in California | B; farms use more irrigation |
| 1. European Union (EU) 2. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) 3. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 4. Association of Caribbean States (ACS) 5.United Nations (UN) | A; European Union (EU) |
| 1. von thunen's model of land use 2. concentric zone model 3. core-periphery model 4. rostow's model of economic development 5. christaller's model on central place | E; christaller's model of central place |
| which of the following environmental problems is most associated with the African Sahel? | A; desertification |
| 1. rural to urban 2. urban to suburban 3. inland to coastal 4. highland to lowland 5. urban to rural | A; rural to urban |
| The internet is reshaping traditional economic arrangements by ______ | B; expanding the importance of express package delivery systems |
| In terms of total tonnage, which of the following is currently the leading export crop in the world? | C; wheat |
| In the century after the arrival of Europeans, which of the following changes occurred to the indigenous population of the Americas? | D; it decreased dramatically with the introduction of new diseases |
| Which of the following most closely describes the leading trend in retailing in the united states during the 1950's, 1970's, and 1990's? | A; Downtown business district, shopping mall, "Big Box" superstore |
| Land parcels in the American midwest tend to be rectilinear because ______ | A; the federal survey system adopted in the late 18th century imposed a geometric pattern on the landscape |
| which of the following environment issues is most immediate concern to policy-makers in New England? | A; Overharvesting of breeding stock by commercial fishers |
| The popularity of which of the following is an example of the trend toward ecotourism | C; National parks in Costal Rica |
| The early stages of the core-periphary model describe the _______ | E; relationship of power and the transfer of resources from less developed to more developed areas |
| 1. Rimland 2. heartland 3. shatter belt 4. enclave 5. gerrymandered area | C; Shatter belt |
| Violent confrontations in Ambon, Aceh, and East Timbor illustrate the problem of holding together the physically and culturally diverse country of _______ | B; Indonesia |
| Isolated farmsteads in the United States evolved as a result of all of the following EXCEPT _____ | E:physical barriers preventing communal farm practices |
| Which of the following was NOT a reason for rapid suburbanization in the United States after the Second World War? | B; reduction in long-distance commuting |
| Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion? | D; Judaism |
| 1, 9 million 2. 8 million 3. 7.5 million 4. 5 million 5. 3.5 million | D; 5 million |
| Which of the following countries did NOT have significant, long-lasting colonial presence in Africa after 1920? | A; Germany |
| Von thunen's emphasized which of the following factors in his model of agricultural land use? | B; transportation cost |
| 1. twelve-nautical-mile territorial sea zone 2. export processing zone (EPZ) 3. 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone 4. empowerment zone | A; twelve-nautical-mile territorial sea zone |
| The maquiladoras of northern Mexico are _____ | A; manufacturing outsourcing plants |
| Which of the following is a characteristic of shifting cultivation? | E; multicropping |
| The "Four Economic Tigers" of east and southeast Asia include _____ | B; Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan |
| The term "cultural diffusion" refers to the | C; spread of an idea or innovation from its source |
| Of the following, which is the best example of a footloose industry? | D; Computer chip |
| Why is the traditional classification of agriculture as a primary economic activity a problem when considering the geography of agriculture? | A; Modern farmers are engaged in production, research, marketing, and some manufacturing of their products |
| Which of the following areas has the greatest linguistic fragmentation? | C; Caucasus |
| Rostow's modernization model is concerned with which of the following concepts? | D; economic development |
| According to the sector model of North American city structure, members of low-income groups tend to live in which of the following places? | C; Linear residential areas radiating from the center city outward |
| Of the following countries, which has the fewest people per unit of arable land? | C; Argentina |
| The Canadian government created the new territory of Nunavut in order to ____ | B; recognize the territorial rights of indigenous people in the area |
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Mrs. Littlefield