Exam 1: Geography: an Exploration of Connections

Which of the following best describes racism?

How does air density change when the air temperature cools?

The climate of an area in a rain shadow is dry.

A society in which many culture groups live in close association is:

In which of these countries is the highest amount of virtual water required to produce one ton of corn?

What term describes rainfall that is caused by the interaction of large air masses of different temperatures and densities?

Oceanic plates are relatively thin.

Although many lack access to clean water,this rarely results in illness or death.

An unintended effect of a society's preference for boys over girls can be:

In some of the countries of Central Europe,the population is aging and declining due to:

Which of the following accords with the theory of global warming?

Which of the following is an example of a transaction taking place in the informal economy?

Explain why couples living in subsistence agriculture-based societies,despite being cash poor,often choose to have several children.

Bottled water in the United States is held to high levels of quality by the government.

In cool air,the gas molecules are relatively dense and are associated with high air pressure.

What does a breeze blowing from the sea onto land indicate about the air temperature over the water compared with that over the land?

The development of food production has undergone a series of changes,starting with hunting and gathering;moving through labor-intensive,small-scale agriculture;and moving on to __________ and organic farming in the present day.

Over a billion people worldwide live in urban slums.

Production of goods and services that is not officially recognized and is,therefore,not subject to taxation is said to occur in the:

A synonym for an underdeveloped nation is a: