Exam 1: Geography: an Exploration of Connections

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.

Regions with slow population growth tend to be more affluent.

Race is a biologically meaningless concept.

Ethnic groups tend to share all of the following EXCEPT:

Sex refers to the biological category of male or female, while gender indicates how a particular social group defines the differences between the sexes.

Low air pressure is associated with warm air temperatures.

The United Nations is composed of:

What is the term for wages that support a minimum healthy life?

When plates slip past each other, the result is a(n):

Lines of latitude are also known as meridians.

GDP per capita statistics take only work performed in the formal economy into account.

It is easy to agree on all of the features of a culture, such as American culture.

The term used to describe a nation's right to conduct its internal affairs as it sees fit, without interference from outside, is:

A country has a growth rate of zero when its birth rate and death rate are equal.

Which of the following was NOT a stated goal of the 30 most polluting countries that signed the Copenhagen agreement?

Where rivers meet the sea, floodplains often fan out roughly in the shape of a triangle, creating a:

A common disease caused by polluted water is:

In response to the criticisms of SAPs, the World Bank and the IMF have replaced SAPs with _____________________________.

The United Nations has limited legal authority and often can enforce its rulings only through persuasion.

What term refers to the systematic attempt to kill all members of an ethnic or religious group?