Deck 1: Introduction to the World

Question 1

The Northern Hemisphere experiences __________when the greatest amount of sunlight is reflected off the surface and less is absorbed because of a sharper angle from the sun.

A)spring
B)summer
C)autumn
D)winter
E)northern lights

Answer 1

D

Question 2

GIS data are usually illustrated by__________.

A)spreadsheets
B)maps
C)websites
D)coordinates
E)the USGS

Answer 2

maps

Question 3

The term used to describe those parts of the Earth's surface that have been altered or created by humans is __________.

A)developed area
B)urban extent
C)built-up region
D)cultural landscape
E)anthropogenic

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The two main elements in climate conditions are __________ and __________.

A)latitude;longitude
B)season;location
C)axis tilt;orbit
D)temperature;precipitation
E)elevation,topography

Question 5

An area having governmental,administrative,or political boundaries is known as a __________.

A)country
B)formal region
C)official area
D)functional region
E)vernacular region

Question 6

Tropical rain forests only make up about _____ percent of the Earth's surface but contain up to _____ percent of the Earth's biodiversity.

A)2;50
B)2;20
C)3;30
D)4;40
E)5;50

Question 7

__________is the study of human activity and its relationship to the Earth's surface.

A)Cartography
B)Human geography
C)Physical geography
D)Geology
E)Statistics

Question 8

The region between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn is known as the __________.

A)tropics
B)horse latitudes
C)humid zone
D)sun belt
E)doldrums

Question 9

The scientific approach of __________ often focuses on the distribution of cultural and natural phenomena within regions as delimited by various natural and cultural factors.

A)world regional geography
B)political geography
C)physical geography
D)human geography
E)none of the above

Question 10

What technology acquires data about the Earth's surface through aerial photographs taken from airplanes or images created from satellites orbiting the Earth?

A)remote sensing
B)GIS
C)cartography
D)GPS
E)none of the above

Question 11

The removal of trees through deforestation results in less__________ being removed from the atmosphere,which contributes to global warming.

A)pollution
B)oxygen
C)carbon dioxide
D)particulate matter
E)water vapor

Question 12

The lowest level of the atmosphere is called the __________and is responsible for the conditions that allow life to exist on the planet's surface.

A)stratosphere
B)troposphere
C)ionosphere
D)thermosphere
E)exosphere

Question 13

As a result of,__________human activity has significantly increased the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

A)Industrial Revolution
B)Cold War
C)Renaissance
D)Green Revolution
E)Space Age

Question 14

Deforestation eliminates the role that forests play in __________.

A)the water cycle
B)agricultural production
C)wildlife management
D)in-stream river flow
E)population growth

Question 15

Modern geographers look at __________and __________relationships between many types of data.

A)spatial;temporal
B)north;south
C)cartographic;tabular
D)historic;future
E)none of the above

Question 16

The __________is the largest circle of latitude on Earth.

A)prime meridian
B)Tropic of Cancer
C)Tropic of Capricorn
D)equator
E)none of the above

Question 17

The movement of tectonic plates can best be described as __________.

A)sliding away from each other
B)colliding
C)subsiding
D)sliding parallel to each other
E)all of the above

Question 18

Earth science includes the study of which of the following?

A)landforms
B)climates
C)the distribution of plants
D)the distribution animals
E)all of the above

Question 19

__________is the spatial study of natural phenomena that make up the environment,such as rivers,mountains,landforms,weather,climate,soils,plants,and any other physical aspects of the Earth's surface.

A)Cartography
B)Human geography
C)Physical geography
D)Geology
E)Statistics

Question 20

The 360 degrees of the Earth are measured using a grid pattern called the __________.

A)coordinate system
B)graticule
C)Cartesian plane
D)latitude
E)longitude

Question 21

The term __________ indicates what people learn after they are born,including language,religion,and customs or traditions.

A)ethnicity
B)academics
C)nurture
D)culture
E)all of the above

Question 22

Which of the following terms is not used to describe language characteristics?

A)official language
B)creole
C)accent
D)dialect
E)all of the above

Question 23

__________ was an early wave of globalization that changed the planet and shaped most of the world's current political borders.

A)Trading along the Silk Road
B)European colonialism
C)The Roman Empire
D)The discovery of the Americas
E)The bubonic plague

Question 24

By the middle of the twentieth century,birth rates in developed countries declined due to__________.

A)fewer families working in agriculture
B)more families living in urban areas
C)women delaying the age of marriage to pursue education
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 25

More than __________ of the planet's population now live in abject poverty and earn less than the equivalent of two US dollars per day.

A)1/8
B)1/4
C)1/3
D)1/2
E)2/3

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT one of the top four religions by population?

A)Christianity
B)Judaism
C)Islam
D)Hinduism
E)Buddhism

Question 27

__________ is the average number of children a woman in a particular country has in her lifetime,whether or not they all live to adulthood.

A)Fertility rate
B)Replacement level
C)Birth rate
D)Child-woman ratio
E)Fecundity

Question 28

Populations are stable or in decline in places such as __________ and __________.

A)Europe;North America
B)Africa;Asia
C)Asia;South America
D)Australia,Africa
E)Eastern Europe;Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 29

There are __________ core areas of wealthy industrialized countries,all of which are found in the Northern Hemisphere.

A)two
B)three
C)four
D)five
E)six

Question 30

The main force that encourages globalization is __________ based on technological advancements.

A)economic activity
B)Apple products
C)tourism
D)communication
E)cultural & social changes

Question 31

There are _____ dominant language families in the world.

A)4
B)5
C)9
D)12
E)20

Question 32

__________is the study of how human populations change over time and space.

A)Geography
B)Geology
C)Demography
D)Cartography
E)none of the above

Question 33

The continent of __________ has the highest fertility rates in the world.

A)Europe
B)Asia
C)North America
D)Africa
E)South America

Question 34

Language experts estimate that up to half the world's living languages could be lost by the end of the twenty-first century as a result of __________.

A)population decline
B)globalization
C)internet use
D)a global lingua franca
E)the emergence of global pidgin

Question 35

Critics of __________ claim that it is nothing more than a legal method of pillaging and plundering the world's workforce and its resources.

A)globalization
B)free trade
C)corporate colonialism
D)technological innovation
E)none of the above

Question 36

In periphery countries,more people earn their living in occupations related to

A)farming
B)education
C)mining
D)a & c
E)all of the above

Question 37

A particular country's opportunities and advantages can be determined by various factors,such as

A)the amounts of available natural or human resources.
B)arable land for farming.
C)forests for timber & freshwater for fishing
D)a location providing greater access to world markets.
E)all of the above

Question 38

Earth's human population was growing at a rate of __________ percent per year in 2017.

A)1.11
B)1.21
C)1.31
D)1.41

Question 39

At the beginning of the twentieth century,the world's population was about _________.One hundred years later,there were roughly __________ people in the world.

A).2 billion;1 billion
B).5 billion;3 billion
C)1 billion;4 billion
D)1.6 billion;6 billion
E)2 billion;10 billion

Question 40

As countries move from an __________ to an __________ economy,there is a major shift in population from rural to urban settings.

A)agricultural;extractive
B)slow food;fast food
C)agricultural;industrial
D)manufacturing;service
E)animate;mechanized

Question 41

A population pyramid for a developing country would be narrower at the bottom than in the middle,indicating that there are fewer children than middle-aged people.

Question 42

Agricultural regions generally have a smaller average family size than that of their city counterparts.

Question 43

In contrast to the national debit,the term __________ refers to an annual cycle accounting of a government entity's excess spending over the amount of revenues it takes in during a given fiscal year.

A)national budget
B)budget deficit
C)currency transfer
D)debt
E)financial risk

Question 44

Formal regions have boundaries related to a practical function within a given area.

Question 45

Less than 1 percent of the world's fresh water is available for human use,usually 'stored' in lakes,rivers,streams,groundwater and underground aquifers or as atmospheric water vapor.

Question 46

Technology and corporate activity have hindered a wave of globalization and now is impacting the economies of countries around the world.

Question 47

Geography is not concerned with examining the relationships between and the processes of humans and their physical and cultural environments.

Question 48

The tropics (Cancer and Capricorn)are the two imaginary lines directly above which the sun shines on the two solstices.

Question 49

The first known use of the word geography was by Eratosthenes of Cyrene (modern-day Libya in North Africa),an early Greek scholar who lived between 276 and 194 BCE.

Question 50

__________ are a standard method for governments to accumulate revenue.

A)Lobbying practices
B)Free trade agreements
C)Taxes
D)Regulatory fines
E)Donations from wealthy individuals

Question 51

Human activity is increasing the amount of carbon in the Earth's atmosphere,leading to an increase in temperatures.

Question 52

There is the possibility that we have already reached the threshold of Earth's carrying capacity.

Question 53

Time zones are established roughly every 15 degrees longitude so that local times correspond to similar hours of day and night.

Question 54

Of the more than 6,000 languages in the world,about a dozen are spoken by more than one hundred million people each.

Question 55

It is easier to understand why people move from rural to urban,from periphery to core,from Mexico to the United States when one begins to understand __________.

A)the global economy
B)manufacturing
C)politics
D)transportation systems
E)exchange rates

Question 56

Mountain chains,such as the Himalayas,are a direct result of two plates subsiding.

Question 57

Remote sensing technology acquires data about the Earth's surface through aerial photographs taken from airplanes or images created from satellites orbiting the Earth.

Question 58

The Earth's crust,which is between 10 and 125 miles thick,is one big solid mass that cover a molten iron core at the center of the planet.

Question 59

Human population will continue to grow until it either crashes due to the depletion of resources or stabilizes at a sustainable carrying capacity.

Question 60

When we look at the Earth and the general distribution of human population,two main factors attract human habitation: climates and access to water.

Question 61

Countries such as Russia,India,or Brazil have qualities of both core and periphery countries.

Question 62

The main methods countries use to gain national wealth are based on sustainable national income models and value-added principles.

Question 63

__________ occurs when people move from rural agricultural areas to the cities for employment or in search of a better life and is an example of a migration pattern based on people seeking__________.

Question 64

The __________ of the planet is not and cannot be known.How many humans can the Earth sustain in an indefinite manner?

Question 65

BRICS is an acronym for which five semiperiphery countries?

Question 66

__________ can be defined as a long-term average weather pattern evident in a particular region of the world.__________ is a term usually used to define conditions on a short-term or even daily basis.

Question 67

A government could have a high national debt even when the country is home to a large number of wealthy citizens or a growing economy.

Question 68

Define the term region and list the three types of regions.

Question 69

There are three __________ areas of wealthy industrialized countries,all of which are found in the Northern Hemisphere.The world's developing countries make up the __________ countries.

Question 70

Core regions control the corporate markets that energize and fuel global activity.

Question 71

The __________ of the planet is the number of people that the planet's resources can sustain.However,it is not and cannot be known.

Question 72

Most national governments have no problems paying their national debt and the interest on their national debt.

Question 73

The world's population is now growing by about __________,a growth rate found almost exclusively in __________,as populations are stable or in decline in places such as __________.

Question 74

The removal of trees through __________ results in less __________ being removed from the atmosphere,which contributes to __________.

Question 75

Describe the difference between relative location and absolute location.Provide an example of each type of location.

Question 76

Cultural forces have little impact on human activities as globalization creates new alliances and global networks.

Question 77

What is fertility rate and how does it relate to family size?

Question 78

Explain and provide one example of the condition known as brain drain.

Question 79

Considering the drive of individuals to increase their opportunities or advantages is one way to understand our world.

Question 80

The haves and have-nots are general categories of economic status and not necessarily cultural values.