World Geography Test 1 – Flashcards
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The capital and primate city of Greece is
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Athens
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The Northern European country that has benefited the most from North Sea oil is
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Denmark
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Most foreign workers in Germany are of _________origin.
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Turkish
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A country's leading urban center that is disproportionately large and exceptionally expressive of national feelings, such as Paris is to France, is known as the country's
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Primate City
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The geographic principle under which particular peoples and particular places concentrate on the production of particular goods is known as
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local functional specialization
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When a state seeks to acquire the neighboring territory that is home to ethnically similar people and territory on the other side of its international border by appealing to a concentrated group, this action is termed
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irredentism
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The Mediterranean island contested by both Greece and Turkey is
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Cyprus
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The Industrial Revolution in Europe
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initially was focused in England, where machinery was invented and the use of steam to power engines emerged
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The downtown of an American city, which is usually characterized by a square-grid layout, is called the
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Central business district
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The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy is known as
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devolution
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From the end of World War II until 1990, Eastern Europe was dominated by the
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Soviet Union
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__________ forces are divisive to a nation.
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1. situational 2. centripetal 3. Centrifugal 4. charismatic 5. dispartic
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Which of the following is the strongest example of a European nation-state?
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Poland
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The area that surrounds and is served by a city is known as its
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hinterland
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The three principles of spatial interaction are
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complementarity, intervening opportunity, irredentism
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The Ruhr industrial complex is linked via the Rhine River to the port of
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Rotterdam
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_______ dominates Western Europe demographically and economically.
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Germany
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The conurbation centered by London lies within which of the following regions?
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Southern England
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Which of the following statements is true?
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Both A and B are true Paris initially benefited from an excellent site and situation.
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The gradual reduction of regional contrasts resulting from increasing cultural, economic, political and other types of exchanges is known as
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Globalization
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Eastern Europe is a zone of politico-geographical splintering and fracturing known as a (an)
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shatter belt
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The Western European state that is not a member of the European Union is
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Switzerland
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Which of the following is not a state created by the breakup of former Yugoslavia?
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Slovakia
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The prevailing mid-latitude climatic type in the southeastern United States, western Europe, southern Brazil and northern Argentina, and eastern China is the
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humid temperate
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The Autonomous Community located in northeastern Spain just south of the Pyrenees Mountains that is centered on industrialized Barcelona is known as
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Catalonia
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Wegener's supercontinent is known as
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Pangaea
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All regions possess all of the following except
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homogeneity
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Europe's relative location
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is one of centrality within the land hemisphere
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German reunification
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occurred in 1990
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Which of the following groups have formed a rapidly growing minority presence in many European countries?
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Muslims
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The largest ethnic minority in Ukraine are the
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Russians
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Italy's economic core, no longer focused on Rome, is located today in
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the Po River Valley
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Northern and Southern Italy are divided by the
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Ancona Line
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Which of the following cities is located in Italy's and Europe's core area?
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Milan
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The major river in western Germany, which enters the North Sea through the Netherlands and which passes through the Ruhr is the
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Rhine
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Significant oil and natural gas supplies have been found beneath the:
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North Sea
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Water covers about _____ percent of the Earth's surface.
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70
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The country located directly across the Strait of Gibraltar from southernmost Spain is:
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Morocco
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Spain and the United Kingdom are in dispute over which piece of territory:
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Gibraltar
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The World Bank ranks countries within four groups. Which of the following is not one of those groups?
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Middle-income countries
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Which of the following is a systematic subfield of geography?
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Urban geography
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The country located on the Jutland Peninsula and the smallest state (in area) in Norden is:
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Denmark
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In regional geography, relative location:
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is more meaningful and practical than absolute location
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Which water body is surrounded by a geologically-active Ring of Fire:
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Pacific Ocean
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Which of the following statements is false?
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France has better harbors than Germany
