WRG final (test 1) – Flashcards
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A scale is
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The relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape
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1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?
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Fraction Scale
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A map with a scale of 1:500,000 would represent which type of map?
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A small scale map
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Which map would have the smallest scale?
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world
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The world's population in 1995 was approximately 6 billion and a steady rate of growth was expected to reach 12 billion in approximately 45 years. The period of 45 years is known as
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doubling time
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To measure well-being___________is an important indicator officially used by United Nations other than the GNP.
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Human Development Index
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The shape of a country's population pyramid is determined primarily by its
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Crude birth rate
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Transform faults are typically found in regions where tectonic plate boundaries are moving parallel to one another, and are the site of frequent earthquakes. A good example of such a location is:
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The San Andreas Fault
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Mid- oceanic ridge resuls from sea floor spreading along
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Divergent plate boundary
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Both the Andes and Himalayan mountain chains are located along convergent plate boundaries
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true
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Every meridian is the same length and has the same beginning and end
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true
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Sustainable human development involves:
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economic growth that preserves resources and environmental quality.
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Natural process of Earth's atmosphere heating through the trapping of reradiated infrared radiation is known as:
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Green House Effect
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An example of secondary economic activity is
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A General Motors factory worker
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When a country has a single city that has several times the population of any other city, it is called the
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Primate city
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Total Fertility Rate is high when women marry early and have many children over a long span of years
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true
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Which of the following is (are) a universalizing religion(s)?
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Buddhism Islam Christianity
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Which of the following is NOT shown in a population pyramid?
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Birth and death rates
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According to the core-periphery model, which of the following countries is part of the core?
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china
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If global warming occurs to a significant degree, it is likely to have all of the following consequences, EXCEPT
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lower sea level
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Weather refers to
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The short- term day-to-day expression of atmospheric processes.
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Which of the following statements about Gross National Income (GNI) is INCORRECT?
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GNI does not include income earned abroad.
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Many states within the European Union gave up their national currencies and adopted the official currency of EU, the "Euro."
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true
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Which of the following statements about greenhouse gases is NOT CORRECT?
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Recent changes in greenhouse gas emissions are due primarily to natural processes.
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Orographic lifting, a process that triggers cloud formation and precipitation, occurs when
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Mountain ranges in the path of moisture-laden winds force air upward.
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This process involves displacement of lower-income residents of central-city neighborhoods with higher-income residents, rehabilitation of deteriorated inner-city landscapes, and construction of new shopping complexes, entertainment centers or convention centers.
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gentrification
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BRIC are the primary emerging countries, which have growing economies and play significant role in the global marketplace include all of the following except ___________
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romania
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Concerning the population geography of Europe:
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Countries with significant Muslim populations have the highest population growth rates.
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Irredentism is a policy that a country should annex or recover neighboring territory because of ethnic or historic connections.
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true
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The "Velvet Divorce" refers to the political division of:
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The Czech Republic and Slovakia
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According to your textbook, which geopolitical unit was invented in Europe?
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nation-state
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On which European landform, one would find large cities, major industrial regions and agricultural centers.
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European lowland
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European landforms can be organized into four general topographic categories, including all of the following EXCEPT:
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Continental Glacier Basin
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The acronym BENELUX stands for Bulgaria, Netherlands and Luxemburg.
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false
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What is a fjord?
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A flooded valley originally carved out by glaciers
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In what European country would you find fjords?
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norway
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Europe's biggest long-term population problems include:
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In-migration & Zero population Growth
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Romance languages include all of the following except ____________
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english
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The violence that has plagued Northern Ireland has primarily been due to conflicts between __________
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Irish nationalists who want to unite with the Irish republic and Unionists who want to maintain union with the UK
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The Mediterranean Sea is an almost closed sea with a single narrow connection to the Atlantic Ocean
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The Strait of Gibraltar
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Between the late 1700s and to the end of World War I in 1918, most of Central Europe was dominated by four great Empires namely
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Russian, German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman Empires
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Japan's population is 99.4% ethnic Japanese, and 0.6% Korean. Based on this description, Japan is best described as a:
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nation-state
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The area along the Czech, Poland and German border referred to as the Black Triangle is known for
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Highest levels of acid pollution
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To counter the formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) by European countries and the United States in 1949, the Soviet Union created a military alliance in 1955 known as
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The Warsaw Pact
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What is geography?
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An academic discipline that describes Earth and explains the patterns on its surface.
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The term gastarbeiter refers to the immigrant labors from Germany to Turkey.
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false
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With what bioregion is the term "Steppe" associated
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grassland
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The violent and bloody war between the United States and the Soviet Union during 1946 and 1991 is known as Cold War.
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false
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What kind of organization is the European Union?
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A supranational organization working toward economic, political, and cultural integration in Europe
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The fall of ___________________in 1989 led to reunification of East and West Germany into one country.
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Berlin Wall
