Geography unit one test

1.

1 point

What is it called to grow one single crop?

Mono farming

Modern farming

Modern culture

Monoculture

2.

1 point

What is urban growth?

A shift of population from rural areas to the cities.

Good farmland will disappear as cities grow

Physical features in area where the city Is located

Food shortages are likely to occur as worlds population grows

3.

1 point

Which of the following is NOT one of the problems at work?

Global skills

Up with the environment

Global trade

Global economy

4.

1 point

What are two major trends in Canada?

Increasing population and more people are self employed

Baby boom cohort and aging population

Growing population and more knowledge workers

Baby bust and aging population

5.

1 point

What shows how people arrange themselves as they live on the land?

Population distribution

Urbanization

Settlement patterns

Population characteristics

6.

1 point

What are terms used by geographers to describe the location of a city?

Population density

Site and situation

Population distribution and settlement patterns

Old and new workplace

7.

1 point

What is the world average fertility rate?

3.7

5

2.3

2.7

8.

1 point

How do you calculate GDP per capita?

Dividing GDP by number of people living in the country

Multiplying GDP by number of people living in the country

Subtracting number of people living in the country from GDP

Dividing number of people in the country by GDP

9.

1 point

What is canadas death rate?

13 per 1000

6 per 1000

7 per 1000

11 per 1000

10.

1 point

What % of the world is water?

71%

75%

79%

76%

11.

1 point

The three types of settlement patterns are:

Linear, clusters, scattered

Spread out, lined up, clusters

Linear, clutter, spread

Lines, cluster, scattered

12.

1 point

What is globalization?

When things change in a general direction

A shift of population from rural areas to the cities

Changing jobs that are needed and changing the workforce

The increasing trend to do business on an international level

13.

1 point

Land use % of industrial

5%

3%

4%

6%

14.

1 point

Which of the following is not from the new work place?

Small to medium companies

Several careers

Interest in financial success

Success based on performance

15.

1 point

What is it called when companies hire temporary workers on a project to project basis

Part of the new workplace

Outsourcing

Downsizing

Literacy rate

16.

1 point

What percent of the world is good land suitable for living on

10%

14%

29%

15%

17.

1 point

What does HDI stand for?

Human Development Information

Human Development Index

Humans Demographic Information

Human Delta Industry

18.

1 point

Which of these Is not an example of social trends?

Global economy

Video games

Watching TV

Outdoor activities

19.

1 point

What does GDP stand for?

Geographic domestic produce

Global Development process

Gross domestic product

General domestic production

20.

1 point

Which affect of changes is it when animal waste and agriculture chemicals could end up polluting lakes and rivers?

Pesticide use

Water use

Water quality

Urban growth

21.

1 point

What is a type of graph that gives information about the number of people on each group and the balance of males and females in a country's population?

Geographic pyramid

Population pyramid

Scatter plot

Scatter graph

22.

1 point

Which is not an issue with urbanization?

Poverty

Environmental problems

Traffic congestion

None of the above

23.

1 point

What is demography?

The study of human geography

The study of old and new workplaces

The study of human land use

The study of human population

24.

1 point

Which of these is not an affect of changes?

Genetic engineering

Violent conflicts

Water quality

Farm ownership

25.

1 point

What are demographers?

Scientists that study data on population issues

Scientists that study geography and humans

Geographers that study data on geographic isolation

Geographers that study how well people live in a population

26.

1 point

Which of the following is one of the reasons why people leave rural areas in developing countries?

Natural disasters

High fertility rates

All of the above

Small farms