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Geography 100 Test 1

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1.
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Which of the following cities is not the largest urban center in its country?
2.
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A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies is known as a(n):
3.
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Pangaea is the name of Wegener's supercontinent.
4.
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The physiographic region called the Canadian Shield:
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South America's population distribution may be characterized as peripheral.
6.
1 point
The control center of the Incan Empire was:
7.
1 point
The North American Free Trade Agreement:
8.
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Which of the following countries does not contain a portion of the Amazon Basin?
9.
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Which of the following jobs belongs to the tertiary sector of the U.S. economy?
10.
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The Mayan and Aztec civilizations were both part of the Mesoamerican culture hearth.
11.
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The Great Lakes' main outlet to the sea is the:
12.
1 point
Physically homogeneous regions are called physiographic provinces.
13.
1 point
Culture is totally genetically predetermined; it is completely instinctive.
14.
1 point
All regions possess all of the following except:
15.
1 point
The Caribbean Coast of Middle America is:
16.
1 point
Almost _____ percent of South Americans live in urban areas.
17.
1 point
A cultural landscape consists of a composite of human imprints on the surface of the Earth.
18.
1 point
A functional region:
19.
1 point
Which of the following is a systematic subfield of geography?
20.
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Which of the following is a secondary economic activity?
21.
1 point
During their period of colonial domination, the Spanish forced much of Mexico's Amerindian population to relocate to urban settlements.
22.
1 point
The process by which a tectonic plate consisting of less heavy rock rides up over a heavier plate is known as:
23.
1 point
The area that surrounds and is served by a city is known as its:
24.
1 point
In the Köppen-Geiger scheme, the world's drier climates are largely grouped under the letter A.
25.
1 point
The rain shadow effect has its greatest influence on the climate of Los Angeles and other Pacific-bordering cities.
26.
1 point
Geography is concerned with providing a spatial perspective on the world.
27.
1 point
The most widely distributed language family does not include:
28.
1 point
In the Latin American city model, the elite residential sector contains the:
29.
1 point
As a group, the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico constitute:
30.
1 point
Which water body is surrounded by a geologically-active Ring of Fire:
31.
1 point
Southeast Asia does not rank among the world's four largest population clusters.
32.
1 point
Mestizos are persons who are of mixed _____ heritage.
33.
1 point
Megalopolis is a multi-metropolitan agglomeration in the northeastern United States.
34.
1 point
The peoples called Native Americans in the U.S. are called _____ in Canada.
35.
1 point
Brazil contains the largest Japanese community outside Japan.
36.
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Transition zones mark the places where geographic realms meet.
37.
1 point
The Zone of Maturity in the South American city contains the best housing outside the spine.
38.
1 point
Which of the following countries is located within the culture hearth known as Mesoamerica?
39.
1 point
A region need not possess the geographic property of location.
40.
1 point
The large island of Trinidad is located in the Greater Antilles.
41.
1 point
The difference between formal and functional regions is:
42.
1 point
Which of the following countries is not a member of the Mercosur trading bloc?
43.
1 point
The slums of South America's large cities are known as:
44.
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The gradual reduction of regional contrasts resulting from increasing cultural, economic, political and other types of exchanges is known as:
45.
1 point
The Middle American realm has a land bridge.
46.
1 point
The hacienda form of land tenure was dominant in Middle America's Rimland.
47.
1 point
Which country is not located within one of the world's three largest population clusters:
48.
1 point
The gap between rich and poor in South America is narrowing.
49.
1 point
An altiplano is a(n):
50.
1 point
The intermontane region of North America is found in eastern Canada.
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