Practice Fall ACP

71% of the population of South America considers themselves to be Catholic. What factor best explains this?

Reasons for Migrating
- High crime rate
- High unemployment rate
- Under-achieving school system
- Lack of recreational activities
- High amount of pollution
- Below average healthcare

The reasons given for migration can be categorized as –

What is the best description for the following:
Dams
Canals
Highway
Railroads

Which family is engaged in subsistence farming?
Family 1 – the entire family works for minimum wage on a government owned pineapple plantation
Family 2 – the family produces only enough food from its garden to live on
Family 3 – the family works as part of a collective farm
Family 4 – the family grows wheat commercially on 6,000 acres of land.

Which US region is described:
- Boston-Washington D.C. megalopolis
- Along Atlantic coastline
- Major fishing industry

Which information technology system would be most helpful to planners in preventing harm to the environment due to increased boat traffic in the area?

Which nation is described:
Amazon River, Tropical Rainforest, Speak Portuguese, Major Religion is Roman Catholic

The spread of McDonald’s to Russia and Chile is an example of –

What is the effect of the Convergent Plate movement?

Which sector of the economy is associate with the type of economic activity found at a shopping mall

Cities emerge when they are –

Which was an effect of the expansion of the Panama Canal?

The Hoover Dam was constructed to control the flooding from the Colorado River and to expand irrigation. It also provided –

Based on the high life expectancy and the GDP per capita in the United States, a generalization about free enterprise economies is that –

Which resource found in New England today was also important to New England during the Colonial period?

Current Major Flooding in US A Sign of Things to Come, NOAA Predicts

Major floods striking America’s heartland in March offer a preview of the spring seasonal outlook. Several factors will contribute to above-average flood conditions, including record rainfall in some states and snow packs, which are melting and causing rivers and streams to crest over their banks. The week of March 15, more than 250 communities in a dozen states are experiencing flood conditions.

What conclusion can be made about flooding in the US?

After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991--

What is the best title for the description:
Government makes economic decisions and is totalitarian, uses collective farming

Match the columns with the appropriate terms
I
• Production of goods and services is home-based
• Generally small scale production
• Handmade products

II
• Production of goods and services is factory-based
• Generally massed produced
• Manufactured products

Which physical process is responsible for the formation of the Grand Canyon?

What conclusion can be made about the literacy rate of countries?

What is the best title for the description:
Elevation, Latitude, Wind systems, Ocean currents, Position on continent

What geographic impact will the shrinking rain forest have on South America?

The Dallas metropolitan area can be classified as a –

Countries that support and economic system based largely on providing services to and interacting with businesses and consumers represents which level of economic development?

What explains why the South American rain forest is shrinking?

Match each columns with the correct European region-

I
• Were under Soviet control and influence during the Cold War
• Generally middle-income countries
• Most were part of the Warsaw Pact

II
• Tended to side with the US during the Cold War
• Generally high-income developed countries
• Most were part of NATO

If Dallas wanted to build a new airport, what technology would be most beneficial when choosing the location?

The construction of polders is a way the Dutch modified their environment to –

Which economic system best represents Norway’s economy: Public healthcare is free, 46 weeks paid paternal leave, Government controls the petroleum resources, A mixture of public and private ownership

Which phrase best completes the diagram?
Cause: the Industrial Revolution in the US
Social Effect: an increase in the size of the middle class
Economic Effect: ?
Geographic Effect: an increase in urban population, and air and water pollution

The development of major cities is dependent on –

The Panama Canal and the United States highway system are examples of ways humans have used technology to –

The fall of the Berlin Wall resulted in the –

Population Projections
Washington – 5.8 million (2000), 8.6 million (2030)
New Mexico- 1.8 million (2000), 2 million (2030)
Massachusetts – 6.3 million (2000), 7 million (2030)
Alabama – 4.4 million (2000), 4.8 million (2030)

What is the best possible reason for the projected population increases?

What is an advantage of major Canadian highways being located primarily along the border with the US?

Victor Cousins has a pretty good job working for the human resources department at Sun Microsystems, but he doesn’t have an office, just a locker. Don’t feel sorry for him. He’s not one of those types who measure his career success by the size of his office. In fact, he’s quite proud to be office-less, and he’s the quintessential telecommuter. He works anywhere he wants- his home in Oakland, the local coffee shop, and at any Sun location throughout the country. When his mother had knee surgery in May, he was able to spend time with her, working out of a Sun office in St. Louis.

What accounts for the changes occurring in the workforces as described in the article?

Slavery in the New World, 1400s-1500s
• As native populations began dying by the millions from disease, Europeans became desperate for new workers
• As estimate of 10-12 million Africans were removed from west Africa and sent to the New World
• Scholars estimate that 20 percent of African aboard each slave ship perished
• The labor of enslaved Africans increased production of products in the New World such as coffee, sugar, cotton, and tobacco.

What can be concluded about cultural effects of slavery in the New World?

European Leaders Discuss Alliances
Speaker A – “Joining the alliance means giving up control of our countries’ resources to others allowing outsiders to make decisions in which we have little say”.
Speaker B – “An advantage of membership in this international organization means that secret preparation for war is not possible on this continent, because each member country knows what the others are manufacturing.”
Speaker C – “Yes, unemployment can be reduced in our countries because people can moved freely to member countries with higher wages, but constant shifts in nations population will be a continuing issue.

The international organization discussed by the speakers is a political and economic alliance known as –

Suppose Michael is starting his own lawn mower service. Michael must first find customers that need their lawn cute. Afterwards, he must charge a fair price. If the price is too high, people will go elsewhere. If the price is too low, he won’t be able to cover his costs and will lose money.

Which term best summarizes the type of economic system Michael operates in?

Which statement is accurate regarding the expansion of railroads in North America?

GPS is an information technology system that is used to:

European Leaders Discuss Alliances
Speaker A – “Joining the alliance means giving up control of our countries’ resources to others allowing outsiders to make decisions in which we have little say”.
Speaker B – “An advantage of membership in this international organization means that secret preparation for war is not possible on this continent, because each member country knows what the others are manufacturing.”
Speaker C – “Yes, unemployment can be reduced in our countries because people can moved freely to member countries with higher wages, but constant shifts in nations population will be a continuing issue.

Speaker C is concerned about –

What benefits do central European countries gain with EU membership?

Which would be the best tool for geographers to use to solve the following problems?
- Helps rescue crews locate a ship lost at sea
- Helps scientists track and endangered species
- Helps law enforcement identify location of cell phone calls