Geography Semester 1 Finals Practice

1.

1 point

The three major physical divisions of the interior west include

Grand Canyon

Central Plains

Great Basin

Rocky Mountains

Colorado Plateau

Brooks Rnage

Great Plains

Columbia-Snake River Plateau

2.

1 point

What state is a geologic hotspot?

3.

1 point

The Ring of Fire is an area around the pacific plate where tectionic activity is present

True

False

4.

1 point

Northeast US has new and modern infrastructure

True

False

5.

1 point

When the government gives some form of financial support to promote economy

Tariffs

Economic Triangle

Fjords

Federal subsidies

6.

1 point

Which Canadian territory is allowed to make own laws?

Nunavut

Northwest

British Columbia

Yukon

7.

1 point

Where the piedmont meets the coastal plane

Fall line

Seaboard

Break of bulk

Boston

8.

1 point

Total value of goods and services a country produces in a year

GNP

Level of development

GDP

Malthusian Scenario

9.

1 point

What does ANWR stand for?

Arctic Nature and Wildlife Reserve

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Alaskan National Wildlife Reserve

Alaskan Nature and Wildlife Refuge

10.

1 point

The adopting of elements from certain dominant cultures

Acculturation

Diffusion

Sequent Occupance

Assimilation

11.

1 point

NAFTA is bad because

Companies build in Mexico

Cheaper goods from other countries

Smaller market

More tariffs and taxes

12.

1 point

Government decides what to produce, where to make it, and prices

Command Economy

Market Economy

Democracy

GDP

13.

1 point

What made the midwest the most productive agricultural area in the world?

National Parks

Soil development

Mountains

Great Plains

14.

1 point

What are the First Nations?

The founders of the ANWR

The first Native Americans in Canada

Current population of Native Americans in Canada

The first countries to join the UN

15.

1 point

The Atlantic Region includes

Yukon Territory

New Brunswick

Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Nunavut

PEI

Newfoundland and Labrador

16.

1 point

What was the War of 1812 about?

Obtaining Florida from Spain

US fight for Canada

Obtaining Alaska from Russia

The US bought 23% of Continental America from France

17.

1 point

Which of the following is not part of the prairie provinces?

Saskatchewan

Alberta

Ontario

Manitoba

18.

1 point

What are the major rivers of the midwest?

Ohio River

Missouri River

Rio Grande

Colorado River

Mississippi River

Snake River

Columbia

19.

1 point

Gentrification is the updating of current buildings without knocking them down

True

False

20.

1 point

Stimulus diffusion

Innovation originates and is very popular then fades

A trait from one culture is changed by another

Traits are transferred through contact

One culture is absorbed into another

21.

1 point

What cities are included in the east coast megalopolis

Washington

Buffalo

New York

Providence

Philadelphia

Baltimore

Hartford

Boston

Portland

22.

1 point

Where is Vancouver?

Quebec

British Columbia

Yukon

Ontario

23.

1 point

_______ is the critical issue throughout the west

24.

1 point

The driest part of the west is the Great Basin

True

False

25.

1 point

Who does Greenland belong to politically?

North America

UK

Germany

Denmark

26.

1 point

Houston is known for vacation, retirement, banking, and illegal drug trade

True

False

27.

1 point

Soil deposited by wind is allevial

True

False

28.

1 point

What is the name of the megalopolis on the east coast?

29.

1 point

The Central Plains are drier than the Great Plains

True

False

30.

1 point

Gadsden Purchase

The United States obtained Alaska from Russia

The United States obtained a small strip of Arizona and New Mexico from Mexico 1853

Canada seceded from the UK

The United States obtained Texas, California, and the Southwest

31.

1 point

Subsistence Agriculture

Growing enough food to feed one's family

Growing enough food to feed one's town

Growing only 1 type of crop

Growing food to be sent overseas

32.

1 point

The Great Plains lie west of the Rocky Mtns.

True

False

33.

1 point

79% of all Canadians live within 100 miles of the US

True

False

34.

1 point

Panthalassa is the theory of only 1 ocean

True

False

35.

1 point

Assimilation

The source of the culture

One culture is absorbed by another

When you group cultures together based on a shared trait

When more than one culture shows a culture trait but in the midst of a different culture

Geography Semester 1 Finals Practice - pt. 2