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GEOGRAPHY
1982
WORLD
REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
MID-TERM
EXAM #1
True or False:
2 points each
1. The slide show on
2. In the ice-cream vendor location theory problem, the market equilibrium solution also maximizes the public good.
3. Environmental Determinism refers to a set of groups determined to save the environment.
4. A nation refers to an ethnic region.
5. In
6. The slide show on
7. Heterogeneous within a region, but homogeneous between regions are characteristics of
strong regional definition.
8. German geopoliticians promoted the concept of lebensraum.
9. The hollowing out of the state is a characteristic of growing globalization.
10.
After World
War II, the Russians poured resources into
11. Two ways to mark the boundaries of a nodal (urban) region are to find the ranges of major newspaper use and sports team allegiances.
12. Recent research comparing American versus Oriental cultures reveals that we all think the same when confronted with a complex scene.
13. Personal spaces for all cultures are the same when measured on a metric basis.
14. Research on crowding shows that crowded conditions result in abnormal behavior.
15. Globalization has resulted in local places losing all importance in the global economy.
16. The slide show on
17. The new world order is based on a belief in a global market system versus a centrally controlled system.
18. One of the cons of the market system is that it does not assure a safety net to provide for people who have failed for various reasons.
19. One of the most dominant factors in globalization is that labor can now move anywhere around the globe without restriction.
20.
The
21. There has been a very large growth in international organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) since World War II.
22. The failure rate of Americans who go overseas to engage in business and do not complete their contracts is the lowest in the world.
23. Gerrymandering refers to a regionalizing technique which tries to make electoral regions as round a possible.
24. The leaders of the Russian revolution after WWI did not represent the majority of the populace.
25. Professor Gaile has urged you to participate in the elections, inform yourselves on issues and candidates, and vote based on your informed knowledge C not everyone in this world has that opportunity.
MULTIPLE
CHOICE: There is one and only
one
most correct answer. 2 points each
26.
Which of the following is not a key factor in globalization:
a) internationalization
of
finance
b) internationalization
of
consumer markets
c) internationalization
of
nuclear capacity
27.The friction
of distance can be summarized by
the
quote:
a) everything
is related to
everything else, but near things are more related than distant things
b) friction
causes things to
slow down, but great distances can easily overcome simple friction
c) absence
makes the hear go wander
28.
Regionalization:
a)
is no longer fashionable
b)
is the geographer’s
equivalent of classification
c)
is important only in
Europe
29.
A sense of place refers to:
a) feelings
evoked among people as a result of the experiences and memories they
associate
with a place
b) a catalog of
the sounds,
sights, and smells associated with major cities
c) sensible,
logical
evaluations of specific places
30.
When considering the core and the periphery:
a) the core
refers to the
geographic center of landmass, in the center of Eurasia
b) the periphery
refers to
the borderlands of most nation-states
c) the concept is
predominantly defined by differences in economical and political power
31.
The text argues that places and regions are:
a) declining in
significance as globalization takes place
b) are
increasingly
significant in the global economy
c) being
transformed and
will all soon no longer be distinguishable from other places
32.
In the
a) the term used
to
indicate a competition among major telecommunications providers
b) roughly
approximate to
the Continental Divide, using a GPS system
c) a concern that
the poor
do not have access to digital technology
33.
In
a) describing
regions
becomes difficult because changes occur with great frequency
b) distinctive
regions are vast and seemingly endless, distinctive mid-sized regions
have
not-emerged
c) the north has
the most
distinctive regions, and is a zone of growing population
34.
The Urals region of
a) has been
economically
important to
b) is now the
playground
for the newly rich and famous in
c) is a grander
mountain
region, in terms of altitude, than the
35.
Central
a) that is much
smaller
than most people believe, approximating the size of
b)
that is physically
isolated and remote, a home of voluntarily and forcibly exiled people.
c) that was once
the
capital of the Russian empire.
36.
One immediate consequence of the break-up of
the
a) the collective
natural
resource base was fragmented among the new states
b) vouchers
issued to
factory employees rapidly gained value
c) peasants
rebelled to
maintain collectivized agriculture
37.
The Russian steppes
a) are very
problematic to
the region since they never have been able to produce food
b) were
transformed into a
somewhat unreliable wheat belt by the soviets
c) confounded
transportation, since the vertical steppes hindered road-building
38.
Since the transformation in
a) about the same
as before
b) better off
than before
c) worse off than
before
39.Balkanization refers to:
a) a movement
whereby all
would embrace Balkan cultural perspectives
b) a larger
territory being
broken up into smaller units
c) the combining
of bulk to
facilitate ease in international shipping
40. Europe=s major
role in the
world economy during the 14th& 15th century can largely be attributed to:
a) innovations in
shipbuilding, navigation and naval ordinance
b) the appeal of
Christianity
c) better food
41.
The Danubian Plains:
a) denote the
boundary between
b) are focused on
one of
the most important waterways in
c) is the only
region of
42.
Regarding
a) it is one of
the few
unregulated and unzoned cities in the world
b) it
is being challenged as the most important French city by
c) Napoleon took a
particular interest in the city as a deliberate reflection of the power
and
glory of his empire.
43.
The principle core region within
a) Stockholm to Moscow to Rome
b) Brussels to Frankfurt to Madrid
c) London to Paris to Berlin
44.
The text refers to Migrations Within Europe
which:
a)
predominantly featured people migrating to
rural areas
b) featured
millions of people migrating from
Eastern Europe and Russia after the fall of communism
c) shows the
spread of
British soccer fans as soccer globalizes
45.
Industrialization in Europe in the 18th
,
19th and 20th century :
a)
was strongly associated
with Imperialism and came in three distinctive waves
b) was largely
based on
reverse diffusion from the United States
c) was centered
in
46.
Plate tectonics refers
to:
a) comparative
food
patterns, e.g., between
b) how the Earth=s
outer layer, or crust, changes over time
c) the change in
technological predominance between regions
47.
An example of a semi-peripheral region
is
a)
b)
c)
48.
One of the main arguments for sustainable
development is:
a) that greater
resource
extraction now will lead to a better future
b) that
we can sustain and increase levels of consumption
c) to
allow development, as long as it provides a reasonable environment for
future
generations
49.
A good example of predicting spatial interaction is:
a) estimating
phone call
traffic between places
b) estimating who
will
prevail in an election
c) estimating the
likelihood of revolution
50.
Neoliberal policies are
associated with:
a) the Sierra Club
b) the World Bank
and GATT
c)