Midterm

Question 1

Which of the five themes of geography focuses on where something or someone is?

Answer 1

Location

Question 2

Which type of location focuses on exact positioning?

Answer 2

Absolute

Question 3

Which type of location focuses on relative/ estimation positioning

Answer 3

Relative

Question 4

Which of the 5 themes focuses on how people & goods get around the world?

Answer 4

Movement

Question 5

Which of the 5 themes focuses on how people have adapted to & changed their
environment?

Answer 5

Human & Environment Interaction

Question 6

Which of the 5 themes focuses on the physical & human characteristics of a place

Answer 6

Place

Question 7

What part of place describes human characteristic?

Answer 7

Population

Question 8

What part of place describes physical characteristics?

Answer 8

Regions

Question 9

Which of the following does not belong in describing Region? 
Language 
Culture
Historical background
Rivers

Answer 9

Rivers

Question 10

Building highways or Canals is which of the 5 themes?

Answer 10

Human & Environment interaction

Question 11

Which of the following is Not one of the 4 economic factors of production? 
Natural resources available 
Investment in human capital 
Investment in capital goods 
Place

Answer 11

Place

Question 12

What is the definition of GDP?

Answer 12

Total value of all goods & services produced in a country in one year.

Question 13

A country’s GDP can show how rich or poor a country is.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Raising a country’s GDP would improve their standard of living.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Which of the following would be considered “Gifts of Nature”? 
Entrepreneurs
GDP
Natural Resources
Human & Environmental Interaction

Answer 15

Natural resources

Question 16

Which of the following does not belong? 
Land
Water
Plants
Bridges

Answer 16

Bridges

Question 17

All resources are limited.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Which of the following describes Human Capital?
How much skills people possess 
How much education people have
How many talents people possess 
All of the above

Answer 18

All of the above

Question 19

What describes a country’s literacy rate?

Answer 19

The percent of population over 15 that can read & write

Question 20

A country’s literacy rate can heavily effect Human Capital?

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Which of the following are NOT capital goods
Technology
Factories
Machinery
Plants

Answer 21

Plants

Question 22

Money is not a capital good, but rather a form of currency or exchange?

Answer 22

True

Question 23

What represents the two categories of government?

Answer 23

Limited and Unlimited

Question 24

What does not belong regarding limited government?

Answer 24

Govt has complete control of everything including the citizens

Question 25

What does not belong regarding unlimited government?

Answer 25

Prevents govt from taking advantage of its citizens

Question 26

Who is an example of a leader of an unlimited government

Answer 26

Kim Jong UN

Question 27

An absolute monarchy = unlimited govt.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Constitutional monarchy = limited govt.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

What describes a traditional monarchy

Answer 29

People will make what they always made & do the same things their parents did and all decisions are based on customs, traditions, & beliefs of the past

Question 30

What is the definition of Bartering?

Answer 30

Trading without money

Question 31

Which are examples of countries with traditional economies

Answer 31

Villages in Africa and Villages in South America

Question 32

What describes a Command Economy

Answer 32

All economic decisions are made by the government

Question 33

What country is not a command economy

Answer 33

North Korea

Question 34

``` Which of the following words best describes Command economy countries? Fair Communist Liberal ```

Answer 34

Communist

Question 35

What describes Market economy

Answer 35

Economic decisions are made based on the changes in prices that occur as buyers & sellers interact in the market place

Question 36

What is another phrase to describe market economy?

Answer 36

Free Enterprise

Question 37

What country is not a market economy

Answer 37

Russia

Question 38

Which type of government would force Addy to be a substitute teacher because her mom is?

Answer 38

Traditional

Question 39

Who were the first natives of Canada?

Answer 39

The First Nations

Question 40

How many tribes made up the First nations?

Answer 40

12