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1
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Which of the five themes of geography focuses on where something or someone is?

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Location

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Which type of location focuses on exact positioning?

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Absolute

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Which type of location focuses on relative/ estimation positioning

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Relative

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

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Movement

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

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Human & Environment Interaction

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

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Place

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What part of place describes human characteristic?

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Population

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What part of place describes physical characteristics?

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Regions

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

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Building highways or Canals is which of the 5 themes?

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Human & Environment interaction

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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
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Place

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What is the definition of GDP?

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

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

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True

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

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True

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

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

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All resources are limited.

18
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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
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All of the above

19
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What describes a country’s literacy rate?

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The percent of population over 15 that can read & write

20
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A country’s literacy rate can heavily effect Human Capital?

21
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Which of the following are NOT capital goods
Technology
Factories
Machinery
Plants
22
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Money is not a capital good, but rather a form of currency or exchange?

23
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What represents the two categories of government?

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Limited and Unlimited

24
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What does not belong regarding limited government?

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Govt has complete control of everything including the citizens

25
What does not belong regarding unlimited government?
Prevents govt from taking advantage of its citizens
26
Who is an example of a leader of an unlimited government
Kim Jong UN
27
An absolute monarchy = unlimited govt.
True
28
Constitutional monarchy = limited govt.
True
29
What describes a traditional monarchy
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
30
What is the definition of Bartering?
Trading without money
31
Which are examples of countries with traditional economies
Villages in Africa and Villages in South America
32
What describes a Command Economy
All economic decisions are made by the government
33
What country is not a command economy
North Korea
34
``` Which of the following words best describes Command economy countries? Fair Communist Liberal ```
Communist
35
What describes Market economy
Economic decisions are made based on the changes in prices that occur as buyers & sellers interact in the market place
36
What is another phrase to describe market economy?
Free Enterprise
37
What country is not a market economy
Russia
38
Which type of government would force Addy to be a substitute teacher because her mom is?
Traditional
39
Who were the first natives of Canada?
The First Nations
40
How many tribes made up the First nations?
12

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