Online quizzes

Question 1

The informal sector of the economy includes:

Answer 1

unlicensed sellers of homemade goods

Question 2

A continental climate is most likely to be found in:

Answer 2

Kansas

Question 3

In the Latin American city model, the elite residential sector contains the:

Answer 3

commercial/industrial spine

Question 4

The final stage in the evolution of an insurgent state, according to McColl, is the stage of:

Answer 4

counteroffensive

Question 5

A disease that spreads worldwide is known as a(n):

Answer 5

Pandemic

Question 6

The large cluster of population in the northeastern United States is known as:

Answer 6

Megalopolis

Question 7

The “Triple Frontier” is where which of the following three countries come together?

Answer 7

Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil

Question 8

The term Balkanization refers to:

Answer 8

the division and fragmentation of the southern portion of Eastern Europe

Question 9

Spatial interaction concept related to the costs of overcoming the distance between two places.

Answer 9

Transferability

Question 10

The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy is known as:

Answer 10

Devolution

Question 11

The three principles of spatial interaction are:

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complementarity, intervening opportunity, transferability

Question 12

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies is known as a(n):

Answer 12

Isthmus

Question 13

The administrative headquarters of the European Union is located in:

Answer 13

Brussels

Question 14

A country’s leading urban center that is disproportionately large and exceptionally expressive of national feelings, such as Paris is to France, is known as the country’s:

Answer 14

Primate City

Question 15

A bridge language of national politics, commerce, and trade is known as a(n):

Answer 15

Lingua franca.

Question 16

The Canadian Shield is located in the Northern Frontier. True or False

Answer 16

True

Question 17

The two groups who fought one another in the Rwandan civil war are the:

Answer 17

Hutus, Tutsis

Question 18

The initial stage in the evolution of an insurgent state, according to McColl, is the stage of:

Answer 18

contention

Question 19

As a group, the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico constitute:

Answer 19

Greater Antilles

Question 20

The Central American country where English is spoken, but where Spanish will eventually become the predominant language is:

Answer 20

Belize

Question 21

The ratio of distance on a map to actual ground distance is known as:

Answer 21

Map Scale

Question 22

Which of the following countries is landlocked?

Answer 22

Paraguay

Question 23

The most important factor in the growth of the Pacific Northwest has been:

Answer 23

cheap hydroelectric power

Question 24

A unique aspect of Madagascar is that:

Answer 24

the population is of Malay-Polynesian origin

Question 25

Which water body is surrounded by a geologically-active Ring of Fire:

Answer 25

Pacific Ocean

Question 26

Which of the following does not lie in the Euro-Amerindian Mainland?

Answer 26

Dominican Republic

Question 27

Japanese investment in Russia’s Far East has been held up by a longstanding dispute over:

Answer 27

four tiny Kurile Islands

Question 28

Central America, as defined by geographers, is:

Answer 28

a region within Middle America lying between Mexico and Colombia

Question 29

Transculturation is most closely associated with the shaping of cultural traits in:

Answer 29

Mexico

Question 30

When a state seeks to acquire the neighboring territory that is home to ethnically similar people and territory on the other side of its international border by appealing to a concentrated group, this action is termed:

Answer 30

Irredentism

Question 31

The North Slope of Alaska contains large quantities of

Answer 31

Oil

Question 32

People of Dutch ancestry in South Africa are called:

Answer 32

Afrikaners

Question 33

The only European country with coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and the North Sea is:

Answer 33

France

Question 34

a foreign-owned factory in northern Mexico that assembles duty-free goods

Answer 34

maquiladora

Question 35

A technopole is an urban area that emphasizes traditional industry

Answer 35

Technopole

Question 36

The most important crop raised in Cuba before the fall of the Soviet Union was:

Answer 36

Sugarcane

Question 37

The major mountain range located in the land corridor between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea is the:

Answer 37

Caucasus

Question 38

plain high in the Andes

Answer 38

An altiplano is a(n):

Question 39

Mark the places where geographic realms meet.

Answer 39

Transition Zones

Question 40

The movement of the headquarters of the Russian Empire to St. Petersburg allowed that city to become a(n):

Answer 40

forward capital

Question 41

The North American region that is the largest and the least densely settled is the

Answer 41

Northern Frontier