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Geography Midterm Practice 2018

Question 1 of 35

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Fortune seeking prospectors swarmed the west looking for gold

Select one of the following:

  • Gold Rush

  • Colony

  • Megapolis

  • Sovereingty

Explanation

Question 2 of 35

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Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and Hawaii.

Select one of the following:

  • States of the West

  • States of the Midwest

  • States of the South

  • States of the Northeast

Explanation

Question 3 of 35

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North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio

Select one of the following:

  • States of the Midwest

  • States of the West

  • States of the South

  • States of the Northeast

Explanation

Question 4 of 35

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Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas

Select one of the following:

  • States of the South

  • States of the Northeast

  • States of the Midwest

  • States of the West

Explanation

Question 5 of 35

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Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey

Select one of the following:

  • States of the Northeast

  • States of the West

  • States of the South

  • States of the Midwest

Explanation

Question 6 of 35

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Ohio River, Missouri River, Arkansas River

Select one of the following:

  • Tributaries of the Mississippi River

  • Cities under Spanish Rule

  • Great Lakes

  • Humid Subtropical Cities

Explanation

Question 7 of 35

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Miami, San Antonio, Los Angeles

Select one of the following:

  • Cities under Spanish Rule

  • Tributaries of the Mississippi River

  • Great Lakes

  • Humid Subtropical Cities

Explanation

Question 8 of 35

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Ontario, Superior, Huron, Eerie and Michigan

Select one of the following:

  • Great Lakes

  • Humid Subtropical Cities

  • Cities under Spanish rule

  • Tributaries of the Mississippi River

Explanation

Question 9 of 35

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Dallas, St. Louis, Washington D.C., New York

Select one of the following:

  • Humid Subtropical Cities

  • Cities under Spanish rule

  • Great Lakes

  • Tributaries of the Mississippi River

Explanation

Question 10 of 35

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The state should own and run some basic industries such as transportation, banking, coal mining, while private enterprise operates other industries.

Select one of the following:

  • Socialism

  • Capitalism

  • Communism

  • Traditional Economy

Explanation

Question 11 of 35

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The state owns and operates all major farms, factories, utilities, and stores. Government planners decide what products will be made, how much works will be paid, and how much things will cost.

Select one of the following:

  • Communism

  • Socialism

  • Capitalist

  • Traditional economy

Explanation

Question 12 of 35

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Occurs when private individuals and groups decide what and how much will it produced and the prices that will be charged for goods and services

Select one of the following:

  • Capitalist

  • Socialism

  • Communism

  • Traditional economy

Explanation

Question 13 of 35

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Subsistence economies, because little surplus is produced, and there is relatively little need for markets where people can buy or sell excess good.

Select one of the following:

  • Traditional economy

  • Capitalist

  • Communism

  • Socialism

Explanation

Question 14 of 35

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The government tries to control every part of society – politics, economy, and people’s personal lives

Select one of the following:

  • Totalitarianism

  • Unitarian

  • Federation

  • Confederation

Explanation

Question 15 of 35

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Smaller political units keep their sovereignty and give the central government only limited powers, typically in such fields as defense and foreign commerce.

Select one of the following:

  • Confederation

  • Federation

  • Totalitarianism

  • Unitarian

Explanation

Question 16 of 35

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Some powers are given to the national government and other powers are reserved for more local governments

Select one of the following:

  • Federation

  • Confederation

  • Unitarian

  • Totalitarianism

Explanation

Question 17 of 35

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Restriction of culture from outside cultural influence

Select one of the following:

  • Cultural Divergence

  • Culture

  • Diffusion

  • Cultural Convergence

Explanation

Question 18 of 35

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The process by which a cultural element is transmitted across some distance from one group of individual to another.

Select one of the following:

  • Diffusion

  • Cultural Convergence

  • Cultural Divergence

  • Culture

Explanation

Question 19 of 35

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Occurs when skills, arts, ideas, habits, and institutions of one culture come in contact with those of another country.

Select one of the following:

  • Cultural Convergence

  • Diffusion

  • Culture

  • Cultural Divergence

Explanation

Question 20 of 35

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The beliefs and actions that define a group of people’s way of life.

Select one of the following:

  • Culture

  • Cultural Divergence

  • Cultural Convergence

  • Diffusion

Explanation

Question 21 of 35

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Lithosphere – layer of soil, land, rock, landforms

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 22 of 35

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Hydrosphere – layer of air, water, and other substances above the surface

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 23 of 35

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Atmosphere – consists of water, oceans, lakes and rivers

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 24 of 35

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Biosphere – the world of plants, animals, and other living things that occupy the land and water

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 25 of 35

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Demography – the study of the earth’s physical structure and history

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 26 of 35

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Emigrants – people who leave the country to live in other places

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 27 of 35

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Immigrants – people who leave the country to live in other places

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 28 of 35

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Mortality Rate – the number of deaths each year per 1,000 people

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 29 of 35

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Birth Rate- the number of live births each year per 1,000 people

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 30 of 35

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Characteristics of World Countries

Select one or more of the following:

  • Clearly defined territory

  • Population

  • Gold

  • Government

Explanation

Question 31 of 35

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Fill the blank space to complete the text.

Chemical is the process in which rock is broken down by changes in its chemical makeup

Explanation

Question 32 of 35

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Fill the blank space to complete the text.

weathering is the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means

Explanation

Question 33 of 35

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Fill the blank space to complete the text.

Delta is a low lying plain formed at the mouth of a

Explanation

Question 34 of 35

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Fill the blank space to complete the text.

Sediments are small pieces of , soil, and other materials

Explanation

Question 35 of 35

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Fill the blank space to complete the text.

Dictatorship power is concentrated in a small group or even in a single

Explanation

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