Geography @ SSU: Exam #1 Practice

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Geography Quiz sobre Geography @ SSU: Exam #1 Practice, criado por Michaela Karshner em 11-02-2020.
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Questão 1

Questão
What are formal regions & what are examples of it?
Responda
  • Formal Regions are based on homogeneity/ based on artificial criteria established by the user: ex: the corn belt; gobi desert
  • Formal Regions are based on area: ex: continents and oceans
  • Formal Regions are based on climate: ex: the Amazon, the gobi desert
  • Formal Regions are based on political boundaries: ex: countries, counties

Questão 2

Questão
Nodal (or functional) regions areas are regions based on interaction between a node and it's hinterland. Examples of this are countries and metropolitan areas.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 3

Questão
What is Wegner's theory?
Responda
  • the different types of climates
  • tectonic plates
  • the proposal of continental drift & Pangea
  • geomorphology

Questão 4

Questão
Geo scientists understand that the crust is broken up into [blank_start]lithospheric[blank_end] or [blank_start]tectonic plates[blank_end] which contain both continental and crust.
Responda
  • lithospheric
  • tectonic plates

Questão 5

Questão
Plastensine era glacial ice sheets were during a period of [blank_start]glaciation[blank_end] and completely changed the land.
Responda
  • glaciation
  • deglaciation
  • interglaciations

Questão 6

Questão
The inner parts of a continent has more temperate weather.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 7

Questão
GDP has a strong positive correlation with a % or urban population
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 8

Questão
An [blank_start]exotic stream[blank_end] is a river that flows through the desert but comes from wetter places.
Responda
  • fresh water river
  • exotic stream
  • tropical streams
  • old rivers

Questão 9

Questão
Why is Europe's relative location important?
Responda
  • It is made up of a lot of peninsulas making it an warmer climate that normal
  • It is smaller than Asia and makes the weather more temperate
  • All of this access to the sea has given Europe with many opportunities for maritime activities
  • It is one of maximum efficiency for contact with every place on the globe.

Questão 10

Questão
What are the Landforms of Europe?
Responda
  • Western Uplands, North European Plain, Central Uplands, Alpine Mountains
  • Central Uplands, Easter Uplands, South European Plains, Pyrenees Mountains
  • Mountains, Central Europe, 1st order Peninsulas, 2nd order Peninsulas
  • North Atlantic Coasts, Alpine Mountains, Northerly Peninsulas, Jutland

Questão 11

Questão
The North European Plain is important because of it's rich natural resources and it's dense population.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 12

Questão
What are some of the important features of the Agricultural Revolution
Responda
  • Changes in landholding
  • Farm innovations
  • Larger industry
  • Climate Science
  • Navigable River Use

Questão 13

Questão
What are some of the climatic controls that Europe has?
Responda
  • Northerly latitude
  • Warm currents from north Atlantic drift & peninsulas as a large part of the geography
  • Maritime weather
  • Europe's mountains keep the precipitation on the European side of the mountains

Questão 14

Questão
What are Europe's two major Navigable Rivers?
Responda
  • Rhine
  • Seine
  • Yellow
  • Thames
  • Danube

Questão 15

Questão
Europe's largest city is [blank_start]London.[blank_end]
Responda
  • Berlin
  • Paris
  • London

Questão 16

Questão
Where is the most industrial cities located at in Europe?
Responda
  • The midlands
  • The north
  • The south

Questão 17

Questão
Birmingham is know for cotton textiles and seaports.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 18

Questão
How much of Russia lies further north than the Great Lakes?
Responda
  • 20%
  • 50%
  • 80%
  • 100%

Questão 19

Questão
A [blank_start]Tundra[blank_end] is a treeless plain along the Arctic shore where mosses, lichens, and some grasses survive. A [blank_start]Taiga[blank_end] is a mostly coniferous forests that begin south of a tundra.
Responda
  • Tundra
  • Taiga
  • taiga
  • tundra

Questão 20

Questão
The Ural Mountains are old mountains that divide the Europe and Asia.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 21

Questão
What are the type of climates that dominate most of Russia?
Responda
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D

Questão 22

Questão
Russia has very few natural resources
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 23

Questão
Where is the most densely populated areas located at in Russia?
Responda
  • North
  • East
  • South
  • West

Questão 24

Questão
The idea of [blank_start]double complementarity[blank_end] means that a location has benefits for industry in more than one way.
Responda
  • double complementarity

Questão 25

Questão
What is the major center of industry of Russia?
Responda
  • Central Industrial Region
  • Ural Region
  • Kuzbas Region
  • Lake Baykal Region

Questão 26

Questão
The Volga is the major navigable river in Russia and is located in the Volga region. It Is connected to Moscow via canal.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 27

Questão
What is the Detroit of Russia?
Responda
  • Moscow
  • Nizhny Novogorod
  • Novasibirisk

Questão 28

Questão
Russia is known as the land of fire and ice.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 29

Questão
What are the 4 regions of the British Isles?
Responda
  • Northern Ireland
  • Britain
  • England
  • London Central
  • Wales
  • South Ireland
  • Scotland
  • Germany

Questão 30

Questão
Europe is home to the 3rd largest population cluster in the world. It is the most highly [blank_start]urbanized[blank_end] region of the world. The most urbanized region is [blank_start]western[blank_end] Europe and the least urbanized is [blank_start]eastern[blank_end] Europe.
Responda
  • urbanized
  • western
  • eastern

Questão 31

Questão
Where is the most industrial cities located in the British Isles?
Responda
  • Northern Ireland
  • The North
  • Scotland
  • The Midlands
  • Wales

Questão 32

Questão
London is the 3rd largest city in Europe
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 33

Questão
What is the second largest European country?
Responda
  • Germany
  • France
  • Switzerland
  • Ireland

Questão 34

Questão
What is the main economical pillar in Germany?
Responda
  • Rotterdam
  • Southern Germany
  • Harz Mountains
  • Ruhr area

Questão 35

Questão
A [blank_start]polder[blank_end] is a part of land that has been reclaimed from the sea.
Responda
  • polder

Questão 36

Questão
What is the law of a primate city as explained by Mark Jefferson?
Responda
  • it is used to explain the phenomenon of huge cities that capture such a large proportion of a country's population as well as its economic activity
  • it is used to explain the phenomenon of huge cities that capture such a large proportion of a country's population but not its economic activity
  • it is used to explain the phenomenon of old cities that capture such a large proportion of a country's culture
  • it is used to explain the phenomenon of old cities that capture such a small proportion of a country's population

Questão 37

Questão
What is the one of biggest sources of income for France?
Responda
  • Industry
  • Tourism
  • Fish Markets
  • Banking

Questão 38

Questão
The Benelux countries are comprised of Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 39

Questão
What is supranationalism?
Responda
  • A venture including +2 states that enable racism
  • A venture including +2 states that are based on the financial weakness of the countries
  • A venture including +3 states that are based on cultural similarities
  • A venture including +3 states that enable trading and other beneficial links between them

Questão 40

Questão
[blank_start]Fjords[blank_end] are glacially carved rivers that actually deep drowned valleys.
Responda
  • Fjords

Questão 41

Questão
Where is Denmark located?
Responda
  • The European Peninsula
  • The Jutland Peninsula
  • The Northern Peninsula
  • Norden Peninsula

Questão 42

Questão
Poland is a nation state that has always been on the map.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 43

Questão
The Baltic Republic is made up of man of what countries?
Responda
  • Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, Belarus, Molodia
  • Czech Republic, Georgia, Slovakia
  • Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Hungary
  • Belarus, Germany, Switzerland, Molodia, Georgia

Questão 44

Questão
Balkanization is when a region or country is broken up due to socio-political issues.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 45

Questão
Russia is the largest country by landmass and covers 11 different time zones. It is very multicultural and has 108 recognized nationalities.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 46

Questão
What is transhumance?
Responda
  • the accepting of humans being transexual or made up of different genders
  • the turn to using technology to aid in expanding the lifespan of humans
  • the use of vertical nordism, or the seasonal movement of people and animals from lowland to highland environments in search of pasture
  • the use of technology to aid in the adding back to the environment to increase agricultural production

Questão 47

Questão
What is Iceland's main export and economy?
Responda
  • Agriculture
  • Livestock
  • Banking
  • Fishing

Questão 48

Questão
Luxembourg and Switzerland has some of the biggest growth of business in their financial sector.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 49

Questão
The Island country of [blank_start]Iceland[blank_end] is an above-the-water manifestation of the Mid-Oceanic Ridge.
Responda
  • Ireland
  • Greenland
  • Norway
  • Iceland

Questão 50

Questão
A [blank_start]plural[blank_end] society is one that has more than one cultural influence.
Responda
  • plural

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