Multiple Choice Questions

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Multiple Choice Questions

1. The prime meridian passes through:

• Paris, France.
• New York City.
• Greenwich, England.
• the Indian Ocean.

Bloom's Level: Remember

Gradable: automatic

Section 1.01

Topic: Spatial Terms

• Transform faults are typically found in regions where tectonic plate boundaries are moving

parallel to one another, and are the site of frequent earthquakes. A good example of such a

location is:

• the San Andreas Fault.
• Iceland.
• the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
• the Andes Mountains.

Bloom’s Level: Understand

Gradable: automatic

Section 1.03

Topic: Physical Systems

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• Orographic lifting occurs when moisture-laden winds are forced upward over mountains.

As this occurs, most rainfall is measured

• around the base of the mountain
• around the top of the mountain
• on the windward side of the mountain
• on the leeward side of the mountain

Bloom’s Level: Understand

Gradable: automatic

Section 1.03

Topic: Physical Systems

• The majority of speakers of Altaic languages are found on which continent?
• Africa
• Asia
• North America
• South America

Bloom's Level: Remember

Figure 1.13

Gradable: automatic

Section 1.04

Topic: Cultures

• A cultural hearth is a region from which technologies, ideologies, and material goods

diffused over time to surrounding regions. An example of a very early cultural hearth is

• Amazonian South America.
• Mesopotamia.
• coastal Australia.
• Easter Island.

Bloom’s Level: Apply

Gradable: automatic

Section 1.04

Topic: Cultures

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6. The infant mortality rate for a country is defined as:

• the percentage of infants who perish at birth.
• the number of female infants killed, due to preference for males.
• the number of abortions, stillbirths, and accidental deaths in a given year.
• the number of infant deaths per 1000 live births during the first year of life.

Bloom's Level: Remember

Gradable: automatic

Section 1.05

Topic: Populations

7. An example of a nongovernmental organization (NGO) is:

• the U.S. Department of State.
• Exxon Mobile Petroleum Corporation.
• Greenpeace.
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Bloom’s Level: Understand

Gradable: automatic

Section 1.06

Topic: Economics

• When a country has a single city that has several times the population of any other city, it is

called the (a):

• megalopolis.
• primate city.
• capital city.
• growth pole.

Bloom's Level: Remember

Gradable: automatic

Section 1.05

Topic: Settlements

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• Among the following organizations devoted to fostering trade, the one with the largest

number of member states is:

A. ASEAN.

B. EU.

C. NAFTA.

D. APEC.

Bloom’s Level: Understand

Gradable: automatic

Section 1.06

Topic: Political Geography

• The Grameen Bank, a highly successful microcredit institution, was founded in:
• Germany.
• Brazil.
• Bangladesh.
• Japan.

Bloom's Level: Remember

Gradable: automatic

Section 1.08

Topic: Economics

• The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement designed to address the issue of:
• the spread of AIDS.
• global poverty and underdevelopment.
• the emission of greenhouse gases.
• the militarization of space.

Bloom's Level: Remember

Gradable: automatic

Section 1.03

Topic: Environment

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