Check Your Text on the Highlighted Answers, the Answers Vary, I Used My Sources, but Don

Check your text on the highlighted answers, the answers vary, I used my sources, but don’t know what your source is?

Question 1 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following is not an important manufacturing region of the Soviet Union?
D. Central Industrial Region
______
Question 2 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Quebec has: .
E. all of the above are true.
______
Question 3 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The two European powers that fought over control of the area that became Canada were the:
A. French and British
______
Question 4 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Venezuela and Colombia as compared with the Guianas have:
D. been more successful in replacing the plantation economy
______
Question 5 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The name Peron is associated with which country?
B. Argentina
______
Question 6 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Bulgarians have felt close to the Russian population because:
E. none of the above
______
Question 7 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The large cluster of population in the northeastern United States is known as:
B. Megalopolis
______
Question 8 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
______dominates Western Europe demographically and economically.
D. Germany
______
Question 9 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which two colonial powers were principally involved in West Africa?
A. Britain and France
______
Question 10 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The core areas of the world:
E. include the area where the richer countries are clustered
______
Question 11 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The three-pronged foundation of the Southwest is:
D. electricity, water, and the automobile
______
Question 12 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following is not a Central Asian Ex-Soviet Republic?
C. Latvia
______
Question 13 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The major difference between an endemic and a pandemic disease is that:
C. a pandemic disease moves through the population of a large area of the world, whereas an endemic disease is simply present, affecting the lives of millions of people in a negative way
______
Question 14 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The rings of slums surrounding South America's large cities are known as:
B. favelas
______
Question 15 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The current interglaciation period is known as the:
A. Holocene
______
Question 16 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The capital of Canada is:
C. Ottawa
______
Question 17 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following is the strongest example of a European nation-state?
C. Poland
______
Question 18 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The archipelago to the north of Cuba that is a leading tourist destination is:
B. Bahamas
______
Question 19 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The Western European state that is not a member of the European Union is:
D. Switzerland
______
Question 20 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points) ??? primary?
Canada's primate city is:
C. Toronto
______
Question 21 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The movement of the headquarters of the Russian Empire to St. Petersburg occurred so that the city could become a(n):
A. new capital
______
Question 22 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Volta Redonda is most closely identified with Brazil's:
A. iron and steel manufacturing activities
______
Question 23 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The country in Equatorial Africa that had a border dispute with Nigeria over an oil-rich area is:
B. Cameroon
______
Question 24 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The Brazilian subregion with the most diversity in its European population is the:
C. state of Sao Paulo
______
Question 25 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following is not contained within the European realm?
D. the old Russian portion of the Soviet Union
______
Question 26 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The North American region which is most dependent upon the extraction of raw materials is the:
C. Maritime Northeast
______
Question 27 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The Central American country where English is spoken, but where Spanish will eventually become the predominant language is:
E. Belize
______
Question 28 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The second world:
E. was the socialist world
______
Question 29 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Northern New England is tied culturally and economically to:
B. Atlantic Canada
______
Question 30 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which republic has Serb, Croat and Muslim populations that were finally brought together in 1995 at a US-run peace conference?
A. Bosnia
______
Question 31 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
In the Amerind-subsistence Region:
D. oil is a major natural resource
______
Question 32 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Your textbook identifies Eastern Europe as a zone of politico-geographical splintering and fracturing, called a:
C. shatter belt
______
Question 33 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Italy's economic core, no longer focused on Rome, is located today in:
B. Po River Valley
______
Question 34 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following statements is false?
A. South America's population remains concentrated in its interior, although many peripheral locations are growing rapidly.
______
Question 35 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Identify the incorrect association.
D. Cayman Islands: United States possessions
______
Question 36 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The North American region which has undergone the most change in recent years is:
A. the South
______
Question 37 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The leading manufacturing/industrial complex in Poland is located in:
D. Silesia
______
Question 38 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following cities is an oil center in the Azerbaijan?
C. Baki (Baku)
______
Question 39 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following countries has the most compact shape?
A. Guyana
______
Question 40 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following is not an example of globalization?
B. NAFTA
______
Question 41 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following associations is incorrect?
E. Orange River, Kenya
______
Question 42 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The Transcaucasian area includes all of the following except:
E. Kirghizstan
______
Question 43 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The term ______is used to describe an inland climate that is remote from the moderating influences of large water bodies.
C. continentality
______
Question 44 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
One of the last countries to give up its African colonies was:
D. Belgium
______
Question 45 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The railroad network of the Soviet Union radiates from Moscow, providing the city with a high degree of:
B. centrality
______
Question 46 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The country in which Idi Amin ruled is:
C. Uganda
Question 47 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which South American “culture sphere” resembles the Middle American “Rimland?”
A. The European-Commercial region
______
Question 48 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following is a natural gas producing state?
D. Texas
______
Question 49 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The Caribbean nation that showed the greatest growth in the latter half of the 1990s is:
C. the Dominican Republic
______
Question 50 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The country of Guyana:
A. was formerly a British colony before independence in 1966
______
Question 51 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which former Soviet Republic, with its capital at Mensk, is also called White Russia, and is still strongly linked to Moscow?
A. Belarus
______
Question 52 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following statements concerning map scale is false?
B. If the linear scale of a map is twice another, its aerial representation is four times larger.
______
Question 53 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Rubber production has had the greatest impact on which Brazilian subregion?
D. Interior
______
Question 54 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Spain and the United Kingdom are in dispute over which piece of territory:
E. Gibraltar
______
Question 55 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Only the southern section of which of the following islands was recently granted admission to the EU?
E. Cyprus
______
Question 56 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The Soviet Union consisted of ______Soviet Socialist Republics.
C. 15
______
Question 57 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
A. The Mayan civilization arose in the highland areas of Mexico.
______
Question 58 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The birth rate in Brazil over the past decade has:
A. declined
______
Question 59 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Before independence, the modern state of The Congo was a colony of:
D. Belgium
______
Question 60 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The capital of the Chechen Republic is:
D. Groznyy
______
Question 61 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which statement below best characterizes the concept of culture?
B. Learned patterns of thought and behavior characteristic of a population or society.
______
Question 62 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The two major language groups in Canada are:
B. English and French
______
Question 63 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The capital and primate city of Greece is:
A. Athens
______
Question 64 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Bogotá, Colombia's capital city, is located:
C. in a major Andean Basin
Question 65 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following cities is located in Italy's core area?
A. Milan-Turin-Genoa
______
Question 66 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Southern Italy is known as the:
A. Mezzogiorno
______
Question 67 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following is not one of the four Motors of Europe?
D. Barcelona
______
Question 68 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The newest independent country in northern Africa is:
C. Eritrea
______
Question 69 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
From the end of World War II until the 1990s, Eastern Europe was dominated by the:
B. Hapsburgs
______
Question 70 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
An interesting aspect of Madagascar is that:
B. the population is of Malay-Polynesian origin
______
Question 71 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following is a systematic subfield of geography?
A. regional geography
______
Question 72 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following statements is false?
A. Germany is larger territorially than France.
______
Question 73 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
As a result of U.S. interest in a Panama Canal during the early 20th century:
D. a Panamanian revolt was subdued by U. S. intervention
______
Question 74 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The Caribbean Coast of Middle America is:
E. none of the above
______
Question 75 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
In Ecuador, a regional split has occurred between:
C. Guayaquil and Quitos
______
Question 76 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
In 1982, Argentina fought a war with Britain over the:
B. Falkland Islands
______
Question 77 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
This Russian republic contains 30 distinct nationalities, is located near the Chechen Republic, and is dominated by agriculture and oil:
D. Dagestan Republic
______
Question 78 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The Caribbean region's largest city is:
C. Santo Domingo
______
Question 79 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following countries is not in The African Transition Zone?
E. Egypt
______
Question 80 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
According to Japanese economist Ohmae, a regional state is:
d. a grouping of provinces or states
______
Question 81 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
E. Plantations are found in the rimland.
______
Question 82 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
This former Soviet Republic contains the oil city of Baki (Baku) and its people have ethnic affinities with Iran. Recently, the Armenian population of this area became refugees.
A. Azerbaijan
______
Question 83 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The Kuzbas region:
E. all of the above
______
Question 84 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following associations is incorrect?
B. Montevideo and Paraguay
______
Question 85 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Brazil's Northeast:
C. is the site of Brazil's most spectacular recent surge of economic development
______
Question 86 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The territory in dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia is:
D. Nagorno-Karabakh
______
Question 87 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following countries is not located in Equatorial Africa?
C. Mauritania
______
Question 88 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
. The major conurbation of London lies within which of the following regions?
A. Southern England
______
Question 89 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
St. Petersburg:
C. was formerly called Leningrad and Petrograd
______
Question 90 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The core area of the United States is known as the:
C. American Manufacturing Belt
______
Question 91 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Russian imperialism in the nineteenth century was aimed chiefly at:
B. Central Asia
______
Question 92 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
This African country is a former French colony, built a Roman Catholic basilica to rival St. Peter's in Rome, and has recently seen a slowing of the economy.
A. Ivory Coast
______
Question 93 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The final stage in the evolution of an insurgent state, according to McColl, is the stage of:
A. equilibrium
______
Question 94 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The largest ethnic minority in Ukraine is:
E. None of the above
______
Question 95 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
This small country gains much of its importance because of its location on the Bab el Mandeb Strait leading into the Red Sea
E. Djibouti
______
Question 96 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Armenia is in conflict with which other former Soviet Socialist Republic?
C. Azerbaijan
______
Question 97 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The island contested between Greece and Turkey is:
A. Cyprus
______
Question 98 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Rainfall patterns in humid tropical (A) climates are characterized by all but:
d. the specter of hunger in savanna areas because of comparatively infertile soils and
unreliable seasonal precipitation
______
Question 99 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The population of Russia is:
A. shrinking by about half a million per year
______
Question 100 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The country in Equatorial Africa with significant oil supplies and an upper middle income economy is:
E. Equatorial Guinea
______
Question 101 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Two countries which were originally part of German East Africa, but were given to the Belgians after World War I are:
D. Rwanda and Burundi
______
Question 102 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following is not a major cause of tropical deforestation in Central America?
E. all of the above are major causes
______
Question 103 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The fastest growing metropolitan area in the US is:
C. Dallas
______
Question 104 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The term that is used to indicate decreasing levels of spatial interactions with increasing distances is:
E. distance decay
______
Question 105 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following countries was not a British colony prior to its independence?
D. Ethiopia
______
Question 106 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
A market that is set up only on certain days of the week is known as a ____ market.
D. periodic
______
Question 107 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
In South America, the richest 20% of the population control _____ of the wealth.
B. 70%
______
Question 108 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Central America's poorest country is:
E. Nicaragua
______
Question 109 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following countries is not located in East Africa?
A. Nigeria
______
Question 110 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Northern and Southern Italy are divided by the:
C. Po River
______
Question 111 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Civil war in which of the following led to the change in the government of The Congo?
A. The Congo
______
Question 112 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The geographic principle under which particular peoples and particular places concentrate on the production of particular goods is known as:
E. local functional specialization
______
Question 113 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following is landlocked?
A. Paraguay
______
Question 114 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The Polonoroeste Plan has called for settlement near the border with:
C. Bolivia
______
Question 115 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
An industry identified in your textbook as one with mixed blessing for Middle America is:
D. tourism
______
Question 116 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The Autonomous Community in eastern Spain just south of the Pyrenees Mountains centered on industrialized Barcelona is known as:
C. Catalonia
______
Question 117 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Canada's large cluster of Francophones in New Brunswick are known as:
E. none of the above
______
Question 118 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The term ______refers to a huge state farm and literally means “a grain and meat factory” in which agricultural efficiency through mechanization and minimum labor requirements should be at its peak.

sovkhoz
______
Question 119 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
When a state seeks to acquire the ethnically similar people and territory on the other side of its boundary by appealing to a concentrated group, this action is termed:
D. irredentism
______
Question 120 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Most of Argentina's population is clustered in the:
C. pampas
______
Question 121 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The North American region which is the largest and the least densely settled is the:
A. Northern Frontier
______
Question 122 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
In Rwanda and Burundi:
E. all of the above are true
______
Question 123 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
______is the city with the most Asians in North America.
. Vancouver
______
Question 124 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
B. More than one-fourth of the world's population presently resides in India.
______
Question 125 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following is one of Canada's Prairie provinces?
C. Manitoba
______
Question 126 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The North Slope of Alaska contains large fields of:
e. coal
______
Question 127 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies is known as a(n):
B. isthmus
______
Question 128 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which of the following is one of the world's most productive post-industrial complexes?
B. Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio
______
Question 129 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which country has no dominant ethnic groups?
C. Zimbabwe
______
Question 130 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
As one travels north leaving South America, the first country on the Central American isthmus is ______.
B. Panama
______
Question 131 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
The once most important crop of Cuba, which has been losing its position as the mainstay of the Cuban economy is:
C. sugar
______
Question 132 (Multiple Choice Worth 0.55 points)
Which island is the Caribbean's leading oil producer?