Geography

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Scale

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Ratio between earth measurement and map measurement.

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Radar

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Radio detecting and ranging.

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Prime Meridian

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Zero degrees longitude

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Cartography

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The science of map making.

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GPS

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Location determined by satellite triangulation.

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Isoline

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A line of constant value on a map.

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International Date Line

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Determines which day and date it is.

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Latitude

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Angular distance north and south on the Earth.

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Contour line

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Line connecting equal elevation.

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Contour Interval

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Spacing between contour lines.

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Where French is widely spoken in eastern Canada is an example of a formal region.

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True

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A verbal map scale is given in words such as:"one centimeter equals one kilometer."

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True

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Physical geography differs from cultural geography in that it deals more with the natural sciences.

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True

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Site is an absolute location concept.

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True

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A functional region has a node, or core area, surrounded by the total region.

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True

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The emphasis in human geography is on people: it is also called cultural geography.

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True

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Absolute location is sometimes called mathematical location.

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True

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The cultural landscape is the visible imprint of human activity.

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True

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Absolute distance is based on the cardinal points of north,east,south and west.

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False

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An urban location like Clarksburg is a good example of a natural landscape.

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False

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Continental drift theory was proposed by:

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Wegener

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Which of the following is not a lithospheric plate boundary?

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overthrust

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Alluvium

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Sand and mud

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Chemical weathering

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oxidation

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Erosional agent

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wind,water,glaciers

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Mass movement

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mass wasting

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Tsunami

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harbor wave

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Loess

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wind deposited silt

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Mineral

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definite crystal struture

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Lithosphere

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outer portion of earth's crust

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Magma

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molten earth material

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Karst topography

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formed in limestone regions

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List three types of rocks and an example of each.

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Sedimentary rocks-sandstone

metamorphic rocks-slate

Igneous-balsalt

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Name two different types of glaciers.

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-continental

-mountain

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The axis of the earth is tilted how many degrees from the perpendicular?

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23 1/2

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The air has weight that can be measured by a ?

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barometer

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Precipitation include the following?

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rain,sleet,snow, and hail

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Cumulonimbus clouds are associated with?

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thunderstorms

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Which precipitation type is associated with hills or mountains?

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orographic

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The highest velocity winds are found in a?

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tornado

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An mP, or maritime polar, air mass would form over?

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Gulf of Alaska

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Insolation is the amount of incoming solar radiation.

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True

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The troposphere is the lowest layer of the earth's atmosphere.

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true

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A temperature inversion occurs when air at the lower altitudes is warmer than air aloft.

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False

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The earth's poles usually have a low pressure over them.

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False

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Convection is the circulatory motion of ascending cool air and descending warm air.

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False

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A low pressure is usually found over the equator.

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True

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The leeward side of the mountain is the wet side.

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False

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Tropical rainforest

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always hot, always wet

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Tropical savanna

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6 months wet, 6 months dry

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Mediterranean

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distinct dry summer

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Humid continental

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huge difference between winter and summer temperature averages

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Arctic

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yearly average near freezing

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What term refers to the number of economic dependents each 100 people in productive years must support?

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Dependency ratio

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What total fertility rate is required to just replace the world's existing population?

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2.1

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In 2011, the world's population reached how many billion?

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7

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Europe as a whole, including Russia, is experiencing what rate of population growth?

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negative

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Which country launched the "one couple, one child" population policy in 1979?

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China

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Arithmetic density

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changes over time in birth and death rates associated with economic development.

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Carrying capacity

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number of people an area can support

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Cohort

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Population group unified by common characteristics.

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Crude birth rate

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brith rate

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Crude death rate

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mortality rate

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Demographic transition

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crude density

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Doubling time

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time it takes the total population to double

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Ecumene

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permanently inhabited portion of the earth

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Malthus

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English agricultural economist and demographer

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Rate

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record of frequency of occurrence

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Overpopulation

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place being able to support its present population

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Population geography

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where people live and their demographic characteristics

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Population projection

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estimates of change in future population

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Population pyramid

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graphic device representing a population's age and sex composition

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Rate of natural increase

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subtract crude death rate from crude birth rate for this

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Religions that tend to be expansionary, seeking to transmit their beliefs to new peoples and areas are termed:

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universalizing

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A shaman is generally associated with what type of religion?

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tribal

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Which of the following is NOT an ethnic religion?

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Buddhism

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What term refers to believing that one's own ethnic group is superior?

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ethnocentrism

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Within the United States, Baptists are regionally dominant in the?

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South

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The four major world religion, the one which has experienced the most extensive worldwide dispersion is?

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Christianity

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The viewpoint that people, not environment, are the dynamic forces of cultural development is called:

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Possibilism

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Which term refers to a simplified language formed from an amalgam of two languages?

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pidgin

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Which language has the greatest number of speakers?

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English

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The study of place names is a practice known as?

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toponymy

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Latin

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lingua franca of Romans

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Tribal religion

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traditional religion

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Germanic language

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English

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French and English

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Canadian official languages

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Swahili

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East African lingua franca

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Ramadan

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month of fasting

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Romance language

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Spanish

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Languages of Israel

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Yiddish, Hebrew

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Mecca

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holiest city of Islam

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Mormons

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Joseph Smith

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Which of the following is the most common incentive for migration?

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economics

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Which of the following features does NOT constitute a barrier to diffusion?

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the Internet

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Since 2000, which region of the United States has NOT seen population growth due to net migration flows?

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northeast

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The area within which we move freely on our rounds of regular activity is known as:

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activity space

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An example of a part-nation state is the:

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Arab nation

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Exclusive economic zones recognized under the Law of the Sea Convention extend outward from coasts by:

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200 nautical miles

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Which group of people is an example of a stateless nation?

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Kurds

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The Spanish territorial outliers of Ceuta and Melilla are examples of:

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exclaves

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Centrifugal force

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destabilizes a naiton

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Fragmented state

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island group

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Terrorism

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bombs in public places

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Natural boundary

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Mountain range between countries

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Supranationalism

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European Union

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Perforated state

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Italy

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Landlocked state

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Bolivia

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Human interaction

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communication between people

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Migration

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permanent relocation

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Distance decay

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less activity further away

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Territoriality

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attachment to home ground

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TNC

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Ford

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Out-sourcing is:

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producing parts or products abroad for domestic sale

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Which one of the following is not a major manufacturing region?

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Western South America

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Which of the following statements concerning shifting cultivation is not correct?

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It increases in direct proportion to advances in technology

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Secondary industries are concerned with:

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manufacturing

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Which one of the following is not a characteristic of truck farms?

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They are classified as extensive commercial

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Intensive subsistence agriculture is concentrated in:

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major river valleys and deltas such as the Ganges

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The least expensive form of freight movement for long distances is:

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water transportation

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That part of the world which is rapidly becoming the industrial region is:

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Eastern Asia

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Silicon Valley, North Carolina's Research Triangle, and Silicon Valley North around Ottawa, Canada are concentrations of:

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high technology industries

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The increase in all grain production worldwide is due to the:

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expansion of farmland

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Mediterranean agriculture is:

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known for grapes,olives,oranges and figs

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A farmer engages in a primary activity.

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True

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A lumber mill is an example of a tertiary industry.

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False

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Nomadic herding is an example of intensive subsistence agriculture.

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False

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Shifting cultivation is used in areas where leaching of the soil is common.

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True

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Agriculture is seen as man's work in Africa.

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False

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Truck farms are found far from cities.

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False

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Fordist modes of production have been replace by just-in-time and flexible production.

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True

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Comparative advantage allows regions to specialize in the production of certain products.

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True

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Most of the corn belt corn goes into cold breakfast cereals.

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False