GEOG111: INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY
REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR QUIZ 1
to the concept of environmental determinism:
REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR QUIZ 2
1. Small organisms that digest and recycle dead plants and animals are:
Producers B. Consumers
C. Decomposers D.
2. Which of the following will be considered a primary producer in a typical food chain?
Carnivores B. Herbivores
C. Plant D. Bacteria
3. Terrestrial biomes reflect two especially visible features:
Soil and vegetation
4. If soil is bare or compact.
More water is stored than normal
5. Which of the following is not a macro-nutrient?
Nitrogen B. Calcium
C. Molybdenum D. Potassium
6. In the
following food chain:
Primary producer B. Primary consumer
A. Net primary
productivity B. Biomass accumulation
8. A transition zone between adjoining biomes is called:
Biomass B. Ecotone C. Competition zone
9. California chaparral woodlands
have no known ecological equivalent any where else in the world
10. The place where Earth's crust actually moves is the _____ of an earthquake.
A. Focus B. Fault crust C. Epicenter D. Wave front
Appalachians, the European Alps, and the Himalayas are examples of mountain
Normal faults B. Divergent plate
combined length of all the stream channels in a basin, divided by the area
Drainage density B. Slope C. Discharge
13. Soil creep is
most common form of mass movement
What kind of rocks have been exposed to great heat and/or pressure and/or
A ridge of materials dumped at the end of a glacier is:
Which of the following landform features are related to alpine glaciation?
study of landforms and the processes that create and modify
Main type of soil found underneath the boreal forest is:
Which of the following functions are performed by a river system?
San Andreas fault, where two plates slide past one another, is a famous
A. divergent plate boundary
B. convergent plate boundary
22. The Hawaiian Islands
A. are a series of shield volcanoes
23. What type of vegetation is dominant in tropical savannas
A. needle leaf
B. broadleaf deciduous C. grass
24. Meat eating animals are known as:
B. carnivores C.
detrivores D. ominivores
In drier areas, such as in central Asia, the vegetation belt called
short-grass prairie is also
A. tundra B. savanna C. steppe D. boreal E. selva
26. Which of
the following does not describe endogenic geologic processes?
27. Most world
deserts are located in the subtropical high pressure belt because:
28. Earth's rocks,
soils, and surface landforms together comprise the
29. Permafrost is
commonly associated with:
30. Which biome
includes much of the Amazon and Congo basins?
31. Where are
earthquakes most likely to occur?
MAKEUP TAKE HOME EXAM
DUE DATE: LAST DATE OF LECTURE
Answer TWO questions. Each answer MUST NOT exceed
1. With the aid of a well-labeled diagram, describe landforms produced by faulting and give examples where the landforms are found.
2. Write all you know
about the following:
3. Describe and explain the spatial distribution of population in the United States. Illustrative map and/or diagram required.
4. Compare and
REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR QUIZZES
1. India and the United Kingdom have approximately the same arithmetic density. From this we can conclude that the two countries have the same
A. level of output per farmer
B. number of people per area of land
C. pressure placed by people on the land to produce food
D. all of the above
2. Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 and a crude death rate of 15, while country Y has a crude birth rate of 20 and crude death rate of 9. Which country has the higher natural increase rate?
A. country X
B. country Y
C. the rate is the same in both countries
D. the rate can't be computed
3. The difference between population geography and demography is that population geography is
A. totally concerned with human migration
B. the study of individual population in terms of specific group characteristics
C. the study of the distribution of humankind across the globe
D. the science of "describing people"
4. The world's most populous country is
Brazil B. India C.
5. The constitution of the United States requires a decennial census to
A. count the population only
B. reapportion seats in the House of representatives
C. establish tax rolls
D. establish the number of Senators to be elected
E. register all eligible males for the draft
6. Most of the world's population is concentrated in areas that are designated as:
A. A-climate B. B-climate C. C-climate
D. D-climate E. E-climate
7. The most popular form of birth control in poor countries like India is
A. sterilization B. birth control C. abortion
D. intrauterine devices E. abstention
8. Life expectancies have increased partially as the result of modern medicine.
A. True B. False
9. Population densities tend to be low
A. in level terrain.
B. in cold climates.
C. in areas of fertile soil.
D. near the sea.
10. Of all communicable diseases, this one currently causes the most deaths worldwide and responsible for a drastic drop in life expectancies in most developing countries in Africa.
malaria B. tuberculosis
11. Between 1990 and 2000, population increase was highest in
B. Europe. C. Latin
12. The Eastern United States seaboard is more densely populated than the Midwest because of:
A. topographic factors
infant mortality rate of below 10 infant deaths per 1,000 live births is
most likely to occur in which of the following countries?
male to female ratio is usually more than 100 in which of the following
common obstacles to population control include the following:
D. cultural preference for male offspring
E. all of the above
second stage of the demographic transition model is characterized by the
E. improving quantity & quality of food supply
Which country has the highest number of people infected by HIV/AIDS in the
Neo-Malthusians are also called:
D. Catastrophians E. Demographers
19. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. Degenerative diseases that degrade the body are more common in developed countries
B. Infectious and parasitic diseases are more common in poor countries
C. Malaria disease accounts for 2% of all deaths but 80% of the deaths occur in Africa
D. Diarrhea diseases like cholera are communicable diseases common in poor countries and account for 4% of all deaths
E. All of the above
demographic transition model shows the population growth experience of the
developed countries of today that may not be relevant in explaining the
population growth experiences of poor countries of today