Possible Questions for GEOG 271 Test 2
Which of the following is not a refugee who moved into the coastal south?
A. Cuban b. Vietnamese
Which of these is not a feature of Megapolis today?
a. 17% of total US population b. 1.5% of total land area c. 17% of all US export trade through its 6 major ports d. urbanness the dominant theme, but rural areas persist e. 10 major metropolitan areas of over 1 million people, plus numerous small cities f. higher than average proportion of white collar employment
Which of the following is not an aspect of the Trail of Tears?
a. 1830, Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized the large scale removal and resettlement of Native Americans to Indian Territory in what is not eastern Oklahoma b. during the 1830s, thousands of Cherokees, Chocataws, Creeks, Chickasaws, and Seminoles were forcibly relocated to Oklahoma along what came to be known as the trail of tears c. many perished along the way, but descendants of the survivors remain numerous in Oklahoma today
Which of the following is not an aspect of the sugar industry in Hawaii?
a. 1830s- sugar plantations were first established on the Big Island and Oahu b. primary industry soon spread to the other islands c. limitations of labor and water existed d. irrigation systems were developed e. by the 1930s there there were 50000 field workers and 10000 sugar mill workers f. since ww2 sugar production has decreased, due to a variety of factors including high transportation costs and reduced priced supports g. In December 2016 Hawaii's last sugarcane company closed
Which of the following is not an aspect of Hawaii's founding?
a. 1893 became a republic b. 1900 became a territory of the US c. 1959 it became the 50th state
Which of the following is not an aspect of a destination resort?
a. 1970- Walt Disney World, Orlando Florida b. Warm climate, year round operation c. Orlando had a well-developed network of freeways and industrial highways d. 43 square miles e. only Las Vegas has more hotel rooms than Orlando
Which of the following is not an aspect of the population on Hawaii?
a. 2/3 of the state's population lives on Oahu b. Honolulu serves as a core, dominating economy and politics, but can suffer from crowding, commercialism, pollution, and traffic
Which of the following is not an aspect of citrus fruit agriculture in the coastal south?
a. 80% of nation's grapefruit and oranges b. limes, lemons, tangerines c. cannot tolerate frost
Which of the following is not a physiographic province in Megalopolis
a. Appalachians b. Atlantic coastal plain c. Piedmont
Which of the following is not an inhabited island of Hawaii?
a. Big Island b. Kahoolawe c. Maui d. Lanai e. Molokai f. Oahu g. Kauai h. Niihau
Which of the following is not a topographic variation in the Great Plains?
a. Black Hills b. Sand Hills c. Badlands National Park d. Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Which of the following is not an aspect of the colonial port cities in Megalopolis?
a. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore b. colonial economy focused on export of raw materials to Europe c. all 10 largest cities in the first 1790 US census were port cities
Which of the following is not an aspect of demographics in Hawaii?
a. Caucasians and Japanese the largest groups b. they outnumber Pacific Islanders and native Hawaiians c. the island of Niihau is reserved for native Hawaiians and has 250 residents
Which of the following is not a city associated with a well known product?
a. Detroit-automobiles b. Pittsburgh-steel c. Milwaukee-beer d Battle Creek, Michigan-breakfast cereals e. Rochester, Minnesota- medical care
Which of the following is not an important thing in Montgomery Alabama
a. Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, which was headed by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. b. Rosa Parks c. Southern Poverty Law Center, founded in 1971, argues civil rights and other discrimination cases and tracks the activities of hate groups in the United States
Which of the following is not an aspect of the historical settlement of the coastal south?
a. cultural influences of the French and Spanish settlement (land boundary patterns, churches, house types, Mardi Gras) b. settlers of Appalachia Scots-Irish, English and germans
Which of the following is a problem with accessibility and density in Megalopolis?
a. densely packed activity sites b. high interaction levels c. aggravating circumstances in Megalopolis (large # of densely populated urban areas, location on coast, creating problems of land movement (need for bridges, tunnels))
Which of the following is not a factor that have caused some communities' manufacturing activity to increase since late 1980s
a. economy not dependent on military contracts b. foreign direct investment c. diversified industrial bases
Which of the following is not an aspect of sugar cane agriculture in the coastal south?
a. exclusive to the coastal south b. Florida and Louisiana leading producers c. cane must be cut by hand
Which of the following is not a factor that helped make the great lakes corn belt region one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world
a. fertile soils b. adequate water availability c. excellent transportation d. technology e. favorable government policy f. work ethic and sheer experience of so many farmers
Which of the following is not an aspect of Great Plains landform?
a. general rise in elevation from east to west (1600 ft. east to 5000 ft. west) b. some areas are flatter than a pancake c. eroded sediments from rockies d. aeolian created features (NE Sandhills)
Which of the following is not an aspect of the accessibility for Megalopolis?
a. good harbor b. routes to the interior (natural and man-made) c. great stop-off/service point for others conducting trade
Which of the following is not an aspect of the historical settlement of Megalopolis?
a. good location relative to Europe for trade and immigration b. fortuitous location along the Europe-Caribbean and South American trade route c. good accessibility
Which of the following is not a variety of factors of agriculture in Megalopolis
a. high land values and limited space b. land use changes in agriculture have largely shifted to table or specialty crops c. these include dairy products, tomatoes, lettuce, berries, and vegetables d. Table and specialty crops are perishable, of high value, and require considerably less land to produce
Which of the following is not an aspect of the great lakes corn belt region's general climate?
a. humid, continental b. winters are cool to cold c. summers are hot d. rainfall evenly distributed throughout the year
Which of the following is not an aspect of government and military service in the coastal south?
a. in Charleston, SC and Savannah, GA, Navy and Air Force bases b. creates a demand for civilian goods (housing, education, transportation) c. "intercoastal waterway" d. "Houston Ship Channel" e. space program
Which of the following is not an aspect of the New Deal in the South?
a. in the 1930s, the New Deal brought large numbers of public works projects to the South b. The Rural Electrification Administration forced utilities to provide electricity to rural southerners who previously lived without it c. the Tennessee Valley Authority provided public power, flood control, and numerous jobs to Tennessee, northern Alabama, and nearby areas in the heart of the south
Which of the follow is not an approach to fix the density problems in Megalopolis?
a. increase capacity (eg: wider roads) b. more efficient use (eg: carpooling, public transit) c. combination of private and public transit (eg: high occupancy vehicle lanes)
Which of the following is not a push factor that encouraged African Americans to leave their homes in the South and to seek new lives in northern cities during the Great Migration
a. institutionalized racism b. segregation c. lynchings d. beatings e. limited economic and education opportunities
which of the following is not a pull factor that encouraged African Americans to leave their homes in the South and to seek new lives in northern cities during the Great Migration?
a. jobs at higher wages b. call to freedom c. opportunity for equity
Which of the following is not a contentious issue in Hawaii today?
a. language b. culture c. politics d. tourism and environmental impacts
Which of the following is not an aspect of Guam?
a. largest of the Mariana Islands b. located roughly 3700 miles west of Hawaii c. Indonesian and Philippine settlers d. late 17th century, became a Spanish colony e. 2 centuries later (1898) ceded to the US f. today, with a population of 163000, Guam's identity is largely around its function as a US military base
Which of the following is not a factor that accounts for the corn belt's decline in agricultural production during the past few decades?
a. less profitable lands are no longer used as intensively b. converted to agricultural uses, livestock ranching c. financial pressure d. entrepreneurship, government centers, medical centers, diversification
Which of the following is not a reason why the Great lakes corn belt region is referred to as the "heartland" of the US?
a. located near geographic center of North America b. reinforced by excellent transportation network, like veins to a heart c. perception of truly "american values" are the norm
Which of the following is not an aspect of Piedmont?
a. lowing, rolling hills b. eastern boundary of the fall line
Which of the following is not an feature of the great plains?
a. major rivers running into the Mississippi and Gulf of Mexico (Missouri, Platte, Arkansas, Canadian Red) b. many areas of down-cutting, step geography c. glacial "prairie potholes"
Which of the following is not an aspect of the climate in Megalopolis
a. moderate but not mild b. year round precipitation c. Northern: long, cold winters, short, relatively cooler summers d. Southern: humid, subtropical, hot summers, mild winters
Which of the following is not an aspect of the Upland South?
a. mountainous b. hilly c. rolling land d. land of misty ridges e. cozy coves f. hidden follows-long housed a distinctive way of live
Which of the following did African slaves not effect?
a. music b. food habits c. speech patterns d. architectural styles
Which of the following is not an energy resource in great plains?
a. natural gas (Panhandle field, western Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, world largest field) b. Bakken Formation c. petroleum (Panhandle field, Wyoming) d. coal (Montana, Wyoming now leading coal-producing state) e. wind (developing sector)
Which of the following does not exist in the Cheasapeake Bay Watershed?
a. nutrient pollution b. chemical contaminants c. air pollution d. landscape changes e. erosion f. over-fishing
Which of the following is an aspect of Baltimore's Inner Harbor?
a. often sen as a model of urban development in the late 20th century
Which of the following is not a state in the Inland South?
a. parts of Virginia b. West Virginia c. the Carolinas d. Georgia e. Alabama f. Tennessee g. Kentucky h. Mississippi i. Arkansas j. southern Missouri k. northern Louisiana l. eastern Oklahoma m. East Texas
Which of the following is not a contemporary geographic concern in Baltimore?
a. racial tension b. urban decay c. white flight d. urban redevelopment
Which of the following is not a visible evidence of the widespread use of the township and range land survey system across the Midwestern US?
a. rectangular patterns of highways b. secondary roads c. fields d. grid systems in cities and towns
Which of the following is not an aspect of commercial fishing in the coastal south?
a. second to only Alaska in total volume of seafood b. shrimping in coastal Texas and Louisiana
Which of the following is not a main theme of rap music in Detroit?
a. segregation b. racial divide c. fear of integration d. boundary symbolism e. declining property values
Which of the following is not part of the general topography of the great lakes corn belt region?
a. significant portion of America's large central lowlands b. between Appalachian and Rocky Mountains c. varies from flat to rolling hills, with little relief d. lakes and river networks e. low elevations
Which of the following is not an aspect of tourism and the cruise ship industry?
a. since 1997, cruise vactioners increased more than 10x b. departure ports in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, New Orleans, Galveston c. most ships have over 1000 crew d. many cruise ship members come from less developed countries and send much of their pay back to their home countries
Which of the following is not an aspect of Asian Carp?
a. species of fish from eastern asia b. carelessly and intentionally introduced to many freshwater bodies in North America c. few predators d. consume food other species depend on e. spawn a multitude of offspring f. cause human injuries
Which of these is not a feature of Megapolis?
a. term initially coined by French geography Jean Gottman (1961) for large population agglomeration from Boston to Washington DC b. BosWash c. metropolitan coalescence
Which of the following is not an aspect of retirement migration?
a. the movement of older person to self-selected retirement destinations within the US b. 1940s-1970s coastal Florida favored retirement destination for US retirees c. eastern North Carolina, Florida Panhandle, Gulf Coast from Alabama to Texas still attracts retirees d. Coastal South now out of price range for most middle-class retirees
Which of the following is not a source area of the groups of immigrants that have established distinctive ethnic enclaves in Chicago?
a. Italy b. China
Which of the following is not a Borough in NYC?
a. Manhattan b. Bronx c. Brooklyn d. Queens e. Staten Island
Which of the following is not a part of the music industry in Tennessee?
a. Memphis is often called the home of the blues and birthplace of rock and roll b. many of the nation's great blues singers and bands of the 1920s and 1930s got their start in clubs on Beale street and Elvis Presley recorded his first hit songs at Sun Records, near downtown Memphis c. Nashville, Tenneessee is known as the music city and country music capital of the world, and is home to the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame. Many of country music's biggest starts got their starts in the clubs and recording studios along 16th Avenue in Nashville
Which of the following is not a state that makes up the great lake corn belt region?
a. Ohio b. Indiana c. Illinois d. Michigan e. Wisconsin f. Minnesota g. Iowa h. Missouri
Which of the following was not part of the earliest settlers of Appalachia?
a. Scots-Irish b. English c. Germans
Which of the following is not an aspect of the coal producing areas in the Inland South?
a. Southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky have also been important coal production areas b. coal from these areas has been historically sent to Pittsburgh and other steel-producing areas c. coal mining is very dirty and dangerous work d. For many years, the coal-producing regions of the Appalachians were known for long-standing and sometimes violent clashes between miners and their employers over wages, mine safety, working conditions, and other issues. e. in some areas, underground mining was replaced by strip mining f. strip mining requires much less labor and is not nearly as dangerous as underground coal mining, but it can and often has caused extensive environmental damage g. one of the primary environmental issues in parts of the South today is mountaintop removal
Which of the following is not an aspect of American Samoa?
a. US territory b. made up of 7 islands c. roughly 2600 miles southwest of Hawaii d. US controlled since 1899 e. Approx population of 75000 f. part of larger culture group that includes the independent country of Samoa
Which of the following is not part of the economy of the coastal south?
a. agriculture b. military and government service c. destination resort d. tourism and cruise ship industry e. retirement migration
Which of the following is not an aspect of the Fall Line?
a. area of steep cliffs, rapids, and waterfalls as rivers flow from hard rocks of higher Piedmont onto softer rocks of coastal plain b. marks highest navigable point on rivers c. provided power for water mills, early factories d. early settlements along included Trenton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and Richmond
Which of the following is not an aspect of NASCAR?
a. auto enthusiasts have long gotten together to race cars on dirt tracks b. National association of stock car auto racing c. founded in 1953 d. most races took place in the Inland South throughout the 1960s and 1970s, after which the sport began to expand nationwide e. headquarters were established in Charlotte, North Carolina, which is also the home of a NASCAR museum f. Today, NASCAR tracks and competitions are found throughout the country and leading NASCAR drivers are household names
Which of the following is not an aspect of the climate and weather of the Great Plains?
a. blue norther b. chinook winds c. precipitation is lowest in the west d. grasses taller and more dense in the east e. shorter and relatively sparse in the west
Which of the following is not part of the agricultural economy in the coastal south?
a. citrus fruits b. rice c. sugar cane d. commercial fishing
Which of the following is not an aspect of island biogeography of Hawaii?
a. contains many unique flora and fauna b. 95% of its species are endemic
Which of the following is not an aspect of Papahanamoukuakea National Monument?
a. covers 139797 square miles b. "the rainforest of the sea" c. contains coral reef and 7000 marine species, many of which are endemic and/or endangered
Which of the following is not an aspect of the Hawaiian Islands?
a. the tops of volcanoes formed as the Pacific Plate moved over a hotspot b. most of the volcanoes of this chain are now submerged c. in the state of Hawaii itself the northwestern island of Kauai and Niihau are the oldest of the inhabited islands and were formed about 5 million years ago. d. the islands to the south and east of Kauai are successively younger, with the big island being the youngest of the Hawaiian islands e. an active submarine volcano, the Loihi Seamont, is already forming about 20 miles off of the southern coast of the Big Island f. part of a chain (archipelago) of islands and submerged volcanoes that extend 3600 miles west and north from the Big Island of Hawaii to the Aleutian trench off Alaska. g. the Hawaiian archipelago consists of eight inhabited islands and approximately 120 uninhabited islands located near the center of the North Pacific Ocean h. Midway Atoll is designated as an insular area under the authority of the US Department of the Interior with a resident population of about 60 people
Which of the following is not an aspect of an estuary in Megalopolis?
a. transition zone between river and ocean systems (bays, marshes, deltas) b. rich plant and animal life c. formed by flooding of glacial valleys after last ice age d. often highly threatened by urbanization
Which of the following is not a land cover in Megalopolis?
a. urbanized b. farmland c. forest land
Which of the following is not a reason why employers and miners clashed in the Inland South?
a. wages b. mine safety c. working conditions
Which of the following is not a transportation system used in the 19th century that fostered easy movement of people and goods?
a. water transportation b. steam railroads c. construction of locks and dams d. Erie Canal e. dredging of Chicago River
Which of the following is not an advantage of the great lakes corn belt region that turned it into a major manufacturing center?
a. well equipped with nearby natural resources b. took advantage of natural and human made transportation c. labor was abundant
Which of the following is not a reason how the landforms in the great lakes corn belt region provide evidence of glaciation?
a. where the glacier was located, the land is more flat b. where the glacier wasn't is hillier, soil is less fertile c. driftless area d. lakes and rivers were formed, great lakes too
Which of the following is not a part of Chesapeake Bay Watershed?
a. within this multi jurisdictional partnership for restoration exists to address environmental challenges b. each partner works to restore water quality, habitat and fisheries c. the partnership involves education of the 16.6 million people who rely on the catchment's water d. at 64000 square miles, the Chesapeake Bay watershed is the largest estuary in the US. e. the catchment or water basin covers portions of 6 statements including Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia f. Environmental geography concerns exist including nutrient pollution causing algae blooms and issues of chemical contaminants, air pollution, landscape changes, erosion, and over-fishing
