GEOG 102 CH.0 81Qs

A large-scale map shows

A small area

Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? A China now has more people living in cities than in rural areas. B East Asia's population is projected to remain larger than South Asia's for the rest of this century. C The Eastern North American population cluster is only about one-fourth the size of Europe's. D The world's three largest population clusters are all located on the Eurasian landmass. E Europe's population is predominantly urban.

B East Asia's population is projected to remain larger than South Asia's for the rest of this century.

Which of the following statements is TRUE? A Desertification occurs only on the Eurasian landmass. B The climate type of the southwestern United States is similar to that of southwestern Africa. C The term climate refers to the immediate state of the atmosphere. D Alfred Wegener derived the theory of climatic regions. E We are currently in the post-Holocene geologic epoch.

B The climate type of the southwestern United States is similar to that of southwestern Africa.

The large cluster of population in South Asia is focused on the ______ River Basin.

Ganges

The prevailing mid-latitude climatic type in the southeastern United States, Western Europe, southern Brazil, northern Argentina, and eastern China, is the

Humid temperate

Which of the following statements about the A climates is INCORRECT?

In the AF climate, precipitation rates increase suddenly due to the arrival of the wet monsoon

The World Bank ranks countries within four groups. Which of the following is NOT one of those groups?

Middle-income countries

Which of the following major rivers is NOT associated with one of the world's great population clusters?

Mississippi

Wegener's supercontinent is known as

Pangaea

Which country is NOT located within one of the world's three largest population clusters?

The United States

Which water body is surrounded by the geologically active 'Ring of Fire'?

The pacific ocean

The hypothesis of ________ involves the breakup of a supercontinent that existed hundreds of millions of years ago

continental drift

All regions possess all of the following EXCEPT:

homogeneity

Savanna environments belong to the general climate type known as

humid equatorial

States first began to develop

in areas where cities could begin to command their hinterlands