geography final

the term used to describe a married other and father and their children is

nuclear family

approximately _______ of the earths remains forests are located in south america

one half

of all the greenhouse emissions produced worldwide, North America counts fro approximately __________

one-quarter

through which ocean Dows the longitude 180 degrees run

pacific

which of the following is not part of the United Nations calculation of the human development index

percentage GDP per capita spent on health care

geography as a discipline links the _________ to the __________

physical sciences, social sciences

the study of growth and decline of the numbers of people on earth, their distribution across the earths surface, age, and sex distributions and migration patterns is the study of.....

population

a graph that depicts a countrys age and sex structures

population pyramid

the leading cause of death among girls 15-19 world wide is

pregnancy

on family farms women are most often responsible for what

producing the family food in gardens

cartographers solve the problem of showing the spherical earth on a flat piece of paper by using

projections

the amount that a local currency equivalent of the US $1 will purchase in a given country is a measure of

purchasing power parity

what concept is used to identify an area of the earths surface that contains distinct patterns of human or physical activity or features

region

which of the following terms refers to the unit of the earths surface that contains distinct patterns of physical feautures or of human activities

region

which mountain range dominates western North America

rocky mountians

between 1945 and 2009 the earths populations

roughly tripled

which of the following refers to the relationship between the stances shown on the map and the actual distances on the earths surface

scale

__________ refers to biological category of male or female while _________ refers to the differences between the sexes as defined by a particular social group

sex, gender

which of the following significantly aided the spaniards in their defeat of the Aztecs

smallpox brought by the spaniards

the yellow-brown haze of industrial emissions and car exhaust that hovers over many cities is called...

smog

the study of how people, objects, or ideas, are related to one another across space called

spatial analysis

the chief source of river population in North America is

storm water runoff

to fit the spherical earth onto a flat map a mercator projection...

stretches out the poles, depicting them with lines equal to the length of the equator

what is the name of tectonic process that has created the mountain ranges running along the pacific coast of mainland middle and South America and the Caribbean islands

subduction

what is the name of the tectonic process that has created many of the mountains in middle and south america

subduction

the United Nations defines _____________ as the effort to improve present living standards in ways that will not jeopardize those of future generations

sustainable development

the efforts to improve present living standards in ways that ill note jeopardize future generations fall under the general heading of...

sustainable development

huge heaps of mini waste are called

tailings

taxes imposed on imported goods are called what?

tarrifs

the mountain chain that extends along the western edge of middle/South America is known as _______ in Mexico and as __________ in south america

the Sierra Madre, the andes

what is lowland south americas largest physical feature

the amazon basin

the source of the amazon river is found in

the andes

in a large city, wealthy residents are most likely to live in

the core

which of the following conveys the meaning of the term sustainable development

the effort to improve present standards of living without jeopardizing those of future genreations

all of the following are contributing to deforestation in middle/South America except

the increased volcanic activity in the region

which of the following best describes the meaning of the term gentrification

the process by which web educated people invest in run down urban areas, displacing the poor from the neighborhood

__________ is found at the southern tip of south america

tierra del fuego

the worlds largest industry is

tourism

what term refers to the enrichment of suburbs on agriculture

urban sprawl

the US has funded armed interventions in all of the following countries except

venezuela

the total amount of water that a person uses in a year, directly or indirectly, is called what

water footprint

which of the following typically occurs with the shift from a subsistence economy to a cash economy

young children become an economic drain on the family

the tropical rain forests absorbs approximately ____% of the carbon dioxide added to the earths atmosphere yearly by human activity

18

in 1492 roughly ________ Native Americans lived in North Americans lived in North America. by 1907 about ___________ remained

18 million, 400,000

today native American reservations cover about ______% of the land in the US and ____% of the land in Canada

2, 20

most of the earths population lives between ________ latitude and _________ longitude

20 degrees north and 60 degrees north

the five percent of the worlds population that lives in North America produces what share of the greenhouse gasses released into the atmosphere

26 percent

roughly ______% of the oil used in the United States comes from countries along the Persian golf

30

North America is home to ________% of the worlds population

5

in 2009 the earth population was approximately

6.7 billion

approximately ______% of Native Americans were killed by infectious diseases within 100 years of first European contact

90

the term commonly used to describe the period from 1946 until the early 1990s when the US and its Western European allies faced of against the USSR and its allies

Cold War

measure of income

GDP

several African countries are experiencing sharply lowered life expectancies due to

HIV/AIDS

the president of venezuela

Hugo chavez

what city now lies on the ruins of the aztec capital of tenochtitlan

Mexico city

an unintended effect of society's preference for boys over girls can be

a shortage of marriageable women

you visit a city and notice that many of the building and bridges are showing signs of corrosion. this corrosion may be a result of what

acid rain

the Appalachian mountains were created when the North American plate collided with

africa

shifting cultivation refers to an agricultural system in which

agricultural plots are harvested and then left for several years to regenreate

developing nations are usually characterized by __________ economies while developed nations are usually characterized by the presence of ____________ industries

agriculture, service

which of the following is a not a characteristic of the green revolution

an emphasis on organic farming

through which South American country dos the equator not pass through

argentina

which of the following is not a port city

atlanta

with US aid Salvador Allende of Chile was replaced by military dictator

augusto pinochet

from being did the humans who settled middle and southern America originally migrate

bering sea bridge

which of the following relationships is accounted for in the rate of natural increase

birth rates and death rates in a given population

in nearly all societies families peer boys over girls. this is true for all of the following reasons except

boys are easier to raise and considered more easy going

what country contains most of the amazon river basin

brazil

what term describes an abandoned, degraded industrial sites that poses an obstacle to development

brownfields

the number of people in a given place can support sustainable is its

carrying capacity

which of the following terms refers to the making of maps

cartography

the making of maps is called...

cartogrpaphy

the logging method by which all the trees on a given plot of land are cut down, regardless of age, health, or species

clear cutting

the noggin method by which all trees on a given plot of land are cut down regardless of age, health, or species, is

clear cutting

a ___________ takes place the the military takes control of a government by force

coup d'état

which country in the middle/South America region has an authoritarian government

cuba

canadas form of government is

demicracy

the great drought that affected the Great Plains of north America in the 1930sis known as the

dust bowl

the term coined to describe the urban band from Boston to DC is

economic core

__________________ encourages visitors from developed countries to appreciate ecosystems and wildlife that do not exist in their part of the world

ecotourism

all of the following are sectors of the economy except

education

the globe is divided into the northern and southerns hemispheres at the

equator

through what landscape process do forces of wind and water move pieces of rock and soil

erosion

in a country with traditional gender roles, men are more likely to serve as _______ and women are more likely to serve as __________

executives and housemakers

in which sector of the economy is agriculture

extraction

an alternative to free trade, ______________________ seeks to provide a fair prices to producers and to uphold environmental and safety standards in the workplace

fair trade

which is not a possible explanation for the gender imbalance of the population pyramid

females are genetically more likely to occur

the prime meridian runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through....

greenwich england

development may decrease human well being by

having negative effects on the environment

which of the following activities is the most likely to occur in the informal economy

housework

what was th name of the indigenous empire that made its home in parts of the present day countries of Columbia, Chile, and argentina

incas

when Columbus arrived in the americas the largest state in the middle and South America belonged to the

incass

what term refers to native populations of a region, as distinct from those who migrate in later

indigenous

which country pioneered gender integration in the military

isreal

which of the followingg is not true of brain drain

it occurs mostly from one country to another

a country is moving from a subsistence economy to a cash economy. this movement most likely accompanied by all of the following except

lower cost of education

the Great Lakes were formed by

melting glaciers

lines of longitude are also known as

meridians

which if the following is not a unit of relative distance on a map

mile