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
