GEO 110: World Regional Geography
EXAM I:
Part I: Multiple-multiple Choice. Please circle the letter of every correct choice and remember that there may be one, two, three, or four correct choices for each question. Two points each.
1. In this class,
a. you may make up exams.
b. you may make up quizzes.
c. if you are ill the day of class you may turn in your DA at the next class period.
d. the highest grade you can get for the semester is the average of your DAs.
2. In this class,
a. I expect you to spend 2-3 hours outside of class for every hour (50 minutes) spent in class.
b. I expect you to spend 3-4 hours outside of class for every hour (50 minutes) spent in class.
c. if you miss two classes your grade will automatically drop one letter grade.
d. your research paper will be equal to one exam in points.
3. Globalization
a. can result in the dilution of existing cultures.
b. can enrich cultures via the addition and awareness of other cultures.
c. affects developed countries but rarely has much of an impact on less developed countries.
d. will likely slow down in the 21st century.
4. The total fertility rate
a.
is higher in Sub-Saharan
Africa than in
b. is higher in Phase I of the demographic transition than it is in Phase IV.
c. is usually higher in countries with a high infant mortality rate than in countries with a low infant mortality rate.
d. is usually high in countries with a pro-natal policy.
5. Cultural imperialism
a. is usually accomplished militarily.
b. was a major issue of the Cold War and is no longer a problem.
c. generally sees world or popular culture expanding at the expense of folk or ethnic cultures.
d. might be exemplified by the expansion of fast food restaurants in less developed countries.
6. Indigent religions
a. are practiced only in less developed countries.
b. are often practiced by people who mainly follow ethnic or folk cultures.
c. do not have gods.
d. are proselytizing religions.
7. Colonialism
a. no longer exists anywhere on earth.
b. resulted in colonies benefiting from the natural resources of their mother countries, which helped to spur large scale industrialization in the colonies.
c. caused colonies to forfeit resources and, as a result, some of these colonies today are finding it difficult or impossible to advance much economically.
d. often resulted in violent revolt as colonies attempted to gain independence.
8. The Cold War
a.
was a period of time from the
end of WWI until the early 1970s when the
b.
ended with the
c.
resulted in the demise
(downfall) of the
d. created an equilibrium that balanced superpowers, and their allies, between each other.
9. At a convergent plate boundary
a. subduction zones are created when oceanic crust dives beneath continental crust.
b. trenches form as a result of heavier crust material dipping beneath lighter material.
c. tectonic plates move away from each other.
d. volcanoes form in trenches.
10. The Juan de Fuca plate
a. is moving in the same direction as the Pacific plate.
b.
is forming the
c. forms the transform boundary between the North American plate and the Pacific plate.
d. is subducting beneath the North American plate.
11. A Db climatic classification
a. has harsh winters.
b. has warm to hot summers.
c.
is found in large parts of
d. is the most common climatic classification in the southern hemisphere.
12. A tropical rain forest
a. is an evergreen forest.
b. has a minimum of 80” of precipitation per year.
c. has a dense shrub layer on the forest floor due to the high light amounts at the equator that reach the forest floor.
d. has no dry season.
13. The Gulf-Atlantic Coastal Plain
a. is composed mostly of hilly terrain.
b.
includes sizeable portions of
the
c. is the site of intense urban development.
d. has large coal reserves.
14.
The
a. is more hilly than the Gulf-Atlantic Coastal Plain.
b. is composed of rugged mountains that impede (stop) transportation across them.
c. is related to the Interior Highlands province in terms of geologic structure.
d. is as urban as the Gulf-Atlantic Coastal Plain.
1. ____________________________ What is one of the two major themes of your
textbook?
2. ____________________________ The general term that refers to the number of children a woman will bear during her lifetime.
3. ____________________________ The second-largest language family on earth.
4. ____________________________ The world’s largest religion.
5. ____________________________ The political philosophy of the former Soviet
6. ____________________________ The general term for a country that has an ethnically homogeneous population with a common history, language, religion, and values.
7. ____________________________
8. ____________________________ The type of
boundary exemplified by the
9. ____________________________ A period of time in the 1930s during which droughts in the US Great Plains resulted in large expanses of soil being terribly eroded by wind.
10. ____________________________ The proper term for vines found in tropical rain forests.
1. List three push factors (3 pts.)
a.
b.
c.
2. Diagram a population pyramid for a developed country and one for a less developed country, showing the difference between the two (3 pts.).
Developed Country: Less Developed Country
3. Pick one indicator of social development (note – I am definitely looking for indicators of social, not economic or political, development) and explain how that indicator is related to the level of economic development in a country. Five points.
4. Pick one consequence of global warming and explain how global warming will cause that consequence (2 pts.).
1. Diagram the demographic transition, showing and labeling the graph axes. Then below your graph, explain in words what happens and why in each phase (14 points, so do a good job!).
2. Explain what is meant by global warming and explain in terms of greenhouse gases what is causing it. Note: You must use a diagram here and you must explain what greenhouse gases are and where they come from. Ten points.
Part V. Map Work
1. On the attached Map A, draw in, highlight, and label each of the following (one point each)
a. the Gulf-Atlantic Coastal Plain
b.
the
c. the Cascade Mountain Range
d.
the
e.
the
f.
the
2. On Map B, locate and label each of the following using the number only. One point each.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
3. On Map C, locate and label each of the following using the number only. One point each.
6.
7.
8.
9.