GEO 101 Introduction to Geography Multiple Choice Questions Chapters 11 - 13

1. Renewable resources are materials that

a. have a renewal cycle of hundreds of years
b. can be both used and restored or replenished after use
c. can satisfy future as well as present demands
d. are accessible, highly concentrated, and close to markets
2. Vast quantities of oil, enough to supply domestic needs for another century, are contained in U.S. deposits of

a. biomass
b. crude oil
c. oil shale
d. uranium
3. Nonrenewable resources

a. are scarce
b. may become renewable resources as a result of technological advances
c. exist only in finite amounts
d. are price controlled
4. Most petroleum is used for

a. tars
b. plastics
c. waxes
d. fuels
5. Mineral deposits are the result of

a. geological processes
b. competitive market forces
c. planned allocation of government resources
d. cultural assessment of what constitutes a useful material
6. The Industrial Revolution was characterized by the

a. shift from renewable energy to fossil fuels
b. invention of the internal combustion engine
c. use of electricity to power trains and streetcars
d. efficient use of metallic minerals for the first time in human history
7. Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable resource?

a. iron ore
b. forests
c. water power
d. fish
8. Coal gasification and liquefaction are conversion techniques for producing

a. hydropower
b. synthetic fuels
c. relict fuels
d. tar sands
9. Electricity generated from heat energy beneath the earth’s surface is called

a. hydroelectric power
b. geothermal power
c. tidal power
d. biomass power
10. The selective breeding of fish in freshwater bodies or coastal bays is called

a. horticulture
b. sericulture
c. monoculture
d. aquaculture
11. Threshold refers to

a. the number of people in a central place
b. the minimum number of consumers necessary for the supply of a product or service
c. the number of people in a hinterland region
d. the population of a central place
12. Economic base analysis is used to

a. study the economic structure of a city
b. determine the threshold of a good
c. estimate the interaction between city systems
d. calculate taxable income of a city
13. Which of the following statements regarding basic and nonbasic activities is true?

a. manufacturing is a nonbasic activity
b. basic activities must occur in the central business district
c. nonbasic activities are heavily dependent upon rail and barge transportation
d. basic activities bring in money from outside the town
14. Population density in U.S. central cities is

a. greatest at the center and gradually decreases toward the suburbs
b. gradually increases from the center to the suburbs
c. low at the center, highest in the zone just outside the center, and decreases gradually toward the suburbs
d. relatively uniform and related to the economic base
15. Social areas of large, complex American cities show residential segregation based upon

a. social status, income status, and ethnicity
b. income status, family status, and ethnicity
c. socioethnic status, income status, and family status
d. social status, family status, and ethnicity
16. The rank-size rules tells us that the second largest urban area in a region will be _______ the size of the largest urban area.

a. one-quarter
b. one-half
c. one-eighth
d. twice
17. The continuously built-up landscape with no reference to the political boundaries that limit the legal city of which it is the extension is called the

a. central city
b. urbanized area
c. Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
d. metropolitan area
18. Which one of the following types of workers is most representative of a basic worker?

a. city government official
b. grocery store clerk
c. steel worker
d. subway conductor
19. The main shopping and financial heart of a city is called the

a. concentric zones
b. Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
c. central business district
d. point of accessibility
20. The movement of middle-class people to deteriorated portions of the inner city is called

a. displacement
b. exurbanization
c. gentrification
d. homelessness
21. Megalopolis is the term used to describe

a. a huge metropolitan area such as New York
b. a coalescence of several metropolitan areas
c. a new city mainly of suburban character, such as Los Angeles
d. an ancient city of Greece having many of the characteristics of present-day cities
22. Land use types, in order of increasing land values per unit of land, are

a. residential, commercial, agricultural
b. commercial, industrial, and residential
c. agricultural, residential, and commercial
d. residential, agricultural, and commercial
23. A city has a total of 100,000 workers, with 50,000 engaged in nonbasic activities. What is the basic/nonbasic ratio?

a. 1 : 1
b. 1 : 2
c. 2 : 1
d. 1 : 1.5
24. According to Christaller’s model of central places, towns are surrounded by

a. circular shaped trade areas
b. square shaped trade areas
c. pentagonal shaped trade areas
d. hexagonal shaped trade areas
25. Central place theory is concerned with

a. the relation between site and topographic features
b. the location, size, and spacing of population centers
c. the land use of major metropolitan areas
d. land uses in central areas of cities
26. Which of the urban areas is largest in population size?

a. urbanized area
b. metropolitan area
c. suburbs
d. central city
27. Manufacturing cities in the United States are most heavily concentrated in the

a. Northeastern quarter
b. West
c. South
d. Great Plains
28. World cities are noted for their

a. nationally prominent financial activities
b. control over international production and marketing
c. place at the top of high density metropolitan areas
d. economic and social complexity
29. The three most dominant world cities are

a. New York, Paris, Shanghai
b. Tokyo, London, Singapore
c. London, Tokyo, New York
d. Los Angeles, Tokyo, Berlin
30. Regions have in common all of the following characteristics EXCEPT

a. relative location
b. derived location
c. spatial extent
d. boundaries
31. Culture realms are best described as

a. mixed central regions
b. multifactor regions
c. static interaction regions
d. structural ethnic regions
32. Formal regions are

a. legally defined
b. areas of essential physical or cultural uniformity
c. bounded by distinct landscape changes or features
d. named to reflect their relative or absolute locations
33. Functional regions are

a. dynamic and organizational
b. static and structural
c. marked by political boundaries
d. have internal uniformity but no defined boundaries
34. The ecosystem approach to regional geography is an example of

a. controlled empirical analysis
b. dichotomous structural analysis
c. spatial systems analysis
d. area congregate analysis
35. In the locational tradition of geography, the central regional concern is with the distribution of

a. natural features
b. ethnicity and the ideological subsystems of culture
c. human activities and resources
d. political units and the control of territory
36. Geographers define and describe regions in order to

a. explain the forces of nature
b. outline areas of political and social concerns
c. organize spatial data
d. prepare maps for books and atlases
37. The nation-state is an example of a

a. formal cultural region
b. functional region
c. hierarchical construct
d. subsequent region
38. All of the following features are common to all regions EXCEPT

a. location
b. spatial extent
c. symmetry
d. boundaries
39. Functional regions

a. have no boundaries
b. are multifactor formal regions
c. display uniformity of characteristics
d. are defined by interactions
40. Formal regions are

a. usually expressed in the form of urban regions
b. areas of basically physical or cultural uniformity
c. always legally defined
d. are seldom used by geographers
41. A cultural realm is always made up of many

a. cultural regions
b. buffer zones
c. culture hearths
d. perforated states
42. The least sharply defined region is a

a. political region
b. landform region
c. nation state
d. mineral resource region