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Geography Ch 1 Set 2
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1) Least Developed Countries (LDC)
A
tend to have a varied economy, not favoring one economic sector over another.
B
tend to rely heavily on primary economic activities.
C
tend to not have economies of any sort.
D
tend to rely heavily on secondary economic activities.
2) Worldwide, the literacy rate
A
has risen sharply since the early 1900s.
B
has been slowly falling since the end of WWII.
C
has remained steady over the last 150 years.
D
has erratically risen and fallen over the last few decades.
3) The Brandt Line
A
is the shortest path for sailing around the world.
B
shows that countries with high levels of natural resources tend to have more economic development than those without.
C
divides the world into a wealthy economic north and a poor economic south.
D
separates nations based on whether they are a former British colony.
4) Measures of development such as the Human Development Index, literacy rate, birth rate, and availability of healthcare
A
generally indicate the same countries as being developed or developing.
B
are completely uncorrelated.
C
are not real.
D
usually point in opposite directions as to whether a country is developed or not.
5) Plate tectonics
A
is a theory that the surface of the Earth is solid and in one piece.
B
is a method of creating dinnerware.
C
explains what happened to the dinosaurs.
D
explains how the continents move and why we have earthquakes and volcanoes.
6) Topography
A
tells us which layers of the Earth are on top of others.
B
is a method of creating spinning children's toys.
C
describes changes in elevation of the Earth's surface.
D
is similar to typography.
7) Climate
A
is an aggregation of weather observations.
B
taken over time, makes up weather.
C
has not changed since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
D
is constant over time.
8) The total population of the planet
A
is mostly rural in developed countries.
B
is evenly distributed across the continents.
C
is between seven and eight billion people.
D
rose sharply until about 1950, when it began falling.
9) Most of the world's population
A
travels I-4 each morning and afternoon.
B
lives in one of ten cities.
C
lives in Asia.
D
lives in polar regions.
10) A country's birth rate
A
is often lower than its death rate.
B
tends to decrease as it becomes more rural.
C
is defined as the number of live births per 1,000 people in a year.
D
tends to increase as its economy improves.
11) A country's rate of natural increase
A
is unrelated to its birth and death rates.
B
is positive if the death rate is higher than the birth rate.
C
includes population increases from immigration.
D
is calculated as its birth rate minus its death rate.
12) If a country has a total fertility rate of exactly two,
A
we know nothing about what its population will do.
B
its population will double.
C
its population will divide in two.
D
its population will remain steady.
13) In recent years, the country with the highest Total Fertility Rate has been
A
China.
B
Niger.
C
Brazil.
D
India.
14) The Demographic Transition Model
A
tells us about the political development of a culture.
B
describes a country's ethnic and racial development.
C
contemplates that birth rates will always increase.
D
describes how birth and death rates change and impact a country's population pyramid.
15) The Baby Boom generation
A
is larger than the one that came before it, but smaller than the one that came after it.
B
is smaller than the one that came before it, but larger than the one that came after it.
C
is smaller than the generation that came before it and the one that came after it.
D
is larger than the generation that came before it and the one that came after it.
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