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OBJECTIVE 2010 FINAL EXAM

OBJECTIVE 2010 FINAL EXAM. CHAPTER 1. 1. ____ is another word for longitude. A.Latitude B.Equator C.Meridian D.Parallel ANSWER is C. MERIDIAN. 2. Lines of latitude measure the distance north and south of the ____. A.prime meridian B.180° latitude C.90° latitude D.equator

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OBJECTIVE 2010 FINAL EXAM

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  1. OBJECTIVE 2010 FINAL EXAM

  2. CHAPTER 1

  3. 1. ____ is another word for longitude. • A.Latitude • B.Equator • C.Meridian • D.Parallel • ANSWER is C. MERIDIAN

  4. 2. Lines of latitude measure the distance north and south of the ____. • A.prime meridian • B.180° latitude • C.90° latitude • D.equator • Answer is: D.equator

  5. 3. ____ is not a part of the contiguous United States. • A.Texas • B.Alaska • C.Florida • D.Maine • Answer is: B.Alaska

  6. CHAPTER 2

  7. 1. The Moon orbits Earth every ____. • A.24 hours • B.30 days • C.29 1/2 days • D. 365 ¼ days • Answer is: C.29 1/2 days

  8. 2.Which area of Earth receives the most solar energy in a year? • a. the tropics • b. the polar regions • c. the Antarctic Circle • d. the middle latitudes • Answer is: a. the tropics

  9. 3. Earth's atmosphere is composed of about 78 percent of what gas? • a. carbon dioxide • b. Oxygen • c. water vapor • d. nitrogen • Answer is: d. nitrogen

  10. 4. What causes the tides on Earth? • a. the gravitational pull of the Sun, Earth, and Moon • b. the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon • c. Earth's tilt • d. Earth's revolution • Answer is: a. the gravitational pull of the Sun, Earth, and Moon

  11. 5. How many days are in a leap year? • A. 365 ½ • B. 365 ¼ • C. 365 • D. 366 • Answer is: D. 366

  12. 6. In which direction does Earth rotate? • a. north-to-south • b. east-to-west • c. west-to-east • d. south-to-north • Answer is: c. west-to-east

  13. CHAPTER 3

  14. 1. Where are the most diverse ecosystems found? • a. in dry climates • b. in tropical climates • c. in high latitude climates • d. in middle-latitude climates • Answer is: b. in tropical climates

  15. 2. Wind systems that reverse directions thereby causing wet and dry seasons are called _____. • a. hurricanes • b. monsoons • c. typhoons • d. Cyclones • Answer is: b. monsoons

  16. 3. Most temperate climates are located _____. • a. near the equator • b. by the oceans • c. in the middle latitudes • d. in the high latitudes • Answer is: c. in the middle latitudes

  17. 4. Mountains can influence climate through _____. • a. global warming • B. the greenhouse effect • c. humidity • d. the orographic effect • Answer is: d. the orographic effect

  18. 5. The condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place is called _____. • a. temperature • b. climate • c. weather • d. the greenhouse effect • Answer is: c. weather

  19. CHAPTER 4

  20. 1. The hydrologic cycle is driven by _____. • a. headwaters, tributaries, and watersheds • b. estuaries, wetlands, and groundwater • c. solar energy, winds, and gravity • d. condensation, precipitation, and evaporation • Answer is: c. solar energy, winds, and gravity

  21. 2. Where would you be most likely to find an alluvial fan? • a. near the base of a mountain • b. at the mouth of a river • c. where a river meets an aquifer • d. around a lake • Answer is: b. at the mouth of a river

  22. 3. What are the three processes that create landforms? • a. tectonic processes, erosion , and weathering • b. tectonic processes, erosion , and sediment • c. erosion, sediment, and weathering • d. sediment, tectonic processes, and weathering • Answer is: a. tectonic processes, erosion , and weathering

  23. 4. How is glacier ice built? • a. It is built when winter snows melt and freeze. • b. It is built when it picks up ice as it moves south. • c. It is built when it picks up ice as it sags and spreads. • d. It is built when winter snows do not melt the following summer. • Answer is: d. It is built when winter snows do not melt the following summer.

  24. 5. What agent of erosion only affects locations along a coastline? • a. water • b. wind • c. waves • d. solar energy • Answer is: c. waves

  25. CHAPTER 5

  26. 1. The belief in many gods is called _____. • a. an ethnic religion • b. polytheism • c. Islam • d. Monotheism • Answer is: b. polytheism

  27. 2. The spread of an idea or innovation through a society is a _____. • a. hierarchical diffusion • b. expansion diffusion • c. language diffusion • d. relocation diffusion • Answer is: b. expansion diffusion

  28. 3. The language with the most speakers is _____. • a. English • b. Spanish • c. Mandarin Chinese • d. Hindi • Answer is: c. Mandarin Chinese

  29. 4. Which of the following is not a common cause of culture change? • a. migration • b. homogeneity • c. trade • d. war • Answer is: b. homogeneity

  30. 5. About what percentage of the world's population lives in the Northern Hemisphere? • a. 48 percent • b. 65 percent • c. 90 percent • d. 10 percent • Answer is: c. 90 percent

  31. 6. The increase in connections between cultures around the world is called _____. • a. fundamentalism • b. ethnic diversity • c. globalization • d. Acculturation • Answer is: c. globalization

  32. 7. Which of the following factors is not reflected in population density? • a. size of population • b. political climate of country • c. size of country • d. environmental conditions • Answer is: b. political climate of country

  33. 8. Which of the following is not a culture trait? • a. use of utensils • b. alphabet • c. religious beliefs • d. physical health • Answer is d. physical health

  34. 9. The spread of new fashions from the big city to small towns is an example of _____. • A. relocation diffusion • B. hierarchical diffusion • C. acculturation • D. Innovation • Answer is: B. hierarchical diffusion

  35. 10. _____ is a movement in which people believe in strictly following certain established principles and teachings. • A. Monotheism • B. Culture • C. Fundamentalism • D. Globalization • Answer is: C. Fundamentalism

  36. 11. How is population density expressed? • A. persons per square mile • B. land area divided by population • C. death rate minus birthrate • D. birthrate minus migration • Answer is: A. persons per square mile

  37. 12. About 50 percent of the world's people speak a(n) _____ language. • A. Indo-European • B. Romance • C. Sino-Tibetan • d. Germanic • Answer is: A. Indo-European

  38. 13. The English language can be traced to primarily what language? • A. Hebrew • B. Anglo-Saxon • C. Latin • D. Russian • Answer is: B. Anglo-Saxon

  39. 14. Islamic houses of worship are called _____. • A. mosques • B. Mecca • C. temples • D. Cathedrals • Answer is: A. mosques

  40. 15. Which of the following religions is not an ethnic religion? • A. Hinduism • B. Shintoism • C. Catholicism • D. Taoism • Answer is: C. Catholicism

  41. 16. Which type of religion is currently experiencing rapid growth? • A. animist religions • B. polytheistic religions • C. ethnic religions • D. universalizing religions • Answer is: D. universalizing religions

  42. CHAPTER 6

  43. 1. Which of the following countries is a developing country? • A. Mali • B. Australia • C. Japan • D. France • Answer is: A. Mali

  44. 2. Which country has a totalitarian form of government? • A. Russia • B. Great Britain • C. Mexico • D. Cuba • Answer is: D. Cuba

  45. 3. Clusters of concentrated development on the perimeter highways of an urban area are called _____. • A. edge cities • B. world cities • C. urban land use zones • D. central business districts • Answer is: A. edge cities

  46. 4. Which of the following factors is not a measure of development? • a. gross national product • B. population • C. literacy rate • D. Industrialization • Answer is: B. population

  47. 5. The most basic economic system is a _____ economy. • a. market • B. command • C. subsistence • D. free enterprise • Answer is: C. subsistence

  48. 6. The most important centers for economic power and wealth are _____. • A. central business districts • B. world cities • C. edge cities • D. Agribusinesses • Answer is: B. world cities

  49. 7. Which of the following is a characteristic of agribusiness? • A. huge specialized farms • B. government-owned farms • C. farms owned by individual families • D. farms that produce many types of crops • Answer is: A. huge specialized farms

  50. 8. Where would you be least likely to find subsistence farms? • A. Africa • B. Europe • C. South America • D. Asia • Answer is: B. Europe

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