Program 1 - One Earth, Many Scales

1. Approximately how much of the earth's surface is covered by water?

1. 1/3
2. 1/2               
3. 2/3
4. 3/4

2.  Most volcanoes:

1. are found in desert regions
2. are bound in tropical regions
3. are found on continental landmasses
4. are found on the edges of tectonic plates

3. The USA consumes ___________ of the world's energy.

1. 5%
2. 25%
3. 50%
4. 65%

4. The Aral Sea is becoming:

1. cooler
2. larger
3. smaller
4. warmer

5. What is "one of the most important tools" for studying world regional geography?

1. changing scales from global to local
2. creating maps
3. speaking multiple languages
4. interacting with local officials for problem solving

6. The growing interdependence of the world's peoples and cultures is termed:

1. integration
2. globalization
3. localization
4. capitalism

Program 2 - Boundaries and Borderlands

7. Where do many of the Campestre residents work as managers?

1. maquiladoras
2. squatter settlements
3. communal farm
4. fincas

8. What is Ciudad Juarez's twin city in the United States?

1. Albuquerque, NM
2. Phoenix, AZ
3. Laredo, TX
4. El Paso, TX

9. What job did Concha Martinez finally take after being caught in America smuggling cigarettes?

1. prostitute
2. factory worker
3. farm hand
4. security guard

10. El Paso's population is approximately ____% Hispanic.

1. 35
2. 50
3. 75
4. 90

11. The US Border Patrol's "get tough right at the border" policy is called:

1. Don't Come Through
2. Get Tough Now
3. Lessen the Loop
4. Operation Hold the Line

UNIT 2: Europe (Programs 3-6)

Program 3 - Supranationalism and Devolution

12. Strasbourg is located in what region?

1. Alsace
2. Lorraine
3. Ruhr
4. Westphalia

13. What is NOT located in Strasbourg?

1. capital of Alsace
2. Council of Europe
3. European Union Parliament
4. NATO

14. The idea in which a group of states organize to promote shared political, economic, and/or cultural objectives is called:

1. supranationalism
2. devolution
3. consolidation
4. geographic dependency

15. What serves as the boundary between the Czech Republic and Slovakia?

1. ancient boundary between Czech and Slovak Republics
2. ancient boundary between Bohemia and Moravia
3. Danube River
4. Rhine River

16. Hungarians constitute how much of Slovakia's population?

1. 10%
2. 20%
3. 35%
4. 50%

Program 4 - East Looks West

17. The Berlin Wall created:

1. East and West Berlin
2. North and South Berlin
3. a unified capital of Germany
4. none of these

18. What is Berlin's poorest neighborhood?

1. Federal Strip
2. Kreuzberg
3. Ku'damm
4. Potsdamer Platz

19. What is the Reichstag?

1. capitol building
2. legislative body
3. major boulevard
4. military group

20. How many Poles, according to surveys, feel life is harder under capitalism than communism?

1. 30%
2. 45%
3. 55%
4. 70%

21. What is a barrier to the diffusion of democracy in Poland's rural areas?

1. isolated location
2. high unemployment
3. lack of technology
4. all of the above

Program 5 - Transforming the Industrial Heartland

22. What was the cause of Liverpool's economic decline?

1. high wages and emigration exceeding immigration
2. labor shortage and immigration quotas
3. loss of EU membership and EU trade sanctions
4. marginal/peripheral location and container shipping

23. Liverpool is now a center for:

1. golf apparel companies and BMW production
2. golf equipment manufacturers and Volvo production
3. marine research and  Rolls Royce production
4. video game companies and Jaguar production

24. The world's largest port is:

1. Amsterdam
2. Green Heart
3. Randstad
4. Rotterdam

25. Randstad means:

1. center city
2. edge city
3. green city
4. huge city

26. What is the TGV, which threatened the "Green Heart"?

1. bridge
2. canal
3. rail line
4. highway

Program 6 - Challenges in the Hinterlands

27. The main hindrance to development in Andalucia appears to be:

1. its limited water supply
2. its limited highway network
3. its marginal location
4. its unskilled workforce

28. Two decades ago, what was changed about Andalucia's desert coastline?

1. a resort for tourists, exacerbating the influx of foreign currency
2. greenhouse farming, strengthening the agricultural economy
3. an intricate road network, assisting transportation links
4. an industrial complex, adding jobs to the manufacturing sector

29. Why did the Gillette factory leave Andalucia?

1. cheaper labor elsewhere
2. chronic water shortages
3. labor shortages
4. its location was too peripheral, too marginal

30. Oil is to Saudi Arabia, as _________ is to Iceland.

1. coal (primarily bituminous)
2. bauxite (for aluminum production)
3. seals (primarily for their fur)
4. fish (primarily cod)

31. Iceland lies near the Arctic Circle yet has a marine climate. What is responsible for its surprisingly mild climate?

1. geothermal activity
2. low elevation
3. volcanic activity
4. warm sea current

32. Iceland's population has seen a:

1. high mortality rate
2. high influx of foreigners
3. rural to urban migration pattern
4. urban to rural migration pattern

UNIT 3: Russia and Neighboring Countries (Programs 7 & 8)

Program 7 - Northwest Contrast

33. How long was Russia (i.e. the USSR) run by the communists?

1. 70 years
2. 130 years
3. 28 years
4. 55 years

34. Why is the typical Russian apartment so small?

1. extremely high building material costs
2. extremely high utility costs
3. Soviet government regulated ratio of apartments to detached dwellings
4. Soviet government regulated living space per person

35. Who are the "new Russians"?

1. people who are in the trade sector, new entrepreneurs
2. recent migrants from abroad, immigrants
3. people who are part of the restructured agricultural sector, farmers
4. individuals who operate the newly developed Russian stock market

36. Where is Russia's black earth zone?

1. in the Vologda region
2. east of the Vologda region
3. south of the Vologda region
4. west of the Vologda region

37. What is the most difficult task for adapting farms to market conditions?

1. making the soil more fertile, thus boosting profits
2. the "mental transition" to a free-market philosophy
3. gaining investment in irrigation projects
4. competing with inexpensive exports from neighboring countries

Program 8 - Holding the Hinterlands

38. The word Caucasian is derived from a:

1. desert region
2. mountain range
3. river
4. steppe grassland

39. Most Dagestanis are:

1. Catholic
2. Jewish
3. Muslim
4. Protestant

40. Which of the following is NOT an example of devolution, or centrifugal forces?

1. language
2. religion
3. clustered villages
4. large distances

41. In 1994 the per capita income in Dagestan was:

1. $49 per person
2. $550 per person
3. $1205 per person
4. $3635 per person

42. What is the significance of Lake Baikal?

1. it's the world's deepest lake
2. it's the world's largest lake
3. it's the world's most northerly unfrozen lake
4. none of these

43. What is the TPK?

1. a canal
2. an industrial complex
3. a railroad
4. a Russian planning agency

UNIT 10: North America (Programs 24 - 26)

Program 24 - Cityscapes, Suburban Sprawl

44. Funding to revitalize Boston's empowerment zone comes from:

1. federal sources
2. local sources
3. state sources
4. all of these

45. What is NOT a result of the empowerment zone's revitalization?

1. airport expansion
2. bus station remodeling
3. construction of seafood processing company
4. government center remodeling

46. Sears is headquartered in:

1. a Chicago suburb
2. a St. Louis suburb
3. the Dominion Tower
4. the Sears Tower

47. Many employers have left the central business district because:

1. of labor shortages in the CBD
2. they no longer need a CBD location to prosper
3. of new zoning restrictions in the CBD
4. none of these

48. GIS stands for:

1. geographic information system
2. geographic inventory system
3. geologic information system
4. geologic inventory system

49. On a national scale, farmlands in ____________ are particularly threatened by suburban sprawl.

1. Arizona and New Mexico
2. California and Florida
3. Louisiana and Texas
4. Michigan and Indiana

Program 25 - Ethnic Fragmentation in Canada

50. Why did migration to Vancouver, British Columbia from Hong Kong, China peak just before 1997?

1. Hong Kong was in severe economic crisis
2. Hong Kong was to be absorbed into China
3. a typhoon devastated Hong Kong at that time
4. Vancouver was to join NAFTA in 1997

51. The housing conflict between the Asian migrants and the Vancouver old-timers was resolved through

1. design code changes
2. federal intervention
3. provincial intervention
4. quotas on large-scale homes

52. British Columbia's leading trading partner is currently:

1. China
2. Hong Kong
3. Taiwan
4. USA

53. What are the Quebecois doing to address the influx of immigrants to Quebec?

1. offering money to migrant families to have more than two children
2. offering money to migrant families to be assimilated into French-speaking culture
3. offering money to migrant families to move to Ontario
4. passing legislation to restrict migration through a staggered quota system after 2004

54. How did the allophones vote in the referendum?

1. "Yes" to separation
2. "No" to separation
3. "Undecided" to separation
4. "Yes" to more immigration

Program 26 - Regions and Economies

55. The Umatilla River flows into what river?

1. Columbia
2. John Day
3. Snake
4. Willamette

56. Most of the Umatilla Valley potatoes end up as:

1. cattle feed
2. hog feed
3. McDonald's French fries
4. Wendy's French fries

57.What is in the rain shadow of the Cascade Range?

1. eastern Oregon
2. Portland
3. Seattle
4. western Washington

58. The Lean Production System is based on the system of what automaker?

1. Honda
2. Mazda
3. Nissan
4. Toyota

59. In what US region are most Japanese automakers located?

1. Midwest
2. Northeast
3. Southeast
4. West Coast

60. The Just-In-Time production control system takes its cues from:

1. beginning of the assembly line workers
2. end of the assembly line workers
3. middle management
4. production control purchasing agents

61. Why are profits reduced through the Lean Production system?

1. distribution costs become too high
2. labor costs become too high
3. middle management costs become too high
4. quality becomes too high