WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY 1102
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which statement describes the climate changes typically associated with an El Niño
event in the western Pacific (Oceania)?
Ocean temperatures cool down, which results in more cloud cover and rain.
Ocean temperatures warm up, which results in more cloud cover and rain.
Ocean temperatures cool down, which results in less cloud cover and rain.
Ocean temperatures warm up, which results in less cloud cover and rain. - Answer-
Ocean temperatures cool down, which results in less cloud cover and rain.
Urban centers are located in both the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
True
False - Answer-False
Which of the following statements is incorrect about the Dust Bowl?
Wind blew away the arid topsoil in such amounts that growing crops become
impossible which is why America's Breadbasket became called the Dust Bowl.
Farmers left the Dust Bowl and migrated from the Great Plains to the Pacific
Northwest and California.
The Dust Bowl happened at the same time as WWII.
The Dust Bowl occurred after ten years of drought. - Answer-The Dust Bowl
happened at the same time as WWII.
Which of the following states touch one of the Great Lakes?
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
New Jersey
,Ohio
Minnesota
Iowa
New York - Answer-All of them (I put all buy New Jersey and Iowa and was correct)
The trend of movement of people southward in the United States is called ________.
sunbelt migration
counterurbanization
rural to urban migration
concentric zone model - Answer-counterurbanization
Puerto Rico and Hawaii are both island territories of the United States located in the
Pacific Ocean
True
False - Answer-False
What is another name for the core (often skyscrapers) at the center of the concentric
zone model of urban development?
central business district
gentrification
urban center
zone of business - Answer-central business district
Mendota, a town in California's Central Valley, is known for which of the following
industries?
technology
mining
service
agriculture - Answer-agriculture
By reversing the flow of the Chicago River, the city of Chicago is now sending its
wastewater to which water body?
,Lake Michigan
Hudson River
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean - Answer-Gulf of Mexico
The Marshall Islands located near Australia were once a territory of the United
States.
True
False - Answer-True
The first colonies in the Southwest were founded and inhabited by people from which
country?
Canada
Mexico
France
the Netherlands - Answer-Mexico
Which of the following patterns of movement has not been common for North
Americans?
African American movement for freedom and opportunity
from the United States to Latin America
rural to urban migration
Westward expansion - Answer-from the United States to Latin America
The North American Free Trade Agreement:
went into effect in the year 2000
includes Central America
includes only the United States, Canada, and Mexico
makes North America the largest trading bloc in the world
was disbanded in 2007 - Answer-includes only the United States, Canada, and
Mexico
, Which of the following mountain chains is the oldest, and hence the most eroded?
Canadian Rockies
Sierra Madres
American Rockies
Appalachian - Answer-Appalachian
Which of the following is not an example of the impact of globalization on culture in
the United States?
introduction of country music
Chinese restaurants
Japanese comics
outsourcing of communication service jobs to India - Answer-introduction of country
music
What process resulted in the formation of the North American central lowland that
lies in between the two major mountain ranges of the continent?
Earthquakes opened and flattened what was once a mountainous area.
Material that erodes from the Rocky Mountains has been deposited by wind, rain,
and rivers.
Early European settlers cleared and flattened a hilly landscape so that they could
more easily farm the area.
A colossal volcanic eruption split North America in half, and the central lowland, once
an intercontinental sea, was filled in by glacial activity. - Answer-Material that erodes
from the Rocky Mountains has been deposited by wind, rain, and rivers.
A unique form of rural settlement developed in French Canada is called:
township and range
village-centered agriculture
the outer city
long lots
ethanol farming - Answer-long lots
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
Which statement describes the climate changes typically associated with an El Niño
event in the western Pacific (Oceania)?
Ocean temperatures cool down, which results in more cloud cover and rain.
Ocean temperatures warm up, which results in more cloud cover and rain.
Ocean temperatures cool down, which results in less cloud cover and rain.
Ocean temperatures warm up, which results in less cloud cover and rain. - Answer-
Ocean temperatures cool down, which results in less cloud cover and rain.
Urban centers are located in both the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
True
False - Answer-False
Which of the following statements is incorrect about the Dust Bowl?
Wind blew away the arid topsoil in such amounts that growing crops become
impossible which is why America's Breadbasket became called the Dust Bowl.
Farmers left the Dust Bowl and migrated from the Great Plains to the Pacific
Northwest and California.
The Dust Bowl happened at the same time as WWII.
The Dust Bowl occurred after ten years of drought. - Answer-The Dust Bowl
happened at the same time as WWII.
Which of the following states touch one of the Great Lakes?
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
New Jersey
,Ohio
Minnesota
Iowa
New York - Answer-All of them (I put all buy New Jersey and Iowa and was correct)
The trend of movement of people southward in the United States is called ________.
sunbelt migration
counterurbanization
rural to urban migration
concentric zone model - Answer-counterurbanization
Puerto Rico and Hawaii are both island territories of the United States located in the
Pacific Ocean
True
False - Answer-False
What is another name for the core (often skyscrapers) at the center of the concentric
zone model of urban development?
central business district
gentrification
urban center
zone of business - Answer-central business district
Mendota, a town in California's Central Valley, is known for which of the following
industries?
technology
mining
service
agriculture - Answer-agriculture
By reversing the flow of the Chicago River, the city of Chicago is now sending its
wastewater to which water body?
,Lake Michigan
Hudson River
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean - Answer-Gulf of Mexico
The Marshall Islands located near Australia were once a territory of the United
States.
True
False - Answer-True
The first colonies in the Southwest were founded and inhabited by people from which
country?
Canada
Mexico
France
the Netherlands - Answer-Mexico
Which of the following patterns of movement has not been common for North
Americans?
African American movement for freedom and opportunity
from the United States to Latin America
rural to urban migration
Westward expansion - Answer-from the United States to Latin America
The North American Free Trade Agreement:
went into effect in the year 2000
includes Central America
includes only the United States, Canada, and Mexico
makes North America the largest trading bloc in the world
was disbanded in 2007 - Answer-includes only the United States, Canada, and
Mexico
, Which of the following mountain chains is the oldest, and hence the most eroded?
Canadian Rockies
Sierra Madres
American Rockies
Appalachian - Answer-Appalachian
Which of the following is not an example of the impact of globalization on culture in
the United States?
introduction of country music
Chinese restaurants
Japanese comics
outsourcing of communication service jobs to India - Answer-introduction of country
music
What process resulted in the formation of the North American central lowland that
lies in between the two major mountain ranges of the continent?
Earthquakes opened and flattened what was once a mountainous area.
Material that erodes from the Rocky Mountains has been deposited by wind, rain,
and rivers.
Early European settlers cleared and flattened a hilly landscape so that they could
more easily farm the area.
A colossal volcanic eruption split North America in half, and the central lowland, once
an intercontinental sea, was filled in by glacial activity. - Answer-Material that erodes
from the Rocky Mountains has been deposited by wind, rain, and rivers.
A unique form of rural settlement developed in French Canada is called:
township and range
village-centered agriculture
the outer city
long lots
ethanol farming - Answer-long lots
