Ch. 11 Test Cultural Geography
Some questions may require you to look at a graph or map. These are located in the Global/Mr. Pickney Geography folder by chapter number.
Each of these have the appropriate national standard for geography for that question listed at the bottom
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What type of crop is grown along the Amazon?
- A.
Coffee
- B.
Cacao
- C.
Corn
- D.
Sugar cane
Correct Answer
B. CacaoExplanation
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- 2.
What type of land is located in western Brazil?
- A.
Grazing land
- B.
Cultivated land
- C.
Industrial land
- D.
Forest land
Correct Answer
D. Forest landExplanation
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- 3.
In which land area would you live if you raised cattle?
- A.
Grazing land
- B.
Forest land
- C.
Cultivated land
- D.
Industrial areas
Correct Answer
A. Grazing landExplanation
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- 4.
What is exchanged in a debt-for-nature swap?
- A.
Payment of debt for protection of part of the rain forest
- B.
Money for products
- C.
Timber for farmland
- D.
Oxygen for carbon dioxide
Correct Answer
A. Payment of debt for protection of part of the rain forestExplanation
NGS 5A.2 Explain why regions once characterized by one set of criteria may be defined by a different set of criteria today (e.g., the Caribbean Basins transition from a major sugarcane and hemp producer to a center for tourism, New Englands gradual conversion from a region of small textile mills and shoe factories in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to one of high-technology industries in the 1980s and 1990s)
NGS 18D.3 Examine tourism in a developed or a developing country to identify conflicts over resource use, the relative advantages and disadvantages of tourism to local resident and the costs and benefits of tourism from several points of view (e.g., those of the owner of a diving shop, a hotel maid, a tourist, and a local fisherman) to put together a position paper for or against developing tourism in a new location,Rate this question:
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- 5.
Which of the following is NOT an aspect of global warming?
- A.
Buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
- B.
Increase in temperatures
- C.
Decrease in temperatures
- D.
Climate changes
Correct Answer
C. Decrease in temperaturesExplanation
NGS 8C.3 Evaluate the long-term effects of the human modification of ecosystems (e.g., how acid rain resulting from air pollution affects water bodies and forests and how depletion of the atmospheres ozone layer through the use of chemicals may affect the health of humans)
NGS 14.0 How human actions modify the physical environment
NGS 14A.2 Analyze the role of people in decreasing the diversity of flora and fauna in a region (e.g., the impact of acid rain on rivers and forests in southern Ontario, the effects of toxic dumping on ocean ecosystems, the effects of overfishing along the coast of northeastern North America or the Philippine archipelago)Rate this question:
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- 6.
Which of the following have contributed to the deforestation of the Amazon rain forest?
- A.
Demand for hardwoods such as mahogany and cedar
- B.
Clearing of land for farming
- C.
Clearing of forest for cattle to graze
- D.
All of the above
Correct Answer
D. All of the aboveExplanation
NGS 8C.3 Evaluate the long-term effects of the human modification of ecosystems (e.g., how acid rain resulting from air pollution affects water bodies and forests and how depletion of the atmospheres ozone layer through the use of chemicals may affect the health of humans)
NGS 14.2 The significance of the global impacts of human modification of the physial environment
NGS 14B.3 Examine the characteristics of major global environmental changes and assess whether the changes are a result of human action, natural causes, or a conmbination of both factors (e.g., increases in world temperatures attributable to major global action, the link between changes in solar emissions and amounts of volcanic dust
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- 7.
What is the most important reason that many Latin American citizens are unable to take advantage of the free-market economy?
- A.
They live in crowded cities
- B.
They lack education and cannot get meaningful jobs.
- C.
They live in rural areas.
- D.
They have many diseases
Correct Answer
B. They lack education and cannot get meaningful jobs.Explanation
NGS 4C Explain how social, cultural, and economic processes shape the features of places, as exemplified by being able toRate this question:
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- 8.
Which of the following best describes the form of government known as an oligarchy?
- A.
Government by a few powerful rulers
- B.
A government based on constitutional freedoms
- C.
An opposition government
- D.
A Spanish government
Correct Answer
A. Government by a few powerful rulersExplanation
NGS 13A.1 Explain how cooperation and/or conflict can lead to the allocation of control of Earths surface (e.g., the formation and delineation of regional planning districts, regional school districts, countries, free-trade zones)Rate this question:
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- 9.
Which of the following is the goal of land reform?
- A.
To support growing cities
- B.
To reduce inflation
- C.
To divide land and wealth more fairly
- D.
To end military leadership in government
Correct Answer
C. To divide land and wealth more fairlyExplanation
NGS 13A.1 Explain how cooperation and/or conflict can lead to the allocation of control of Earths surface (e.g., the formation and delineation of regional planning districts, regional school districts, countries, free-trade zones)Rate this question:
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- 10.
Which term describes a government under harsh, military leadership?
- A.
Junta
- B.
Democracy
- C.
Oligarchy
- D.
Caudillo
Correct Answer
A. JuntaExplanation
NGS 13A.1 Explain how cooperation and/or conflict can lead to the allocation of control of Earths surface (e.g., the formation and delineation of regional planning districts, regional school districts, countries, free-trade zones)Rate this question:
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- 11.
If you wanted to inspect the sugar cane, to what land area would you go?
- A.
Forest land
- B.
Industrial areas
- C.
Grazing land
- D.
Cultivated land
Correct Answer
D. Cultivated landExplanation
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- 12.
Where are the industrial areas located on this map?
- A.
Northern forest lands
- B.
Southern agriculture lands
- C.
Near cities
- D.
Western forest lands
Correct Answer
C. Near citiesExplanation
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