GR100 Introduction of Geography
Fall 2003
Midterm #1
October 2nd (15 marks)
The correct answers appear in bold and italisized font. Questions 10, 20, 23 were not marked. Those who chose the proper answer were given bonus marks.
1) What is physical geography?
A) the study of the earth's surface (this is Geology)
B) the study of the earth's processes (this is Geology)
C) the study of landform and climate and their interaction with humans
D) the study of the earth's surface and its interaction with humans (this is Geology)
E) the study of the earth's processes and their influence on humans (this is Geology)
2) What is most important in defining geographic regions?
A) scale
B) differences
C) similarities
D) physical and cultural attributes
E) all of the above
3) How are music and culture related?
A) music contributes to culture
B) music is a vehicle to express culture
C) there is no relationship
D) culture dictates musical form
E) culture aggravates musical expression
4) What is the main origin of legal immigrants to the US today?
A) Mexico
B) the Caribbean
C) India
D) East Asia
E) Canada
5) How is the drought in the western US related to snow?
A) less snow means poorer winter recreation, resulting in less economic stimulus
B) less snow means poorer recreational conditions
C) more snow means an improved winter economic lessening the impact of drought
D) more snow reduces the stress on water resources
E) more snow increases the stress on water resources through more complexity in management
6) Which North American region is most unique?
A) Quebec
B) Alaska
C) Southern California and the Southwest
D) American South
E) Old Economic Core
7) Tourism numbers between the United Stated and Canada is:
A) unimportant to the economy
B) unknown
C) roughly equal
D) twice as much to Canada than to the US
E) twice as much to the US than to Canada
8) Which of the following is true? The New World culture is becoming:
A) more homogeneous due to exposure to different cultures
B) more heterogeneous due to greater variation in origin of immigrants
C) more heterogeneous due to the internet
D) both A) and C)
E) both A) and B)
9) North America has all the world’s climatic zones except:
A) desert
B) steppe
C) wet tropical
D) mediterranean
E) high altitude
(QUESTION UNCLEAR - NOT MARKED): 10) What is the annual economics associated with water resources in the western US?
A) $300 million
B) $300 billion (BONUS MARK)
C) $3 million
D) $3 trillion
E) $3 thousand
11) What is regional geography?
A) the study of regionality of climate and people
B) the study of geography isolated to a specific area or region
C) the study of individual countries
D) the study of human geography
E) A) and B)
12) Which is not a direct problem in today’s world?
A) urbanization
B) pollution
C) disease
D) water
E) conflict
13) Religion is a cultural marker that:
A) has become irrelevant in modern times
B) has been influenced by language
C) has been influenced by history
D) has not been related to politics
E) is not yet available on the internet
14) What is the economy?
A) the net gross of the production and services of a country
B) the total monetary value of all goods and services officially recognized as produced in a country during a given year
C) what people use to make a living
D) how people interact with their environment as they go about earning a living
E) the forum that people use to make a living
15) Which resource is becoming most important in the United States?
A) extraction
B) production
C) exchange
D) information
E) economics
16) What is the GDP?
A) the net gross of the production and services of a country
B) the total monetary value of all goods and services officially recognized as produced in a country during a given year
C) what people use to make a living
D) how people interact with their environment as they go about earning a living
E) the forum that people use to make a living
17) Which of the following does the World Bank not do?
A) helps enable free trade
B) gives loans to countries for development
C) subsidize the world trade organization
D) support the world trade organization
E) require economic reorganization in some instances
18) Which is not a factor in standardizing measures of well-being?
A) what people can buy with what they earn
B) the area of the country
C) data on health and education
D) access to basic literacy and health care
E) what the currency equivalent of US $1 will buy
19) The rate of natural increase is
A) the birth rate divided by the death rate
B) the birth rate minus by the death rate
C) the birth rate multiplied by the death rate
D) the birth rate added to the death rate
E) net rate of migration
(QUESTION NOT MARKED): 20) There are more Canadian women over the age of 80 than between 75 and 79 because:
A) a good health care system
B) longer average life span
C) increased female life span
D) less men
E) all of the above (BONUS MARK)
21) Scale is:
A) how big or small something is
B) an instrument to measure mass
C) an instrument to measure weight
D) the magnitude of dimensions
E) the size of a map
22) Mexico may not be grouped with the North American region because:
A) it is too far south
B) it has a different climate
C) it has a different cultural root
D) it is not as economically prosperous
E) it may have a link to illegal trade
(QUESTION NOT MARKED): 23) North American native populations have been:
A) used to build the national railways
B) nomadic throughout their history
C) always lived in poverty
D) almost decimated in population
E) lately given more self-governance (BONUS MARK)
24) Northern colonies initially started with:
A) small farms
B) fur and timber trade
C) manufacturing
D) fishing
E) trade
25) Which of the following is true?
A) Canada is dependent upon the US
B) the US is dependent upon Canada
C) there is a large interdependence between the US and Canada
D) the US and Canada are primarily dependent upon other nations
E) Canada is dependent upon England
26) Urban sprawl is:
A) the influence of different policies on development
B) the encroachment of suburbs on agricultural lands
C) the development of transportation systems throughout urban areas
D) the lack of development of transportation systems throughout urban areas
E) the relationship between urban policies and development
27) Loss of habitat is an environmental concern because:
A) it threatens animals homes
B) wetlands are being destroyed
C) plants communities are being threatened
D) it reduces the extent of green space
E) all of the above
28) Sublimation is not:
A) freezer burn
B) the loss of snow from the snowpack to the atmosphere
C) the loss of snow in the trees to the atmosphere
D) the evaporation of water from the snowpack
E) the transfer from solid to vapour phase
29) Which of the following drives the hydrologic cycle?
A) heat from the sun causing evaporation
B) melting of the snowpack
C) rainfall and snowfall
D) river runoff
E) infiltration
30) What is a part of culture?
A) history
B) tradition
C) language
D) the arts
E) all of the above
Department of Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship
College of Natural Resources
Colorado State University