GEOG 101 Week 2 Quiz - What is true about the geography

American Military University GEOG 101 Week 2 Quiz

Part 1 of 1 -         92.0/ 100.0 Points

Question 1 of 25

What is true about the geography of the North European Lowland?

 

 

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A.

It contains the mountain ranges of the Alps.

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B.

It contains excellent farmland.

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C.

It does not include southeastern England.

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D.

It has historically functioned as a barrier to contact and communication due to its marshy conditions.

 

Question 2 of 25

The population of Northern Ireland is ______.

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A.

not part of the United Kingdom.

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B.

riven by political and cultural differences hidden by religious differences.

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C.

made up of refugees from Wales.

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D.

about 8 million.

 

Question 3 of 25

Which physical region of Russia is the most agriculturally productive?

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A.

The Ural Mountains.

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B.

The Yakutsk Basin.

 

 

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C.

The West Siberian Plain.

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D.

The Russian plain.

 

Question 4 of 25

Which of the following statements about the Soviet Union is false?

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A.

The central government favored some ethnic groups over others.

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B.

The central government sent ethnic Russians to settle in places that were not traditionally Russian.

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C.

The Soviet system bound the economies of the republics to the decision making power of the central government.

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D.

The Soviet economy was a tremendous success story; the USSR would still exist if it were not for overriding ethnic differences.

 

Question 5 of 25

Which of the following areas of Russia is east of the Urals?

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A.

Moscow

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B.

the Volga River

 

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C.

the realm's core area

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D.

the Kuznetsk Basin (Kuzbas)

 

Question 6 of 25

Permanently frozen ground that thaws only briefly at the surface is known as ______.

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A.

boreal

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B.

whitesoil

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C.

taiga

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D.

permafrost

 

Question 7 of 25

What is true about St. Petersburg?

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A.

It lies on the doorstep of Siberia, a binding force between the eastern and western halves of Russia.

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B.

It was named Leningrad during Soviet times.

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C.

It lies at the head of the Sea of Okhotsk.

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D.

It was always a competitor for Moscow but did not become the capital of Russia until the 1917 Revolution.

 

Question 8 of 25

Which of the following is false about Azerbaijan?

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A.

It has significant oil reserves.

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B.

Baku is its capital.

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C.

It is located on the Aral Sea.

 

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D.

Part of it is located on the western side of Armenia, separate from the rest of the country.

 

Question 9 of 25

Which is not true about the site and situation of Paris?

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A.

Paris is a core city serving a large peripheral region.

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B.

It is the primate city of France.

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C.

Paris was originally founded on an island in the Seine River as a citadel.

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D.

Paris is situated on the northern coast of France, making trade easier.

 

Question 10 of 25

Russian imperialism in the century after Catherine the Great was aimed chiefly at _____.

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A.

Persia.

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B.

Central Asia.

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C.

Canada.

 

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D.

China.

 

Question 11 of 25

Which of the following statements about Russia and the United States is false?

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A.

The majority of Russia's climate resembles that of the west coast of the United States.

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B.

Russia eventually sold Alaska to the United States.

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C.

The Bering Strait separates the United States from Russia.

 

 

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D.

The Russian Empire expanded to cover territory that eventually became part of the United States.

 

Question 12 of 25

Which of the following is the Northern Europe's largest country in terms of both population and territory?

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A.

Norway

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B.

Denmark

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C.

Sweden

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D.

Finland

 

Question 13 of 25

What is true of about a primate city?

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A.

It is always the country's capital city.

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B.

It is a country's largest city by population.

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C.

All countries have a primate city.

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D.

All of the above.

 

Question 14 of 25

The textbook maps a boundary between Europe’s core and periphery in Chapter 2. Which country lies entirely outside the European core?

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A.

Sweden

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B.

the United Kingdom

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C.

Portugal

 

 

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D.

Spain

 

Question 15 of 25

Which of the following statements about Moscow is false?

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A.

Many Russians can not afford to live in Moscow.

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B.

Moscow is surrounded by a ring of industrial cities.

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C.

Russia's core area centers on Moscow.

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D.

One of Moscow's chief locational attributes is its coastal site on an arm of the Baltic Sea.

 

Question 16 of 25

One small advantage that Russia has with its ports is that western Barents Sea ports are keep relatively ice free by ______.

 

 

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A.

warm water entering the ocean from rivers

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B.

a warm water current called the North Atlantic Drift

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C.

warm water from nuclear power plants

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D.

geothermal activity

 

Question 17 of 25

Where have significant oil and natural gas supplies been found in the European realm?

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A.

Baltic Sea

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B.

Gulf of Finland

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C.

North Sea

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D.

Adriatic Sea

 

Question 18 of 25

To the east of the Kuzbas region lies a farming and resource extraction region centered around _____.

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A.

the Ural Mountains

 

 

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B.

 the Caspian Sea

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C.

the Volga River

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D.

Lake Baikal

 

Question 19 of 25

Czarina Catherine the Great's territorial acquisition thrust was aimed at _____.

 

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A.

conquest of western Europe in retaliation for Napoleon's 1812 invasion.

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B.

the warm-water Black Sea via Ukraine.

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C.

establishing a Russian base in interior Canada.

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D.

four islands near Japan.

 

Question 20 of 25

As a command economy, the Soviet Union was able to make what major change to Russian agriculture?

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A.

It collectivized farms into large state or cooperatively run units.

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B.

It gave individual land owners the freedom of decision making.

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C.

It fostered the enrichment of individual farmers.

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D.

It increased private ownership of farms.

 

Question 21 of 25

Which of the following is an example of  a  shatterbelt?

 

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A.

The division and fragmentation found in Eastern Europe.

 

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B.

An encircling roadway destroyed by conflict.

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C.

A country like Greece which contains many small islands.

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D.

A fractious political party.

 

Question 22 of 25

Which of the following western European states is not currently a member of the European Union?

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A.

Luxembourg

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B.

the Netherlands

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C.

Switzerland

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D.

Austria

 

Question 23 of 25

Which of the following is not an example of European international integration?

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A.

Ukraine's Orange Revolution.

 

 

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B.

The European Union.

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C.

The Benelux countries

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D.

The Euro currency.

 

Question 24 of 25

The Iberian Peninsula is isolated from the rest of Europe by what mountain range?

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A.

Appennines

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B.

Alps

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C.

Pyrenees

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D.

Pennines

 

Question 25 of 25

Moscow dealt severely with the breakaway republic of Chechnya in the 1990s and 2000s because _______.

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A.

Chechnya contains important resources

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B.

Moscow feared other republics within the Russian federation might declare independence.

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C.

Chechnya had traditionally been a part of Russia for over 500 years.

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D.

large number of Russians lived there