World Regional Geography Practice Exam
Course Introduction
World Regional Geography explores the physical and human characteristics that define distinct regions across the globe. The course examines geographical concepts such as location, place, environment, culture, population, economic activity, and political structures, emphasizing how these factors interact to shape regional identities and global connections. Students will analyze the spatial distribution of resources, demographic trends, environmental challenges, and the impacts of globalization, fostering a deeper understanding of regional diversity and interdependence in the modern world.
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Visualizing Physical Geography 2nd Edition by Timothy Foresman
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Chapter 1: Discovering the Earths Dimensions
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Q1) Daylight savings time is used in the winter to lengthen the short days.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q2) The Goode projection is composed of horizontal parallels and vertical meridians.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q3) If you traveled from the location 45 N, 130 W to the location 45 S, 130 W you would experience a time change of:
A)12 hours
B)24 hours
C)0 hours
D)none of the above
Answer: C
Q4) The disappearance of the lower portion of a ship as it sails over the horizon is evidence that the world is round.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Earths Global Energy Balance
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Q1) The greenhouse effect is caused by counter-radiation of longwave energy from gases like carbon dioxide and water vapor.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The subtropical latitude zones separate the equatorial zone from the tropics.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Fields, forest, and bare ground. tend to have albedos that are __________ .
A)very low (0.03 or less)
B)intermediate (0.03 to 0.25)
C)high (0.4 to 0.85)
D)very high (greater than 0.85)
Answer: B
Q4) Daily insolation levels at a given location are strongly influenced by the length of day.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Air Temperature
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Q1) _______ is an indication of the intensity of kinetic energy of molecular motion within a substance.
A)Sensible heat
B)Latent heat
C)Net radiation
D)none of the above
Answer: A
Q2) _______ is a very important mechanism for transporting large amounts of energy from one region of the earth to another.
A)Latent heat
B)Thermal heat
C)Net radiation
D)Insolation
Answer: A
Q3) Average temperatures tend to increase with elevation in the troposphere , at a given latitude.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation
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Q1) The highly variable temperature rate at which still air changes with increasing altitude is referred to as the
A)moist adiabatic rate.
B)dry adiabatic rate.
C)environmental lapse rate.
D)Lifting Condesation Level
Q2) Which one of the following makes up only about 1.7% of the world's water supply?
A)groundwater
B)glaciers
C)rivers
D)oceans
Q3) If the air temperature remains constant, while evaporating water this will __________ the relative humidity and __________ the dew point.
A)decrease; increase
B)increase; decrease
C)increase; not change
D)increase; increase
Q4) __________________ is part of the phenomenon of acid deposition. It's made up of raindrops that have been acidified by air pollutants.
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Chapter 5: Global Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation
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Q1) Land breezes flow from land to water during the night.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Hadley cell circulations are bounded to the north and south by:
A)polar fronts
B)trade winds
C)subtropical convergence zones
D)subtropical high pressure belts
Q3) The Coriolis effect deflects winds and ocean currents to the right in the northern hemisphere.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Because of the Coriolis effect, surface winds flow:
A)parallel to isobars
B)from high pressure to low pressure
C)perpendicular to isobars
D)across isobars at an angle
Q5) Describe and explain the wind patterns associated with cyclones and anticyclones in the northern hemisphere.
Q6) Explain how and why a sea breeze occurs.
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Chapter 6: Weather Systems
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Q1) Tropical cyclones only form over:
A)oceans warmer than 32 C
B)oceans warmer than 26.5
C)oceans warmer than 22
D)land
Q2) Easterly waves occur:
A)only at the equator
B)between about 5 and 30 latitude
C)between about 20 and 40 latitude
D)none of the above
Q3) The early stage of a wave cyclone involves interaction between:
A)cold and warm fronts
B)cold and occluded fronts
C)warm and occluded fronts
D)occluded and stationary fronts
Q4) Air masses that form over continents are classified as "dry" air masses.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The distinguishing characteristic of tropical air masses is that they tend to be
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Chapter 7: Global Climates and Climate Change
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Q1) The cold climate zone distinguished by eight or more consecutive months of frozen ground is the ______ climate zone.
Q2) The monsoon and trade-wind climate is characterized by very wet season alternating with a very dry season.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is not a temperature regime label?
A)subarctic
B)tropical
C)continental
D)monsoon
Q4) The temperature pattern found in the moist continental climate is:
A)warm year round
B)cool year round
C)mild summer, mild winter
D)warm summer, cold winter
Q5) Ice-sheet climates remain moist due to sublimation of the frozen water.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Describe and explain the characteristics of the Mediterranean climate.
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Chapter 8: Earth From the Inside Out
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Q1) Oceanic crust is generally much older than continental crust.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Mid-Ocean Ridge is the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Through the rock cycle, if a metamorphic rock goes through heating and then melts to become magma, it will eventually cool and turn into:
A)Igneous rock
B)Sedimentary rock
C)another Metamorphic Rock
D)none of the above
Q4) Which of the following is a class of sedimentary rock?
A)extrusive
B)clastic
C)intrusive
D)layered
Q5) The process in which the sea floor separates and moves in opposite directions is known as _______.
Q6) What holds rocks together?
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Chapter 9: Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes
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Q1) The San Andrea Fault is which type of fault? Does the text actually say what kind of fault this is?
A)normal
B)reverse
C)strike slip
D)overthrust
E)none of the above
Q2) Small volcanoes that form when frothy magma is ejected under high pressure from a narrow vent is called a _________________.
Q3) A __________ fault is where compressional activity results in a fault in which the block on top of the fault moves up and over the block of rock below.the crust on one side rides up over the other.
Q4) Folds that usually form along broadly rounded ridges are known as: REWORD. They don't form along them they are broadly rounded ridges.
A)Anticlines
B)Synclines
C): Monoclines
D)Grabens
E)None of the Above
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Chapter 10: Weathering and Mass Wasting
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Q1) _______ is the extremely slow downslope granular flow of regolith.
A)solification
B)slump
C)slides
D)creep
E)flow
Q2) Which of the following is a form of chemical weathering?
A)oxidation
B)frost wedging
C)salt wedging
D)all of the above
Q3) When regolith on a steep slope is saturated with water and it flows rapidly downslope, it is known as a debris flow.
A)True
B)False
Q4) __________ is the process where oxygen and water react with metallic elements in minerals, making the minerals unstable and causing the rock to degrade in strength and eventually crumble into smaller particles.
Q5) Explain the similarities and differences between root wedging and frost wedging.
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Chapter 11: Fresh Water of the Continents
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Q1) Precipitation is the process in which water flows into the ground under the influence of gravity.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In which part of a straight stream channel is the water moving fastest?
A)along the stream bed
B)in the middle of the stream channel near the surface
C)along the right edge of a stream channel
D)along the left edge of the stream channel
E)where the stream channel is the deepest
Q3) Precipitation that flows over the land in stream channels is commonly referred to as
Q4) In arid landscapes, lakes are often internally drained, and as a result of ____________, leave behind accumulations of salts.
A)excess rainfall
B)groundwater discharge
C)infiltration
D)evaporation
E)tidal changes
Q5) Most fresh water is actually found in __________ across the globe.
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Chapter 12: Land-Forms Made by Running Water
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Q1) Discuss the similarities and the differences between bed load, suspended load, and dissolved load.
Q2) Oxbow lakes are most often associated with abandoned meanders from braided streams.
A)True
B)False
Q3) __________ are the flat, low-lying areas adjacent to streams that receive overbank flow.
Q4) Points where the gradient of the stream changes abruptly, such as waterfalls and rapids, are called nickpoints.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The steepness of a stream is known as the discharge.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Water erosion rarely occurs in deserts.
A)True
B)False
Q7) The suspended and dissolved sediment and bed load carried by a stream is collectively known as the stream's __________.
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Chapter 13: Landforms Made by Wind and Waves
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Q1) The mechanism of wind erosion in which loose particles of soil or regolith are lifted and transported, leaving behind only coarser particles, is called __________.
A)deflation
B)saltation
C)abrasion
D)inflation
E)suspension
Q2) Wind abrasion blasts sand against exposed rocks to create rock sculptures of various sizes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The most stable, almost permanent, sand dunes are called:
A)mountain dunes
B)vegetation dunes
C)crescent dunes
D)parabolic dunes
E)star dunes
Q4) Why do desert sand dunes take on several specific shapes?
Q5) Corals have a symbiotic relationship with ___________.
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Chapter 14: Glacial and Periglacial Landforms
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Q1) Conditions that permit glacial formation include:
A)low elevations
B)high mean temperatures
C)high annual rainfall
D)more snow persisting than melting
Q2) One important hypothesis about the cause of the recent Ice Age involves:
A) astronomical hypothesis
B)burning of fossil fuels such as coal by prehistoric Indians reduced insolation
C)the weight of the continents flipped the earth over and caused a climatic chain reaction
D)vegetation became lighter in color and absorbed less energy
Q3) Yosemite Falls in California would be an example of a _____________________.
Q4) The ridge of material that collects at the farthest advance of the glacier is the:
A)lateral moraine
B)recessional moraine
C)terminal moraine
D)esker
Q5) The last major glaciations era that occurred in North America was known as the
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Chapter 15: Global Soils
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Q1) The soil noted for the cracking and swelling clay minerals is spodosols.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Name and define the four classes of soil-forming processes. Give an example of each.
Q3) The most naturally fertile soil is considered to be the mollisols.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The soil of the cold, boreal, or needleleaf forests is the:
A)mollisols
B)ultisols
C)oxisols
D)spodosols
Q5) Define humus, explain where it is found, and explain how it affects soil color.
Q6) The soils associated with low humus content, high salts, and long dry periods are:
A)andisols
B)aridisols
C)mollisols
D)entisols
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Chapter 16: Biogeographic Processes
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Q1) The production of carbohydrates is:
A)photosynthesis
B)weathering
C)respiration
D)decomposition
Q2) The amount of Earth's land surface that is transformed by human use is nearest to:
A)25%
B)40%
C)55%
D)75%
Q3) Ecological succession involves changes in vegetation, but the animals change very little.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A ___________ is a collection of closely related species that share a similar evolutionary history.
Q5) Symbiosis includes predation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Global Biogeography
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Q1) The forest characterized by tall, broadleaf trees with a continuous dense summer canopy, lush layer of spring herbs, and a variety of animals through the layers is the:
A)mid-latitude deciduous forest
B)low-latitude rainforest
C)monsoon forest
D)sclerophyll forest
Q2) Eucalyptus trees are BEST associated with:
A)sclerophyll forest
B)subtropical evergreen forest
C)mid-latitude deciduous forest
D)needleleaf forest
Q3) Clear-cutting results in:
A)reduced biomass
B)habitat loss
C)erosion
D)ALL of these
Q4) Humans are part of ecosystems.
A)True
B)False
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