American Military University GEOG 101 Week 2 Quiz

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American Military University GEOG 101 Week 2 Quiz Part 1 of 1 - 92.0/ 100.0 Points Question 1 of 25 0.0/ 4.0 Points What is true about the geography of the North European Lowlan... d? • A. It contains the mountain ranges of the Alps. • B. It contains excellent farmland. • C. It does not include southeastern England. • D. It has historically functioned as a barrier to contact and communication due to its marshy conditions. Question 2 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The population of Northern Ireland is ______. • A. not part of the United Kingdom. • B. riven by political and cultural differences hidden by religious differences. • C. made up of refugees from Wales. • D. about 8 million. Question 3 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which physical region of Russia is the most agriculturally productive? • A. The Ural Mountains. • B. The Yakutsk Basin. • C. The West Siberian Plain. • D. The Russian plain. Question 4 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following statements about the Soviet Union is false? • A. The central government favored some ethnic groups over others. • B. The central government sent ethnic Russians to settle in places that were not traditionally Russian. • C. The Soviet system bound the economies of the republics to the decision making power of the central government. • 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 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following areas of Russia is east of the Urals? • A. Moscow • B. the Volga River • C. the realm's core area • D. the Kuznetsk Basin (Kuzbas) Question 6 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Permanently frozen ground that thaws only briefly at the surface is known as ______. • A. boreal • B. whitesoil • C. taiga • D. permafrost Question 7 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points What is true about St. Petersburg? • A. It lies on the doorstep of Siberia, a binding force between the eastern and western halves of Russia. • B. It was named Leningrad during Soviet times. • C. It lies at the head of the Sea of Okhotsk. • D. It was always a competitor for Moscow but did not become the capital of Russia until the 1917 Revolution. Question 8 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is false about Azerbaijan? • A. It has significant oil reserves. • B. Baku is its capital. • C. It is located on the Aral Sea. • D. Part of it is located on the western side of Armenia, separate from the rest of the country. Question 9 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which is not true about the site and situation of Paris? • A. Paris is a core city serving a large peripheral region. • B. It is the primate city of France. • C. Paris was originally founded on an island in the Seine River as a citadel. • D. Paris is situated on the northern coast of France, making trade easier. Question 10 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Russian imperialism in the century after Catherine the Great was aimed chiefly at _____. • A. Persia. • B. Central Asia. • C. Canada. • D. China. Question 11 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following statements about Russia and the United States is false? • A. The majority of Russia's climate resembles that of the west coast of the United States. • B. Russia eventually sold Alaska to the United States. • C. The Bering Strait separates the United States from Russia. • D. The Russian Empire expanded to cover territory that eventually became part of the United States. Question 12 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is the Northern Europe's largest country in terms of both population and territory? • A. Norway • B. Denmark • C. Sweden • D. Finland Question 13 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points What is true of about a primate city? • A. It is always the country's capital city. • B. It is a country's largest city by population. • C. All countries have a primate city. • D. All of the above. Question 14 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The textbook maps a boundary between Europe’s core and periphery in Chapter 2. Which country lies entirely outside the European core? • A. Sweden • B. the United Kingdom • C. Portugal • D. Spain Question 15 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following statements about Moscow is false? • A. Many Russians can not afford to live in Moscow. • B. Moscow is surrounded by a ring of industrial cities. • C. Russia's core area centers on Moscow. • D. One of Moscow's chief locational attributes is its coastal site on an arm of the Baltic Sea. Question 16 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points One small advantage that Russia has with its ports is that western Barents Sea ports are keep relatively ice free by ______. • A. warm water entering the ocean from rivers • B. a warm water current called the North Atlantic Drift • C. warm water from nuclear power plants • D. geothermal activity Question 17 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Where have significant oil and natural gas supplies been found in the European realm? • A. Baltic Sea • B. Gulf of Finland • C. North Sea • D. Adriatic Sea Question 18 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points To the east of the Kuzbas region lies a farming and resource extraction region centered around _____. • A. the Ural Mountains • B. the Caspian Sea • C. the Volga River • D. Lake Baikal Question 19 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Czarina Catherine the Great's territorial acquisition thrust was aimed at _____. • A. conquest of western Europe in retaliation for Napoleon's 1812 invasion. • B. the warm-water Black Sea via Ukraine. • C. establishing a Russian base in interior Canada. • D. four islands near Japan. Question 20 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points As a command economy, the Soviet Union was able to make what major change to Russian agriculture? • A. It collectivized farms into large state or cooperatively run units. • B. It gave individual land owners the freedom of decision making. • C. It fostered the enrichment of individual farmers. • D. It increased private ownership of farms. Question 21 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is an example of a shatterbelt? • A. The division and fragmentation found in Eastern Europe. • B. An encircling roadway destroyed by conflict. • C. A country like Greece which contains many small islands. • D. A fractious political party. Question 22 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following western European states is not currently a member of the European Union? • A. Luxembourg • B. the Netherlands • C. Switzerland • D. Austria Question 23 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is not an example of European international integration? • A. Ukraine's Orange Revolution. • B. The European Union. • C. The Benelux countries • D. The Euro currency. Question 24 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The Iberian Peninsula is isolated from the rest of Europe by what mountain range? • A. Appennines • B. Alps • C. Pyrenees • D. Pennines Question 25 of 25 0.0/ 4.0 Points Moscow dealt severely with the breakaway republic of Chechnya in the 1990s and 2000s because _______. • A. Chechnya contains important resources • B. Moscow feared other republics within the Russian federation might declare independence. • C. Chechnya had traditionally been a part of Russia for over 500 years. • D. large number of Russians lived there [Show More]

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