WG 2023 Fall Sem Exam Review 1

Which of the following was an effect of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas?

• The introduction of European livestock and products led to a rise in general prosperity

• The introduction of new diseases from Europe caused a drastic decline in the size of native populations

• Native American societies moved from domestic industries to factory production

• Native peoples united under powerful rulers to resist European conquest

Which economic activity most often required workers to settle in an urban setting?

• Farming

• Manufacturing

• Mining

• Fishing

The use of terrace farming by the Inca cultures is an example of

• Economic improvement through trade

• Adaptation to the surrounding geography

• Social change through assimilation

• Destruction of the environment

In what way did the events affect current demographic patterns in Latin America?

• Most of the population is comprised of indigenous peoples

• A majority of the people trace their ancestry to indigenous groups

• Indigenous peoples are underrepresented in the overall population

• Numbers of indigenous females outnumber that of indigenous males

Which international trading bloc, founded in 1994, has contributed to increased trade between the United States and Mexico?

• ASEAN

• COMESA

• EU

• NAFTA

Migration of Mexicans and Chinese to the United States today with the reason of finding a better job opportunity is an example of a to -

• push factor

• pull factor

• push and pull factors

• none of the above

a specific point on the Earth’s surface is

• place

• location

• region

• migration

_______________ is an area distinguished by unique physical and human characteristics

• location

• place

• region

• resource

_________________ is a spatial division of the Earth’s surface that shares a common characteristi

• location

• place

• region

• resource

Free enterprise is ____________

• economic activities focused on management, information processing, or research

• market system operating free from government intervention

• the process of increasing human settlement in cities