Pt2 -WG Fall Semester Final Exam Review Dec2024

Which of the following is NOT a secondary economic activity?

• forestry

• making paper from wood

• food processing

• making cloth from cotton

Which of the following is NOT directly affected by the relative positions of the sun and the earth?

• thunderstorms

• climate

• day and night

• Seasons of the year

A _______ is a huge, slow-moving sheet of ice

• mountain
• river
• desert
• glacier

Which of the following has been responsible for the declining death rate in many of the world's less industrialized nations?

• Increased birth rates
• Higher levels of pollution
• Decreased access to education
• Improvements in healthcare and sanitation

A _______ is the sediment, rocks, and debris left behind from a glacier.

• moraine

• permafrost material
• delta

• glacial sediment

Which measure shows the average number of people living in a square mile (square kilometer)

• Population density
• Urbanization rate
• Census data
• Population growth

Latitude: ______ // Longitude: _______

• North Pole // South Pole

• Equator // Prime Meridian

• Not parallel // parallel

• Tropic of Cancer // Tropic of Capricorn

A mountain range is located near the coast of an ocean.  Winds blowing in from the ocean deposit moisture on the wind-facing slopes.  Which of the following is the MOST probable description of the climate on the leeward side of the mountain range?

• Tropical rainforest climate
• Temperate climate with heavy rainfall
• Polar climate with ice and snow
• warm and dry

Danielle's father works for a state-owned factory.  The government decides what equipment the factory will produce, how much it will cost, and how much her father will be paid.  Which kind of economic system is this?

• monarchy

• capitalist

• communist

• socialist

In the United States, which sector of the economy employs the most?

• Service sector (tertiary)

• Construction sector (secondary)

• Agricultural sector (primary)

• Government sector (quaternary)