2. The movement of money from one country to another and one currency to another has primarily been facilitated by
the leadership of the United States.
advances in electronic communications.
the World Trade Organization.
transnational corporations.
global agreements brokered by the United Nations.

3. The movement of money from one country to another and one currency to another has primarily been facilitated by
the leadership of the United States.
advances in electronic communications.
the World Trade Organization.
transnational corporations.
global agreements brokered by the United Nations.
Answer: B
Difficulty Level: 1
Text Reference: 1.3
U.S. Geography Standard: 11 & 18
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 1.14: Explain how places are connected through networks and how inequality can hinder connections.
Explanation:
While all of these factors have played a role, electronic communications have made it possible to move money around the world.

4. A place’s location relative to other objects or places is called its
situation.
site.
absolute location.
topography.
functional region.

5. A place’s location relative to other objects or places is called its
situation.
site.
absolute location.
topography.
functional region.
Explanation:
Situation is the location of a place relative to other objects and places.
Answer: A
Difficulty Level: 1
Text Reference: 1.2
U.S. Geography Standard: 3 & 5
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 1.6: Identify geographic characteristics of places, including toponym, site, and situation.

6. Which of the following maps would have the largest scale?
World
Continent
Country
State
City

7. Which of the following maps would have the largest scale?
World
Continent
Country
State
City
Explanation:
Large scale maps are used to show smaller areas in greater detail, e.g., city streets and neighborhoods.
Answer: E
U.S. Geography Standard: 1 & 3
Text Reference: 1.1
Difficulty Level: 3
Learning Outcome 1.2: Describe the role of map scale in making maps.
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge

8. An object at 90 degrees north latitude is located
at the North Pole.
on the equator.
at the Tropic of Cancer.
at the Tropic of Capricorn.
closer to Australia than to Europe.

9. An object at 90 degrees north latitude is located
at the North Pole.
on the equator.
at the Tropic of Cancer.
at the Tropic of Capricorn.
closer to Australia than to Europe.
Explanation:
Latitude measures distance north and south from the Equator as an angle. It ranges from 0 to 90 degrees.
Answer: A
Difficulty Level: 3
Text Reference: 1.1
U.S. Geography Standard: 1-6, & 9-18
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 1.4: Explain how latitude and longitude are used to locate points on earth’s surface.

10. FIGURE 1-10 GEOGRAPHIC GRID Meridians are arcs that connect the North and South poles. The meridian through Greenwich, England, is the prime meridian, or 0° longitude. Parallels are circles drawn around the globe parallel to the equator. The equator is 0° latitude, and the North Pole is 90° north latitude.

11. The frequency an object appears in a given area is its
density.
diffusion.
dispersion.
distribution.
region.

12. The frequency an object appears in a given area is its
density.
diffusion.
dispersion.
distribution.
region.
Explanation:
Density and concentration are not synonymous. Density is specified by the number of objects in a given area. Concentration describes the dispersal of those objects.
Answer: A
Difficulty Level: 3
Text Reference: 1.3
U.S. Geography Standard: 1, 2, 3, and 18 Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 1.11: Indentify the three properties of distribution across space.

13. Looking at a world map, choose the most correct location for this pair of latitude and longitude coordinates (expressed in degrees): 0,0.
Central Australia
Northwest Brazil
Southwest of Africa in the Atlantic Ocean
Near the South Pole in Antarctica
London, England

14. Looking at a world map, choose the most correct location for this pair of latitude and longitude coordinates (expressed in degrees): 0,0.
Central Australia
Northwest Brazil
Southwest of Africa in the Atlantic Ocean
Near the South Pole in Antarctica
London, England
Answer: C
Difficulty Level: 3
Text Reference: 1.1
U.S. Geography Standard: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 1.4: Explain how latitude and longitude are used to locate points on earth’s surface.
Explanation:
The coordinates 0,0 mark the point at which the equator intersects the Prime Meridian in the Atlantic Ocean.

15. FIGURE 1-10 GEOGRAPHIC GRID Meridians are arcs that connect the North and South poles. The meridian through Greenwich, England, is the prime meridian, or 0° longitude. Parallels are circles drawn around the globe parallel to the equator. The equator is 0° latitude, and the North Pole is 90° north latitude.

16. Lines of ________ are drawn as east and west circles on the globe and yet they measure distances north and south of the ________.
longitude, Prime Meridian
longitude, equator
latitude, Prime Meridian
latitude, equator
latitude, Date Line

17. Lines of ________ are drawn as east and west circles on the globe and yet they measure distances north and south of the ________.
longitude, Prime Meridian
longitude, equator
latitude, Prime Meridian
latitude, equator
latitude, Date Line
Answer: D
Difficulty Level: 4
Text Reference: 1.1
U.S. Geography Standard: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 1.4: Explain how latitude and longitude are used to locate points on earth’s surface.
Explanation:
Latitude measures distance north and south from the equator as an angle. It ranges from 0 to 90 degrees.

18. FIGURE 1-10 GEOGRAPHIC GRID Meridians are arcs that connect the North and South poles. The meridian through Greenwich, England, is the prime meridian, or 0° longitude. Parallels are circles drawn around the globe parallel to the equator. The equator is 0° latitude, and the North Pole is 90° north latitude.

19. Meridians of longitude on the globe
are the same length north to south.
converge at the poles.
terminate at the poles.
intersect the equator.
All of the above are correct.

20. Meridians of longitude on the globe
are the same length north to south.
converge at the poles.
terminate at the poles.
intersect the equator.
All of the above are correct.
Explanation:
Lines of longitude measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian in angles ranging from 0 to 180.
Answer: E
Difficulty Level: 4
Text Reference: 1.1
U.S. Geography Standard: 1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 1.4: Explain how latitude and longitude are used to locate points on earth’s surface.

21. Imagine that you are aboard a ship on September 21 sailing along the equator. Glancing upward you notice that the Sun is directly overhead. Your watch is set to Greenwich time and reads 6 P.M. What is your longitude?
90 degrees west of Greenwich
90 degrees east of Greenwich
180 degrees west of Greenwich
180 degrees east of Greenwich
30 degrees east of Greenwich

22. Imagine that you are aboard a ship on September 21 sailing along the equator. Glancing upward you notice that the Sun is directly overhead. Your watch is set to Greenwich time and reads 6 P.M. What is your longitude?
90 degrees west of Greenwich
90 degrees east of Greenwich
180 degrees west of Greenwich
180 degrees east of Greenwich
30 degrees east of Greenwich
Answer: A
Difficulty Level: 4
Text Reference: 1.1
U.S. Geography Standard: 1 and 18
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 1.4: Explain how latitude and longitude are used to locate points on earth’s surface.
Explanation:
September 21 is the date of the Autumnal Equinox. The Sun appears directly overhead at noon. The difference in hours between local time (noon) and Greenwich (6 P.M.) is six hours. For every hour, add fifteen degrees of longitude, placing the ship at ninety degrees west of Greenwich

23. FIGURE 1-11 TIME ZONES The United States and Canada share four standard time zones:
• Eastern, near 75° west, is 5 hours earlier than GMT.
• Central, near 90° west, is 6 hours earlier than GMT.
• Mountain, near 105° west, is 7 hours earlier than GMT.
• Pacific, near 120° west, is 8 hours earlier than GMT.
The United States has two additional standard time zones:
• Alaska, near 135° west, is 9 hours earlier than GMT.
• Hawaii-Aleutian, near 150° west, is 10 hours earlier than GMT.
Canada has two additional standard time zones:
• Atlantic, near 60° west, is 4 hours earlier than GMT.
• Newfoundland is 3½ hours earlier than GMT; the residents of Newfoundland assert that their island, which lies between 53° and 59° west longitude, would face dark winter afternoons if it were in the Atlantic Time Zone and dark winter mornings if it were 3 hours earlier than GMT.

24. Which of the following is not a formal culture region?
The distribution network for USA Today newspaper
A wheat-growing county in Kansas
A Haitian neighborhood in Miami, Florida
The part of Italy called “Lombardy”
A French-language region in Canada

25. Which of the following is not a formal culture region?
The distribution network for USA Today newspaper
A wheat-growing county in Kansas
A Haitian neighborhood in Miami, Florida
The part of Italy called “Lombardy”
A French-language region in Canada
Explanation:
Formal regions are characterized by a degree of homogeneity while functional regions are marked by a node-and-periphery pattern.
Answer: A
Difficulty Level: 3
Text Reference: 1.2
U.S. Geography Standard: 3 & 5
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 1.7: Identify the three types of regions.

26. What continent does not have an area located in an ‘A’ Climate?
Africa
South America
Australia
Europe
Asia

27. What continent does not have an area located in an ‘A’ Climate?
Africa
South America
Australia
Europe
Asia
Answer: D
Difficulty Level : 3
Text Reference: 1.4
US Geography Standard: 2, 4, and 8
Blooms Taxonomy: Analysis
Learning Outcome 1.18: Describe the atmosphere
Explanation:
No portion of Europe is located in the tropics because the continent is too far north.

28. FIGURE 1-39 Climate Regions Geographers frequently classify global climates according to a system developed by Vladimir Köppen. The modified Köppen system divides the world into five main climate regions, represented by the letters A, B, C, D, and E.

29. It is 7:00 P. M. on December 24 at 60 degrees west longitude
It is 7:00 P.M. on December 24 at 60 degrees west longitude. What time and day is it at 30 degrees east longitude?
1:00 P.M. on December 24
11:00 P.M. on December 24
1:00 A.M. on December 25
3:00 A.M. on December 25
5:00 A.M. on December 25

30. It is 7:00 P. M. on December 24 at 60 degrees west longitude
It is 7:00 P.M. on December 24 at 60 degrees west longitude. What time and day is it at 30 degrees east longitude?
1:00 P.M. on December 24
11:00 P.M. on December 24
1:00 A.M. on December 25
3:00 A.M. on December 25
5:00 A.M. on December 25
Answer: C
Difficulty Level : 4
Text Reference: 1.1
US Geography Standard: 1
Blooms Taxonomy: Application
Learning Outcome 1.4: Explain how latitude and longitude are used to locate points on earth’s surface.
Explanation:
30 degrees east longitude is 6 hours later than 60 degrees west longitude.

31. FIGURE 1-11 TIME ZONES The United States and Canada share four standard time zones:
• Eastern, near 75° west, is 5 hours earlier than GMT.
• Central, near 90° west, is 6 hours earlier than GMT.
• Mountain, near 105° west, is 7 hours earlier than GMT.
• Pacific, near 120° west, is 8 hours earlier than GMT.
The United States has two additional standard time zones:
• Alaska, near 135° west, is 9 hours earlier than GMT.
• Hawaii-Aleutian, near 150° west, is 10 hours earlier than GMT.
Canada has two additional standard time zones:
• Atlantic, near 60° west, is 4 hours earlier than GMT.
• Newfoundland is 3½ hours earlier than GMT; the residents of Newfoundland assert that their island, which lies between 53° and 59° west longitude, would face dark winter afternoons if it were in the Atlantic Time Zone and dark winter mornings if it were 3 hours earlier than GMT.