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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Electors must vote for someone with the same religious background
B Electors cannot vote for someone with their same last name
C Electors must vote for someone over 50-years-old
D Electors cannot vote for a presidential and vice-presidential candidate who are both from their home state
Question #2
A computers and telecommunications have driven industrial relocation
B the government and the military are major post-industrial occupations
C Ohio and Indiana led the country in manufacturing job loss from 1920 to 2005
D Sunshine and proximity to water are two major post-industrial locational factors
E a secondary industrial region runs from Richmond, Virginia to Birmingham, Alabama
Question #3
A College professor
B Miner
C Car salesman
D Carpenter
Question #4
A Ohio
B Pennsylvania
C Indiana
D New York
E Virginia
Question #5
A The Southwest
B The Inland South
C New England and the Great Lakes
D The Pacific Northwest and Western Canada
Question #6
A Geopolitics
B International geography
C Globalization
D Geo-foreign policy
Question #7
A Why cities grow rapidly when fishing is their main economic driver.
B Basic employment generating non-basic employment.
C How service employees are less important to the economy than other types of workers.
D How important fishing is to coastal economies.
Question #8
A Free agents
B Untethered
C Footloose activities
D Movers
Question #9
A The Rust Belt
B The Northwest
C New England
D The Southwest
Question #10
A Costs of transportation to and from the Rust Belt became too high.
B There was a lack of skilled labor in the Rust Belt.
C Energy costs became too high because of the cold climate.
D Manufacturing jobs have moved in order to lower labor costs.
Question #11
A The Great Plains and Rocky Mountains
B The South and the Sun Belt
C Eastern Canada and New England
D The Pacific Northwest and Intermontane West
Question #12
A it is concentrated in the Ohio Valley, Megalopolis, and the Southern shores of the Great Lakes
B It overlaps the Agricultural Core
C All of these statements are correct
D It is near mineral resources
E It straddles the US-Canada border
F It is near accessibility resources
Question #13
A Downtowns/the central city.
B The suburbs.
C Ethnic neighborhoods.
D Rural areas.
Question #14
A Primary
B Tertiary
C Secondary
D Quaternary
Question #15
A location of raw materials
B labor availability
C proximity to state capitals
D transportation
E energy availabilty
Question #16
A There is no wheat farming east of the Mississippi River
B Irrigated agriculture extends all across the US
C Specialty crops are found mostly in the South
D Mediterranean agriculture is almost exclusively found in California
E Almost all livestock ranching is west of the Mississippi River
Question #17
A Suburban-edge cities-urban-rural
B Urban-suburban-edge cities-rural
C Rural-urban-suburbs-edge cities
D Rural-suburbs-edge cities-urban
Question #18
A The Rocky Mountains and Intermontane West.
B Newfoundland and other parts of the Atlantic Periphery.
C The Gulf Coast, the Great Plains, and parts of northern Canada.
D Pacific Northwest, Maine and Eastern Canada.
Question #19
A The Electoral College
B House of Representatives
C The Supreme Court
D The Department of State
E The Senate
Question #20
A The Northeast
B The Northwest
C The Great Plains
D The Sunbelt
Question #21
A Monetary focus
B Prime economy
C Economic base
D Pecuniary center
Question #22
A Other manufacturing industries
B Mountains
C Major research universities
D Coasts
Question #23
A The Rocky Mountains and Intermontane West
B Pacific Northwest, Maine and Eastern Canada
C Newfoundland and other parts of the Atlantic Periphery
D The Gulf Coast, the Great Plains, and parts of northern Canada
Question #24
A Increased
B Stayed at about the same level
C Fluctuated
D Decreased
Question #25
A The Northwest (Washington, Oregon).
B The Coastal South (Florida, South Carolina..
C The Midwest (Illinois, Iowa..
D The Southwest (New Mexico, Arizona..
Question #26
A Technological innovation
B Low-wage migrant labor
C A natural decrease in pest populations
D Farmers 100 years ago were ignorant and lazy
Question #27
A World War I
B World War II
C The Vietnam War
D The Cold War
E The Mexican-American War
Question #28
A In 1997, Maryland led the nation in steel production
B before 1830, manufacturing was confined to the Atlantic Coast
C iron ore moves from Lake Superior south through the other Great Lakes
D coal moves north out of West Virginia through Ohio and Pennsylvania
Question #29
A Immigrants
B Professionals
C Workers
D All of these answer choices are people that relocated to the Sunbelt states
E Retirees
Question #30
A 3 feet every 100 years
B 45 feet every 200 years
C 9 feet every 35 years
D 10 feet every 50 years
E 1 foot every 10 years
Question #31
A Secondary sector employee
B Primary sector employee
C There is no category for teachers
D Non-basic employee in the Quatenary sector
E Tertiary sector employee
Question #32
A The decline
B Stagnation
C Growth in most areas but decline in some regions
D The growth
Question #33
A Electronics industry
B Ranching and meatpacking
C Oil extraction
D Automobile manufacturing
Question #34
A Stayed at about the same level
B Fluctuated
C Increased
D Decreased
Question #35
A Levees
B Canals
C Trenches
D Buoys
E Dams