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Question #1

http://history.house.gov/Institution/Electoral-College/Electoral-College/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. According to the webpage, which one of these rules must electors follow when voting?,,

A Electors cannot vote for someone with their same last name

B Electors must vote for someone with the same religious background

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

According to the lecture, which of the following is INCORRECT?

A the government and the military are major post-industrial occupations

B a secondary industrial region runs from Richmond, Virginia to Birmingham, Alabama

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 computers and telecommunications have driven industrial relocation

Question #3

Which of the following is an example of employment in the primary sector?

A Miner

B Carpenter

C Car salesman

D College professor

Question #4

https://unitedstateshistorylsa.wikispaces.com/Sunbelt+and+Rustbelt (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. According to the webpage, which one of these states is NOT located within the Rustbelt?

A Indiana

B New York

C Virginia

D Pennsylvania

E Ohio

Question #5

North American manufacturing has traditionally been centered in what part of North America?

A New England and the Great Lakes

B The Southwest

C The Pacific Northwest and Western Canada

D The Inland South

Question #6

The word that describes the relationship between geography and international relations is ________.

A Geo-foreign policy

B Globalization

C International geography

D Geopolitics

Question #7

For many years a mainstay of the economy in Seattle, Washington was commercial fishing. Many people not employed in the fishing industry were employed providing goods and services to fishermen. This is an example of

A Basic employment generating non-basic employment.

B Why cities grow rapidly when fishing is their main economic driver.

C How important fishing is to coastal economies.

D How service employees are less important to the economy than other types of workers.

Question #8

Economic activities whose location does not rely on factors such as the location of raw materials, transportation costs, and large labor forces are called what?

A Footloose activities

B Free agents

C Movers

D Untethered

Question #9

Between 2000 and 2010 a number of large cities in which region lost population?

A The Southwest

B The Rust Belt

C New England

D The Northwest

Question #10

Why have manufacturing jobs moved from their traditional center in the Rust Belt to other regions in North America and regions outside of North America?

A Manufacturing jobs have moved in order to lower labor costs.

B There was a lack of skilled labor in the Rust Belt.

C Costs of transportation to and from the Rust Belt became too high.

D Energy costs became too high because of the cold climate.

Question #11

Military bases and spending are associated with what part of North America?

A Eastern Canada and New England

B The South and the Sun Belt

C The Pacific Northwest and Intermontane West

D The Great Plains and Rocky Mountains

Question #12

According to the lecture, which of the following is incorrect regarding the US manufacturing core?

A It is near mineral resources

B it is concentrated in the Ohio Valley, Megalopolis, and the Southern shores of the Great Lakes

C It overlaps the Agricultural Core

D It is near accessibility resources

E All of these statements are correct

F It straddles the US-Canada border

Question #13

In recent decades, in contrast to early immigration patterns, many new immigrants to North America live in

A The suburbs.

B Rural areas.

C Ethnic neighborhoods.

D Downtowns/the central city.

Question #14

Jobs that provide sales and services such as mechanics, doctors, waiters, and massage therapists are examples of which economic sector?

A Primary

B Quaternary

C Secondary

D Tertiary

Question #15

According to the lecture, which of these is NOT an industrial location factor?

A proximity to state capitals

B energy availabilty

C location of raw materials

D transportation

E labor availability

Question #16

According to the lecture, which of the following is INCORRECT regarding North American Economic Activities?

A Mediterranean agriculture is almost exclusively found in California

B There is no wheat farming east of the Mississippi River

C Specialty crops are found mostly in the South

D Irrigated agriculture extends all across the US

E Almost all livestock ranching is west of the Mississippi River

Question #17

Over the course of the 20th century population has been centered in various settings. Which of the follow best describes the development and growth of these population centers over time?

A Rural-urban-suburbs-edge cities

B Rural-suburbs-edge cities-urban

C Urban-suburban-edge cities-rural

D Suburban-edge cities-urban-rural

Question #18

Petroleum and natural gas production has been associated with the economic base of which parts of North America?

A Pacific Northwest, Maine and Eastern Canada.

B The Rocky Mountains and Intermontane West.

C Newfoundland and other parts of the Atlantic Periphery.

D The Gulf Coast, the Great Plains, and parts of northern Canada.

Question #19

http://history.house.gov/Institution/Electoral-College/Electoral-College/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. According to the webpage, what is the formal body that elects the President and Vice-President?

A House of Representatives

B The Electoral College

C The Department of State

D The Supreme Court

E The Senate

Question #20

By the end of the twentieth century changes in urban structure in the United States meant that most of the largest cities in the United States were located in ________.

A The Northwest

B The Sunbelt

C The Northeast

D The Great Plains

Question #21

The economic activities that a community relies on to generate income from elsewhere is called the

A Prime economy

B Monetary focus

C Economic base

D Pecuniary center

Question #22

High technology industries are often located near what?

A Coasts

B Mountains

C Other manufacturing industries

D Major research universities

Question #23

Logging has been associated with the economic base of which parts of North America?

A The Rocky Mountains and Intermontane West

B Newfoundland and other parts of the Atlantic Periphery

C Pacific Northwest, Maine and Eastern Canada

D The Gulf Coast, the Great Plains, and parts of northern Canada

Question #24

The percentage of people employed in the primary sector in North America has ________ over the last 100 years.

A Stayed at about the same level

B Fluctuated

C Decreased

D Increased

Question #25

Cash-grain farming is associated with what part of North America?

A The Coastal South (Florida, South Carolina..

B The Southwest (New Mexico, Arizona..

C The Midwest (Illinois, Iowa..

D The Northwest (Washington, Oregon).

Question #26

The primary cause of increased productivity of individual farmers in North America over the course of the 20th century is ________.

A Low-wage migrant labor

B Technological innovation

C Farmers 100 years ago were ignorant and lazy

D A natural decrease in pest populations

Question #27

https://unitedstateshistorylsa.wikispaces.com/Sunbelt+and+Rustbelt (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. According to the webpage, what war marked the slowing down of the economy in the Rustbelt?

A The Mexican-American War

B World War II

C The Cold War

D The Vietnam War

E World War I

Question #28

According to the lecture, which of the following is INCORRECT?

A iron ore moves from Lake Superior south through the other Great Lakes

B coal moves north out of West Virginia through Ohio and Pennsylvania

C In 1997, Maryland led the nation in steel production

D before 1830, manufacturing was confined to the Atlantic Coast

Question #29

https://unitedstateshistorylsa.wikispaces.com/Sunbelt+and+Rustbelt (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. According to the webpage, what kind of people relocated to the Sunbelt states?

A Workers

B Immigrants

C Retirees

D All of these answer choices are people that relocated to the Sunbelt states

E Professionals

Question #30

According to the video, New Orleans is sinking at what rate?

A 10 feet every 50 years

B 1 foot every 10 years

C 9 feet every 35 years

D 3 feet every 100 years

E 45 feet every 200 years

Question #31

What kind of employee would a teacher be categorized as?

A Secondary sector employee

B Non-basic employee in the Quatenary sector

C Tertiary sector employee

D There is no category for teachers

E Primary sector employee

Question #32

Globalization, and the growth of large multinational corporations has resulted in ________ of secondary sector jobs in North America.

A Growth in most areas but decline in some regions

B The decline

C Stagnation

D The growth

Question #33

The economic base traditionally identified with Detroit, Michigan is

A Ranching and meatpacking

B Automobile manufacturing

C Oil extraction

D Electronics industry

Question #34

In general, agricultural production (the production of crops) in North America has ________ over the last 100 years.

A Decreased

B Stayed at about the same level

C Increased

D Fluctuated

Question #35

According to the video, what is the term used to describe the high walls that are designed to keep rising river levels at bay?

A Buoys

B Levees

C Dams

D Canals

E Trenches

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