Human Geography, Practice Quiz: Chapter 10

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. A normative theory typically focuses on ________.

a) what ought to be correct incorrect

b) what actually is correct incorrect

c) explaining economic location correct incorrect

d) rational individual action correct incorrect

e) Both B and D correct incorrect

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. Marxist perspective ________.

a) proposes and tests theories correct incorrect

b) concerns itself with the circulation of capital correct incorrect

c) is critical of positivist methods and thought correct incorrect

d) Both A and B correct incorrect

e) Both B and C correct incorrect

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. Commercial agriculture consists of ________.

a) a system in which products are consumed by the farmer's household correct incorrect

b) a production system that does not use chemical fertilizers or pesticides correct incorrect

c) an agricultural system in which production is primarily for sale correct incorrect

d) competition among land uses according to rent-paying abilities correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. Location theory is based on ________.

a) agricultural practices as defined by distance from the market correct incorrect

b) the premise that there is competition between different land uses according to rent-paying abilities correct incorrect

c) the premise that agricultural products are consumed by the farmer's household correct incorrect

d) the idea that there is one central market correct incorrect

e) All of the above correct incorrect

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. The factor ________ is allowed to vary in von Thünen’s agricultural location theory.

a) "physical environment" correct incorrect

b) "number of central markets" correct incorrect

c) "distance between market and city" correct incorrect

d) "mode of transportation" correct incorrect

e) "profit maximization of farmers" correct incorrect

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. The crop theory states that ________.

a) dairy and vegetable products will be produced closer to market than forestry products correct incorrect

b) product location is affected by perishability and weight, as these affect transport cost correct incorrect

c) the intensity of production decreases with increasing distance from the market correct incorrect

d) Both A and C correct incorrect

e) Both A and B correct incorrect

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. Intensity theory states that ________.

a) product location is affected by perishability and weight, as these affect transport cost correct incorrect

b) dairy and vegetable products will be produced closer to market than forestry products correct incorrect

c) for any given product, intensity of production decreases with increasing distance from market correct incorrect

d) None of the above correct incorrect

e) Both A and B correct incorrect

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. Until recently, most societies did not need to increase food supplies because ________.

a) they had no nitrogen fertilizers correct incorrect

b) the world population was stable at one billion people correct incorrect

c) they had strategies to keep population below carrying capacity correct incorrect

d) All of the above correct incorrect

e) None of the above correct incorrect

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. The green revolution is ________.

a) the development and adoption of genetically modified organisms correct incorrect

b) the rapid development of improved plant and animal strains and their introduction to the less-developed world correct incorrect

c) the widespread use of no-till agricultural practices correct incorrect

d) the rejection of brown agricultural practices correct incorrect

e) the widespread use of machinery and nitrogen fertilizers correct incorrect

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. ________ restricts the import of genetically modified foods.

a) The Free Trade Area of the Americas correct incorrect

b) The European Union correct incorrect

c) Canada correct incorrect

d) MERCOSUR correct incorrect

e) ASEAN correct incorrect