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Topographic maps provide information about
A) physical and cultural features. B) housing characteristics. C) population patterns.
D) commercial developments. E) settlement patterns.
One would be most likely to find a cattle-corn-hog farm in central
A) Illinois. B) Indiana. C) Iowa. D) Michigan. E) Wisconsin.
When a farmer agrees to produce certain crops or animals for a company, which supplies everything except land and labor, this is called
A) secondary employment. B) sidewalk farming.
C) agribusiness. D) contract farming E) dependency farming.
Two percent of the largest farms in the U.S. account for about what percentage of all farm sales?
A) 15 percent B) 30 percent. C) 50 percent. D) 66 percent. E) 80 percent.
The U.S. West and South have no second order places, because they had
A) small population sizes. B) low purchasing power.
C) agricultural economies. D) low order central place needs.
Periodic markets appear when
A) the threshold exceeds the range. B) the range exceeds the threshold.
C) the range equals the threshold. D) goods are available for sale.
Match the city with its critical location that accounts for its emergence as a high order central place.
|
Cleveland |
A) seaports on river mouths |
|
Boston |
B) interior ports on rivers and lakes |
|
Dallas |
C) interior rail nodes at lake, sea and river ports |
|
Chicago |
D) rail centers |
|
Los Angeles |
E) highways, airports |
In Figure 5, commercial land uses are concentrated at ________.
The sequence of historical migrations in the U.S. has been
A) farm-to-city, city-to-suburbia.
B) continental, farm-to-city, city-to-suburbia.
C) suburbia-to-exurbia, exurbia-to-inner city.
D) continental, city-to-city, city-to-suburbia.
Third order nodal regions can be delineated by all of the following, except one.
A) banking. B) Sunday newspapers. C) movie attendance.
D) corporation headquarters. E) migration.
The most vertically integrated commodity in U.S. agriculture is
A) fresh vegetables. B) citrus fruits. C) processed vegetables. D) broilers.
In the last 60 years the average amount of housework that married, middle class homemakers have done has
A) decreased sharply. B) decreased somewhat. C) remained the same. D) increased.
During the 1980s, how have federal tax rates affected the poorest and richest households respectively?
A) increased the most; decreased the most.
B) increased a bit; decreased a bit.
C) did not change; increased a bit.
D) decreased; increased tremendously.
In 1787 the US government did what?
A) gave 160 acres to every immigrant family B) sold land to immigrants
C) surveyed the public lands D) contracted with private surveyors to divide the land
The more food is processed, the
A) better it tastes. B) worst it becomes in taste and shelf life.
C) more farmers benefit from increased agricultural prices.
D) more expensive it is per unit of weight.
The rich make the US
unequal graph shows that the USA is
distinctive among rich
countries for having
A) more low-income households than other countries.
B) more high income households than other countries.
C) far more high-income households than other countries.
D) the smallest gap between low- and high-income households than other countries.
For entry level wages from the 1970s to the 1990s, rank the highest to the lowest.
A) college men, high school men, college women, high school women
B) college men, college women, high school men, high school women
C) high school men, college women, college men, high school women
D) college women, college men, high school women, high school men