101) Which of the following represents a special case of external economies? A) pre-conditions for take-off B) ancillary industries C) backwash effects D) forward linkages E) initial advantage 102) This example of a growth pole in British Columbia was once expected to become one of the province’s largest centres. A) Kelowna B) Kitimat C) Trail D) Fort St. John E) Dawson Creek 103) It is […]

  16) What is the swash zone? A) Where waves break B) Between the surf zone and the breaker zone C) Where the longshore bar forms D) Where the waves surge up the beach and then flow back towards the ocean E) Where the highest tides reach 17) Water moving parallel to the shore is called A) beach drift. B) wave refraction. C) longshore current. […]

76) Tornadoes are most often generated along the ________ front of a middle-latitude cyclone. A) stationary B) cold C) warm D) occluded 77) A tornado watch is issued by the National Weather Service ________. A) only if a tornado has been sighted but before it has touched down B) if the weather conditions indicate that tornadoes could occur C) the day after a tornado has […]

  1) The main types of external geomorphic processes do NOT include ________. A) fluvial B) aeolian C) diastrophism D) solution E) glacial 2) Which of the following is out of order if we are considering the Earth from the atmosphere to the center? A) crust B) mantle C) Moho D) outer core E) inner core 3) The deepest penetration by humans into the Earth’s […]

21) In Southeast Asia there are several hundred distinct languages that can be placed into five major linguistic groups. 22) The Philippines was a colony of Spain for 300 years. 23) The Malaysian government has been especially critical of American films and satellite television. 24) The modern countries of mainland Southeast Asia all existed in one form or another as kingdoms before European colonialism. 25) […]

61) The turning point in the economic development of the pampas and of Argentina as a nation was the: A) introduction of refrigerated railroad and ship transportation, which facilitated the exporting of Argentine beef to Europe. B) importation of thousands of indentured farm laborers from Europe. C) rise of Juan Peron and his support of the descamisados. D) introduction of beef cattle by the Spanish […]

21) While people and societies do, indeed, respond to the opportunities and constraints of their physical environments, ________ takes this to a simplistic, and often racist, extreme by claiming that people’s physical, social and economic development and behaviour are fundamentally the result of their physical environments. A) ecological determinism B) ethnocentrism C) egocentrism D) masculinism E) environmental determinism 22) Over the last 200 hundred years, […]

  26) Which of the following topographic situations is likely most susceptible to wildfire in western Canada? A) a south-facing slope B) a north-facing slope C) a west-facing slope D) an east-facing slope E) a northeast-facing slope 27) Under what conditions would a fire in a canyon advance down slope? A) if the slope is south-facing B) if the canyon has more fuel downslope C) […]

The following questions are based on Figure 27-3 on the following page, showing a portion of the “Antelope Peak, Arizona,” quadrangle (scale 1:62,500; contour interval 25 feet). The map’s marginal information is visible along the left and top margins (“T.5S,” “R.2E,” etc.). On the original USGS map, this information was printed in red. 1.              The word “Hidden” appears on the map within which township? Township […]

8.4Explain the basic physics of surfing. 8.5What ocean depth would be required for a tsunami with a wavelength of 220 kilometers (136 miles) to travel as a deep-water wave? Is it possible that such a wave could become a deep-water wave any place in the world ocean? Explain. 8.6What are some negative environmental factors that could inhibit the development of ocean wave power systems? GraduateWriterHelp.com […]