C255 (Intro to Geography) Pre Assessment
Study Questions and Answers A+ Graded
Western Governors University
This region is the original home of the Berber culture
✔✔North Africa
The cultural concept of Manifest Destiny influenced the development of
this region
✔✔North America
What is the definition of the term Ecosystem
✔✔Interaction of plant and animal life in a particular environment
Which locations would be prone to earthquakes
✔✔Western South America, Japan, and Southern Asia
Which characteristics make the US West Coast particularly prone to
earthquakes
✔✔Along an active fault and Along a shifting tectonic plate
This is an example of how an ecosystem can have global effects
✔✔Particular matter such as plant pollens are carried back and forth btwn
North America and South America by migrating Barn Swallows
, What is population distribution
✔✔Spatial arrangement of people
What is an example of spatial integration
✔✔Process in which the settlement frontier is eliminated through the
creation of trade area
Which is the process in which population distribution occurs
✔✔Settlement of populations in a geographic location over a given period
of time
What happened before the settlement of the Plains Region
✔✔US migration to California occured
A group of pioneers has traveled across North America in search of a
home. They finally settle on some land north of present day Nebraska
because it is close to a major river, can be farmed, has a long growing
season, and receives plenty of rain.
Which factors influenced the pioneers' decision to settle where they did?
✔✔Climate conditions, Transporation routes, Cultivatable land, Physical
conditions
How might geography directly affect relations among population
subgroups?
✔✔Create obstacles that make communication and exchange difficult and
Create food shortages that result in warfare or conflict
Developed Nations
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