EOC World Geography Sample Test Question Set 1

1) In Bangladesh, only about 44 percent of adults age 15 and older have achieved basic literacy. In contrast, approximately 99 percent of Japanese adults age 15 and older can read. Based on this information, which of the following statements is MOST likely to be true of life in Bangladesh?

2) Which of the following is an example of a refugee?

3) In urban areas that experience severe flooding, which of the following is the most pressing environmental concern?

4) Which of the following statements describes a major effect that the introduction of television had on American political culture during the mid-1900s?

5) Biomes are regions defined by which of the following?

6) The United States receives the majority of its immigration from Mexico and other Latin American countries, while Western Europe receives a large share of its immigration from Africa. This information supports which of the following arguments?

7) Desertification caused by poor water and land management practices typically produces which of the following consequences for humans?

8) Which of the following is a factor that severely restricts women’s economic opportunities in some countries?

9) El Niño is a climate pattern that is characterized by higher surface temperatures and higher air surface pressure in the western Pacific Ocean that occurs approximately every five years. This weather pattern is known for having which of the following impacts on human activity?

10) During the course of the 19th century, trade between the Americas and Africa saw a precipitous decline. Which of the following hypotheses provides the MOST plausible explanation for this decline?

11) The perestroika economic policy, which was implemented in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Gorbachev, is BEST described by which of the following statements?

Population and Population Growth Rates for Four Countries

12) According to the information in Table 3, which of the following is most likely to be true of Russia’s population at the end of 2016?

13) Which of the following is an example of cultural convergence?

14) In order to be characterized as a functional cultural region, an area must have which of the following?

15) Which of the following statements accurately describes how the economies in countries such as France, Sweden, and Denmark compare with that of the United States?

16) Population growth in the American Southwest differs from population growth in other parts of the United States in which of the following ways?

17) Traditional economies are typically characterized by which of the following?

18) In developing countries in Africa, Asia, and South America, the majority of citizens are likely to be engaged in which of the following economic sectors?

19) Which of the following is a statement of fact regarding whale hunting by the Inuit people of Canada and Greenland?

20) For every 1,000 live births in Guatemala, approximately 27 children die before the age of 5. In contrast, the United States has only about 6 deaths per 1,000 live births, and Singapore has only about 2 deaths per every 1,000 live births. This information supports which of the following inferences about life in Guatemala?

21) After a tsunami devastated Southeast Asia, international authorities moved to put an early warning system in place in order to mitigate the number of casualties caused by future tsunamis. This is PRIMARILY an example of which of the following?

22) Which of the following statements is true of cultural regions?

23) In which of the following types of economies does the government regulate the money supply?

24) Which of the following inventions had a noticeably larger impact on urban areas than on rural areas?

Population of Detroit, 1950 to 2000

25) The population decline illustrated in Table 2 can be attributed mainly to which of the following factors?

26) During the mid-1800s, the population of the American West boomed. This growth was due mainly to which of the following factors?

27) Large-scale migration from a rural area in which subsistence agriculture is the main way of life to a similar, neighboring area is MOST likely to be caused by which of the following factors?

28) Negative cultural stereotypes may be based on which of the following?

29) Traditional eating patterns in the developing countries of Asia have eroded due MAINLY to which of the following changes?

30) The physical locations of Native American cultural regions in the present-day United States, such as those in northeastern Arizona and eastern Oklahoma, are determined PRIMARILY by which of the following factors?

Population and Population Growth Rates for Four Countries

31) According to the information in Table 3, which of the following countries has the highest estimated annual population growth?

32) Population of Detroit, 1950 to 2000

The information in Table 2 could be more effectively presented in which of the following formats?

33) Which of the following is an effect of the adoption of democratic government by an increasing number of countries throughout the world?

34) Which of the following is an example of subsistence agriculture?

35) Which of the following water users would be MOST likely to reap an economic benefit from a system that recognizes riparian water rights?

36) In which of the following countries is the majority of the population NOT Catholic?

37) The increasing adoption of advanced, labor-saving manufacturing technology in the United States has facilitated which of the following?

38) Languages are divided into families, and each language in a family shares its historical origins with the others in its family. Which of the following languages is NOT part of the same family as the others?

39) The United States experienced a “baby boom” in the years immediately following the end of World War II. Which of the following statements best summarizes this event?

40) The growth of trade between India and Britain during the colonial era had which of the following cultural effects in Britain?