WGU C255 PA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION

WGU C255 PA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION What are the five themes of geography? - CORRECT ANSWERS Location,Place,Human/environmental interaction,Regions,Movement Which of the following is the science of mapmaking? - CORRECT ANSWERS Cartography What does longitude measure? - CORRECT ANSWERS The angles east and west of the prime meridian What is population density? - CORRECT ANSWERS Number of people per unit area A country has 100 square miles of land and a population of 1 million people. What is the population density per square mile of the country? - CORRECT ANSWERS 10,000 people What is the purpose of the prime meridian? - CORRECT ANSWERS Establishes the point of measure for longitude What does the international date line separate? - CORRECT ANSWERS Two consecutive calendar days What geographic feature is the peninsula in Yellow Sea near Japan? - CORRECT ANSWERS Korea What geographic feature is the body of water between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan? - CORRECT ANSWERS Aral Sea What geographic feature is the part of the border between China and Russia? - CORRECT ANSWERS Amur River What geographic feature is the islands in the Barents Sea off the Arctic Ocean? - CORRECT ANSWERS Svalbard What geographic feature passes through Salekhard? - CORRECT ANSWERS Ob River What is the absolute location of the city of Odessa? - CORRECT ANSWERS 46N 30E What is the relative location of the city of Yalta? - CORRECT ANSWERS The southern shore of the Crimean peninsula on the Black Sea In the 1800s the British attempted to colonize West Africa. Tropical diseases caused heavy losses of men and horses as they attempted to travel up the Niger River. Their attempts to colonize the area initially failed. Which of the following explains how geography affected the British attempts at colonization in West Africa? - CORRECT ANSWERS The tropical environment is home to disease-causing parasites. The fresh water sources in the tropics house parasites that cause dysentery. What world region has been plagued by civil wars over their rich natural resources? - CORRECT ANSWERS Sub-Saharan Africa What world region is divided along religious lines as the result of decolonization? - CORRECT ANSWERS South Asia What world region uses Slash-and-burn agriculture leading to the loss of rainforest? - CORRECT ANSWERS Latin America What world region has seen a decade-long civil war over the Panguna copper mine? - CORRECT ANSWERS Oceania What world region is characterized by balkanization along national lines? - CORRECT ANSWERS Eastern Europe What world region is unified by aridity? - CORRECT ANSWERS Middle East What world region has the Canadian Shield and the Great Plains as two major physiographic components? - CORRECT ANSWERS North America What world region is very geologically active with many earthquakes and volcanoes? - CORRECT ANSWERS Southeast Asia What world region contains tropical rain forests and has one of the world's most extensive freshwater basins? - CORRECT ANSWERS Latin America What world region originated Hinduism and Buddhism? - CORRECT ANSWERS South Asia What world region had its farming culture destroyed by collectivization beginning in the 1920s? - CORRECT ANSWERS Former Soviet Union What world region contains the Zulu culture? - CORRECT ANSWERS Sub-Saharan Africa