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WGUD199SummaryandTest(Introduction toPhysicalandHumanGeography) Questions&Answers 1.WhatdoestheHockeyStickgraphrevealaboutglobalsurfacewarming?Answer-Theglobalsurfacetemperatureremainedstablethroughoutmuchofhistory buthasrisensharplyinthelast50years.
2.Accordingtothemapabove,whichregionsentthelargestnumberof immigrantstotheUnitedStatesinthelatenineteenthcentury?AnswerNorthernandwesternEurope 3.Accordingtothismap,whichdevelopmentoccurredduringthistimeperi- od?AnswerEuropeanimmigrationbegantoshifttosouthernandeasternEurope. WGU D199 Summary and Test(Introduction to Physical and Human G...about:blank
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4.Accordingtothelinegraph,whatpatternemergesinthelocationswiththe highestgrossdomesticproducts(GDPs)?AnswerThehighestGDPsarecenteredaroundmajormetropolitanareas.
5.At$1.8trillion,wherewouldtheNewYorkmetropolitanarearankamong globalgrossdomesticproducts(GDPs)?Answer9 th 6.Whyisspatialdataconsideredsovaluable?AnswerTheabilitytotracklocationhasapplicationsforbusinesses,governments, andindividuals.
7.Whatroledidtheheartlandtheoryplayinthepoliticsofthetwentieth century?AnswerItdrovecountriessuchasGermanyandtheSovietUniontopushfor controlofeasternEurope.
8.Whichfactorsinfluenceindustriallocation?Choose2answers.Demographics WGU D199 Summary and Test(Introduction to Physical and Human G...about:blank
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