The process of weathering include all but one of the following

A. Alternate heating and cooling of rocks

B. Rock-breaking due to frost action

C. peeling off of exposed layers of rounded crystalline rocks

D. rock rotting because of chemical changes

E. movement of rock particles downslope because of pull of gravity

With which one of the following areas are active volcanoes associated?

A. Glaciated uplands

B. Plateau surfaces

C. Newly folded mountains

D. Coastal regions

E. Continental plains

The ocean route with the greatest traffic is the

A. North atlantic route

B. Cape of Good Hope route

C. North pacific route

D. North American-South American route

E. Mediterranean-Asiatic-Australian route

Which of the following areas is important for the production of crude petroleum?

A. Canadian sheild

B. Ruhr region

C. Shaba province (former Katanga District)

D. Rand

E. North sea

Which of the following types of climate would a person not encounter in traveling from Algiers to Cape town?

A. Tropical rain forest

B. Temperate

C. Desert

D. Mediterranean

E. Tropical Savannah

Norway, British Columbia,the Canadian Shield, and Finland are noted for their production of

A. petroleum

B. soft-wood timber

C. the world's largest supply of fish

D. hard-wood timber

E. vegetable oils

The great commercial grain-farming regions of the world include all but one of the following. Which is it?

A. The Prairie lands of North America

B. the Pampas of Argentina

C. The West African Savannah

D. The Murray-Darling Basin of Australia

E. The Ukraine Region of the U.S.S.R

Which of these regions is not an area of high population density?

A. The Nile Delta

B. The Niger Delta

C. The Ganges Delta

D. The Rhine Delta Delta

E. The Hwang Ho Delta

Industries like cement manufacturing and iron and steel are usually located close to the site of raw materials because

A. finished products are delicate

B. raw materials are abundant

C. raw materials also occur at market site

D. total transport costs are reduced

E. the industries can pollute the market

One of the following indicates why the best fishing grounds of the world are located in mid-temperate latitudes

A. There is abundant food for fish

B. the climate is suitable

C. an extensive continental shelf exists

D. the coincidence of A,B and C

E. Man rarely tampers with fish in these areas