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- 1. Multiple Choice
The specific location on the Earth is an example of what type of location?
Relative
Cardinal
Absolute
- 2. Multiple Choice
Direction & distance from one location to another is an example of what type of location?
Absolute
Relative
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe physical qualities of the original location for a city is referred to as thesitesituationrelative locationabsolute location
- 4. Multiple ChoiceMeasuring the distance people are willing to travel to shop at a store would be creating what type of region for that store?FormalPerceptualFunctionalUniform
- 5. Multiple Choice
What stages of the DTM see the most population growth?
1 and 2
2 and 3
3 and 4
4 and 5
- 6. Multiple Choice
LDCs have the most population growth today
True
False
- 7. Multiple Choice
In which DTM stage does industrialization occur?
1
2
3
4
- 8. Multiple Choice
What stage is this population pyramid?
1
2
3
4
- 9. Multiple Choice
What stage is this population pyramid?
1
2
3
4
- 10. Multiple Choice
ETM Stage 3 is known as...
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Receding Pandemics
Degenerative Diseases
Delayed Degenerative Diseases
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which DTM Stage has the lowest growth?
2
3
4
5
- 12. Multiple Choice
Interregional migration in the US is from
Urban to rural
Urban to suburban
South to north
Northeast to west and south
- 13. Multiple Choice
Migration to the US from the early 1900s was from
Britain
Northern and Western Europe
Southern and Eastern Europe
Latin America and Asia
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which characteristic is shared by European countries?
High IMR
Low NIR
High CBR
High CDR
- 15. Multiple Choice
This population density measure can show the economic development of a country.
Arithmetic Density
Physiological Density
Crude Density
Agricultural Density
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which country has anti-natalist policies?
Japan
German
China
United States
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is an internally displaced person?
Someone who has been forced to migrate but has not crossed international boundaries
Someone who has fled to a foreign country and is seeking asylum
Someone who has voluntarily moved to a country in search of a job
Someone who has been forced to migrate fearing for their life
- 18. Multiple ChoiceExplain Thomas Malthus's population theory.He concluded that the world's population increase was higher than the development of food supplies.He concluded that crude birth rates must balance crude death rates.He concluded that population increased arithmetically while food production increased linguistically.He concluded that population growth was outpacing available resources in every country, according to algebraic calculations.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the average number of births women bear in their lifetimes known as?total increase ratetotal fertility ratecrude fertility ratecrude birth rate
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe ratio of people who are too young or too old to work compared to the working population is called thedependency ratiopopulation pyramidinterconnected ratioretirement ratio
- 21. Multiple Choice
This caused a jump in the worlds' population in the late 1700's and helped send England into stage 2 of the DTM:
the Renaissance
the Industrial Revolution
the Medical Revolution
the Scientific Revolution
- 22. Multiple ChoiceA characteristic of stage 3 of the demographic transition shows
High birth and death ratesLow death and high birth ratesDeclining birth and death ratesHigh death and low birth rates - 23. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the portion of earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement?EcumeneCensusCohortPandemic
- 24. Multiple ChoiceMost migrants move foreconomic reasonscultural reasonsenvironmental reasonspersecution reasons
- 25. Multiple ChoiceIf a country's Immigration is LESS than it's Emigration it hasnet in-migrationnet out-migrationit's population is increasingit needs to set quota laws
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is a PULL factor?A hurricanefailed harvestincrease in taxesopening a new factory
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe Atlantic Ocean is an example ofan environmental push factoran intervening obstaclean environmental pull factoran economic factor
- 28. Multiple ChoiceThe main PUSH factor for a refugee iseconomicenvironmentalnatural disasterpolitical
- 29. Multiple ChoiceArithmetic density isthe number of people per square mile of inhabitable land.the number of people per square mile of arable land.the number of farmers per square mile of arable land.the number of people per unit of measurement.
- 30. Multiple ChoicePeople who quickly flee their country because of violence or fear are consideredillegal immigrantsdraft dodgersrefugeeswar criminals
- 31. Multiple ChoiceAccording to Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration, which group is most likely to move?young adultsolder adultschildrenfamilies
- 32. Multiple ChoiceNearly all the world's population growth is clustered in what areas?Urban areasMDC'sLDC'sSuburban areas
- 33. Multiple ChoiceThere are NO countries in which stage?Stage 3Stage 2Stage 4Stage 1
- 34. Multiple ChoiceThomas Malthus thoughtpopulation would increase at the same rate as farming productionpopulation would eventually decline due to birth control and family planningpopulation would eventually outgrow food productionmoral restraint would lower population growth
- 35. Multiple ChoiceThe time it takes for the world population to go from 3 billion to 6 billion or 6 billion to 12 billion is calledoverpopulationdoubling timenatural increaselife expectancy
- 36. Multiple Choice
Overpopulation is
too many people for the world
too many people for a country
too many people for an area
too many people for the resources
- 37. Multiple ChoiceZPG stands forZero population growthZero pending growthZero pollution growthZero pounds growth
- 38. Multiple ChoiceWhat describes people who are leaving the country where they live?international migrationpull factorimmigratingemigrating
- 39. Multiple ChoiceWhat describes people who are entering a country to live?internal migrationpush factorimmigratingemigrating
- 40. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the reasons that people want to leave a country?push factorpull factorimmigrationemigration
- 41. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the reasons that people want to come to a country?push factorpull factorimmigrationemigration
- 42. Multiple Choicethe birth rate minus the death rate expressed as a percentagebirth ratedeath ratefertility raterate of natural increase
- 43. Multiple Choicea country with a highly developed economy, including significant industrial and service sectors of the economymore developed nationsless developed nationsunderdeveloped nationsoverpopulated nations
- 44. Multiple Choice
If Sandra's farm can support 50 people, then her field is said to have a ___________ of 50 people.
arithmetic density
physiological density
agricultural density
population density
natural increase rate
- 45. Multiple Choice
Russia has a __________ which is a bar graph that displays the percentage of a place's population for each cohort.
age-sex distribution
dependency ratio
ecumene
natural increase rate
population pyramid
- 46. Multiple Choice
An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration is known as a _______.
intervening obstacle.
intervening opportunity.
net migration.
push factor.
Census tract
- 47. Multiple Choice1) The map projection most used in the classroom, which has the most distortion at the edges is called ______.MercatorRobinson
- 48. Multiple ChoicePetersRobinsonInterruptedMercator
- 49. Multiple ChoicePetersRobinsonInterruptedMercator
- 50. Multiple ChoicePetersRobinsonInterruptedMercator
- 51. Multiple Choice
Robinson
Peters
Polar
Mollweide
- 52. Multiple ChoiceIsolineChoroplethCartogramGraduated or proportional symbol
- 53. Multiple ChoiceIsolineChoroplethCartogramGraduated or proportional symbol
- 54. Multiple Choice
The Trail of Tears is an example of what factor of migration?
Political Factor
Social Factor - Ethnic Persecution
Social Factor - Religion Persecution
Forced Migration
- 55. Multiple ChoiceGeographers usually categorize cultural diffusion into the two broad categories ofExpansion and hierarchicalContagious and stimulusExpansion and relocationMigrant and hierarchical
- 56. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?Prime MeridianHemisphere LineEquatorTropic of Capricorn
- 57. Multiple Choice
Which country is the best example of a country in stage 5 of the demographic transition model?
Japan
North Korea
China
Vietnam
- 58. Multiple Choice
The concept of nirvana is most closely associated with which of following religions?
Confucianism
Islam
Animism
Judaism
Buddhism
- 59. Multiple Choice
The term caste refers to a particular system of social stratification that is informed by which of the following religions?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Confucianism
Taoism
Islam
- 60. Multiple Choice
The largest branch of Islam, to which as many as 80 percent of all Muslims belong, is called __________?
Dravidian
Shia
Meccan
Berber
Sunni
- 61. Multiple Choice
Globalization has encouraged the diffusion of
popular culture
ethnic religions
linguistic fragmentation
folk culture
- 62. Multiple Choice
As Islam spread to Sub Saharan Africa by the 9th century, its first converts were the elites, but most ordinary people retained their native religions. This phenomenon illustrates the process of
contagious diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
stimulation diffusion
relocation diffusion
migrant diffusion
- 63. Multiple Choice
One distinctive feature of the Indo-European family is that it
has a smaller spatial distribution than other language families
is the only language family with just one major lingua franca
includes most of the world's oldest languages
is spoken by nearly half the world's population
is the only one that is spoken in Europe today
- 64. Multiple Choice
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are alike in that they all
began as universal religions
started in a region that is now part of Europe
trace their heritage to Abraham
evolved into polytheistic religions
are examples of ethnic religions
- 65. Multiple ChoiceThe South is established as a vernacular region of the United States byThe Baptist ChurchClimateLow Graduation RatesAll of the above
- 66. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is a dialect?Indo-EuropeanRomanceLatinSouthern US
- 67. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is considered the world’s primary lingua franca?MandarinRussianHindiEnglish
- 68. Multiple ChoiceFolk Culture is primarily spread throughHierarchical diffusionstimulus diffusioncontagious diffusionrelocation diffusion
- 69. Multiple ChoiceRomanian, Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese are all part of the samelanguage familydialecttoponymtrade language
- 70. Multiple ChoiceHinduism is most widely practiced in which nation?ChinaIndiaAfricaRussia
- 71. Multiple ChoiceWhich is the worlds most practiced religion?ChristianityIslamBuddhismHinduism
- 72. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the three main branches of Christianity?Lutheran, Orthodox, MethodistCatholic, Eastern Orthodox, ProtestantEastern Orthodox, Lutheran, CatholicBaptist, Catholic, Lutheran
- 73. Multiple ChoiceAn extremely simple language that combines aspects of two languages usually for trade purposes.Creole LanguageFolk LanguagePidgin LanguageIsoglosses
- 74. Multiple Choice
In 1492, Christopher Columbus’s voyage took nearly 40 days to cross the Atlantic Ocean, a trip that would take a modern ship less than one week. This difference best reflects the geographic concept of
Space-Time Compression
Distance Decay
Uneven Development
Stimulus Diffusion
- 75. Multiple ChoiceThe process of migrants moving to a specific location because relatives or members of the same culture have already migrated and settled there is known aschain migrationemigrationimmigrationstep migration
- 76. Multiple ChoiceOn average, since 1950, the world infant mortality rates haveslightly decreaseddrastically decreasedstayed the sameincresed slightly
- 77. Multiple ChoiceThis image is an example of which type of diffusion?Relocation DiffusionStimulus DiffusionHierarchical DiffusionExpansion Diffusion
- 78. Multiple ChoiceThe total number of deaths in a year among children under one year of age for every 1,000 live births in a society.censusinfant mortality ratepopulation densitybirth rate
- 79. Multiple ChoiceWhere are people most likely not to live?places that are too hotplaces that are too coldplaces that are too high in elevationAll the answers are correct
- 80. Multiple ChoiceThe frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people, is aCustomPopular CultureHabitTaboo
- 81. Multiple ChoiceA repetitive act performed by an individual is acustompopular culturehabittaboo
- 82. Multiple ChoiceFolk songs are more likely than popular songs totell a story about life-cycle events, work, or natural disastersbe considered examples of culture.feature instruments and styles of performance associated with dance clubs.be transmitted in written form.
- 83. Multiple ChoiceA restriction on behavior imposed by social custom is afolk culturehabitpopular culturetaboo
- 84. Multiple ChoiceWho is the founder of Judaism?MuhammadAbrahamJesus of NazarethSiddhartha Gautama
- 85. Multiple Choice
When Sam and Will are no longer in the same classes, they are less likely to interact at school. Contact diminishes with increasing distance and eventually disappears. What has happened?
Space-time compression
They hate each other
Scale of Analysis
Spatial interaction
Distance Decay
- 86. Multiple ChoiceToponymy is the study ofplace namesextinct languagesreligious affiliationsdialects
- 87. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these modern languages spread globally as a result of religion?EnglishArabicFrenchSpanish
- 88. Multiple ChoiceCompared to popular cultures, folk cultures tend to be:more cosmopolitanmore homogenousmore diffusemore contagious
- 89. Multiple Choice
Seguin is the _______ for our city.
place
region
capital
toponym
site
- 90. Multiple ChoiceARABLE land is land suitable for ____________.raising livestock, like cattleAgriculture, or farminggrowing cactus, it means desertwind farming
- 91. Multiple ChoiceModel that explains changes in population demographics in countries at different time periods.Distant Decay ModelDemographic Transition ModelOverpopulation ModelEpidemiologic Transition Model
- 92. Multiple ChoiceThe migration of a Hildegarde von Pabst to Dayton, Ohio, from Berlin, Germany, because of a cousin living in Dayton is most closely an example offorced migrationchain migrationinternal migrationperiodic movement
- 93. Multiple Choicemaps where one dot represents a certain number of a phenomenon such as populationdot mapthematic mapstatistical mapmental map
- 94. Multiple Choice
Residents of New Orleans Louisiana leaving the city, after Hurricane Katrina, and going to Baton Rouge, Louisiana .
Interregional migration
Intraregional migration
- 95. Multiple Choice
Each new calendar day begins at the
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
- 96. Multiple Choicethe 3 divisions of North America - Canada, U.S., Mexicopoliticalphysical
- 97. Multiple ChoiceAfrica's Sahara Desertpoliticalphysical
- 98. Multiple Choice
Combining several religious traditions.
Ethnic religion
Animism
Caste
Fundamentalism
Syncretic
- 99. Multiple Choice
Which type of map is this?
Isoline
Chloropleth
Proportional Symbol
Dot
Cartogram
- 100. Multiple Choice
Given your understanding of regions, the nine regions that the Census Bureau has established within the United States are examples of
Government regions
Functional regions
Nodal regions
Formal regions
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