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Subsistence agriculture is most common in
Plains of North America
Pampas of Argentina
Amazon Basin
Outback of Australia
Since Iceland has seen only one period of migration, has never been invaded and possesses a common culture and language it can be considered a(n)
Absolute Monarchy
Theocracy
Exclave
Nation-State
Transnational migrants often send money back to family in their homes countries, these payments are called
Reparations
Quotas
Foreign Aid
Remittances
The Gullah language spoken by African-Americans in S. Carolina and Georgia is a combination of English and African dialects. Gullah can be considered a
Creolized language
Lingua franca
Language family
Branch of the Niger-Congo family
Which of the following has brought significant numbers of foreign visitors and currency to Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Belize?
Casino gambling
Offshore banking
Vacation crusing
Ecotourism
Traditional labor-intensive agriculture often involves which of the following?
Field terracing
Mechanical plowing
Hybrid seeds
High levels of debt
In the first decade of the 21st century, which of the following countries had the lowest fertility rate?
Somalia
Niger
Democratic Republic of Congo
South Africa
The measure of the average number of children who are born to women of childbearing age is called the
Actual birth rate
Crude birth rate
Total fertility rate
Adjusted birth rate
In which of the following countries has the diffusion of Christianity met the most resistance?
China
Brazil
Italy
South Africa
Which of the following is an example of a shatterbelt region?
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
South America
Southern Africa
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Hinduism?
Use of human and animal images in sacred spaces
Pilgrims bathe in holy rivers
Sacred places are established by tradition
It is a universalizing religion
In descriptions of interaction between people and the environment, the term "environmental determinism" implies that
The physical environment exclusively shapes humans and their actions
Humans by their actions and technologies alter the physical environment to suit their needs
Determination of environmental limitations is a primary task of geographers
Capitalist economies do not contribute to global environmental degradation
The map above best fits which of the following maps
Cartogram
Dot symbol
Isoline
Choropleth
Which of the following is South Africa's former state-sanctioned policy of segregating the races?
Redlining
Gerrymandering
Apartheid
Gentrification
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of
Large heterogeneous groups
Indigenous groups
Groups that have little interaction with each other
Small homogenous groups
Which of the following religions is matched with its region of origin?
Islam ... Egypt
Judaism ... Spain
Hinduism ... China
Buddhism ... India
At some point in their recent history, all of the following countries became divided into two political entities as a result of cultural or ideological conflict EXCEPT
Korea
Vietnam
Ireland
Japan
Which of the following pairs exhibits zero or negative population growth?
Pakistan and China
India and Germany
Japan and Germany
India and Japan
What kind of agriculture is primarily practiced in the shaded areas on the map?
Shifting cultivation
Pastoral nomadism
Cattle ranching
Mediterranean
The shaded areas on the map above most likely indicate regions that are affected or threatened by
Depopulation
Deforestation
Desertification
Deindustrialization
Traditionally, the Ganges Valley and Nile Valley have had comparatively high population densities because of their
Tropical climates
In-migration from neighboring arid areas
Intensive agriculture based on irrigation
Designation as sacred sites
In terms of total tonnage, which of the following is currently the leading export crop in the world?
Coffee
Wheat
Corn
Rice
Which of the following is most characteristic of societies currently in the last stage of demographic transition?
Hyperinflation
Unemployment
Aging population
Overpopulation
Which of the following has fostered the most significant economic growth by eliminating import tariffs between member states?
European Union
OPEC
NATO
United Nations
In early 21st century, the largest number of refugees is located on which of the following continents?
Africa
Australia
North America
South America
All of the following 20th century migration streams were propelled by persecution or conflict EXCEPT
Asians leaving Uganda
Kosovars leaving Yugoslavia
Tutsis leaving Rwanda
Mexicans leaving Mexico
Dramatic increases in global grain production since 1950 have been made possible by
Substantial increases in the amount of land under cultivation
Global warming
An increase in the agricultural workforce
An increase in the use of energy and technology
The literacy rate of any country correlates closely with which of the following
Per capita income
Annual precipitation rates
Petroleum productions
Population density
Which of the following profiles characterizes the population group that is most likely to migrate?
Married, 25 years old
Single, 25 years old
Married, 50 years old
Single, 50 years old
Production of agricultural products destined primarily for direct consumption by the producer rather than for market is called
Plantation farming
Hunting and gathering
Subsistence agriculture
Shifting-field agriculture
The map above represents what kind of projection?
A planar projection with diverging lines at the poles
A Mercator projection with distorted land at the poles
A Robinson projection with contiuity of landmasses
A Homolosine projection with distortions at the equator
Which of the following environmental problems is most associated with the African Sahel?
Deforestation
Flooding
Air pollution
Desertification
The number of people under the age of 15 plus the number of people above the age of 64 divided by the number of people aged 15 - 64 is
Carrying capacity
Age-sex pyramid
Dependecy ratio
Infrastructure
Governments such as those once controlled by the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran are classified as
Parliamentary
Federal
Theocratic
Landlocked
The arrow on the map above points to a city containing the largest number of shrines from which religion?
Sikhism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Christianity
Compared with crude birth rates, the world pattern of crude death rates shows
More variation because of the vast inequalities in healthcare around the world
Less variation because of the general availability of basic healthcare around the world
Equal variation because the offsetting effect of birth and death rates around the world
High variation because of the high infant mortality rates in some regions
The Second Agricultural Revolution developed at the same time as
Growing urban markets were demanding increased food production
Improved genetic modification of food allowed for increased harvests in developing countries
Humans were forming communes and practicing open-field farming
Large streams of migrants moved from core to peripheral countries
Which of the following places is least influenced by conflicts related to multilingualism?
Nigeria
Venezuela
Quebec
Belgium
Which of the following significantly weakened the strength of Mackinder's Heartland Theory?
Ascendance of the US's international influence after WWII
Growth of Soviet power in Eastern Europe
Rise of Nazi Germany
Influence of Eurasia in world affairs
Which of the following had the greatest effect in proving the demographic theorist Thomas Malthus incorrect?
Decreased land supply after the Industrial Revolution
Improved fertilizers and crop strains
Increased contraceptive technology in the Western Hemisphere
The decline of the Catholic Church's influence on politics in Britain
A pilgrim to the religious site depicted in the photograph above would most likely be a(n)
Taoist
Buddhist
Muslim
Hindu
The United Nations Human development Index is based on the assumption that a country's development
Is directly related to its position in the core or periphery
Is a function of social, demographic, and economic factors
Can improve if countries liberalize trade policies
Is indicated most accurately by its gross domestic product
All of the following resulted from the British enclosure movement in the 1850s EXCEPT
Agricultural efficiency increased
Urban migration increased
Feudal village life was disrupted
The number of farm owners rose dramatically
You would most expect to find a linguistic refuge area in a(n)
Flat country
Mountainous area
International airport
Marketplace
All of the following are in the Indo-European language family EXCEPT
German
Hindi
Turkish
Bengali
Based on the population density map of China, which region heavily practices extensive subsistence agriculture?
Region B
Region C
Region D
Region E
In von Thunen's theory, the key variable in an agricultural location decision is
Labor cost
Climate type
Cost of irrigation
Transportation cost
Which of the following most accurately matches the country to its territorial shape?
Chile ... Protruded
Poland ... Compact
Singapore ... Perforated
Philippines ... Elongated
In the map above, a Maquiladora is most likely found at which point?
Point A
Point B
Point C
Point E
The migration of a German man from Berlin to Dayton, Ohio to join a cousin living in Dayton is most closely an example of
Forced migration
Chain migration
Internal migration
A refugee
Which of the following correctly sequences Sino-Tibetan languages from largest to smallest?
Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu
Cantonese, Wu, Mandarin
Hakka, Mandarin, Cantonese
Mandarin, Min, Cantonese
Canada has had culture division for many years, which has almost lead to a split in the state. Which two languages and cultural groups is this division between?
Mexican and Canadian
French and English (British decent)
American and Canadian
Vietnamese and French
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