Human Geography Test Review

The ________ is an international organization dedicated to fostering cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and aspirations to achieve world peace.

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• World Trade Organization

• United Nations

• International Federation of Nations

What are the two most densely populated continents today?

• Asia and South America

• Europe and North America

• Asia and Europe

• Europe and South America

Rapid growth of cities that results in scattered development that increases traffic, drains local resources, and destroys open space is known as

• smart growth.

• suburbanization.

• urban sprawl.

• the multiple nuclei model.

What of the following terms refers to early centers of civilization whose ideas and practices spread to surrounding areas?

• language family

• ethnic enclave

• urban core

• culture hearth

Political boundaries, typically referred to as ________, can change due to wars or treaties.

• margins

• borders

• frames

• frontiers

A political border that is established by a physical geographic feature such as a mountain range or a river is a

• natural boundary.

• geometric boundary.

• cultural boundary.

• ethnic boundary.

A(n) ________ is a person who has left his or her home country due to a crisis, such as war or famine.

• refugee

• emigrant

• immigrant

• resident alien

________ refers to the movement of people from rural areas to cities.

• Suburbanization

• Modernization

• Destabilization

• Urbanization

World trade is encouraged by the ________ of natural resources.

• uneven distribution

• scarcity

• superabundance

• equitable division

The enslavement of Africans who were then shipped to the Americas is an example of cultural change being caused by forced

• assimilation

• migration

• labor

• diffusion