Human Geography Final Review 1

Why would a nation not want immigration? (Choose both that apply)

• Limited resources like food and water.

• Few economic opportunities.

• Not wanting to have others learn about their culture.

• Wanting to keep their nation rural and less dependant on technology.

Most refugees, asylum seekers and Internally displaced persons move because

• political upheaval like civil wars.

• they won the migration lottery and were allowed to leave their nation.

• better economic opportunities.

• to become ambassadors to other nations.

Most people in More Developed Countries make intraregional moves to 

• urban locations.

• rural locations.

• agricultural locations.

• suburban locations.

What is generally the motivation for people to move from one location to another? 

• People want warmer climates.

• Most people mover for better job prospects.

• Most people want to seek out lost ancestors.

• People generally want to move to rural locations.

What causes around a million deaths in sub-Saharan Africa each year? 

• War and famine

• High levels of farming chemicals in the water.

• Malaria carried by mosquitoes that are not killed by pesticides.

• People exposed to tuberculosis.

How have Developed Nations created the problem of Obesity? (Choose all that apply)

• Less Developed nations do not have as much money to spend of food.

• In Developed Nations people often have sedentary (still) behaviors like things on screens.

• People in Developed Nations often eat non-nutritious foods.

• People in Developed Nations are just genetically more susceptible to obesity.

Demographic transition is the process of change in a society's 

• resources.

• population.

• gross income.

• natural resources.

Why do most large empires and multinational states break apart? 

• They share a common culture and set of laws.

• The many culturally diverse groups seek to create their own separate sovereign nations.

• Most want to break away from their old alliances and join the United Nations.

• The dynasty ends when the monarch does not have an heir to become the next ruler.

An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state

• centrifugal force

• centripetal force

• Devolution

• Balkanization

A stateless person is someone who

• does to have nationality or citizenship.

• Is recently without a residence because of a natural disaster or fire.

• is a person who must flee from perceived persecution.

• is a criminal in their home nation.