Human Geography Quiz

________________ is the production and exchange of goods and 

    services.

• Urbanization

• Per capita income

• Economy

• Natural Resources

Government where a group or individual holds all political power is known as a

• democracy

• communist society

• oligarchy

• dictatorship

____________ is the study of how people use space in cities

• Urbanization

• Urban areas

• Urban geography

• Human geography

The core area of commercial activity in a city is known as the

• central business district

• metropolitan area

• urban area

• capital

The total value of goods and services produced within a country is important to understand because it tells us how good the economy of a country is. It also known as

• Gross national product

• Gross domestic product

• Per capita income

• Import/export ratio

When geographers refer to ______________, they are referring to the growth of cities.

• urban areas

• urban geography

• urbanization

• urban growth

The phenomenon of acculturation basically means

• Society changes because it accepts or adopts innovation

• Spread of ideas, inventions or behaviors

• Group that shares a geographic region and sense of identity

•  Taking existing technology and creating 

       something new to meet a need

The total value of goods, services produced by 

   a country, globally is that country's

• gross domestic product

• gross national product

• per capita quota

• Tertiary level of activity

Different versions of a language are known as

• accents

• dialects

• versions

• slangs

The four basic types of land use in a city are residential, commercial, industrial and 

• housing

• recreational

• agriculture

• central business district