Geography Movement Quiz

What is the definition of movement in geography?

• The study of rock formations

• The process of erosion

• The measurement of distance between two points

• Movement of people, goods, and ideas across the surface of the planet.

Which of the following is an example of human movement in terms of geography?

• running a path through the forest

• moving to another country

• swimming across a lake

What are the modes (types) of transportation commonly used for movement?

• cars, buses, trains, bicycles, motorcycles, airplanes, boats, walking

• horses, camels, elephants, roller skates, hoverboards, teleportation devices

What is migration?

• The process of changing one's occupation

• The process of returning to one's place of origin

• The process of moving from one place to another.

• The process of staying in one place

What is cultural diffusion?

• The spread of cultural beliefs, ideas, customs, and practices from one society to another through contact and interaction.

• The blending of different cultures into a single homogeneous culture.

  (of the same kind; alike)

• The preservation of cultural traditions within a society.

• The process of cultural assimilation (taking in and fully understanding information or ideas) where one culture completely replaces another culture.

Which of the following is an example of informational movement?

• Sending a text message

• Watching a movie

• Listening to music

• Transfer of data over a network

How can things, products, ideas, or culture move around the world?

Check ALL that apply.

• Computers / internet

• satellites

• Forms of transportation (ships, trucks, trains)

• Word of mouth / phones

Through movement, we _______ all of our world together.

• distance

• connect

• ignore

• block

the knowledge, customs, beliefs, and values of a group of people

• fusion

• culture

• traditions

• heritage

Click all that apply.

Which of these are considered to be part of one's culture?

• food eaten

• clothes worn

• music listened to

• language spoken