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WorksheetsAP HUG MIDTERM REVIEW
Total questions: 121
Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The physical characteristics of a place - topography, climate, resources etc
a)
situation
b)
site
c)
place
d)
absolute location
2.
What type of diffusion is when the idea is adopted, but changed?
a)
Stimulus
b)
Relocation
c)
Hierarchical
d)
Contagious
3.
What is the difference between arithmetic and physiologic population density?
a)
Arithmetic counts farmers
b)
Physiologic counts farmers
c)
Arithmetic counts only farmland
d)
Physiologic counts only farmland
4.
What term would mean that a country would keep growing in numbers, even if people stopped having as many children?
a)
demographic momentum
b)
globalization
c)
rate of natural increase
d)
demographic transition
5.
Clothing is an example of what aspect of culture?
a)
Popular
b)
Folk
c)
Material
d)
Non-Material
6.
A country where everyone is similar minded, cultured, language speaking, and have a lot of national pride would be called?
a)
multi-state nation
b)
multinational state
c)
nation-state
d)
stateless nation
7.
What is a regional variation of a language?
a)
Family
b)
Sub-family
c)
Group
d)
Dialect
8.
The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?
a)
Cultural Landscape
b)
Place
c)
Location
d)
Human Environment Interaction
9.
What kind of religion does not seek converts and is usually spatially concentrated?
a)
Universal
b)
Global
c)
Animist
d)
Ethnic
10.
Where would you find the majority of the population to be Sunni?
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
Iran
c)
India
d)
Iraq
11.
What type of culture is typically rural, tries to keep others out, and keep their beliefs in?
a)
Popular
b)
Hierarchical
c)
Folk
d)
Musical
12.
What is the measure of the average number of babies a woman will have over her lifetime?
a)
Rate of Natural Increase
b)
Total Fertility Rate
c)
Crude Birth Rate
d)
Infant Mortality Rate
13.
What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?
a)
Cartogram
b)
Instagram
c)
Globe
d)
Projection
14.
Having "the legitimate final say over your territory" is called?
a)
Territorality
b)
Centripetal Force
c)
Centrifugal Force
d)
Sovereignty
15.
Which of the following is a law of migration?
a)
Rural migrants less migratory
b)
Urban migrants less migratory
c)
Families more migratory
d)
People with kids more migratory
16.
On what type of map would you find elevation and the shape of the land?
a)
Resource
b)
Climate
c)
Topographic
d)
Physical
17.
The concept that ethnic groups have the right to govern themselves is known as what?
a)
Apartheid
b)
Block-busting
c)
Democracy
d)
Self-determination
18.
A lingua franca is
a)
an English word that has entered the French language.
b)
a language understood by people who have different native languages.
c)
an extinct language that has been revived.
d)
an official language in a region of the world different from where the language originated.
19.
According to the maps and diagrams in this chapter, the branch of Indo-European that includes Romanian is
a)
European
b)
Romance
c)
Indo-Iranian
d)
Balto-Slavic
20.
The Indo-European language family
a)
includes English.
b)
includes Hindi
c)
includes half of the world’s spoken languages
d)
all of the above
21.
The widest spoken lingua franca in the world is
a)
Russian
b)
Chinese
c)
English
d)
Swahili
22.
_______ is the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture.
a)
diffusion
b)
habit
c)
environemental determinism
d)
ethnocentrism
23.
Pop culture typically originates in
a)
more developed countries (MDC's)
b)
southern hemisphere
c)
less populated areas
d)
less developed countries (LDC's)
24.
Why are the official languages in many African countries different from the African language group native to that area?
a)
The influence of Chinese and Indian immigrants
b)
The differences in physical landscape
c)
The influence of European colonization
d)
The varying cultural landscapes
25.
Heterogeneous Population
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
26.
What speeds up cultural diffusion?
a)
technology
b)
necessity
c)
governments
d)
physical contact
27.
Which statement concerning the globalization of Western culture is not true?
a)
It is often spread through TV and internet
b)
No areas of the world try to resist western cultural traits
c)
Many foreign cultures have addopted western cultural traits like cloths
d)
Many pop cultural elements begin in western civilizations
28.
Environment influences, but does not strictly determine, how a culture interacts with the environment.
a)
Environmental Possibilism
b)
Environmental Determinism
c)
Cultural Determinism
d)
Cultural Environmentalism
29.
The spread of an idea or trait through the physical movement of people from one place to another.
a)
Relocation Diffusion
b)
Hierarchical Diffusion
c)
Stimulus Diffusion
d)
Contagious Diffusion
30.
The area of origin of a cultural trait.
a)
Culture Zone
b)
Culture Realm
c)
Culture Home
d)
Culture Hearth
31.
Whip/nae nae, Harlem Shake, or Ice bucket challenge videos are examples this type of diffusion...
a)
Relocation Diffusion
b)
Contagious Diffusion
c)
Stimulus Diffusion
d)
Hierarchical Diffusion
32.
Never changes over time.
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
33.
Homogeneous Population
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
34.
Changes quickly
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
35.
Mostly spreads through relocation diffusion
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
36.
Can create large amounts of pollution, trash, and uniform landscapes
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
37.
Demographers study which of the following components to track culture:
a)
birth rates
b)
marriage rates
c)
death rates
d)
all of these
38.
Which of the following is an example of acculturation:
a)
the Japanese adopting baseball
b)
the U.S. starting football
c)
Eating pizza in Chicago
d)
All of these
39.
Which of the following divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Hemisphere Line
c)
Equator
d)
Tropic of Capricorn
40.
What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
a)
Absolute location is the exact location of something.
b)
Absolute cannot be identified using lines of latitude or longitude.
c)
Absolute describes where something is compared to another place.
d)
Absolute location describes the characteristics of a place.
41.
Which of the following is not a use of GPS?
a)
tracking airplanes
b)
determine when a volcano will erupt
c)
help farmers in their fields
d)
provide driving directions to a destination
42.
map that shows specialized information, such as a land-use map, or any other physical or human feature
a)
political map
b)
general-purpose map
c)
thematic map
d)
topographic map
43.
What reflects human feelings and attitudes toward a certain place?
a)
formal region
b)
perceptual region
c)
functional region
d)
region
44.
Which of the following is NOT an example of material culture?
a)
houses
b)
technology
c)
celebrations
d)
food
45.
In recent history, population has tended to move from ____ areas to ____ environments.
a)
rural, urban
b)
urban, rural
c)
plains, mountain
d)
Detroit, Chicago
46.
The three major monotheistic religions are ____, ____, and ____.
a)
Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam
b)
Islam, Hinduism, Christianity
c)
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
d)
Catholicism, Buddhism, and Sikhism
47.
My house is behind the school and next to the house with the GIANT weeping willow in the front yard
a)
site
b)
location
c)
situation
d)
place
48.
In my neighborhood most houses are clumped closest to the lake. The further away from the lake the fewer the houses. This is an example of what aspect of distribution?
a)
Density
b)
Pattern
c)
Clustered concetration
d)
Dispersed concentration
49.
Title of this map
a)
Uniform Regions of the US
b)
Vernacular Regions of the US
c)
Nodal Regions of the US
d)
Functional Regions of the US
50.
a radio system that uses signals from satellites to tell you where you are and to give you directions to other places
a)
Remote sensing
b)
GIS
c)
GPS
d)
Layering Data
51.
Best represents the...
a)
Gravity Model
b)
Carrying Capacity
c)
Malthus theory of overpopulation
d)
Ravenstein's Laws
52.
If agricultural and physiological densities are both high, which conclusion can be drawn?
a)
In this developed country, there is plenty of food to meet the meet the needs of the population
b)
In this developed country, there is plenty of farmers and plenty of land
c)
In this developing country, there is more than enough land for farmers
d)
There is a great deal pressure being put upon the land in this developing country
53.
Baptist is ______________ of Protestantism.
a)
Branch
b)
Denomination
c)
Sect
d)
Family
54.
a)
This represents a formal region
b)
This represents an accent
c)
This represents an isogloss
d)
This represents a functional region
55.
A factor that leaves one with no choice but to leave one's current home (especially parental home), country, region, organization, or religion.
a)
environmental
b)
distribution
c)
pull factor
d)
push factor
56.
Which of the following is NOT a major pull factor drawing people to the United States?
a)
family
b)
schools
c)
freedom
d)
persecution
57.
What are the payments sent by immigrants to family members in their home country called?
a)
consumption
b)
economic activity
c)
love
d)
remittances
58.
Which is the BEST definition of "brain drain"?
a)
the loss of skilled workers who move to other countries
b)
the loss of war refugees who seek safety in other countries
c)
the loss of aging parents who join children in other countries
d)
the loss of good students who attend college in other countries
59.
Someone who is seeking safety by going to another country because of political unrest or war, like in Syria right now, is called a(n)
a)
refugee
b)
illegal alien
c)
immigrant
d)
legal migrant
60.
A series of migrations within a family or group of people is considered which type of migration?
a)
Stream migration
b)
Step migration
c)
Chain migration
d)
Impelled migration
61.
What type of building is this?
a)
Jewish synagogue
b)
Islamic mosque
c)
Catholic cathedral
d)
Buddhist temple
62.
In the demographic transition model, which stage would traditionally involve an agricultural society?
a)
Stage 1
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 3
d)
Stage 4
63.
The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the birth rate minus the death rate.
a)
natural increase rate
b)
doubling time
c)
immigration
d)
total fertility rate
64.
The number of people under age 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.
a)
demography
b)
zero population growth
c)
overpopulation
d)
dependency ratio
65.
maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities available in the environment.
a)
sparse population
b)
environmental
c)
carrying capacity
d)
dense population
66.
What is the problem for countries who have declining populations?
a)
Not enough workers
b)
Not enough people spending money
c)
Not enough young people to help care for the old
d)
All of the above
67.
What is the connection between a nation's fertility rate and the literacy level of the women living in that nation?
a)
More educated women typically have more children than less educated women
b)
More educated women typically have fewer children than less educated women
c)
The education of women has no impact on their fertility rate
68.
Having a population so dense that the environment is negatively impacted
a)
Overpopulation
b)
Immigration
c)
Urbanization
d)
Under population
69.
Which of the following is NOT one of the four major population concentrations found on the Earth?
a)
Southeast Asia
b)
West Africa
c)
Europe
d)
South Asia
70.
The portion of the Earth’s surface occupied by permanent human settlement is called _______________.
a)
Arable land
b)
Occupied land
c)
Ecumene
d)
Megalopolis
71.
Identify the Demographic Transition Model stage represented by this population pyramid.
a)
Stage 1
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 3
d)
Stage 4
72.
Identify the Demographic Transition Model stage represented by this population pyramid.
a)
Stage 1
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 3
d)
Stage 4
73.
The following picture demonstrates
a)
assimilation
b)
acculturation
c)
appropriation
d)
syncretism
74.
In most developed industrialized counties which of the following migration patterns is true?
a)
Intraregional city to suburb
b)
Interregional rural to urban
c)
Intraregional suburb to city
d)
Interregional warm to cool climate
75.
This geography proposed the theory that speculated that food production grows arithmetically and population grows exponentially illustrated by the graph
a)
Cal Sauer
b)
Ester Boserup
c)
Wilbur Zelinski
d)
Thomas Malthus
76.
The period of rapid technological advancement that began around 1750 is known as the
a)
Agricultural Revolution
b)
Communication Revolution
c)
Neolithic Revolution
d)
Industrial Revolution
77.
What is the approximate population of our world?
a)
6.7 million
b)
4.3 billion
c)
7.2 billion
d)
7 trillion
78.
Which has NOT been a major cause of the population explosion?
a)
modern preventive medicine
b)
increase in birth rates
c)
improved sanitation
d)
longer life expectancy
79.
Which pyramid represents an LDC in stage 2 of DTM?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
E
80.
Which pyramid represents an MDC in stage 4 of DTM?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
E
81.
Which pyramid represents an MDC in stage 3 of DTM with slow growth?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
E
82.
Farmers in a population divided by arable land
a)
Physiological density
b)
Arithmetic density
c)
Agricultural density
d)
Farmer density
83.
total population / total arable land area = _______
This is the formula for which of the following?
This is the formula for which of the following?
a)
arithmetic population density
b)
physiological population density
c)
agricultural population density
d)
crude population density
84.
Which letter represents the area in which the highest proportion of Canadians lives?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
D
d)
E
85.
Which population pyramid best represents a Military Base?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
86.
Which theorist is responsible for theorizing about the conditions shown in the graph?
a)
Sauer
b)
Rostow
c)
Malthus
d)
Ravenstein
87.
Which of the following maps would have the smallest scale?
a)
a map of Ham's Orchards, a farm in Terrell
b)
a map of Dallas
c)
a map of Texas
d)
a map of North America
88.
What is the most populated region in the US?
a)
Northeast
b)
West
c)
South
d)
Midwest
89.
The north-south divide, located near the 30th parallel, that divides the more
a)
Brandt Line
b)
Digital Divide
c)
North/South Divide
d)
The Continental Divide
90.
In this stage of development technology diffuses, industrial specialization occurs
a)
Drive to Maturity
b)
Take Off
c)
Traditional Society
d)
Technological Revolution
91.
A United Nations Index, introduced in 2010, which measures a country’s loss of achievement due to gender inequality, based on reproductive health, employment, and general empowerment.
a)
Gender Inequality Index
b)
Gender Equity
c)
Gender Development Index
d)
Gender Revolution
92.
A controlling ownership in a business enterprise in one country by an entity based in another country.
a)
Direct Investment
b)
Foreign Direct Investment
c)
Plantation
d)
Fair Trade
93.
The highly free and developed economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan; also known as the Tigers.
a)
Four Asian Pandas
b)
Four Asian Kings
c)
Four Asian Tigers
d)
Four Asian Elephants
94.
Measure used by the United Nations that calculates development not in terms of money or productivity but in terms of human welfare. This index evaluates human welfare based on three parameters: life expectancy, education, and income, literacy rates.
a)
Industrialization Index
b)
Gender Development Index
c)
Human Development Index
d)
Official Development Index
95.
The economic control that MDCs are sometimes believed to have over LDCs. Through organizations such as the IMF, the MDCs are able to dictate precisely what LDCs economic policies are, or are able to use their economic subsidies to put LDCs industries out of business.
a)
Neocolonialism
b)
Colonialism
c)
Pilgrimage
d)
Common Wealth
96.
In this stage of development there exists new leadership, greater flexibility, openness, and diversification of finished goods.
a)
Process of Development
b)
Take Off
c)
Preconditions for Take-Off
d)
Step One
97.
The five stages of growth experienced by countries who ascribe to the international trade approach to economic development; namely, traditional society, preconditions for take-off, take-off, drive to maturity, and the age of high mass consumption.
a)
Rostow's Stages of Growth Model
b)
Hotelling's Model
c)
Demographic Transition Model
d)
Epidimiological Transition Model
98.
The approach to development that is characterized by rejection of international trade. In this model, countries spread investment throughout the economy, protect fledgling industries, and limit imports and exports. This approach is often marred by inefficiency and a swelling bureaucracy.
a)
International Trade Approach
b)
Self-Sufficiency Approach
c)
Laid Back Approach
d)
United States Approach
99.
What is the primary sector?
a)
Transforms raw materials into manufactured goods
b)
Draws raw materials from the natural environment
c)
Involves services rather than goods
d)
Service jobs concerned with research and development
100.
Which of the following is NOT one of the factors outlined in Weber's Least Cost Theory?
a)
Agglomeration
b)
Government regulation
c)
Transportation
d)
Labor
101.
Which of the following regions has been most impacted by deindustrialization?
a)
The Cotton Belt
b)
The Great Lakes
c)
The Great Plains
d)
The Pacific Northwest
102.
The main goal of NAFTA has been to
a)
More closely integrate the economies of Mexico, Canada, and the United States
b)
Strengthen the competitiveness of the Mexican economy
c)
Increase trade restrictions between Mexico, Canada, and the United States
d)
Restrict immigration across international borders in North America
103.
Which of the following is the best example of a bulk-reducing industry EXCEPT?
a)
Ethenol production
b)
Steel manufacturing
c)
Automobile manufacturing
d)
Copper mining
104.
Based on Wallerstein's world-systems theory, which of the following countries would be considered a core country in the 21st century?
a)
Afghanistan
b)
Germany
c)
China
d)
Australia
105.
The location of a bulk-reducing industry is most likely to be affected by the
a)
Cost of labor
b)
Close proximity to the market
c)
Proximity to raw materials
d)
Good access to ports
106.
Many jobs are being outsourced because of telecommunication technology. This is known as
a)
Agglomeration
b)
NGO
c)
Distance decay
d)
Space-time compression
107.
Which theory did Hotelling create?
a)
locational interdependence
b)
time-space compression
c)
least cost theory
d)
location theory
108.
The production of most metals is known as which type of industry?
a)
bulk-gaining
b)
bulk-reducing
c)
primary
d)
least cost theory
109.
During the 1800s Industrial Revolution, the most important fuel source for manufacturing was
a)
Coal
b)
Oil
c)
hydro-electric
d)
solar
110.
A company which uses more than one mode of transport will often locate near
a)
Intermodal connections
b)
Raw goods
c)
Energy supplies
d)
Labor
111.
Manufacturing based in homes rather than in a factory, commonly found prior to the industrial revolution is known as
a)
primary industry
b)
cottage industry
c)
pre-industrialization
d)
hunting and gathering
112.
Manufacturing or other industry in which cost of transporting both raw materials and finished product is not important for determining location of the firm. For example, diamonds or computer chips.
a)
Agglomeration Economies
b)
Cottage Industry
c)
Footloose Industry
d)
Fordist
113.
What mountains did the Basque language remain isolated?
a)
Alps
b)
Appenines
c)
Himalayas
d)
Pyrenees
114.
What is the measure of the average number of babies a woman will have over her lifetime?
a)
Rate of Natural Increase
b)
Total Fertility Rate
c)
Crude Birth Rate
d)
Infant Mortality Rate
115.
What reflects human feelings and attitudes toward a certain place?
a)
formal region
b)
perceptual region
c)
functional region
d)
region
116.
What would be a lingua franca for the area depicted in the map.
a)
English
b)
Russian
c)
Arabic
d)
Swahili
117.
This map shows the hearth and diffusion of what?
a)
Confusionism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Shintoism
118.
This sign is in Panama, why is it in Spanish?
a)
Spanish is the lingua franca
b)
Spanish is the most commonly used language
c)
Spanish was the language of colonizers
d)
Spanish is a pidgin
119.
What economic activities does this population pyramid show?
a)
Tertiary Economic Activities
b)
Subsistence Farmers
c)
Post Industrial Activities
d)
Guest Worker Program
120.
GE, Coca-cola, Nokia, Samsung, Pepsi, Walt-Disney represent the many
a)
World Bank contributors.
b)
World Trade Organizations.
c)
Transnational Corporations.
d)
Fairtrade Labeling Organizations .
121.
New Orleans was originally inhabited by Native Americans, then colonized by the French in 1718, then brought under Spanish control in 1763. African slaves also had an impact on this area. As a result, the architecture has distinct Spanish and French influence. This is an example of
a)
Sequent Occupance
b)
Hierarchical Diffusion
c)
Folk Culture
d)
Time-Space Compression
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