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WorksheetsAP Human Geo - Unit 3A & 3B Review
Total questions: 93
Worksheet time: 48mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following terms best describes the geographical boundary of a particular language feature?
a)
linguistic hearth
b)
toponym
c)
isogloss
d)
language border
2.
Historically, cultural diffusion patterns in the United States have tended to flow in which general direction?
a)
East to West
b)
West to East
c)
North to South
d)
South to North
3.
A Hindu temple located in Texas is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion?
a)
expansion
b)
hierarchical
c)
contagious
d)
relocation
4.
Compared to popular cultures, folk cultures tend to be:
a)
more cosmopolitan
b)
more homogenous
c)
more diffuse
d)
more contagious
5.
A dialect is best classified as which of the following:
a)
cultural complex
b)
cultural trait
c)
language branch
d)
language family
6.
A Mormon church located in a rural area of northwestern Colorado is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion:
a)
expansion
b)
relocation
c)
hierarchical
d)
maladaptive
7.
A highly simplified language developed between linguistically heterogenous groups for the purpose of basic intergroup communication is called:
a)
creole
b)
pidgin
c)
lingua franca
d)
standard dialect
8.
All of the following belong to the Indo-European language family except:
a)
Hindi
b)
Bengali
c)
Farsi
d)
Mandarin
9.
An immigrant who selectively adopts certain customs of the dominant host society in order to advance socioeconomically, while still retaining much of his or her native customs, practices & beliefs, best illustrates the concept of:
a)
acculturation
b)
maladaptive behavior
c)
assimilation
d)
ethnocentrism
10.
A new fashion trend originating in New York City that diffuses to Los Angeles, Paris, Tokyo before reaching rural areas of New York state would be an example of which type of diffusion:
a)
contagious
b)
hierarchical
c)
uniform
d)
relocation
11.
Which of the following religions is most closely associated with proselytism?
a)
Hinduism
b)
Sikhism
c)
Islam
d)
Christianity
12.
In which of the following countries are inhabitants subject to Sharia law?
a)
Venezuela
b)
Ethiopia
c)
Turkey
d)
Saudi Arabia
13.
The prohibition that forbids Hindus from slaughtering or consuming beef is is an example of a(n):
a)
Sharia Law
b)
Religious Proscription
c)
Ethnic Conflict
d)
Animistic Trad
14.
Telecommunication networks, whose areas of service radiate outward from central nodes best represent which of the following types of culture?
a)
Vernacular
b)
Formal
c)
Folk
d)
Functional
15.
The Alhambra in Spain is a palace that exhibits a blend of Islamic and Christian architectural influences. It was originally built by Muslim Moors in the 14th century, then renovated by Catholic monarchs in the 16th century. These cumulative influences evident throughout its landscape illustrates the concept of:
a)
transhumance
b)
distance decay
c)
sequent occupance
d)
stimulus diffusion
16.
Two prominent French ethnic islands in North America are historically located in which of the following areas?
a)
Louisiana and Quebec
b)
Minnesota and Newfoundland
c)
New Brunswick and California
d)
Utah and Ontario
17.
A language from which we believe a number of related, modern languages all derive is known as a(n):
a)
artifact
b)
creole language
c)
pidgin language
d)
protolanguage
18.
When something helps bond the people within a country, it is called a:
a)
Nation-State
b)
Centripetal Force
c)
Centrifugal Force
d)
Stateless Nation
19.
Countries with high birth rates, and a large % of young people would be considered:
a)
More Developed
b)
Core Countries
c)
Wealthy Countries
d)
Developing Countries
20.
What type of diffusion is when the idea is adopted, but changed?
a)
Stimulus
b)
Relocation
c)
Hierarchical
d)
Contagious
21.
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
22.
What term would mean that a country would keep growing in numbers, even if people stopped having as many children?
a)
momentum
b)
globalization
c)
rate of natural increase
d)
demographic transition
23.
Clothing is an example of what type of culture?
a)
Popular
b)
Folk
c)
Material
d)
Non-Material
24.
What part of the USA has people leaving, causing growth rates to be low?
a)
Southwest
b)
Northwest
c)
Northeast
d)
Southeast
25.
What is a regional variation of a language?
a)
Family
b)
Sub-family
c)
Group
d)
Dialect
26.
The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?
a)
Cultural Landscape
b)
Place
c)
Location
d)
Human Environment Interaction
27.
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
28.
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
29.
What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?
a)
Cartogram
b)
Projection
c)
Globe
d)
Instagram
30.
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
31.
Name the highlighted state
a)
Texas
b)
Florida
c)
Illinois
d)
Oregon
32.
The European country in red is ___?
a)
Russia
b)
Italy
c)
France
d)
Greece
33.
The European country in red is ___?
a)
Sweden
b)
Britain
c)
Germany
d)
Noraway
34.
The European country in red is ___?
a)
Italy
b)
Germany
c)
Noraway
d)
Poland
35.
English is not an official language in ...
a)
United States
b)
Canada
c)
South Africa
d)
England
36.
Which is a state in the Southwest Region of the US
a)
California
b)
Colorado
c)
Kansas
d)
Arizona
37.
Which one is NOT a Great Lake?
a)
Huron
b)
Erie
c)
Calgary
d)
Ontario
38.
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.
39.
The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people, is a
a)
Custom
b)
Popular Culture
c)
Habit
d)
Taboo
40.
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
41.
The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people, is a
a)
Custom
b)
Popular Culture
c)
Habit
d)
Taboo
42.
What is the language spoken by the greatest number of native speakers?
a)
Mandarin
b)
English
c)
Spanish
d)
Hindi
43.
English is part of which language family?
a)
Indo-European
b)
Sino-Tibetan
c)
Romance
d)
North Germanic
44.
Clothing, food, and housing are all examples of
a)
punk culture
b)
youth culture
c)
folk culture
d)
material culture
45.
The time gap between the intro of new technology and the cultural adjustments the technology requires.
a)
Cultural Relativity
b)
Cultural Lag
c)
Culture Shock
d)
Cultural Universal
46.
Unthinkable prohibitions against the social norms.
a)
Symbolic Clash
b)
Social Norms
c)
Mores
d)
Taboo
47.
The second largest language family is
a)
Sino-Tibetan
b)
Afro-Asiatic
c)
Malayo-Polynesian
d)
Niger-Congo
48.
We know that Latin no longer exists, rather, changed over time into something new. This demonstrates which concept of language change?
a)
language divergence
b)
language convergence
c)
language isolation
d)
language serendipity
49.
When a pidgin language is adopted as the main language of communication for a people it is called
a)
a dialect.
b)
a language family.
c)
advanced pidgin.
d)
a creole.
50.
The widest spoken lingua franca in the world is
a)
Russian
b)
Chinese
c)
English
d)
Swahili
51.
_______ is the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture.
a)
diffusion
b)
habit
c)
environemental determinism
d)
ethnocentrism
52.
Which of the following does not influence popular clothing?
a)
occupation
b)
communication
c)
income
d)
location
53.
Asian populations in the United States are disproportionately concentrated in
a)
West
b)
East
c)
South
d)
Midwest
54.
The period of rapid technological advancement that began around 1800 is known as the
a)
Agricultural Revolution
b)
Roman Empire
c)
Sumerian Standard of Ur
d)
Industrial Revolution
55.
1. 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
56.
The use of a horse and buggy by the Amish is an example of
a)
pop culture
b)
LDC
c)
folk culture
d)
taboo
57.
Pop culture typically originates in
a)
more developed countries (MDC's)
b)
southern hemisphere
c)
less populated areas
d)
less developed countries (LDC's)
58.
Environment influences, but does not strictly determine, how a culture interacts with the environment.
a)
Environmental Determinism
b)
Environmental Possibilism
c)
Cultural Determinism
d)
Cultural Environmentalism
59.
The physical environment causes social and cultural development.
a)
Cultural Environmentalism
b)
Environmental Possibilism
c)
Environmental Determinism
d)
Cultural Possibilism
60.
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
61.
The area of origin of a cultural trait.
a)
Culture Zone
b)
Culture Realm
c)
Culture Home
d)
Culture Hearth
62.
The spread of McDonalds from the US to India where they have altered the menu is...
a)
Contagious Diffusion
b)
Hierarchical Diffusion
c)
Relocation Diffusion
d)
Stimulus Diffusion
63.
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
64.
Heterogeneous Population
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
65.
Changes quickly
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
66.
Mostly spreads through relocation diffusion
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
67.
Amish, traditional, smaller populations
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
68.
Can create large amounts of pollution, trash, and uniform landscapes
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
69.
A ratio of the number of items within a defined unit of area measures
a)
dispersion
b)
direction
c)
pattern
d)
density
70.
The South is established as a vernacular region of the United States by
a)
The Baptist Church
b)
Climate
c)
Low Graduation Rates
d)
All of the above
71.
The hulk of a ship lies on the ocean floor at 41°46'N and 50°14'W. These coordinates tell us that the ship is located in the
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
North Sea
c)
Caribbean Sea
d)
Pacific Ocean
72.
When one culture changes by adopting or accepting an innovation from another culture, it is called ____.
a)
acculturation
b)
innovation
c)
infrastructure
d)
density
73.
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
74.
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
75.
What is the approximate population of our world?
a)
6.7 million
b)
4.3 billion
c)
7.2 billion
d)
7 trillion
76.
Which of the following would be a correct fertilitity rate if India's population is growing?
a)
-1
b)
0
c)
2
d)
3
77.
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
78.
movement of people into another country or region to which they are not native in order to settle there, especially as permanent residents or future citizens.
a)
emigration
b)
migration
c)
immigration
d)
routes
79.
the act of leaving one's country or region with the intent to settle permanently in another. It is the same as immigration but from the perspective of the country of origin.
a)
emigration
b)
migration
c)
immigration
d)
routes
80.
The lure of another home, country, region, organization, or religion.
a)
migration
b)
routes
c)
push factor
d)
pull factor
81.
Which country was the most populous in 2014?
a)
India
b)
China
c)
United States
d)
Russia
82.
Which country is projected to be the most populous in 2050?
a)
India
b)
China
c)
United States
d)
Russia
83.
What explains the US's population increase, even though the fertility rate is 1.9 chlildren?
a)
Adoption
b)
Immigration
c)
Twins
84.
The act of coming to a new country
a)
Emigration
b)
Immigration
c)
Urbanization
d)
Internal Migration
85.
Having a population so dense that the environment is negatively impacted
a)
Overpopulation
b)
Immigration
c)
Urbanization
d)
Under population
86.
What occurs when birth and death rates are equal?
a)
zero population growth
b)
no population growth
c)
negative population growth
d)
positive population growth
87.
The process of the population shifting from rural areas to urban areas
a)
migration
b)
urbanization
c)
internal migration
d)
immigration
88.
coerced movement, typically by the government, of people away from their homeland
a)
forced migration
b)
voluntary migration
c)
emigration
d)
inter continental migration
89.
the tendency of immigrants to follow those of similar ethnic and cultural heritage
a)
internal migration
b)
chain migration
c)
emigration
d)
intra continental migration
90.
Identify the Demographic Transition Model stage represented by this population pyramid.
a)
Stage 1
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 3
d)
Stage 4
91.
Identify the Demographic Transition Model stage represented by this population pyramid.
a)
Stage 1
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 3
d)
Stage 4
92.
Which of the following is the best example of pop culture?
a)
neck rings
b)
plastic surgery
c)
quilt making
d)
wooden shoes
93.
_______ is the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture.
a)
diffusion
b)
habit
c)
environemental determinism
d)
ethnocentrism
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