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WorksheetsCP HG Sem 2 Review
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 49mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A large node of office and retail activates of the edge of an urban area.
a)
Edge City
b)
Office City
c)
Retail City
d)
Active Urban Area
2.
The process of urban areas expanding outwards, usually in the form of suburbs, and developing over fertile agricultural land.
a)
Urban Sprawl
b)
Gentrification
c)
Urban renewal
d)
Blockbusting
3.
Which religion controlled the Holy Land for most of the past 1500 years?
a)
Christianity
b)
Judaism
c)
Islam
d)
Hinduism
4.
You would associate this structure with...
a)
Judaism
b)
Islam
c)
Christianity
d)
Buddhism
5.
This structure was built by
a)
Byzantines
b)
Muslims
c)
Christians
d)
Catholics
6.
The qualities and beliefs that make you who you are
a)
Race
b)
Identity
c)
Discrimination
d)
Achieved Status
7.
Which of the following is NOT an example of an ascribed status?
a)
Son
b)
Sister
c)
Graduate
d)
White
8.
Apartheid in South Africa is an example of which type of discrimination?
a)
Non-legal
b)
Institutional
c)
Legal
d)
Prejudice
9.
In the U.S. ____________ are the most populous racial/ethnic group, while __________ are the most poverty stricken group and _____________ are the fastest growing group
a)
Caucasians, African Americans, Native Americans
b)
Caucasians, Native Americans, African Americans
c)
Caucasians, Native Americans, Hispanics
d)
Hispanics, Caucasians, Native Americans
10.
Which of the following is the most accurate definition of a stereotype?
a)
Providing a characterization of an entire group of people based on the actions of some
b)
People sticking together, creating an "us versus them" attitude
c)
The discrimination of an entire group of people through policies of segregation
d)
Believing that your racial or ethnic background is better than everyone else's
11.
If you were born in Italy, your ancestors once lived in Germany and England, and you studied abroad in America for a semester then your nationality would be...
a)
Italian
b)
American
c)
German
d)
English
12.
Who were the Afrikaners of South Africa?
a)
The black South Africans
b)
The English colonizers
c)
The Dutch colonizers
d)
descendants of Nelson Mandela
13.
Which of the following terms does not go together?
a)
Ethnocentrism
b)
Discrimination
c)
Prejudice
d)
Cultural Relativism
14.
Which minority group suffered discrimination by the U.S. government and was later given an apology and awarded compensation for past injustices?
a)
Japanese who were interned in camps during WWII
b)
Chinese Americans wrongly accused of supporting communism
c)
African Americans who were enslaved
d)
Native Americans who were pushed off the land and herded onto reservations
15.
Discrimination is a(an) _____________ while prejudice is a(an) ____________.
a)
attitude, action
b)
action, attitude
c)
feeling, behavior
d)
behavior, action
16.
Which of the following words does not geographically fit with the rest?
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Segregation
c)
KKK
d)
Apartheid
17.
Which of the following terms does not geographically fit with the rest?
a)
Passbooks
b)
Nelson Mandela
c)
Afrikaners
d)
Civil Rights Movement
18.
What does the term "annihilation" mean?
a)
Segregating a segment of the population
b)
Forcefully removing a group of people off of their land
c)
Killing a group of people
d)
Denying a group of people job opportunities
19.
Race is based on _____________ characteristics, while Ethnicity is based on ____________ characteristics
a)
cultural, physical
b)
physical, cultural
c)
achieved, ascribed
d)
citizenship, cultural
20.
Which two colonial groups fought over South Africa?
a)
British and Dutch
b)
French and British
c)
Belgians and Dutch
d)
French and German
21.
What event granted the extension of full legal rights to African Americans in the United States?
a)
The end of the Civil War
b)
The Civil Rights Movement
c)
The Revolutionary War
d)
Barack Obama's presidential win in 2008
22.
Which of the following categories on the U.S. census is considered to be more of an ethnicity than a race?
a)
White
b)
Asian
c)
Black
d)
Hispanic
23.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a policy that has been used by a dominant group throughout history to maintain their power and authority over others?
a)
Segregation
b)
Annihilation
c)
Affirmative Action
d)
Subjugation
24.
What is Affirmative Action?
a)
Policies to institute racial segregation and separation
b)
Racial and gender preferences in hiring
c)
A policy designed to discriminate against white people
d)
Programs to help kids of all backgrounds pay for college
25.
The roots for the word endogamy mean...
a)
endo- within & gamy-history
b)
endo- without & gamy- marriage
c)
endo- within & gamy- marriage
d)
endo- without & gamy- government
26.
A compensation for a wrong/ payment for a past injustice is known as a...
a)
Prejudice
b)
Stereotype
c)
Reparation
d)
Affirmative Action program
27.
Historically speaking, why did Americans buy into the concept of race?
a)
To justify slavery
b)
To win the Revolutionary War
c)
To have a way to categorize all people
d)
To promote equality amongst people from diverse backgrounds
28.
The first Black President of South Africa was...
a)
Steven Bikko
b)
Barack Obama
c)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Nelson Mandela
29.
The KKK is an example of...
a)
a hate group
b)
a Civil Rights group
c)
cultural relativism
d)
a model minority group
30.
Through which sport did Nelson Mandela hope to unite the people of South Africa?
a)
Football
b)
Baseball
c)
Rugby
d)
Cricket
31.
Which quote best exemplifies Donald Trump's perspective on immigration?
a)
"Immigration to the United States should be open to any individual who wishes a better opportunity for themselves and their family"
b)
"Immigration should be restricted to only refugees and those coming from Mexico who have families already in the U.S."
c)
"Muslims from certain countries should be banned from entering the United States of America until further notice."
d)
"A wall should be built on the Atlantic coast to keep out refugees from the Middle East."
32.
What is the city that is so important to the three major religions?
a)
Israel
b)
Jerusalem
c)
Ramallah
d)
Kuwait
33.
What term refers to the hatred of all people who practiced Judaism?
a)
Holocaust
b)
Semitism
c)
Zionism
d)
Anti-Semitism
34.
What country held the Mandate for Palestine at the end of WWI?
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
United States
d)
Germany
35.
Israel gained Jerusalem, the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights, the West Bank & the Gaza Strip as a result of which of the following?
a)
WWI
b)
WWII
c)
Six-Day War
d)
Yom Kippur War
36.
What did the UN Partition Plan call for?
a)
a Jewish state
b)
an Arab state
c)
Jerusalem as an international area
d)
all of these
37.
How did the Jewish community respond to the UN Partition Plan?
a)
they rejected it & attacked Palestinians
b)
they accepted it
c)
they ignored it
d)
they rejected it and attacked Israel
38.
Which of the following borders the Mediterranean Sea?
a)
Gaza Strip
b)
Golan Heights
c)
West Bank
d)
Jerusalem
39.
What has become of many of the Palestinians who have become refugees since 1948?
a)
many still live in refugee camps
b)
many have become Israeli citizens
c)
they have been given a state of their own in which to live
d)
they have given up any claim to return to the land that they have lost
40.
All of the following describe the settlements EXCEPT:
a)
they are Jewish homes
b)
they are located in occupied Palestinian territories
c)
they are based on religious claims to the land
d)
they have decreased in number most recently
41.
Why was there international support to create the state of Israel in 1948?
a)
the land was unoccupied at the time
b)
the Holocaust opened peoples' eyes to the persecution of the Jews
c)
Arab countries in the area supported the creation of a Jewish homeland
d)
all national groups in the former Ottoman Empire were promised homelands by the UN
42.
Attempts at Middle East peace failed because of
a)
U.N. indifference.
b)
Palestinian and Israeli extremists
c)
Egyptian interference
d)
The U. S. did not get involved
43.
How did the Arab community respond to the UN Partition Plan?
a)
they rejected it & attacked Israel
b)
they rejected it & attacked Palestinians
c)
they accepted it
d)
they ignored it
44.
What was the 1st Arab country to officially recognize the state of Israel?
a)
Egypt
b)
Jordan
c)
Syria
d)
Lebanon
45.
What country did Israel take the Golan Heights from?
a)
Palestine
b)
Egypt
c)
Syria
d)
Jordan
46.
What country did Israel return the Sinai Peninsula to?
a)
Palestine
b)
Egypt
c)
Syria
d)
Jordan
47.
This is a heavily populated urban informal settlement characterized by substandard housing and squalor.
a)
Metropolis
b)
Urban
c)
Slum
d)
Rural
48.
People moving from the rural areas to cities is called...
a)
Ruralization
b)
Urbanization
c)
Colonization
d)
None of these
49.
A megacity has at least ....million inhabitants?
a)
100
b)
5
c)
10
d)
1
50.
CBD is an acronym that means
a)
Corporate Bureaucrat Division
b)
Corporate Business District
c)
Central Business Division
d)
Central Business District
51.
Developed countries have a higher percentage of urban residents, however, _____________ countries have MORE of the very large urban settlements.
a)
developing
b)
developed
c)
Latin American
d)
European
52.
In this model, this zone is just outside the CBD
a)
Zone of Transition
b)
Commuters Zone
c)
Zone of Better Residences
d)
Zone of Independent Workers
53.
This picture shows which urbanization phenomenon:
a)
White flight
b)
Gentrification
c)
Zone of Transition
d)
Zone of Better Residences
54.
A city grows outward from a central location in a series of rings in the
a)
von thunen model
b)
concentric ring model
c)
sector model
d)
multiple nuclei model
55.
In Hoyt’s Sector Model lower income neighborhoods are usually located
a)
in the first ring around the CBD.
b)
adjacent to the industrial and transportation corridor.
c)
on the east side of the city.
d)
in a wedge that extends from the CBD to the suburbs.
56.
Large cities develop many nodes around which different types of people and activities cluster. This describes the
a)
Urban Realms Model.
b)
Multiple Nuclei Model.
c)
Latin American Model.
d)
Concentric Zone Model.
57.
Rome was located near what body of water?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Red Sea
d)
Mediterranean Sea
58.
What is the name of the amphitheater/arena which still stands today in Rome?
a)
Colosseum
b)
Parthenon
c)
aqueduct
d)
city-state
59.
What did the Romans use to bring water to their cities?
a)
columns
b)
mosaics
c)
aqueducts
d)
roads
60.
What promoted urbanization more than any other event?
a)
highways
b)
industrial revolution
c)
commericalization
d)
minimum wage
61.
___________ happens when banks won't loan $ to people w/in a certain region outlined on their maps- usually due to racism.
a)
Blockbusting
b)
Redlining
c)
Gentrification
d)
Sprawl
62.
Housing owned by the government; in the United States, it is rented to low-income resident, and the rents are set at 30 percent of the family's incomes.
a)
Tenement Homes
b)
Slums
c)
Underclass
d)
Public Housing
63.
a)
Concentric
b)
Sector
c)
Multi-Nuclei
d)
Latin American
64.
a)
Concentric
b)
Sector
c)
Multi-Nuclei
d)
Latin American
65.
Which of these cities is NOT known for its slums?
a)
Cairo
b)
Caracas
c)
Mumbai
d)
Singapore
66.
a)
Concentric
b)
Sector
c)
Multi-Nuclei
d)
Latin American
67.
Communities that are just outside of a central city where many people live in neighborhoods are...
a)
rural areas
b)
suburbs
c)
Tenements
d)
Slums
68.
Which group is not associated with Rwanda?
a)
Hutu
b)
Tutsi
c)
Belgians
d)
Sudanese
69.
When targeting a particular group, genocide includes all of these EXCEPT...
a)
Dehumanization
b)
Mass sterilization or rape
c)
Death camps or marches
d)
Segregation
70.
We didn't act in Rwanda partly because of a botched mission in...
a)
Egypt
b)
Congo
c)
Somalia
d)
Nigeria
71.
The Aboriginies faced genocide in...
a)
Indonesia
b)
Rwanda
c)
Australia
d)
Serbia
72.
System of communication through the use of speech
a)
Denglish
b)
Dialect
c)
Literary Tradition
d)
Language
73.
Language adopted for the use by a government is called a ___.
a)
Isolated Language
b)
Official Language
c)
Creole Language
d)
Extinct Language
74.
Geographical boundary of a language feature
a)
Isogloss
b)
Dialect
c)
Pidgin
d)
Native boundary
75.
In which Canadian province is French the major official language
a)
Ontario
b)
Quebec
c)
New Brunswick
d)
Manitoba
76.
How we say the word caramel in the United States is an example of a ___.
a)
Pidgin Language
b)
Lingua Franca
c)
Isogloss
d)
Dialect
77.
A body of work that encompasses a group's customs and beliefs.
a)
Material Culture
b)
Culture
c)
Language
d)
Popular Culture
78.
In Brazil, Brazilians are not allowed to eat piranhas and other predatory fish this is referred to as a ___.
a)
Terroir
b)
Taboo
c)
Stimulus Diffusion
d)
Completely false..they love eating piranhas
79.
Wearing blue jeans is an example of ___ culture.
a)
Popular
b)
Folk
80.
Slums form for all of these reasons EXCEPT...
a)
rural to urban migration
b)
low NIR
c)
lack of affordable housing
d)
lack of zoning
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