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WorksheetsChapter 3 Rubinstein AP Human Geography
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 26mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which areas of the world generally have net "out" migrations?
a)
Asia and North America
b)
Africa and Europe
c)
Africa and Asia
d)
Latin America and Europe
2.
According to Ravenstein which of the following is NOT true?
a)
Most migrants are young adults.
b)
Most migration is over very long distance
c)
Migration is most often for economic reasons.
d)
Migration occurs in steps.
3.
The wave of immigrants around 1900 to 1915 was different from earlier waves of migration because most were from what area?
a)
Southern and Eastern Europe
b)
Asia
c)
Africa
d)
Latin America
4.
The most common intraregional migration in the U.S. from urban to suburban occurred during 1970-1980.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Net-In migration will be the greatest source of population increase in the following country(countries).
a)
Africa and South Asia
b)
Asia and Latin America
c)
Anglo America
d)
South America
6.
Which US quota laws were aimed at making sure most immigrants were from Europe?
a)
Immigration Act of 1965
b)
1978 Global Quotas
c)
Immigration Act of 1990
d)
Quota Act of 1921 and National Origin Act of 1924
7.
Since the 1980s most US In-Migration has come from
a)
Europe
b)
East Asia
c)
Latin America
d)
South Asia
8.
Most migrants move for
a)
economic reasons
b)
cultural reasons
c)
environmental reasons
d)
persecution reasons
9.
Getting up, driving to school, attending school, driving home only to do this all over again is called?
a)
inter-regional migration
b)
interstate migration
c)
chain migration
d)
circulation migration
10.
Population in the US originally moved west but has more recently begun to move where?
a)
been stationary
b)
moved north
c)
moved south
d)
moved back east
11.
If a country's Immigration is LESS than it's Emigration it has
a)
net in-migration
b)
net out-migration
c)
it's population is increasing
d)
it needs to set quota laws
12.
Australia receives most of it immigrants from
a)
South America
b)
East Asia
c)
India
d)
Middle East
13.
Today the largest number of immigrants come to the US from Latin America. In previous decades the largest number came from
a)
Germany
b)
England
c)
Ireland
d)
Russia
14.
Which of the following is a PULL factor?
a)
A hurricane
b)
failed harvest
c)
increase in taxes
d)
opening a new factory
15.
The ability to move from one place to another is
a)
mobility
b)
migration
c)
net migration
d)
voluntary migration
16.
A country has net 0ut-migration if emigration
a)
exceeds immigration
b)
equals immigration
c)
is less than immigration
d)
equals crude birth rate
17.
The most important intervening obstacle preventing Eastern Europeans from leaving their homes between World War 2 and the 1990s was
a)
the Danube River
b)
the Alps
c)
communist control of the region
d)
lack of financial resources
18.
The Atlantic Ocean is an example of
a)
an environmental push factor
b)
an intervening obstacle
c)
an environmental pull factor
d)
an economic factor
19.
Most migrants to the US from 1800-1850 came from this part of Europe.
a)
north and east
b)
north and south
c)
north and west
d)
south and east
20.
According to the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act undocumented workers
a)
are immediately arrested
b)
were allowed to pursue citizenship
c)
jailed if caught a third time
d)
no longer able to go to public school
21.
Guest workers in Europe and the Middle East are low-status but legal residents.
a)
true
b)
false
22.
What is an example of forced migration?
a)
Spanish moving to Mexico
b)
African slaves brought to the Americas.
c)
Syrians moving to Turkey
d)
African Americans moving north at the end of the civil war
23.
Many guest workers go to the oil fields in Midland Texas.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Many guest workers go to work in the oil field in SW Asia.
a)
true
b)
false
25.
Who is migratory over LONG distances?
a)
women with children
b)
young unmarried men
c)
old people
d)
young families
26.
Which would not be an environmental pull factor?
a)
clear, dry air in Arizona
b)
lumberjack job in the Pacific Northwest
c)
beautiful clear water by the beach
d)
Rocky Mountain scenery
27.
In the 1840's millions Irish migrated to the US because of
a)
widespread flooding
b)
a farming disaster that killed the potato crop
c)
English government take over
d)
the need for religious freedom
28.
The main PUSH factor for a refugee is
a)
economic
b)
environmental
c)
natural disaster
d)
political
29.
Large scale migration from SE Asia to the US in the 1970's was because of
a)
communist take over of Vietnam
b)
war in Myanmar
c)
floods in Cambodia
d)
civil war in Laos
30.
Most voluntary migrants from Great Britian have gone to
a)
Mexico
b)
North America
c)
Australia
d)
continental Europe
31.
Brain drain is
a)
when you can't come up with the answer on a test
b)
emigration from MDCs to LDCs
c)
emigration of talented and smart people
d)
forcing emigration for political reasons
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