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APHG Unit 2 Review

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Migration from urban areas to rural areas is called
a)
counter-urbanization
b)
urbanization
c)
ruralization
d)
mobility
2.
In recent decades, the most important type of internal migration within the USA has been from
a)
rural to urban areas
b)
urban to suburban areas
c)
urban to rural areas
d)
suburbs to urban areas
3.
The Trail of Tears is an example of interregional migration.
a)
True
b)
False
4.

Which is NOT a primary reason people migrate?

a)

Economic opportunity

b)

Cultural freedom

c)

Environmental conditions

d)

Wanting to explore a new place

5.
Ravenstein's Laws of Migration explain all BUT...
a)
WHO migrates
b)
WHERE do people migrate to
c)
WHY people migrate
d)
Wanting to explore a new place
6.
According to Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration, which group is most likely to move?
a)
older adults
b)
Cultural freedom
c)
children
d)
families
7.
Into which stage of the demographic transition model would Australia and Canada fit?
a)
1
b)
Cultural freedom
c)
3
d)
4
8.
According to Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration, every migration flow generates a return migration flow. This phenomenon is known as
a)
counter-migration.
b)
Cultural freedom
c)
reverse migration.
d)
Wanting to explore a new place
9.
Which of Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration best reflects the Gravity Model?
a)
most migrants are male
b)
Cultural freedom
c)
most long distance migrants move to large urban areas
d)
all of the above
10.
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
11.
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.
12.
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
13.
The most common intraregional migration in the U.S. from urban to suburban occurred during 1970-1980. 
a)
True
b)
False
14.
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
15.
Since the 1980s most US In-Migration has come from
a)
Europe
b)
East Asia
c)
Latin America
d)
South Asia
16.
Most migrants move for 
a)
economic reasons
b)
cultural reasons
c)
environmental reasons
d)
persecution reasons
17.
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
18.
Which of the following is a PULL factor?
a)
A hurricane
b)
failed harvest
c)
increase in taxes
d)
opening a new factory
19.
The ability to move from one place to another is
a)
mobility
b)
migration
c)
net migration
d)
voluntary migration
20.
A country has net 0ut-migration if emigration
a)
exceeds immigration
b)
equals immigration
c)
is less than immigration
d)
equals crude birth rate
21.
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
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.
Who is migratory over LONG distances?
a)
women with children
b)
young unmarried men
c)
old people
d)
young families
24.
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
25.
The main PUSH factor for a refugee is
a)
economic
b)
environmental
c)
natural disaster
d)
political
26.
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
27.
The world's most populated country is
a)
India
b)
Nigeria
c)
China
d)
Indonesia
28.
This caused a jump in the worlds' population in the late 1700's and helped send England into stage 2 of the Industrial Revolution: 
a)
the Renaissance
b)
the Industrial Revolution
c)
the Medical Revolution
d)
the Scientific Revolution
29.
The annual worldwide natural increase rate is
a)
1.2%
b)
12%
c)
12 million
d)
12 trillion
30.

What does an "upside down" population pyramid indicate?

a)

lots of children

b)

lots of middle age people

c)

lots of elderly/older people

d)

lots of teens

31.
Which areas of the world generally have net out-migration?
a)
Asia and North America
b)
Africa and Europe
c)
Africa and Asia
d)
Latin America and Europe
32.
What is the most populous country in Southeast Asia?
a)
Indonesia
b)
Cambodia
c)
Thailand
d)
Vietnam
33.
What does a country have if the physiological density is very high and its arithmetic density is very low?
a)
a large number of farmers, although the number of farmers is not as great as the number of people living in the cities
b)
too many people for the available resources, particularly in regards to agricultural land
c)
too few farmers for the large area of land suitable for agriculture
d)
a small percentage of land suitable for agriculture, even if there seems to be plenty of space available to live in
34.
The location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called: 
a)
A.  referenced location 
b)
A.  central location
c)
A.  relative location
d)
A.  absolute location 
35.
The act of migrants sending money to family in their home country is termed
a)
reparation
b)
restitution
c)
allowance
d)
remittance
36.
The process of migrants moving to a specific location because relatives or members of the same culture have already migrated and settled there is known as
a)
chain migration
b)
emigration
c)
immigration
d)
step migration
37.
This is why most immigrant settled in cities
a)
Jobs
b)
Sobs
c)
Cookies
d)
Loneliness
38.

Which stage does international migration reach its height?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

39.

The U.S. population has moved towards?

a)

east

b)

west

c)

north

d)

south

40.

Refugees receive special priority over migrants that come for...

a)

economic

b)

environment

c)

cultural

d)

all of the above

41.

immigrants in the U.S.

a)

are spread all throughout the country

b)

follow economic opportunities

c)

follow migration patterns

d)

only in the southern boarder states

42.

Counterurbanization is

a)

rural to urban

b)

urban to rural

c)

country to city

d)

only when you retire

43.

Population began to increase

a)

18th century

b)

17th century

c)

16th century

d)

20th century

44.

Site characteristics include

a)

relationship to the market.

b)

relative distance from another location.

c)

the cultural characteristics of a region.

d)

the unique physical and human characteristics of a location

45.

Which stage of the Demographic Transition Model do demographers agree most of Europe is in?

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

46.

The Dust Bowl in the Great Plains is the best example of which push or pull factor?

a)

Political pull factor

b)

Economic push factor

c)

Environmental push factor

d)

Economic pull factor

47.

Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition is characterized by

a)

High growth

b)

Low growth

c)

Zero growth

d)

Negative growth

48.

The movement of persons from the Rust Belt to the Sun belt is an example of which type of migration?

a)

Intercontinental

b)

International

c)

Interregional

d)

Interurban

49.

Refugees fleeing Syria and Iraq in 2015-2018 were mostly responding to

a)

Economic push factors

b)

Economic pull factors

c)

Cultural pull factors

d)

Political push factors

50.

The country represented by the population pyramid is most likely characterized by

a)

Adequate health care for the elderly

b)

Readily available birth control

c)

Low rates of heart disease

d)

Persistent conflict

51.

Based on the data, what stage of the DTM most likely describes Burkina Faso?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

52.

According to demographic transition theory, at which stages is a country's population most likely to decline?

a)

1 and 2

b)

2 and 3

c)

3 and 4

d)

4 and 5