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WorksheetsW. Geo 9 weeks makeup quiz
Total questions: 89
Worksheet time: 46mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following are possible ways that diffusion can occur?
a)
Migration
b)
Trade Routes
c)
Blending
d)
All of these answers
2.
Which civilization acted as a cultural hearth?
a)
Australia
b)
Spanish
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
Klingon
3.
Which statistic is the best way to determine how healthy a population is?
a)
Death Rate
b)
Population Density
c)
Infant Mortality Rate
d)
Senior Rate
4.
This religion also has an ethnic group attached to it independent of its belief system
a)
Christianity
b)
Judaism
c)
Islam
d)
Hinduism
5.
Hinduism is which type of religion?
a)
Monotheistic
b)
Polytheistic
c)
Animistic
d)
Reijistic
6.
A population pyramid shows:
a)
Population distribution for age and sex of an area
b)
Population distribution for land area
c)
Population distribution per capita level
d)
Population distribution for age of population
7.
What is the most heavily populated region on the planet?
a)
Southern Latin America
b)
Western Europe
c)
South Asia
d)
Sub-Saharan Africa
8.
What is an immigrant?
a)
Someone who moves into a country and decides to live there.
b)
Someone who leaves the country permanently.
c)
Someone who's parents are from another country.
d)
People who illegally live in a country.
9.
What is an emigrant?
a)
A person who moves into the country.
b)
A person who leaves their country for a vacation or a short period of time.
c)
Someone who leaves the country.
d)
Someone with a green card.
10.
What is Cultural Hearth?
a)
Where an aspect of culture originated from.
b)
When people adapt to a different culture when they move to another country.
c)
When one culture excludes other cultures.
d)
When there is one dominate culture.
11.
Overall has the world been becoming more urbanized or more rural?
a)
Urbanized
b)
Rural
12.
What is cultural convergence?
a)
When one culture excludes another culture.
b)
When two cultures become the same.
c)
When one culture adopts some aspects of another culture.
d)
When an individual identifies with two cultures.
13.
What is cultural divergence?
a)
When a culture wants to preserve its own cultures by excluding outside influences.
b)
When someone switches from one culture to another.
c)
When a culture welcomes other global perspectives.
d)
When parents don't like youth culture.
14.
Which is NOT a structure of government.
a)
Unitary
b)
Federation
c)
Monarchy
d)
Confederation
15.
Which is NOT a type of government authority?
a)
Monarchy
b)
Authoritarian
c)
Unitary
d)
Democracy
16.
What is the strictest form of an authoritarian government?
a)
A Monarchy
b)
A Democracy
c)
A Republic
d)
Totalitarianism
17.
Which type of government has Kings and Queens?
a)
A Democracy
b)
A Republic
c)
A Monarchy
d)
A Dictatorship
18.
A Dictatorship is an example of what kind of government?
a)
An Authoritarian Government
b)
A Democracy
c)
A Republic
d)
A Monarchy
19.
Which Country is an example of a Dictatorship?
a)
Brazil
b)
Italy
c)
North Korea
d)
South Korea
20.
Which is not one of the major monotheistic religions?
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Judaism
d)
Buddism
21.
What does polytheistic mean?
a)
It means not having a religion.
b)
It is religions that worship multiple gods.
c)
It is a religion that believes in only one god.
22.
If a nation's Birth Rate is higher than its death rate, then......
a)
The population is shrinking.
b)
The population is growing
c)
The population is experiencing new migration patterns.
d)
The country needs to be a democracy.
23.
At one point in time, while driving between Ft Worth and Dallas, there was open pasture land. Now it is all city landscape. This is an example of:
a)
Migration
b)
Cultural Diffusion
c)
Natural Increase
d)
Urban Sprawl
24.
The way of life of a group of people who share similar cultural traits
a)
culture
b)
ethnic group
c)
standard of living
d)
democracy
25.
Language Family
a)
When one language is spoken in a single home.
b)
When people are from the same region and speak the same language.
c)
A group of languages which are related and have developed from one earlier language.
d)
the spread of cultural traits among family members
26.
A group of people who share a common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or place of origin.
a)
Cultural Diffusion
b)
Language family
c)
Traditional Economy
d)
Ethnic Group
27.
Movement of people from place to place.
a)
Migration
b)
Cultural Diffusion
c)
Urban Sprawl
d)
Population Distribution
28.
Spread of cultural traits from one culture to another.
a)
Cultural Migration
b)
Cultural Diffusion
c)
Urban Sprawl
d)
Cultural movement.
29.
Standard of Living
a)
The level of wealth, goods, and necessities available for people go live.
b)
Spreading of urban developments on land or near a city
c)
The growth rate of a population
d)
The average number of people living in a square mile of land.
30.
Natural Increase
a)
level of wealth, goods, and necessities available for people to live.
b)
variations in population that vary across a country, continent, or world.
c)
spreading of urban developments on land near a city.
d)
growth rate of a population
31.
variations in population that vary across a country, continent, or the world.
a)
Population distribution
b)
Standard of Living
c)
Natural Increase
d)
Population Density
32.
The average number of people living in a square mile of land.
a)
Population distribution
b)
Standard of Living
c)
Natural Increase
d)
Population Density
33.
Spread of urban developments on land near a city.
a)
Population distribution
b)
Metropolitan Area
c)
Population density
d)
Urban Sprawl
34.
A region that includes a central city and its surrounding suburbs.
a)
Population distribution
b)
Metropolitan Area
c)
Population density
d)
Urban Sprawl
35.
Monarchy
a)
A form of government with a hereditary king or queen
b)
A form of government where leaders rule with the consent of the citizens.
c)
Form of government where the power lies with the national government.
d)
A form of government where a small few have the power
36.
Democracy
a)
A form of government with a hereditary king or queen
b)
A form of government where leaders rule with the consent of the citizens.
c)
Form of government where the power lies with the national government.
d)
A form of government where a small few have the power
37.
Economic system where decisions are determined by a central authority (strong central government).
a)
Traditional Economy
b)
Command Economy
c)
Market Economy
38.
Economic system where tradition and custom control all economic activity.
a)
Traditional Economy
b)
Command Economy
c)
Market Economy
39.
Economic system where decisions are determined by supply and demand.
a)
Traditional Economy
b)
Command Economy
c)
Market Economy
40.
Which of the following is not an example of Language?
a)
English
b)
Russian
c)
North American
d)
Spanish
41.
Which of the following is not an aspect of Culture?
a)
Religion/Belief system
b)
Language
c)
Technology
d)
Individual Rights
42.
Why has population escalated from 1 billion in 1900 to 7 billion in 2000?
a)
Black Plague
b)
Advances in Technology
c)
Airplanes
d)
World War I
43.
Lincoln's family only produces enough agriculture to feed their family, what is this called?
a)
Subsistence Farming
b)
Commercial Farming
c)
Cottage Industry
d)
Commercial Industry
44.
Which of the following is a pull factor?
a)
Insufficient Food Supply
b)
High Crime Rate in Native Country
c)
Higher Paying jobs in New Country
d)
High Crime Rate in New Country
45.
Identify what type of country this would be: High Literacy rate; Low Infant Mortality Rate; High Capita per GDP
a)
Least Developed
b)
Newly Developed
c)
More Developed
46.
Which of these things is mostly guaranteed in a democratic nation?
a)
Civil Liberties (right to vote)
b)
Anarchy
c)
Be ruled by a monarch
d)
Be ruled by the religious head of state
47.
Nazi Germany had a government in which one man controlled the people, censored everything they did, and used terror to rule
a)
Constitutional Monarchy
b)
Dictatorship(totalitarian)
c)
Theocracy
d)
Direct Democracy
48.
Which of these is the dominant religion in the world?
a)
Islam
b)
Hinduism
c)
Christianity
d)
Buddhism
49.
Which of the following is not an Monotheistic religion
a)
Hinduism
b)
Christian
c)
Judaism
d)
Islamic
50.
Which of the following is not an example of religion
a)
Catholicism
b)
Hinduism
c)
English
d)
Confucianism
51.
Match the term to the definition:
A City
A City
a)
Rural
Rural
Rural
b)
Urbanization
c)
Urban
d)
population density
52.
The growth of cities by people looking for work and opportunities.
a)
Urbanization
b)
Communism
c)
population density
d)
population
53.
Which type of country has the highest birth rates?
a)
Developed Countries
b)
Developing Countries
54.
Why is the world's population rapidly increasing?
a)
No more wars
b)
Farmers are growing more food
c)
The world's population is decreasing
d)
nuclear energy
55.
Migrating to escape crime is an example of a
a)
urbanization
b)
Communism
c)
Pull Factor
d)
Push Factor
56.
What is the term for a small river that flows into a larger river?
a)
Tributary
b)
River mouth
c)
Gulf
d)
River source
57.
What landform is shown in the following picture?
a)
Plateau
b)
Canyon
c)
Mountain
d)
Desert
58.
Physical Geography: Mountain :: Human Geography: __________
a)
Canyon
b)
Gulf
c)
Region
d)
Island
59.
What term refers to a group of islands?
a)
Ithmus
b)
Strait
c)
Peninsula
d)
Archipelago
60.
What term refers to the study of the Earth and everything on it?
a)
Geography
b)
Geographer
c)
Geology
d)
Geograbra
61.
Florida is considered to be what landform?
a)
Archipelago
b)
Peninsula
c)
Island
d)
Isthmus
62.
Which of the following is NOT an example of physical geography?
a)
Desert
b)
Coastline
c)
Dam
d)
Mountains
63.
What term refers to the spread of culture from one place to another?
a)
Cultural Dissection
b)
Cultural Dissolution
c)
Cultural Desolution
d)
Cultural Diffusion
64.
What is another term for absolute location?
a)
Specific
b)
General
c)
Relative
65.
What is another term for relative location?
a)
Absolute
b)
General
c)
Specific
66.
What is the term for a way of life of a group of people with common values and beliefs?
a)
Culvers
b)
Cult
c)
Culture
67.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of culture? (think culture web)
a)
Government
b)
Economic system
c)
Religion
d)
School system
68.
What term refers to people changing the environment?
a)
Adapt
b)
Modify
c)
Depend
69.
What term refers to people being changed by the environment?
a)
Modify
b)
Depend
c)
Adapt
70.
What term refers to people relying on the environment?
a)
Depend
b)
Adapt
c)
Modify
71.
What term refers to the spread of people, goods, and ideas?
a)
Movement
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Location
72.
What term refers to the description of an area? (ex. Eiffel Tower in France, Grand Canyon in Arizona)
a)
Region
b)
Place
c)
Location
d)
Interaction
73.
What term refers to areas grouped together based on similarities? (ex. Southwest US, Middle East)
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Region
d)
Movement
74.
What tells you the ratio between the distance on a map and the distance in real life?
a)
Title
b)
Scale
c)
Legend
d)
Key
75.
What are the imaginary lines that run east and west called?
a)
Longitude
b)
Meridians
c)
Latitude
76.
What tells you the meaning of symbols found on a map?
a)
Legend
b)
Scale
c)
Date
d)
Compass rose
77.
What are the imaginary lines that run north and south called?
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
c)
Parallels
78.
What is the 0⁰ line of latitude called?
a)
Prime Parallel
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
Equator
79.
What is the 0⁰ line of longitude called?
a)
Equator
b)
Major Meridian
c)
Prime Meridian
80.
What climate zone is found between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?
a)
Polar
b)
Temperate
c)
Tropics
81.
Land at the edge of the continent that extends under the ocean is called....
a)
continental drift
b)
continental rise
c)
continental shelf
d)
continental slope
82.
Where is the Ring of Fire located?
a)
along the rim of the Pacific Ocean
b)
in the middle of the Arctic Ocean
c)
around the Mediterranean Sea
d)
near the edge of the Atlantic Ocean
83.
What landform is level land with a cliff on the side?
a)
hill
b)
mountain
c)
plain
d)
plateau
84.
Which of the following is an example of a biological resource?
a)
coal
b)
fish
c)
iron
d)
water
85.
The plant life in the tundra includes
a)
evergreens and deciduous forests
b)
shrubs and cacti
c)
tropical plants and rain forests
d)
mosses or no vegetation
86.
The average condition of the atmosphere over a period of time is
a)
climate
b)
humidity
c)
precipitation
d)
weather
87.
What is the best description of a group of places that share the same climate?
a)
climate band
b)
climate latitude
c)
climate layer
d)
climate region
88.
Which of the following statements is true?
a)
Land that extends beyond the edge of the continent is a continental slope
b)
Landforms exist under the ocean
c)
Land that slopes upward but less steep than a mountain is a plain
d)
Landforms remain unchanged except during floods
89.
What two events occur along the Ring of Fire?
a)
floods and cyclones
b)
droughts and hurricanes
c)
tornadoes and typhoons
d)
volcanoes and earthquakes
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