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Worksheets2018 Semester Review
Total questions: 109
Worksheet time: 1hrs 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of these is NOT a push factor
a)
Overpopulation
b)
Religious Persecution
c)
Lack of job opportunities
d)
Arable Land (land good for farming)
2.
Average number of people living on one square mile
a)
Population Movement
b)
Population Distribution
c)
Population Density
d)
Population Growth
3.
Mr. Johnson left Jamaica to live in the U.S., therefore he is an ______________ of Jamaica.
a)
emigrant
b)
resident
c)
immigrant
d)
citizen
4.
What is life expectancy?
a)
The number of years needed for one to reach 60 years.
b)
The number of years that a person is expected to live on his/her own.
c)
The number of years that a person is expected to live.
d)
What one expects to face in life.
5.
Which factor is most responsible for increasing life expectancy in many less industrialized nations?
a)
Declining birth rates
b)
Availability of health insurance
c)
Access to primary education
d)
Imrpoved healthcare programs
6.
Which factor is most directly related to the level of economic development of a country?
a)
High urban population/ Urbanization
b)
Fertility rate
c)
Mortality rate
d)
Religion
7.
A factor that draws or attracts people to another location
a)
push factor
b)
pull factor
8.
What is literacy rate?
a)
The percentage of people with at least a 4 year college degree
b)
the percentage of people in a country that can read and write.
c)
It measures how well off people in a country are.
d)
the average number of years a person in a country is expected to live.
9.
Today, many people from Syria and Iraq are attempting to migrate to Europe. When settled in Europe, they'll be appropriately regarded as
a)
Emigrants
b)
Immigrants
c)
Gypsies
d)
Missionaries
10.
How would high fertility rates and low life expectancy affect a nation's population?
a)
GDP per capita would slightly decrease
b)
Literacy rate would increase
c)
Average age of population would be high
d)
Average age of population would be low
11.
The skills, level of education, and managerial capabilities are directly related to what type of resource?
a)
Renewable
b)
Human
c)
Capital
d)
Non-renewable
12.
Population distribution is highly uneven in which population density is higher on the coasts than the interior. One main reason for this pattern is due to
a)
access to trade routes and travel
b)
access to fishing
c)
access to fresh water sources
d)
the oceans act as a natural barrier
13.
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
14.
Scale is…
a)
the system used by geographers to transfer
locations from a globe to a map
b)
the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a
given area
c)
the difference in elevation between two
points in an area
d)
the relationship between the length of an
object on a map and that feature on the landscape
15.
The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:
a)
absolute location
b)
relative location
c)
site
d)
situation
16.
The process of the spread of an idea and/or dissemination of an innovation from its source area to other cultures, is the process of cultural:
a)
diffusion
b)
simultaion
c)
adaptation
d)
movement
17.
The physical qualities of the original location for a city is referred to as the
a)
site
b)
situation
c)
relative location
d)
absolute location
18.
The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?
a)
Cultural Landscape
b)
Place
c)
Location
d)
Human Environment Interaction
19.
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
20.
Measuring the distance people are willing to travel to shop at a store would be creating what type of region for that store?
a)
Formal
b)
Perceptual
c)
Functional
d)
Uniform
21.
Geographers group like things together into regions in order to make them easier to study. What type of region would a corn field be?
a)
Perceptual
b)
Formal
c)
Functional
d)
Vernacular
22.
The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior is called ____.
a)
acculturation
b)
innovation
c)
cultural hearth
d)
diffusion
23.
Places that share similar characteristics are called
a)
human systems
b)
environments
c)
regions
d)
physical systems
24.
Which of the following shows places on the Earth's surface the most accurately?
a)
thematic maps
b)
globes
c)
general-purpose maps
d)
physical maps
25.
Imaginary North-South line that passes through Greenwich, England, and has a value of 0 degrees
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
relief
d)
scale
26.
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
27.
The physical environment causes social and cultural development.
a)
Cultural Environmentalism
b)
Environmental Possibilism
c)
Environmental Determinism
d)
Cultural Possibilism
28.
Culture is spread by...
a)
Movement of people
b)
TV and Internet
c)
War and conquest
d)
All are correct
29.
This image demonstrates
a)
Regions
b)
Stimulus Diffusion
c)
Globalization
d)
None of the above
30.
What is a Region
a)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us where people and places are
d)
None of the Above
31.
The idea that one's environment is responsible for who people are and how they live
a)
Positivism
b)
'Merica
c)
Possibilism
d)
Environmental Determinism
32.
The map projection with the greatest amount of distortion, although visually appealing because of its nice, straight lines, is called _____.
a)
Mercator
b)
Gall-Peters
c)
Azimuthal
d)
Homolosine
33.
The concept of distance decay is best described in which scenario?
a)
When fewer people read the Review Journal newspaper the farther you are away from Las Vegas.
b)
People throughout a region generally speaking German.
c)
When many people move to another area using an ocean vessel.
d)
The diffusion of a disease along a highway corridor.
34.
The nature and contribution of geography to your education is to give you a
a)
soul
b)
global perspective
c)
college scholarship
d)
sence of place
35.
A two-dimensional representation of the earth
a)
Map
b)
Globe
c)
Projection
36.
The relationship between any phenomenon and the earth as a whole. Looking at the impact something has locally, regionally, globally, etc....
a)
Space
b)
Diffusion
c)
Place
d)
Scale
37.
An area on the Earth defined by the feelings and images about the cultural identity of the area. Tend to have unclear boundaries.
a)
Perceptual/Vernacular region
b)
Formal/Uniform region
c)
Functional/Nodal region
38.
The science of making maps
a)
cartography
b)
cartographer
c)
distortion
39.
What is the best definition of culture?
a)
the total population of a particular country
b)
the spread of ideas from one region to another
c)
all of the beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a particular group
d)
the physical characteristics of a specific population
40.
Population Distribution is
a)
to leave one’s home to live in another place
b)
the geographic pattern of where people live on Earth
c)
the average number of people living within a square mile or square kilometer
d)
to enter and live in a new country
41.
Population Density is
a)
to leave one’s home to live in another place
b)
the geographic pattern of where people live on Earth
c)
the average number of people living within a square mile or square kilometer
d)
to enter and live in a new country
42.
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
43.
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
44.
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
45.
Movement of people from place to place.
a)
Migration
b)
Cultural Diffusion
c)
Urban Sprawl
d)
Population Distribution
46.
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.
47.
Spread of cultural traits from one culture to another.
a)
Cultural Migration
b)
Cultural Diffusion
c)
Urban Sprawl
d)
Cultural movement.
48.
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
49.
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
50.
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.
51.
Which of the following is NOT an element of culture?
a)
Protection & Security
b)
Health & Wellness
c)
Religion
d)
Language
52.
How do you calculate the Rate of Natural Increase for a population?
a)
Birth Rate - Mortality Rate = Overall Growth Rate
b)
Infant Mortality Rate - Birth Rate = Rate of Natural Increase
c)
Birth Rate ÷ 1,000 people per square mile = Population Density
d)
Urban Population - Rural Population = Rate of Natural Increase
53.
Which of the following are possible ways that diffusion can occur?
a)
Migration
b)
Trade Routes
c)
Blending
d)
All of these answers
54.
Which civilization acted as a cultural hearth?
a)
Australia
b)
Spanish
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
Klingon
55.
Why is having an infrastructure necessary for economic success?
a)
It is a tax collected to help educate a country's citizens
b)
Nations need buildings, roads, and services for the economy to run
c)
It helps parliaments decide how to pass laws that rule the economy
d)
Businesses depend on it because it helps determine currency values
56.
Which push or pull factor affects population size?
a)
Better access to cheeses
b)
Luxury cars to purchase
c)
Drought
d)
More cinemas and theaters
57.
This religion also has an ethnic group attached to it independent of its belief system
a)
Christianity
b)
Judaism
c)
Islam
d)
Hinduism
58.
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
59.
What is the final step that must happen for cultural change to occur?
a)
Diffusion
b)
Innovation
c)
Acculturation
d)
Conversion
60.
Hinduism is which type of religion?
a)
Monotheistic
b)
Polytheistic
c)
Animistic
d)
Reijistic
61.
What is the fertility rate needed to keep the population stable?
a)
0
b)
1
c)
2
d)
3
62.
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
63.
What is the most heavily populated region on the planet?
a)
Southern Latin America
b)
Western Europe
c)
South Asia
d)
Sub-Saharan Africa
64.
people around the world have become more connected by trade, travel, and technology
a)
urbanization
b)
localization
c)
globalization
65.
taking existing technology and resources and creating something new to meet a need
a)
invention
b)
acculturation
c)
innovation
d)
diffusion
66.
consists of a belief in a supernatural power or powers that are regarded as creators or maintainers of the universe
a)
religion
b)
culture
c)
innovation
d)
acculturation
67.
belief in one god
a)
polytheistic
b)
animistic
c)
monotheistic
68.
belief in multiple gods
a)
monotheistic
b)
polytheistic
c)
animistic
69.
This is a specific point on Earth, distinguished by a particular characteristic.
a)
Place
b)
Region
c)
Scale
d)
Space
e)
Connection
70.
This is an area of the Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics. Geographers divided the world into a number of these, such as North America and Latin America.
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Scale
d)
Region
e)
Space
71.
This refers to the physical gap or interval between two objects.
a)
Place
b)
Region
c)
Scale
d)
Space
e)
Connection
72.
This is a two-dimensional or flat-scale model of Earth's surface, or a portion of it.
a)
Map
b)
Reference Tool
c)
Mercator Map Projection
d)
Isoline map
e)
Landscape Analysis
73.
This captures, stores, queries, and displays the geographic data.
a)
GPS
b)
GIS
c)
Remote Senser
d)
Isoline Map
e)
Mashup
74.
A GPS is a system that determines the precise position of something on Earth.
a)
True
b)
False
75.
Geographers describe a feature's place on Earth by identifying ______, the position that something occupies on Earth's surface.
a)
location
b)
place
c)
region
d)
site
e)
GPS
76.
The reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place is known as the ______.
a)
Distance decay
b)
Remote sensing
c)
Commute time
d)
Ecological advantages
e)
Space-time compression
77.
When Sam and Will are no longer in the same classes, they are less likely to interact at school. Contact diminishes with increasing distance and eventually disappears. What has happened?
a)
Space-time compression
b)
They hate each other
c)
Scale of Analysis
d)
Spatial interaction
e)
Distance Decay
78.
This is an area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.
a)
Region
b)
Formal region
c)
Perceptual region
d)
Functional region
e)
Place
79.
How people live, behave and think
a)
culture
b)
symbol
c)
free enterprise
d)
citizen
80.
What is another word for rural?
a)
countryside
b)
city
c)
suburban
d)
crop
81.
What is movement?
a)
Tells us how people, goods, recourses, and ideas move from one place to another
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.
82.
Lines of latitude are....
a)
Vertical
b)
Horizontal
83.
How many continents are there on the planet
a)
Five
b)
Six
c)
Seven
84.
How people impact their environment is included in which theme of geography?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Movement
d)
Human-Environment Interaction
85.
Location, Place, Regions, Movement, and Human-environment interact are called the
a)
tools of geography
b)
5 themes
c)
momentos of time
d)
tutorials of geography
86.
Zero population growth occurs when the TFR (total fertility rate) is at
a)
1.2
b)
2.1
c)
2.7
d)
1.9
87.
Nearly all the world's population growth is clustered in what areas?
a)
Urban areas
b)
MDC's
c)
LDC's
d)
Suburban areas
88.
There are NO countries in which stage?
a)
Stage 3
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 4
d)
Stage 1
89.
What does an "upside down" population pyramid indicate?
a)
lots of children
lots of children
lots of children
b)
lots of middle age people
c)
lots of elderly/older people
d)
lots of teens
90.
Thomas Malthus thought
a)
population would increase at the same rate as farming production
b)
population would eventually decline due to birth control and family planning
c)
population would eventually outgrow food production
d)
moral restraint would lower population growth
91.
The ratio of people who are too young or too old to work compared to the working population is called the
a)
dependency ratio
b)
population pyramid
c)
interconnected ratio
d)
retirement ratio
92.
Lowest CDR occurs during stage
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
93.
Highest population growth occurs during stage
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
94.
In LDC's this would be typically low.
a)
CDR
b)
CBR
c)
Infant mortality
d)
life expectancy
95.
The annual worldwide natural increase rate is
a)
1.2%
b)
12%
c)
12 million
d)
12 trillion
96.
The time it takes for the world population to go from 3 billion to 6 billion or 6 billion to 12 billion is called
a)
overpopulation
b)
doubling time
c)
natural increase
d)
life expectancy
97.
The average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime is the
a)
birth rate or CBR
b)
natural increase or NIR
c)
mortality rate
d)
total fertility rate or TFR
98.
Which area is the most habitable?
a)
high areas
b)
cold areas
c)
warm areas
d)
dry areas
99.
Which area has the highest urbanization rate?
a)
Indochina
b)
Western Europe
c)
East Asia
d)
South Asia
100.
The world's most populated country is
a)
India
b)
Nigeria
c)
China
d)
Indonesia
101.
The world's most populated region is
a)
North America
b)
East Asia
c)
South Asia
d)
Africa
102.
ZPG stands for
a)
Zero population growth
b)
Zero pending growth
c)
Zero pollution growth
d)
Zero pounds growth
103.
Overpopulation is
a)
too many darn people for the world
b)
too many darn people for a country
c)
too many darn people for an area
d)
too many darn people for the resources
104.
Which is not used to determine a country's level of development?
a)
per capita GDP
b)
Literacy Rate
c)
Government System
d)
life expectancy
105.
High infant mortality rate, low literacy rate and low life expectancy indicates what level of development?
a)
newly developed
b)
more developed
c)
less developed
d)
over developed
106.
What public need does this population pyramid indicates for the future of the country?
a)
investment in healthcare for the elderly
b)
economic expansion due to a large number of young workers
c)
new schools needed for young people
107.
A population pyramid with a small number of males ages 20-40 years old might reflect which recent event?
a)
major disease epidemic
b)
extended war
c)
economic recession
d)
increased birth rate
108.
High literacy rates, high levels of technology and industry are indicators of which level of development?
a)
newly developed
b)
highly developed
c)
more developed
d)
less developed
109.
Which religion was brought to America through a process of European colonization?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Hinduism
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