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WorksheetsAP HuG - Practice Quiz 4 (C1-3)
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
If the scale of a map is 1:100,000, then 1 centimeter on the map represents ________ on Earth's surface.
1 kilometer
10 kilometers
10,000 kilometers
100,000 kilometers
If we did not have a map handy, we would deduce that the coordinates 171 E longitude, 12 S latitude are likely
just east of the International Date Line and just north of the equator.
just south of the equator and just east of the prime meridian.
just west of the International Date Line and just south of the equator.
just west of the prime meridian and just south of the equator.
The state of Texas is best considered a formal region because
only one language is spoken in most of the cities of the region.
the same state laws apply everywhere in the region.
the climate is the same everywhere in the region.
transportation systems converge in the major highways of the region.
In recent years, the global movement of money has been enhanced primarily by
establishment of new stock exchanges in London, New York, and Tokyo.
improvements in electronic communications.
relocation of production from core to peripheral regions.
uneven development of national banking sectors.
In recent years, the global movement of money has been enhanced primarily by
establishment of new stock exchanges in London, New York, and Tokyo.
improvements in electronic communications.
relocation of production from core to peripheral regions.
uneven development of national banking sectors.
Distribution refers to the arrangement of observable phenomena across a surface.
true
false
Analyzing the map(s) of ecumene in this chapter, along with a world map, we can deduce that Peru was intensively settled before
5000 BC.
1000 BC.
AD 1500.
AD 1.
Given the data in this chapter about urban and rural population concentrations, we might expect to find a lower proportion of farmers living in which of these areas?
East Asia
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeastern Europe
Life expectancy is lowest on average in
Africa.
East Asia.
North America.
Europe.
Approximately 500 babies were born in Country D in 2011, but 35 of them died before reaching their first birthday. These data can be used to report Country D's
crude death rate.
infant mortality rate.
early life expectancy.
murder rate.
Among the world's countries, the spread between the highest and lowest crude death rates is ________ than the spread between the highest and lowest crude birth rates.
greater
less
the same as
more related to income
The highest crude death rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
The low rate of contraceptive use in Africa reflects the region's
improving education of women.
low status of women.
rapid diffusion of contraceptives.
low status of men.
The ________ that reached Europe from Central Asia in the 1300s was spread by fleas infecting rats, which were carried from port to port on most ships.
Black Blight, or bubonic flu,
Flea Plague, or bubonic pestilence,
Bubonic Flea Plague
Black Plague, or bubonic plague,
City X contains 2,000,000 people living on 1,000 square kilometers of land. The population density of City X is 200 persons per square kilometer.
true
false
Country A, which lies partly in a fertile valley and partly in a vast desert, contains 10,000,000 people living on 10,000 square kilometers of land. The population density of Country A is 1,000 persons per square kilometer.
true
false
The highest crude birth rates are found in the less developed countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
true
false
A permanent move to a new location is
migration
mobility.
net migration.
net in-migration.
Refugees migrate primarily because of which type of push factor?
economic
environmental
cultural
circulation
Which one of the following would you judge to be the best example of circulation?
Visiting a university in a distant state in order to determine whether it best suits your needs as a prospective college student.
Taking your car to the mechanic because its transmission stopped functioning after six years of use.
Going to the grocery store once every two or three weeks to stock up on food and supplies.
Going to a grocery store to buy supplies for your friend's sixteenth birthday party.
Several million Irish migrated in the 1840s primarily because
the British military forced them to become refugees.
disastrous economic conditions, exacerbated by British government policies, pushed them out of the country.
poor environmental conditions, including volcanic eruptions and tsunamis, induced them to migrate.
they were attracted by the separation of church and state (freedom of religion) in the United States.
The largest numbers of Europeans migrated to the United States primarily because of
decreased economic opportunities at the same time that European countries experienced rapid population growth.
decreased political stability as European countries were wracked by revolutions.
religious freedom in the United States, as European countries forbade their citizens to attend most kinds of religious services.
the great reputation of schools and hospitals in the United States.
Which statement most accurately describes the motivations of the historic European and current Latin American immigrants to the United States?
Both were and are motivated primarily by economic factors.
Migrants from Europe were fleeing religious persecution while migrants from Latin America are motivated by economic factors.
Both were and are motivated by a desire to join family members already in the United States.
Migrants from Europe mostly spoke English while migrants from Latin American mostly speak Spanish.
The most popular destination for voluntary migrants from Great Britain has been
Asia.
Australia.
North America.
South America.
Which of the following current migration flows is the least significant in terms of total numbers of people?
from Asia to Europe
from Africa to Europe
from Asia to North America
between and among Asian countries
Counterurbanization is
moving from an urban core to suburban areas.
due to expanding suburbs.
migration to rural areas and small towns from central cities or suburbs.
the trend of the elderly retiring to communities in southern states such as Arizona or Florida.
Among the difficulties faced by the Soviet Union's program to attract migrants to its industrial zones was the following:
Many heavy industries were located in remote northern areas, which experienced harsh winters.
Migrants didn't move often because of high population growth.
The program provided no economic incentives.
The premier of the Soviet Union was criticized for engaging in fraudulent electoral practices, and the resulting lack of trust in the political system has kept workers from migrating.
An analysis of the chapter's map(s) of refugees suggests that
most of the world's refugees end up in the United States or the United Kingdom.
neighboring countries tend to absorb most refugees from war-torn areas.
there are seldom more than 100,000 refugees at any one time.
neighboring countries almost never accept refugees from war-torn areas.
Most European guest workers come from which parts of Europe?
north and central
north and west
central and west
south and east
Guest workers in Europe and the Middle East experience some discrimination and harsher work conditions than citizens in their host countries, so it we might judge that they live as
unauthorized immigrants.
low-status foreigners.
almost exclusively Muslims.
high-status southern Europeans.
Brain drain is
the large-scale emigration of talented people.
the process by which people are given reference for migration.
people forced to migrate for political reasons.
a cultural feature that hinders migration.
Given the textbook's description of Asian migration to the United States, we might conclude that most Asians today are migrating to the U.S. through the process of
expansion diffusion.
brain drain.
chain migration.
undocumented immigration.
According to the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, undocumented immigrants were
permitted to become legal residents by participating in an application process.
automatically transformed into U.S. citizens in a blanket "amnesty"
encouraged to remain in Mexico because of shortages of workers.
no longer eligible for public services in the United States.
