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WorksheetsAP Human Geography Midyear Exam
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
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
3.
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
4.
The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?
a)
Cultural Landscape
b)
Place
c)
Location
d)
Human Environment Interaction
5.
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
6.
Places that share similar characteristics are called
a)
human systems
b)
environments
c)
regions
d)
physical systems
7.
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
8.
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
9.
Explain Thomas Malthus's population theory.
a)
He concluded that the world's population increase was higher than the development of food supplies.
b)
He concluded that crude birth rates must balance crude death rates.
c)
He concluded that population increased arithmetically while food production increased linguistically.
d)
He concluded that population growth was outpacing available resources in every country, according to algebraic calculations.
10.
Zero population growth occurs when the TFR (total fertility rate) is at
a)
1.2
b)
2.1
c)
2.7
d)
1.9
11.
Nearly all the world's population growth is clustered in what areas?
a)
Urban areas
b)
MDC's
c)
LDC's
d)
Suburban areas
12.
There are NO countries in which stage?
a)
Stage 3
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 4
d)
Stage 1
13.
If the GNP(Gross National Product) increases the birth rate of that country?
a)
decreases
b)
increases slowly
c)
doesn't change
d)
increases rapidly
14.
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
15.
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
16.
Death rates fall rapidly due to increased hygiene and medical advances during stage
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
17.
In LDC's this would be typically low.
a)
CDR
b)
CBR
c)
Infant mortality
d)
life expectancy
18.
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
19.
If the physiological density is larger than the arithmetic density then the country has
a)
little to no usable farm land
b)
lots of farm land
c)
high urban areas
d)
too many people
20.
The world's most populated region is
a)
North America
b)
East Asia
c)
South Asia
d)
Africa
21.
The world's most populated country is
a)
India
b)
Nigeria
c)
China
d)
Indonesia
22.
Scale is
a)
the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map.
b)
the 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.
e)
the ratio of the largest to smallest areas on a map.
23.
1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?
a)
a bar line
b)
a metric scale
c)
a graphic scale
d)
a written scale
e)
a ratio or fraction
24.
Into which stage of the demographic transition model would Poland and Japan fit?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
5
d)
1
25.
The Nile River Valley has the greatest concentration of population Egypt because of its?
a)
Alpine climate
b)
Tourist Attractions
c)
Extensive migration from nearby areas
d)
Many sacred sites
e)
High quality agricultural land
26.
What is the best example of Brain drain?
a)
A Doctor from the USA goes on a year long trip with Doctors without bordersto Africa
b)
A Doctor from Haiti moves to the USA with her family
c)
An Engineer from Nevada moves to New York City for a higher paying job
d)
An elementary school teacher from Africa moves to Dubai for better pay.
27.
Cultural identity through shared traits such as language or religion
a)
Race
b)
Ethnicity
c)
Habit
d)
Culture
28.
Classification system based on physical characteristics of humans
a)
Race
b)
Ethnicity
c)
Culture
d)
Statute
29.
The killing of a racial or ethnic group by another racial or ethnic group
a)
Ghetto
b)
Herbicide
c)
Centripetal Force
d)
Genocide
30.
In which of the following places has a genocide not been attempted?
a)
Rwanda
b)
Darfur
c)
Cambodia
d)
Mexico
31.
What is apartheid?
a)
Jim Crow era in Southern US
b)
Legal separation of people based on race in South Africa
c)
Post segregation US
32.
Where can you find most of the Amish in the United States?
a)
Utah
b)
Tennessee
c)
Minnesota
d)
Pennsylvania
33.
Which of the following is true of popular culture?
a)
It is practiced among one group in the world.
b)
It is practiced less than folk culture
c)
It spreads primarily by relocation diffusion
d)
It diffuses quickly to other places
34.
Chinese cities align toward cardinal directions north, south,east, west because...
a)
Belief System
b)
Topography
c)
Economics
d)
Gender
35.
The world's 3 major monotheistic religions originated from...
a)
East Asia
b)
Southwest Asia
c)
Eastern Europe
d)
Africa
36.
I can find most of the Shiite Muslims....
a)
Iran
b)
Egypt
c)
Saudi Arabia
d)
Iran
37.
Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion?
a)
Islam
b)
Mormonsim
c)
Buddhism
d)
Judaism
38.
Assimilation can be defined as
a)
when one becomes more like the dominant culture.
b)
when a person refuses to learn the dominant culture
c)
when a culture is practice all over the world
d)
when a culture is similar to another culture
39.
The definition of ethnocentrism is...
a)
When a person cannot identify with any ethnicity
b)
when a person chooses another ethnicity over their own
c)
when an ethnicity judges another ethnicity based on the standards of their culture
d)
when a culture goes extinct
40.
The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people, is a
a)
habit
b)
character trait
c)
taboo
d)
custom
41.
Which of the following will encompass the largest number of speakers?
a)
language group
b)
language family
c)
language branch
d)
dialect
42.
Complete the following analogy: Argentina is to Spanish as
a)
Brazil is to Portuguese.
b)
Guyana is to Spanish.
c)
Suriname is to French.
d)
Panama is to English.
43.
Globally, today’s predominant lingua franca is
a)
Swahili
b)
English
c)
Spanish
44.
Folk culture is most likely to spread by
a)
expansion diffusion
b)
relocation diffusion
45.
Modern communications methods have _________ of social customs.
a)
led to fragmentation
b)
increased the global uniformity
c)
slowed the dissemination
d)
had little effect on the spread
46.
Internet use is least prevalent in
a)
North America
b)
Western Europe
c)
Central Africa
d)
Russia
47.
Which of the following language branches is not a member of the Indo-European language family?
a)
Balto-Slavic
b)
Germanic
c)
Greek
d)
Caucasian
48.
The primary reason why there are so many distinct languages in Africa is
a)
The long periods of isolation between tribes
b)
The policies of the European colonial powers
c)
The migrations to Africa from Asia and Europe
d)
The major religious differences between tribes
49.
The second-largest language family is
a)
Indo-European
b)
Austronesian
c)
Sino-Tibetan
d)
Dravidian
50.
People maintain their folk culture despite familiarity with popular culture primarily because of
a)
a concern for the physical environment.
b)
a lack of exposure to the media
c)
the high cost of popular customs.
d)
a strong desire to preserve unique customs.
51.
A taboo against pork is a characteristic of
a)
Christianity and Hinduism
b)
Islam and Hinduism
c)
Christianity and Buddhism
d)
Judaism and Islam
52.
As they have more contact with popular culture, women in less developed countries are more likely to
a)
gain more opportunities outside the home.
b)
bear more children.
c)
be subservient to men.
53.
A creolized language is
a)
a mix of indigenous and colonial languages.
b)
a revived formerly extinct language.
c)
an isolated language family.
d)
extinct.
54.
According to Colin Renfrew's research, Indo-European languages diffused across Europe
a)
following the traders on the silk road.
b)
by way of the Kurgan homeland.
c)
entirely by sea.
d)
with the diffusion of agriculture.
55.
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is more likely to vary
a)
from place to place at a given time
b)
from time to time at a given place
c)
both from place to place and from time to time in equal measure
d)
neither from place to place nor time to time
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