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Geo Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Near Walmart would be an example of

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

c)

Region

d)

Place

2.

137 Grayson Street

Portsmouth, VA 23707

Is an example of?

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

c)

The address of the White House

3.

A generalized may designed to show a WIDE range of general information about an area. Examples: World map, Political Map, and Physical Maps

a)

Reference Maps

b)

Thematic Maps

4.

A type of map which focuses on ONE spefic theme or idea. Examples: Population Map and Time Zone Maps

a)

Reference Maps

b)

Thematic Maps

5.

A 19th & early 20th century approach to the study of geography which examines how the physical environment caused human activities.

a)

Environmental Determinism

b)

Possibilism

c)

Demographic Transition Model

d)

Population Pyramids

6.

Approach to Geography which examines how physical environment may limit some human activities, but people have the ability to adjust/change to their environment.

a)

Possibilism

b)

Environmental Determinism

c)

Thematic Maps

d)

Reference Maps

7.

A official count of a population

a)

Census

b)

Demographic Transition Model

c)

Demographer

d)

Xenophobia

8.

Which of the following are examples of push factors?

a)

Lack of jobs

b)

Natural disasters

c)

Better job opportunities

d)

More entertainment facilities

9.

Scientist which study population.

a)

Demographers

b)

Psychologist

c)

Historians

d)

Demographic Transition Model

10.

Demographers use the ________________ to examine population growth.

a)

Demographer Transition Model

b)

Thematic Maps

c)

Reference Maps

d)

Scales

11.

China's One Child Policy is an example of a

a)

Pro-Natal Policy

b)

Anti-Natal Policy

c)

Stage in the Demographic transition model

d)

an example of xenophobia

12.

Policies which encourages population growth

a)

Pro-Natal Policies

b)

Anti-Natal Policies

c)

Xenophobic Policies

d)

Demographic Transition Model

13.

A dislike or prejudice against people from other countries.

a)

Xenophobia

b)

Anti-Natal Policies

c)

Pro-Natal Policies

d)

Urbanization

14.

Select all which are examples of pull factors

a)

Family ties

b)

Better employment opportunities

c)

Access to medical care

d)

Natural disasters

15.

A term used by geographers to mean inhabited land.

a)

Ecumene

b)

Scale

c)

Thematic Map

d)

Population Pyramid

16.

Select all types of mapping technologies which geographers can use

a)

Geographic Information System (GIS)

b)

Remote Sensing

c)

Global Positioning Systems (GPS

d)

Demographic Transition Model

17.

A person forced to leave their country because of violence or persecution

a)

Refugee

b)

Migration

c)

Push factor

d)

Xenophobia

18.

Large scale migration with technical skill and knowledge. Example: In 2015, India has the largest "diaspora" in the word at 16 million people.

a)

Brain Drain

b)

Ecumene

c)

Census

d)

Xenophobia