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Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 45mins
Spatial coordinates of latitude and longitude express
relative location
absolute location
relative direction
absolute direction
relative distance
Which of the following best describes the site of Manhattan?
A regional transportation hub for the northeastern United States
A midway point along an urban corridor stretching from Boston to Washington, D.C.
An island bordered by the Hudson and East Rivers
An important urban center for international trade and commerce
An urban center located two hours northeast of Philadelphia by train
The notion that the physical environment offers certain constraints and opportunities that influence cultural practices without entirely determining them is known as
assimilation
possibilism
diffusion
determinism
divergence
The particular conditions that compel individuals or groups to migrate from one place to another are commonly referred to as
push and pull factors
cause and effect issues
local and global conflicts
past and future concerns
place and space dynamics
The ability to travel and communicate over greater distances in shorter amounts of time, due to technological innovations such as the airplane, automobile, telephone, and Internet, represents the idea of
time-space compression
stimulus diffusion
friction of distance
relocation diffusion
possibilism
Thematic maps that employ a range of color tones to illustrate how particular values vary across predefined areas, such as counties, provinces, or states, are referred to as
dot maps
choropleth maps
proportional symbol maps
isoline maps
cartograms
“All things are related. However, all other things being equal, those that are closest together are more related.” –
_____________ First Law of Geography.
This quote is most closely related to
distance decay.
Alexander von Humboldt's
Tobler's
Carl Sauer's
Carl Ritter's
Ferdinand Magellan's
Something spreads first to major nodes and then down a hierarchy. Fashion trends typically spread hierarchically by first appearing in major fashion nodes like London, Milan, and Paris and then spread from there.
expansion diffusion
contagious diffusion
maladaptive diffusion
relocation diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
Boundaries are drawn around an interaction region. It has a node that people interact with; the spatial pattern of that interaction defines the region. Ex: commuters to a particular city, newspaper circulation, or branch operations of a particular bank. Each node has the strongest “concentration” and then it weakens going out from there with vague boundaries; think of who uses a particular airport; transportation lines.
formal region
perceptual region
administrative region
functional region
vernacular region
24 specific objects transmit complex radio codes, including time signals traveling at the speed of light. You can contact at least 4 of the 24 objects at any time of day or night.
GPS
GIS
remote sensing
telegraph
telephone
Map projection created in 1569; used for navigational and nautical purposes; distortion is extreme at poles; Greenland is too large.
Goode-Homolosine projection
Galls-Peter projection
Mercator projection
Winkel Tripel projection
Robinson projection
An example of a country with a population pyramid that has a large base is
Japan
Germany
Nigeria
United States
Russia
The demographic transition model suggests that as countries industrialize
in-migration increases over time
migration increases from rural to urban areas
birth and death rates decrease over time
life expectancy decreases over time
fertility rates increase over time
Which of the following is NOT a contributing factor to the low birth rates in stage 4 of the demographic transition model?
less dependence on child labor
reliance on subsistence agriculture
the education of women
availability of healthcare
increased sanitation
Arithmetic population density can be calculated by
total land area multiplied by total population
total land area minus total population
total population multiplied by total land area
total population divided by total land area
total population minus total population
Which of the following regions has the highest rate of natural increase?
Sub-Saharan Africa
North America
Australia
Europe
Russian Domain
A high dependency ratio suggests that a large percentage of the population is
between 14 and 64 years old
65 years or older
under 14 years old
under 14 years old and over 65 years old
between 1 and 64 years old
The act of migrant sending money to family in their home country
remittance
alimony
allowance
subsidence
restitution
Neo-Malthusian theory builds on Malthus’s overpopulation theory by considering which two additional factors?
Population growth of underdeveloped countries and the outstripping of other resources beyond food.
Population growth of underdeveloped countries and the invention of new technologies to provide necessary resources.
Population growth of undeveloped countries and the outstripping of other resources beyond food.
Population decline of developed countries and the outstripping of other resources beyond food.
Population decline of developed countries and the invention of new technologies to provide necessary resources.
The gravity model predicts
the number of people a city can support with available resources
the rate at which intercontinental migration occurs
the movement of people, goods, and ideas between two locations based on size and distance
periods of population explosion in a certain geographic region
the physiological density of a country
A husband migrates from Mexico to the US and earns money to allow for his family to follow him to the US. This is an example of
chain migration
forced migration
distance decay
internal migration
interregional migration
The forced dispersion of Jews from their ethnic homeland, which took place across many centuries, is a prominent example of
stimulus diffusion
pilgrimage
globalization
diaspora
receptivity
The migration transition theory (AKA Model of Migration Transition -- MMT) put forth by Zelinsky is based upon the
Demographic Transition Model
Ravenstein’s 11 laws of migration
Weber’s least cost theory
Rostow’s development theory.
Mackinder’s heartland theory
Migration in which people move to a series of increasingly more economically advantageous locations is referred to as
step migration
forced migration
cyclic movement
periodic movement
demographic transition
A population continuing to grow following a fertility decline due to the large percentage of young people is known as
demographic thrust
demographic push
demographic surge
demographic force
demographic momentum
The seasonal migration of livestock between lowlands and mountains is termed
step migration
transmigration
period movement
transhumance
interregional migration
The term ecumene refers to
the amount of time it takes a population to double in size
the amount of land that is built on and inhabited by people
regions under environmental stress due to overpopulation
the distribution of goods and services within a population
the number of farmers per unit area of farmland
All of the following are examples of forced migration EXCEPT
the Trail of Tears in the early 19th century
the Atlantic slave trade
the California Gold Rush in the mid-19th century
the Irish Potato Famine from 1846 to 1850
the Japanese internment camps during World War II
Which of the following is NOT one of Ravenstein's migration laws?
Most migration is rural to urban.
Migrants traveling long distances will likely settle in a big city.
People in rural areas are more migratory than city dwellers.
Most international migrants are young women.
Most migration is step migration.
A refugee is defined as a person
who willingly left his or her homeland for better opportunities to another country
who illegally resides in a country other than his or her homeland
who works outside of his or her home country
who was forced to leave his or her homeland due to war or violence
who was deported from a country back to his or her homeland
In which of the following countries is one most likely to find speakers whose native language belongs to the Uralic language family?
Libya
Cambodia
Kazakhstan
Portugal
Germany
Which of the following terms best describes the geographical boundary of one particular linguistic feature?
language border
toponym
choropleth interval
linguistic hearth
isogloss
A highly simplified language developed between linguistically heterogeneous groups for the purposes of basic intergroup communication is known as which of the following?
creole
pidgin
lingua franca
bilingualism
standard dialect
All of the following belong to the Indo-European language family EXCEPT
Hindi
Bengali
Farsi
Mandarin
Dutch
The predominance of English as the preferred language spoken at many international business meetings and political summits could be cited to support the claim that English is a popular
Creole language
pidgin language
language branch
dialect
lingua franca
Arabic, which spread westward with the diffusion of Islam, is part of which of the following language families?
Sino-Tibetan
Afro-Asiatic
Indo-European
Malayo-Polynesian
Niger-Congo
All of the following are true of language isolates like Basque and Ainu EXCEPT
they have no demonstrable connection to other known existing world languages.
constructed languages like Esperanto also fit within the definition of a language isolate.
They often exist in geographically isolated areas, but not exclusively
Many language isolates are in danger of extinction due to declining numbers of native speakers
none of the above.
The English language belongs to which of the following branches of the Indo-European language family?
Romanic
Hellenic
Celtic
Germanic
Armenian
The country of Papua New Guinea boasts one of the world's highest rates of linguistic diversity, with more than 800 documented indigenous languages. This linguistic diversity has been preserved largely because of the country's rugged geography (mountains and islands) that have kept different speech communities isolated from one another. In this case, the mountains and islands represent
intervening opportunities
language paths
critical distances
barriers to diffusion
cultural innovations
The two largest language families in the world, in terms of absolute numbers of speakers, are
Afro-Asiatic and Austro-Asiatic
Japanese-Korean and Niger-Congo
Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European
Amerindian and Malayo-Polynesian
Uralic-Altaic and Australian
The religious doctrine of ahimsa, which discourages violence against other living beings, is best associated with which of the following regions?
North Africa
Western Europe
Arabian Peninsula
Andes Mountains
Indian Subcontinent
Compared to popular cultures, folk cultures are
more cosmopolitan
more homogeneous
more diffused
more transitory
more contagious
A Mormon church located in a rural area of northwestern Colorado is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion?
Expansion
Relocation
Hierarchical
Maladaptive
Stimulus
An immigrant who selectively adopts certain customs of the dominant host society in order to advance socioeconomically, while still retaining much of his or her native customs, practices, and beliefs, best illustrates the concept of
acculturation
assimilation
ethnocentrism
maladaptive behavior
all of the above
Which of the following regions is characterized as a zone of conflict between Muslim and Hindu ethnic groups?
Kurdistan
Chechnya
Kashmir
East Timor
The West Bank
Which of the following countries was the site of violent religious conflicts between Catholic and Protestant Christian groups (intrafaith conflict or boundary) throughout much of the 20th century?
Costa Rica
Canada
Ireland
Switzerland
Greece
Shinto, a set of rituals and customs that are practiced in order to connect with ancient spirits, is a religious tradition that belongs to which of the following nations?
Japan
China
Nepal
Bolivia
Tibet
The largest branch of Islam, to which as many as 80% of all Muslims belong, is called
Dravidian
Shia
Meccan
Berber
Sunni
The Alhambra, a UNESCO World Heritage site located in southern Spain, is an elaborate palace that exhibits a blend of Islamic and Christian architectural influences. It was originally built by Muslim Moors in the 14th century, then later renovated by Catholic monarchs in the 16th century, following the reconquest of Spain. These cumulative influences evident throughout its landscape illustrate the concept of
stimulus diffusion
sequent occupance
environmental determinism
transhumance
distance decay
Apartheid, a policy of racial segregation from 1948-1991, was the official policy of which country’s government?
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Ghana
Kenya
Tanzania
A payment of money or goods from the family of a bride to the groom’s father is called a
marriage tax
groom's gift
dowry
bridal tithe
marital gift
In nearly all societies, it is typical that women
have fewer legal rights than men
cannot own land
do not earn the same pay as a man does
are responsible for housework and child rearing
all of the above
A patriarchal society is one that
A.favors females over males.
A.favors males over females.
has equality between males and females.
A.forces women to bear children.
none of the above.
A measure created by the UN that looks at gender disparities in education, health, government positions, etc.
Gender Inequality Index (GII)
Human Development Index (HDI)
Sexism Standard
Feminism Index
Gender Detection Tests
Man-made organizations or structures; educational, political, religious organizations/institutions, family structure, etc.; hint “social” or how people connect
artifacts
mentifacts
sociofacts
all of the above
none of the above
Globalization can also lead to this, a renewed interest in
protecting and sustaining the uniqueness of a place; creating a local culture or restoring a local culture in response to the uncertainty of the modern world
neolocalism
space-time compression
glocalization
all of the above
none of the above
Which of these is correctly listed from smallest to largest in size?
cultural trait, cultural complex, culture system, culture region, cultural realm
cultural realm, culture region, culture system, cultural complex, cultural trait
cultural trait, culture region, culture complex, culture system, cultural realm
Cultural realm, culture system, cultural trait, cultural complex, culture region
culture region, cultural realm, cultural complex, culture system, cultural trait
Which of the following terms is INCORRECTLY matched with a definition?
redlining: discriminatory real estate practice in North America in which members of minority groups are prevented from obtaining money to purchase homes or property in predominantly white neighborhoods; today, this is officially illegal
blockbusting: process by which real estate agents convince white property owners to sell their houses at low prices because of fear that black families will soon move into the neighborhood
De Jure Segregation: racial segregation that occurs because of laws or administrative decisions by public agencies
De Facto Segregation: racial segregation that occurs in areas, not as a result of the law, but as a result of patterns of residential settlement
ethnic enclave: neighborhood made of equal parts of all ethnicities
Which of the following is an example of an Anti-Natalist policy?
offering cash incentives for Stay at Home Moms
banning the sale of contraceptives
China's One Child Policy
offering medals for bearing 5 or more children
offering free childcare
All of the following are universalizing religions EXCEPT for
Hinduism
Christianity
Buddhism
Islam
Sikhism
