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WorksheetsChapter 4 Test Review: Human Geography
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
A(n) ____________is a person who has left his or her home country due to a crisis, such as war or famine.
immigrant
refugee
resident alien
emigrant
A country in which most people work in service or information industries and enjoy a high standard of living is a(n)
newly industrialized country.
less developed country.
industrializing country.
more developed country.
What type of economic activity do coal miners perform?
quaternary
secondary
primary
tertiary
What is the difference between a city and a metropolitan area?
A metropolitan area lacks a central city.
A city can experience urban sprawl, but a metropolitan area cannot.
A metropolitan area includes both city and its surrounding suburbs.
A city has suburbs, but a metropolitan area does not.
Larger cities tend to have ____________ functions.
fewer and less specialized
more numerous and highly specialized
more numerous and less specialized
fewer and highly specialized
Rapid growth of cities that results in scattered development that increases traffic, drains local resources, and destroys open space is called
suburbanization.
urban sprawl.
smart growth.
the multiple nuclei model.
Political boundaries, typically referred to as _____________, can change due to wars or treaties.
margins
frontiers
borders
frames
How has computer technology affected cultural change in recent decades?
It has discouraged cultural change because people are distracted by electronics.
It has accelerated cultural change because it has imposed cultural uniformity.
It has accelerated cultural change by facilitating the spread of ideas and traditions.
It has decelerated cultural change by imposing more uniformity.
Coffee is one of Guatemala's key _____________, which it sells to other countries all over the globe.
exports
imports
raw materials
tariffs
What are the two most densely populated continents today?
Asia and Europe
Europe and North America
Europe and South America
Asia and South America
What factor would likely encourage a multinational corporation to locate its manufacturing operations in a less developed country?
a more educated work forec
lower labor cost
greater ethnic diversity
stricter workplace safety regulations
___________, or the belief that the individual's loyalty to the nation or state surpasses other interests, can lead to war in its most extreme form.
Autocracy
Democracy
Nationalism
Socialism
Which of the following are all examples of primary economic activities?
agriculture, fishing, and mining
manufacturing, providing services, and processing information
mining, manufacturing, and fishing
agriculture, mining, and manufacturing
What of the following terms refers to early centers of civilization whose ideas and practices spread to surrounding areas?
ethnic enclave
language family
urban core
culture hearth
____________ is a type of political conflict that inspires fear and includes any violent and destructive act committed to intimidate a people or government.
Anarchism
Terrorism
socialism
Syndicalism
Even a country in which birthrate and death rate are equal can experience population growth if it also has
immigration.
emigration.
a high standard of living.
long life expectancies.
__________ studies how factors such as a country's size, location, and resources influence politics.
Demography
Biophysics
Physical geography
Geopolitics
The Industrial Revolution is considered an era of rapid __________ because new technology enable culture traits to spread more quickly from one culture to another.
cultural dissonance
cultural diffusion
cultural dispersion
cultural assimilation
In geography, what is the correct term for a city that plays an important role in the global economic system?
industrial city
edge city
world city
capital city
The period in the 1700's and 1800's during which many countries experienced rapid cultural change as they developed power-driven machines and factories to mass-produce goods is known as the
Communist Revolution.
Information Revolution.
Industrial Revolution.
Agricultural Revolution.
World trade is encouraged by the _________ of natural resources.
superabundance
equitable division
scarcity
uneven distribution
What is the term for a group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or place of the origin?
language family
ethnic enclave
culture region
ethnic group
A _____________ boundary often follows straight lines and does not account for physical features.
natural
cultural
ethnic
geometric
What type of economic activity do teachers perform?
secondary
tertiary
primary
quaternary
_____________ is the scientific study of populations by examining trends such as birthrates and death rates.
Sociology
Demography
Polygraphy
Anthropology
The enslavement of Africans who were the shipped to the Americas is an example of cultural change being caused by forced
diffusion.
labor.
migration.
assimilation.
Geographers divide the world into ______, which are areas in which people share a similar way of life, including language, religion, economic systems, and values.
culture regions
culture hearths
nationalities
ethnicities
The border between India and Pakistan is based on differences in religion. This is a ____________ boundary.
natural
continental
geometric
cultural
Humans are most likely to heavily populate a ________ area.
mountaintop
river delta
tundra
desert
A political border that is established by a physical geographic feature such as a mountain range or a river is a
natural boundary.
ethnic boundary.
geometric boundary.
cultural boundary.
Historically, cities usually developed near
the sources of rivers.
navigable waterways.
canyons.
deserts.
During the Industrial Revolution, people were motivated to move to urban areas primarily by
economic opportunities.
poor housing and pollution.
the depletion of soils in agricultural areas.
artistic and cultural opportunities.
Mexico is a
more developed country.
industrializing country.
newly industrialized country.
less developed country.
The United States is an example of a(n)
industrializing country.
less developed country.
more developed country.
newly industrialized country.
___________ refers to the movement of people from rural areas to cities.
Suburbanization
Urbanization
Modernization
Destabilization
