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WorksheetsAP Human Dec '19 Final (all quizzes review)
Total questions: 76
Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins
Which of the following religions is appropriately matched with its region of origin?
Islam...Egypt
Hinduism...China
Buddhism...India
Christianity...Germany
A pilgrim to Varanassi (Benares) in India is most likely to be a
Christian
Jew
Hindu
Buddhist
Muslim
The world's 3 major monotheistic religions originated in which of the following regions?
East Asia
Southwest Asia
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
Africa
Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion?
Islam
Mormonism
Buddhism
Judaism
Roman Catholicism
In which of the following countries has the diffusion of Christianity met the most resistance?
China
Brazil
Italy
Mexico
South Africa
Which of the following in NOT a characteristic of Hinduism?
It uses human and animal images in its sacred spaces
Pilgrims bathe in holy rivers
Religious functions most likely take place at home within the family
It is a universalizing religion
Sacred places are established by tradition
Based on the two images, which of the following statements best explains the geographic process that took place as Islam diffused from its hearth?
Islam is confined to the Middle East because it is an ethnic religion that appeals to only one group of people in one region
The diffusion of Islam has resulted in a cultural landscape in China that has been radically altered to reflect Islamic architecture
Islam diffused hierarchically to the west through conquest and to the east through relocation via missionaries along trade routes
The diffusion of Islam has had a minimal impact on regions to the west and east of its hearth in the Middle East
The universalizing nature of Islam has allowed it to become worldwide in scope and the dominant religion in North America and Europe
Which of the following originated in South Asia and subsequently spread throughout much of Southeast and East Asia?
Hinduism
Christianity
Buddhism
Sikhism
Confucianism
Which is NOT an example of a centripetal force?
About nine-tenths of Swedes speak Swedish as their first language
About 95% of Iranians belong to Shia Muslim faith
The Mindanao region of the Philippines has poor infrastructure and inadequate basic services
Since the end of WWII, Europe has worked to remove trade and political barriers between countries
About 96% out of every 100 people in Thailand identify as part of the Thai ethnic group
Which provides the strongest support for the conclusion that Japan has few centrifugal forces?
Japan is an island located off the east coast of China
Japan is a part of the UN
Japan has never colonized another country
Japan has a high degree of ethnic and linguistic homogeneity
Japan has one of the largest economies in the world
Which groups have been gaining more local power around the world as a result of devolution?
Indigenous people
French-speaking people
Recent immigrants from East Asia
Spanish-speaking people
Recent immigrants from Syria
Which supranational organization focuses on the production of oil?
ASEAN
OPEC
EU
NAFTA
NATO
Globalization includes all of the following EXCEPT
Stronger transnational corporations
More isolated states
Weaker state sovereignty
More powerful financial markets
Stronger forces pushing for devolution
(NO PICTURE, just in case question) In the picture, which boundary concept is most clearly shown?
defined boundary
delimited boundary
natural boundary
open boundary
demarcated boundary
When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, it said it wanted to reunite the German minority living in Poland with Germany. This is an example of
irredentism
nationalism
operational dispute
allocation dispute
supranationalism
Argentina has both a national legislature and 23 provincial legislatures, which exercise power separately from the national legislature. Which term best describes the country's government?
unitary
autocratic
confederate
municipal
federal
Uruguay's national government sets policies that are administered by local government. This system is best described by the term
federal government
compact government
unitary government
reapportioned government
communist government
Using the map, the 49th parallel between the United States and Canada is
a relic boundary
a superimposed boundary
an antecedent boundary
a subsequent/ ethnographic boundary
an open boundary
If the top map is 1995 and the bottom is 2014, these maps show the diffusion of
TV
internet access
Which country in the list has the greatest difference between its population and number of Facebook users?
China
India
US
Canada
Russia
As governments find it increasingly difficult to stop citizens from accessing the internet, they instead
limit the use of communications like WhatsApp and Snapchat
redirect search results for controversial topics
shut the internet off completely
censor social media sites like Facebook and Twitter
find ways to harass and imprison people for their activity
A principle challenge to the Amish maintaining their way of life is
the ever increasing social status of women
too many tourists bothering them
increasing land prices
the difficulty of traveling without cars
their way of life keeps changing
Golf courses present a natural resource sustainability challenge because
they require grass and water features even in dry climates
green fees are somewhat reasonable on a per-hole basis
it's a difficult sport to learn and even harder to master
golf may no longer be popular in a few years
they result in uniform landscapes
popular culture is
more likely than folk culture to be seen in an isolated society
more likely than folk culture to reflect concern for sustainability
practiced by small, homogenous groups in isolation
becoming less dominant than folk culture
more likely than folk culture to modify the environment to suit global values
examining the variation in religious art from relatively close areas of the Himalayas reveals
distinct folk cultures developed in isolation
remarkable similarities featuring mountain themes
different subjects but very similar styles and colors
only Buddhist art is common in the Himalayas
that the east-west difference is greater than the north-south difference
Many sports limited in geographic extent may still be considered popular because
they appeal mostly to one group of people in one place
they have folk culture origins
people will pay to watch professionals play them
all of them are played in the Olympics
none of the above; soccer is the only good example of a popular sport
Conflicting values between folk and popular clothing styles
are entirely about more traditional groups resisting popular styles
include both popular resistance to folk styles and vice versa
reflect the unique environmental factors of each style
are mostly a thing of the past
exist because of the amount of money spent on popular clothing styles
Popular clothing styles
reflect the occupation and economic class of the wearer
change relatively little over time
are heavily influenced by local environmental conditions
are more likely than folk clothing styles to change from place to place
diffuse slowly across space
Which of the following is not a reason for observed regional differences in popular food preferences?
politics affecting brand preference
connectivity with major airline hubs
religious taboos against consumption of certain foods
environmental factors determining what is locally available
regional differences in ethnic composition
The choice of building materials used in folk housing is most likely to be influenced by
the belief that the head is high and noble
beliefs that one's head should point east during sleep
the understanding that doors should be on the western side of the house
the availability of resources in the environment
religious beliefs that stairs cannot face to the west
Which of the following is the best example of a cultural push factor?
the government is bombing your town
there is a high unemployment rate in your country
people in other countries don't speak your language
sea level rise is increasing the risk of flooding on your island
a neighboring country has many people who oppose immigration
Which of the following is the best example of an environmental push factor?
the government is bombing your town
your country has a high unemployment rate
people in other countries don't speak your language
sea level rise is increasing the risk of flooding on your island
a neighboring country has many people opposed to immigration
the single most important factor driving international migration is
war and other armed conflicts as push factors
cultural push and pull factors
economic push and pull factors
environmental push and pull factors
refugees seeking asylum
which groups have recently become more common as migrants to the United States?
older migrants and married migrants
female migrants and unaccompanied minor migrants
middle-aged migrants and younger migrants
male migrants and older migrants
male and female migrants age 20-39
unauthorized immigrants to the United States are
unlikely to work
likely to spend only a year or two in the United States
equally likely to live in any US state
most frequently from Mexico
never children
immigration quota laws in the US give preference to
refugees
asylum seekers
workers with special professional skills
undocumented immigrants
residents of countries closest to the US
the irony of many europeans' opposition to immigration is that
europeans have previously emigrated out of europe to destinations around the world
a majority of europeans are trying to migrate to the US and Canada
europe is already experiencing rapid population growth from natural increase
the same people generally support migration from mexico to the US
All of the above are ironic
This cartogram displays
emigration
immigration
total population
net migration
circulation
International migration flows are largely from
developed countries to other developed countries
developing countries to other developing countries
countries with a high migration transition
developed countries to developing countries
developing countries to developed countries
Which of the following represents the largest total movement of people?
international migration
voluntary migration
forced migration
internal migration
chain migration
A
B
C
D
Trends in the changing center of US population can best be described as
always to the west with a recent trend to the south
mostly to the west
always to the east with a recent trend to the north
mostly to the south with a recent trend back to the east
Which of the following countries has experienced an interregional migration pattern most similar to the US?
China
Canada
Brazil
Mexico
Russia
Which of the following is not an intraregional migration trend?
rural to urban in developing countries
urban to suburban in developed countries
counterurbanization in some developed countries
lifestyle based moves to suburbs in developed countries
urban to rural in developing countries
The sex ratio is defined as the
number of pregnancy related deaths per 100,000 live births
statistical average number of children a woman has in her lifetime
number of female children per 1,000 live births
number of females in a population per 100 males
number of males in a population per 100 females
a population pyramid is best used to
understand the age structure of a population
estimate the life expectancy of a population
explain the cause of any observed gender imbalance
predict when fertility declines will occur
consider the effect of infant mortality on population growth
the epidemiologic transition is a model that
explains population change better than the demographic transition model
matches leading causes of death to each stage of the demographic transition
explains how infectious diseases mutate to become more deadly
doctors use to move patients from hospital care to home care to save on health care expenditures
is focused on total fertility rates and the crude death rate
a neo Malthusian would most likely support which of the following statements?
humans are innovative and can adapt to new limits through technology
a new disease will evolve and decrease growth rapidly through high death rates
population growth combined with the lack of some resource will create crisis
birth rates are decreasing around the world, and there is little to worry about
contraception is insufficient to lower fertility rates
contrasting the population policy experiences of china and india reveals that
india has been more successful than china
both countries have entered stage 5 of the DTM
neither country has attempted to control their populations, as they are the world's most populous
china has been more successful than india, but at a cost to human rights
sterilization is the best method of birth control
which combination of factors may generate a fifth stage of the epidemiologic transition?
poverty, connections, evolution
diffusion, distribution, connections
cholera, AIDS, Ebola
migration, diffusion, spatial association
globalization, culture, research
the example of bangladesh illustrates that
people in wealthier countries have larger families because they can afford to
the use of contraceptives has no relationship to birth rates
women moving to cities is the major cause of decreasing birth rates
contraception is less effective than education at lowering birth rates
making contraception more readily available may decrease birth rates without any other changes
overpopulation is best defined as
a higher number of people in one place than anywhere else
more people crowded together in one place than in other places
the same concept as population density
too many people for the environment's carrying capacity
faster growth rates than those seen in the 1990s
which of the following is not the location of one of the four largest clusters of world population?
southeast asia
africa
east asia
europe
south asia
which type of land in the list below has natural resources useful to people, notably petroleum reserves, but still remains relatively a small unsettled part of the ecumene?
dry lands
cold lands
hot lands
high lands
wet lands
which letter on this map of agricultural density indicates a place where farm machinery is commonly used?
A
B
C
D
the most rapid rate of world population growth in history was seen
before 1800
between 1800 and 1900
between 1900 and 1950
between 1950 and 2000
from 2000 on
the crude death rate may be higher in some wealthy countries than in poorer ones because
it does not consider the age structure of the population
there may be outbreaks of deadly diseases nearly anywhere
it does not include deaths that are part of the infant mortality rate
poorer countries actually have healthier populations
wealthier countries have higher rates of accidental death
this is a map of
AFD
CDR
TFR
CBR
NIR
which stage of demographic transition is considered "high growth"?
stage 1
stage 2
stage 3
stage 4
stage 5
which stage of the demographic transition is considered "moderate growth"?
stage 1
stage 2
stage 3
stage 4
stage 5
what changes in distribution of MLB teams occurred from 1952 to 2015?
increased density and more clustered concentration
decreased density and more clustered concentration
increased density and more dispersed concentration
decreased density only
none of the above
Which of the following represents more of a spread than a growth?
stimulus diffusion
contagious diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
relocation diffusion
expansion diffusion
sustainability includes consideration of all but which of the following?
social values and choices
changing definitions of resources mean there is no absolute limit
the use of renewable resources
whether conservation of a resource is possible
the impact of economic activities
human geography considers the physical environment because
geography is primarily a physical science
people can live in large numbers anywhere on Earth
the physical environment serves as the basis for all definitions of region
globalization could not occur without physical geography
climate, water, and landforms influence human activities
stating seattle is a world center for coffee roasting because of its rainy, cool climate is an example of
possibilism
environmental determinism
sustainability thinking
cultural ecology
renewable resources
california and netherlands both have
a shortage of water
too many people for the amount of land
considerable areas of land devoted to agriculture
sustainable ecosystems
unsustainable ecosystems
basic concepts geographers use to explain relationships between places are
scale, space, and connection
place and region
GIS and remote sensing
projection, meridian, and parallel
toponym, site, and situation
which of the following geographic terms is a tool used to analyze geographic data?
global positioning system (GPS)
Projection
geographic information system (GIS)
remote sensing
globalization
which of the following is not one of the types of distortion a cartographer must choose between when selecting a projection?
relative size of different areas
scale of map units to ground units
shape of an area
direction from one place to another
distance between two points
Time zones approximately correspond with
latitude
world regions
globalization
scale
longitude
which way of describing place is the best for understanding the importance of its location?
toponym
region
site
situation
place name
a vernacular region is defined as
one that exists in people's minds
an area organized around a central point
an area with a specific dialect, or style of speech
where something is located relative to other places
the name a place is given
a geographer investigating 'what people take care of' definition of culture would be likely to ask
why ethnic conflict is more pronounced in some countries
how house sizes and styles vary around the world
when a particular population experienced many conversations to a new religion
what factors aid the geographic growth or decline of a language
how followers of a religion mark sacred space
the most important tool to help a geographer think spatially is a
census
map
stick model
satellite
survey
when giving directions to a person, we say "my house is located past the firehouse" we are describing
site
distance
situation
toponym
absolute location
the reason why each region on earth is distinctive is because of the
topography
history
people
culture
cartography
