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AP Mid-Term Quizizz

Total questions: 98

Worksheet time: 58mins

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 location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called: 
a)
absolute location
b)
relative location
c)
site
d)
situation
3.
Scale is…                                     
a)
the system used by geographers to transfer locations  from a globe to a map
b)
the extent of 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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
The layering of geographic data by computers into data sets is known as: 
a)
GPS
b)
GIS
c)
ENSO
d)
OPEC
7.
Geographers usually categorize cultural diffusion into the two broad categories of 
a)
 Expansion and hierarchical
b)
Contagious and stimulus
c)
 Expansion and relocation
d)
 Migrant and hierarchical
8.
The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?
a)
Cultural Landscape
b)
Place
c)
Location
d)
Human Environment Interaction
9.
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
10.
Asking the question "why is something found in a particular place", is using which theme of geography?
a)
Place
b)
Movement
c)
Human Environment Interaction
d)
Location
11.
Which type of location does not change?
a)
Absolute
b)
Relative
c)
Positive
d)
Negative
12.

If a place has great connections to other places, has dominant political, transportation, and economic structures, it is said to have a high degree of ________.

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Landscape

d)

Connectivity

13.

Though few people have visited Antarctica , most have some sense, an image in their mind's eye, of what that continent is like. What is this called?

a)

Sense of place

b)

Perceptions of place

c)

Movement

d)

Human Environment Interaction

14.
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
15.
Measuring the distance people are willing to travel to shop at a store would be creating what type of region for that store?
a)
Formal
b)
Perceptual
c)
Functional
d)
Uniform
16.
The imprint that humans leave, such as buildings, roads, cemeteries, etc. are all considered to be part of the:
a)
Location
b)
Region
c)
Cultural Landscape
d)
Move
17.
Billy thinks that in the south, everyone eats grits, eats fried chicken and watches football.  He would be creating what type of region of the south with these ideas?
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Perceptual
d)
Uniform
18.
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
19.
Telecommunication networks, whose areas of service radiate outward from central nodes best represent which of the following types of culture?
a)
Vernacular
b)
Formal
c)
Folk
d)
Functional
20.
The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior is called ____.
a)
acculturation
b)
innovation
c)
cultural hearth
d)
diffusion
21.
Which of the following divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Hemisphere Line
c)
Equator
d)
Tropic of Capricorn
22.
Which type of map would show the boundaries of countries?
a)
vegetation map
b)
political map
c)
land-use map
d)
elevation map
23.
What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
a)
Absolute location is the exact location of something.
b)
Absolute cannot be identified using lines of latitude or longitude.
c)
Absolute describes where something is compared to another place.
d)
Absolute location describes the characteristics of a place.
24.
Places that share similar characteristics are called 
a)
human systems
b)
environments
c)
regions
d)
physical systems
25.
What is remote sensing?
a)
analyzing different types of data
b)
tracking changes on Earth's surface
c)
using software to combine data
d)
getting information from far away
26.
Which of the following is not a use of GPS?
a)
tracking airplanes
b)
determine when a volcano will erupt
c)
help farmers in their fields
d)
provide driving directions to a destination
27.
Which of the following shows places on the Earth's surface the most accurately?
a)
thematic maps
b)
globes
c)
general-purpose maps
d)
physical maps
28.
Imaginary North-South line that passes through Greenwich, England, and has a value of 0 degrees
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
relief
d)
scale
29.
map that shows specialized information, such as a land-use map, or any other physical or human feature
a)
thematic map
b)
general-purpose map
c)
climate map
d)
topographic map
30.
What is one or more features that make an area different from those around it?
a)
formal region
b)
perceptual region
c)
functional region
d)
region
31.

What are the physical and human features of a location?

a)

perception

b)

place

c)

perspective

d)

landscapes

32.
What organizes Earth into geographic areas with one or more shared characteristics?
a)
areas
b)
places
c)
countries
d)
regions
33.
What are lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees?
a)
longitude
b)
latitude
c)
grid
d)
equator
34.
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
35.
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. 
36.

The population pyramid shown is most likely which country?

a)

Nigeria

b)

China

c)

Germany

d)

Japan

37.

The Population Pyramid shown is most likely which country?

a)

Canada

b)

Japan

c)

Zimbabwea

d)

Algeria

38.

How many countries today are in Stage one of the Demographic transition model?

a)

53 (some countries in Asia and Sub Saharan Africa)

b)

22 (some countries in Asia and Sub Saharan Africa)

c)

3 (Somalia, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan)

d)

0

39.

Which country is the best example of a country in stage 5 of the demographic transition model?

a)

Japan

b)

North Korea

c)

China

d)

Vietnam

40.

What did Thomas Malthus believe?

a)

The World population would be limited by the amount of food we can produce

b)

The World population would be limited by total land resources

c)

The World population would be limited by technological high marks

d)

The World population would be limited by cultural appropriation

41.

What is the #1 reason for migration?

a)

Better Economic opportunity

b)

Escaping violence

c)

Reunion with family

d)

desire to expand business networks

42.

Which of the following is NOT a Pronatalist policy?

a)

Free Birth Control

b)

Free child care

c)

Free College tuition

d)

Free parenting classes

43.

Which of the following BEST fits an example of Chain Migration?

a)

John moves from London to New York and moves in with his best friend

b)

Steve moves from California to Nevada and moves in with his girlfriend

c)

Laura moves from China to Chicago and lives with her sister

d)

Julie moves from China to New York and lives with four of her old high school friends

44.

Which country has the highest Physiological density?

a)

USA

b)

Turkey

c)

Argentina

d)

Egypt

45.

What is the amount of average children needed for a population to achieve ZPG?

a)

2.1 per woman

b)

1 per woman

c)

3 per woman

d)

2.5 per woman

46.

Total # of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in a society

a)

Crude Death Rate

b)

Crude Birth Rate

c)

Doubling Time

d)

Life Expectancy

47.

When the people of an area exceed the capability of their environment to support them

a)

Carrying Capacity

b)

Armageddon

c)

Climate Change

d)

Overpopulation

48.

% of population growth in a year, computed as CBR minus CDR

a)

Dependency Ratio

b)

Total Fertility Rate

c)

Natural Increase Rate

d)

Crude Birth Rate

49.

Total # of deaths in a year of infants under 1 year of age for every 1,000 live births in a society

a)

Crude Death Rate

b)

Infant Mortality Rate

c)

Crude Birth Date

d)

Dependency Ratio

50.

Average # of children a woman will have in her lifetime

a)

Total Fertility Rate

b)

Crude Birth Rate

c)

Maternal Birth Rate

d)

Ecumene

51.

Bar graph that shows age and sex of population

a)

population hexagon

b)

population pyramid

c)

population pentagon

d)

population graph

52.

Number of workers divided by the # of people 65+

a)

Dependency Ratio

b)

Elderly Support Ratio

c)

Dependency Support Ratio

d)

Old People Measure

53.
Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  
a)
carrying capacity
b)
population crash
c)
lag phase
d)
mutualism
54.
VOCAB: The average number of years an individual is expected to live.
a)
life expectancy
b)
infant mortality
c)
death rate
d)
growth rate
55.
Educating women worldwide has lowered birthrates partly because
a)
educated women need to bear many children to ensure that some will survive.
b)
educated women may learn family-planning techniques.
c)
educated women contribute less to their family income.
56.

Country that will surpass China's population

a)

India

b)

Japan

c)

USA

d)

Mexico

57.

Events that can change population.

a)

war

b)

famine

c)

natural disasters

d)

all are correct

58.

There is a preference for boys over girls in countries like China and India.

a)

True

b)

False

59.
The average number of people living in an area
a)
population distribution
b)
population density
c)
urbanization
d)
population rate
60.

Modern-day geographers who hold the view that that a mass starvation event is inevitable would be labeled as...

a)

MacCormackites

b)

Proponents of Ester Boserup's Theory

c)

Neo-Malthusians

d)

Ravensteinians

61.

On the Demographic Transition Model, which stage(s) is/are characterized by HIGH death rates, High BIRTH RATES, but LOW populations.

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stages 4 and 5

62.

This country most likely is in which stage of the Demographic Transition Model?

a)

stage 1

b)

stage 2

c)

stage 3

d)

stage 5

63.

When women in developing countries become educated...

a)

The death rate increases

b)

the country enters stage 5 of the Epidemiological Transition Model

c)

the agricultural density increases

d)

Fertility rates decrease

64.

How do I find the arithmetic density of a country?

a)

(Birth rate - Death rate) + Net migration rate

b)

Birth Rate - Death Rate)

c)

Total Population/Total land area

d)

Total land area/Total population

65.

Which DTM stage is NOT seen in the world today?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

66.

The study of population is

a)

survivorship

b)

demography

c)

age structure

d)

migration

67.

land that can be used to grow crops

a)

least-developed countries

b)

demography

c)

arable land

d)

infrastructure

68.

Between 1880 and 1930 human population doubled due to

a)

the Industrial Revolution

b)

a combination of high birth rates and lowered death rates.

c)

improvements in societal infrastructure and services.

d)

All of the above

69.

Even if a country reduces its birth rate and maintains replacement-level fertility, its population will still continue to grow for several decades because of

a)

lower death rates

b)

increased income.

c)

population momentum

d)

better health care.

e)

increased life expectancy.

70.

Using the rule of 70, a population growing at 10% would double in

a)

7 years

b)

10 years

c)

17 years

d)

15 years

e)

not enough information to tell

71.

Physiological population density differs from arithmetic population density in that physiological density

a)

examines only the population of cities, while arithmetic density includes the population of cities and rural areas

b)

is a measure of how density is perceived, while arithmetic density is a measure of specific density

c)

explains density in terms of people per arable square land unit, while arithmetic density explains density in terms of people per total square land unit

d)

explains the density of a single housing unit while arithmetic density explains the density of a group of houses

e)

is the number of people per housing unit, while arithmetic density is the number of people per square mile

72.

Physiological population density is viewed as a superior measure of population density for which of the following reasons?

a)

It is more reflective of population pressure on arable land.

b)

It yields the average population density.

c)

It is more reflective of the world’s largest population concentrations.

d)

It measures the average by dividing total land area by total number of people.

e)

It best reflects the percentage of a country’s population that is urbanized.

73.

The world’s two most-populous countries are on which continent?

a)

North America

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

South America

e)

Africa

74.
Famine, disease and war are considered what?
a)
Push Factors
b)
Pull Factors
75.

Today in the U.S., most interregional migration occurs...

a)

from suburban to rural

b)

from rural to urban

c)

from suburban to urban

d)

interregional migration is static

76.

Identify the push factor.

a)

Land values increase in Arizone due to a newly discovered source of copper

b)

A drought causes massive crop failures in the western parts of India

c)

North American universities offer scholarships to students in LDCs

d)

More farmland is made available by the government

77.

Cyclical migration applies to...

a)

chain migrants

b)

asylum seekers

c)

guest workers

d)

quota limits

78.
What means you're moving within a country?
a)
immigrating
b)
emigrating
c)
internal migration
d)
international migration
79.
What means you're moving from country to country?
a)
immigrating
b)
emigrating
c)
internal migration
d)
international migration
80.
What describes people who are entering a country to live?
a)
internal migration
b)
push factor
c)
immigrating
d)
emigrating
81.
What describes people who are leaving the country where they live?
a)
international migration
b)
pull factor
c)
immigrating
d)
emigrating
82.
What is "net migration"?
a)
number of immigrants subtracted by the emigrants in a country in a given year
b)
number of emigrants subtracted by the immigrants in a given year
83.
What is positive net migration?
a)
when there are more people immigrating than emigrating
b)
when there are more people emigrating than immigrating
84.
What is negative net migration?
a)
when there are more people immigrating than emigrating
b)
when there are more people emigrating than immigrating
85.

Johann is planning to move to South Africa to pursue an opportunity to become a highly respected biology researcher. As he prepares to move, he learns that South Africa has cut off immigration from his home nation of Denmark. This would be an example of...

a)

step migration

b)

chain migration

c)

intervening oppurtunity

d)

intervening obstacle

e)

refugee status

86.

A civil war has broken out in the nation of Zambia. Many people have left their homes to avoid the fighting without actually leaving Zambia itself. These people are referred to as...

a)

Refugees

b)

Immigrants

c)

Internally displaced persons

d)

Emigrants

e)

none of the above

87.

The Atlantic Slave Trade is a clear example of which of the following?

a)

internally displaced persons

b)

forced migration

c)

voluntary migration

d)

step migration

e)

chain migration

88.

Keith really wanted to enjoy the sun. He moved from Boston to Virginia Beach, then to Orlando.

a)

counter migration

b)

step migration

c)

gender patterns

d)

short distances/distance-decay

89.

Which of Ravenstien's Law's applies:

As Juan and his family moved from Puerto Rico to Florida, his cousins moved back to Puerto Rico.

a)

step migration

b)

counter migration

c)

youth

d)

rural to urban

90.

Which of Ravenstien's Law's applies:

Ajani's family couldn't support themselves anymore selling their vegetables at the market and decided to move to Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city.

a)

rural to urban

b)

gender patterns

c)

step migration

d)

short distances/distance decay

91.

Which of Ravenstien's Law's applies:

Susette went to UGA for college so she was only a few hours away from home.

a)

step migration

b)

rural to urban

c)

counter migration

d)

short distances/distance decay

92.

Which of Ravenstien's Law's applies:

Angelica decided to move to Chicago after graduating college to be a mechanic.

a)

gender patterns

b)

rural to urban

c)

short distances/distance decay

d)

youth

93.

_______ push and pull factors are the most common reason global migration patterns reflect movement from LDCs to MDCs.

a)

Economic

b)

Social

c)

Political

d)

Environmental

94.
Wilber Zelinsky's Migration Transition Model states that _____ migration is mostly linked to countries in Stage 2 of the DTM, and that _____ migration is usually linked to countries in Stages 3 and 4 of the DTM.
a)
international... internal
b)
internal... international
95.

Due in part to its proximity to Latin America, most Mexicans Immigrants have settled in the southwestern major cities such as L.A. This is consistent with which of the following

a)

Zelinsky's Model of Migration

b)

Gravity Model of Migration

c)

Sauer's Model of Migration

d)

Malthus' Model of Migration

96.
_______ from LDCs (to MDCs), serve a useful role, often performing low status, low skilled, and low-wage jobs that local residents do not want to accept.
a)
Guest workers
b)
Refugees
c)
"Brain drain" immigrants
d)
Assylum seekers
97.

Most migrants to the US from 1890-1914 came from?

a)

India and China

b)

Southern and Eastern Europe

c)

Spain and Portugal

d)

japan and Korea

98.

In the early 21st century, what continent are most refugees located on?

a)

North America

b)

Australia

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

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