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APHuG MCQ Units 1-3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is the best example assimilation?

a)

Hinduism diffused from India to Bali, where it blended with traditional Balinese beliefs to create a form of Hinduism unique to Bali.

b)

The American government educated Native American children in American-style boarding schools. All of the children were taught English, and girls were taught how to be homemakers.

c)

Despite the large number of historic churches in France, many French identify as nonreligious and believe that religion is a private matter.

d)

A family immigrates to a new country, settles near others from their homeland, and conducts most of their day-to-day activities within their ethnic neighborhood.

2.

The spread of specialty coffee shops across the United States in the 1990s is an example of

a)

hierarchical diffusion

b)

contagious diffusion

c)

stimulus diffusion

d)

relocation diffusion

3.
Ethnicity is associated with _____ ancestry, while race is associated with _____ ancestry. 
a)
cultural: biological 
b)
biological: cultural 
c)
cultural: religious 
d)
religious: cultural 
4.
practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture and generates misunderstanding, ignorance and conflict 
a)
Ethnosuperiorism
b)
Egotism
c)
Ethnocentrism
d)
Human nature
5.
Which of the following is a pull factor?
a)
Insufficient Food Supply
b)
High Crime Rate in Native Country
c)
Higher Paying jobs in New Country
d)
High Crime Rate in New Country
6.
According to Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration, which group is most likely to move?
a)
older adults
b)
younger adults
c)
children
d)
families
7.
How are Stages 1 and 4 of the demographic transition model similar?
a)
both have low growth rates
b)
both have low life expectancies
c)
both have low dependency ratios
d)
both have low death rates
8.
This theory explains that Europe as "superior" to the rest of the world because of the climate and location of the region is called...
a)
Environmental Determinism
b)
Possibilism
c)
Time distance decay
d)
Formal Region
9.

Which concept is illustrated here?

a)

Scale

b)

Region

c)

Spatial Analysis

d)

Map Distortion

10.
Explain Thomas Malthus's population theory.
a)
He concluded that the world's population increase was higher than the development of food supplies.
b)
He concluded that crude birth rates must balance crude death rates.
c)
He concluded that population increased arithmetically while food production increased linguistically.
d)
He concluded that population growth was outpacing available resources in every country, according to algebraic calculations.
11.

A country with a birth rate of 11 and death rate of 13 would benefit from

a)

pro-natalist policies

b)

anti-natalist policies

c)

increased spending on education

d)

decreased spending on health care

e)

restrictive immigration policies

12.
Which region has the population with the highest fertility rate and the lowest life expectancy?
a)
Southeast Asia
b)
Eastern Europe
c)
Latin America
d)
Sub-Saharan Africa
13.

Since immigrants generally move from poorer regions to wealthier ones, they often can afford to send money home to their family back home. These are called

a)

Remittances

b)

Push factors

c)

Pull factors

d)

Brain drain

14.

In 2009, Sweden had a CBR of 10 and a CDR of 10. In what stage of demographic transition is Sweden?

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

15.

In 2016, there were 33.69 million more men than women in China. This is a result of (Choose two).

a)

China's One-Child Policy

b)

Cultural preference of sons over daughters

c)

High maternal mortality rate

d)

Mass immigration of guest workers

16.

What does this population pyramid indicate?

a)

large university town

b)

guest workers

c)

retirement community

d)

war or conflict zone

17.
This image demonstrates
a)
Regions
b)
Stimulus Diffusion
c)
Globalization
d)
None of the above
18.
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is more likely to vary
a)
from place to place at a given time
b)
from time to time at a given place
c)
both from place to place and from time to time in equal measure
d)
neither from place to place nor time to time
19.
Modern communications methods have _________ of social customs.
a)
led to fragmentation
b)
increased the global uniformity 
c)
slowed the dissemination 
d)
had little effect on the spread
20.

Swahili in East Africa and English in global commerce are examples of

a)

pidgin languages

b)

lingua franca

c)

standard language

d)

creole language