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India has McDonald's, but the menu serves much different food. This is an example of:
Stimulus diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Contagious diffusion
The hearth of soccer is England, and it diffused as the British Empire established colonies around the world. This is an example of:
Relocation diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Contagious diffusion
All of the following are examples of absolute location EXCEPT
35° 11' 22.53" N, -101° 52' 30.56" W
The U.S. Capitol is that it is located about 38 miles southwest of Baltimore.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500
Mile marker sign 108
Sustainability is defined as
meeting our needs now by reducing, reusing and recycling.
doing the right thing so that the environment is not damaged.
a series of goals created by the United Nations, known as the SDGs, to help make the planet more sustainable.
meeting our needs without harming the environment, people and the economy, now and in the future.
Physiological density is the number of
Farm animals per area suitable for agriculture
people per area suitable for agriculture
farmers per area of farmland
people per area of flat land
In an advanced stage of industrialization, a country will exhibit which set of characteristics?
Low birth and death rates, stable population, good living conditions, long life expectancy.
High birth and death rates, stable population, poor living condition, short life expectancy.
High birth rate and low death rate, growing population, good living conditions, long life expectancy.
High birth and death rates, stable population, harsh living conditions, short life expectancy
The total number of live births per year per 1,000 people in a society is the
crude birth rate.
crude death rate.
total fertility rate.
natural increase rate.
India and China are the world's two most populous countries. While China has instituted a strict population policy, India:
for cultural reasons, encourages women to continue to reproduce.
encourages lower fertility rates through education and access to family planning resources.
has a similar policy as China.
does not endorse birth control because of the Catholic majority.
Olivia recently moved from her home in Uruguay to the U.S. She communicates regularly with her family and has persuaded her younger brother to immigrate to the U.S. This is an example of...
forced migration
step migration
intervening obstacle
chain migration
refugee status
Which of the following is the BEST example of a cultural push factor stimulating a migration?
People forced to leave New Orleans because of Hurricane Katrina
Oklahoma farmers driven off their land by drought during the 1930s
Eastern Europeans attracted to job opportunities in Western Europe
Palestinians that left Israel after Jewish migration to the new country in 1948
Guest workers moving to Saudi Arabia to work in the oil industry
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...
Refugees
Immigrants
Internally displaced persons
Emigrants
none of the above
What is the current intraregional migration of trend of the United States?
Residents moving dem suburban towns to rural areas
residents moving from large midwestern cities to coastal cities
people living large cities for suburban towns
seasonal mobility due to the need for food and water
residents leaving coastal cities to move inland to rural areas
Which of the following is the best example assimilation?
Hinduism diffused from India to Bali, where it blended with traditional Balinese beliefs to create a form of Hinduism unique to Bali.
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.
Despite the large number of historic churches in France, many French identify as nonreligious and believe that religion is a private matter.
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.
Swahili in East Africa and English in global commerce are examples of
pidgin languages
lingua franca
standard language
creole language
To actively seek converts because they view themselves as offering belief systems, universal appropriateness, and appeal. Few in number and of recent origin. EX) Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam
Reincarnation
monotheistic religion
religion
polytheistic religion
universalizing religions
Adherents are born into the faith and converts are not actively sought. Spatially concentrated, except for Judaism. EX) traditional religions in Africa and SA. Judaism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Shintoism
animistic religion
ethnic religion
Feng-Shui/geomancy
Zoroastrianism
Confucianism
Why is English the most widely spoken language in Canada and the U.S.?
The Norman Conquest
Viking Explorations of the New World
British Colonialism
The Internet
French Creole is a ____________ that combined two simplified languages to form a lingua franca.
pidgin language
official language
logograms
isolated language
Which are the two language FAMILIES with the largest amount of speakers?
Sino - Tibetan + Dravidian
Austroasiatic + Austronesian
Japanese + Indo - European
Altaic + Uralic
Indo - European + Sino - Tibetan
A principle of international relations that holds that final authority over social, economic, and political matters should rest with the legitimate rulers of independent states
Supranationalism
Unitary states
sovereignty
Shatterbelt Regions
A narrow, strategically significant area where trade could be easily blocked or controlled
pivot point
Shatter point
narrow point
choke point
The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government.
colonialism
Devolution
Imperialism
Nation State
The Kurds form a nation of people split between Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. They make up a type of nation called.
Borderless nation
Transient nation
Stateless nation
Nationless state
A common religion such as Hinduism in India and Islam in Jordan can act as a
Centripetal force
Centrifugal force
An attitude or force that can pull people apart; these forces can limit interaction, produce regionalism, and create dissimilarity among citizens.
Centripetal force
Centrifugal force
In 1884, several European countries attended the _______________ to divide up much of the African continent in what became known as the Scramble for Africa
Conference of Berlin
UN Conference
Treaty of Versailles
Meeting at Waterloo
Area that occupies a defined territory with a permanent population and is ruled by an established government that has control over its internal/external affairs.
State
Autonomous region
nation-state
city-state
a former boundary line that is still discernible and marked by some cultural landscape features
Subsequent Boundary
relic boundary
superimposed boundary
Maritime Boundaries
A political-territorial system wherein a central government represents the various entities within a nation-state where they have common interests-defense, foreign affairs, and the like-yet allows these various entities to retain their own identities and to have their own laws, policies, and customs in certain spheres.
Federal states
Unitary State
National State
State Nation
a region caught between stronger colliding external cultural-political forces, under persistent stress, and often fragmented by aggressive rivals
Sovereignty
shatterbelt
Terrorism
Legitimacy
A nation-state that has a centralized government and administration that exercises power equally over all parts of the state
Unitary states
Republic
Democracy
Federal State
The goal of commercial agriculture is
Minimal food security
Profit maximization
Genetic diversity of seeds
Establishment of seed banks throughout the world
Sustainable farming practices
Which form of commercial agriculture is found primarily in developing countries?
plantation agriculture
mixed farming
mixed crop & livestock
livestock farming
dairy farming
Production of agricultural products destined primarily for direct consumption by the producer rather than for market is called
shifting-field agriculture
sedentary cultivation
plantation farming
subsistence agriculture
hunting and gathering
Which of the following pairs of agricultural types occupies the largest percentage of the world’s total land area?
Cattle ranching and Mediterranean agriculture
Plantation agriculture and specialized horticulture
Shifting cultivation and nomadic herding
Intensive rice cultivation and subsistence farming
Livestock ranching and commercial gardening
According to von Thunen's model...
a farmer must consider the price of crops and the cost customers are willing to pay.
a farmer must consider the crops that can be grown based on the climate.
a farmer integrates technology into their crop production in order to increase yields.
a farmer must consider the price of land and the costs of transportation.
a farmer utilizes GMOs to meet the demands and tastes of the consumer public.
The Green Revolution of the 1970s and 1980s gave farmers...
innovations in reducing fallow farmland.
higher yield seeds and use of fertilizers.
multi-cropping and double cropping.
better tillage methods.
greater access to markets.
The global movement of plants and animals between the Old World (Europe, Africa, and Asia) and New World (the Americas) after the age of exploration was known as the
Transhumance Time
Pastoral Period
Columbian Exchange
Second Agricultural Revolution
Silk Road
Farming that requires lots of labor and/or capital investment is
intensive agriculture
extensive agriculture
subsistence agriculture
diffusion agriculture
agribusiness
The domestication of plants and animals occurred in the
First Agricutural Revolution
Green Revolution
Second Agricultural Revolution
Columbian Exchange
Middle Ages
Deforestation has resulted in
more farmland in some places but more desertification in others
more farmland in some places and less desertification in others
less farmland in some places but more desertification in others
less farmland in some places but less desertification in others
no noticeable change in the amount of farmland or desertification
A system of resources, producer transportation, communication, information, and consumers.
Supply/Commodity Chain
Fair Trade
Vertical Integration
Luxury Crops
Subsidies
A primate city such as Mexico City is
always located in the center of its country for maximum accessibility
more than twice the size of any other city in its country and dominant economically and culturally
most likely to share its rank size with at least one other city in the country
always a national capital serving as the seat of government and industrial center of the country
much larger than the cities in any neighboring country and serves as the region’s financial capital
The multiple-nuclei model of city structure tends to be most applicable to
small cities
traditional cities
Latin American cities
newer, fast-growing cities
cities with homogeneous land use
International company headquarters, significant global financial functions, and a polarized social structure are defining characteristics of
primate cities
entrepôts
forward capitals
world cities
edge cities
Which of the following groups would most likely engage in the gentrification of an older residential neighborhood?
University students on limited incomes
Double-income households without children
People above age sixty-five on limited incomes
Double-income households with children
Recent immigrants on limited incomes
Real estate agents have encouraged (often) white families to sell their houses at a loss once a (often) black or Latino family moves into the neighborhood in a process known as...
redlining
gentrification
filtering
blockbusting
brownfields
Name the model: You have a commercial and Industrial spine. The commercial spine is surrounded by elite residential. A zone of maturity surrounds the CBD, with older housing mixed with new. The outskirts are the periferico where the poorest people live.
Sector City Model
Latin American City Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
African City Model
Southeast Asian City Model
Name the model: The city develops outwards from a CBD in slices. Industry would locate in strips alongside the best transportation routes. High class housing would be in the most aesthetically pleasing locations away from noise and pollution. Middle to low class housing would fill the gap.
Sector Model
Concentric Zone Model
Galactic City Model
Latin American City Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
Name the model: Business agglomerates in the CBD, surrounding this is the zone of transition that is dominated by older housing, flats and light industry. This zone includes a large proportion of ethnic minorities. Better housing would be found further out in the suburbs. FInally, the commutor zone extended beyond the city (counterurbanisation)
Sector Model
Concentric Zone Model
Multiple Nuclei Model
Galactic City Model
African City Model
According to the Galactic City Model, what develops at the outskirts of core cities?
airports
nucleated cities
edge cities
world cities
exurbs
If a country follows the rank-size rule, if the largest city has 1,000,000 inhabitants, how many people live in the fifth largest city?
10,000
50,000
100,000
200,000
500,000
