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Human Migration Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

migrate means to:

a)

celebrate

b)

nominate

c)

captivate

d)

relocate

2.

Which of the following is most likely to immigrate?

a)

a person who loves their apartment

b)

a person looking for work in another country

c)

a person who has a lot of credit card debt

d)

a person who has just adopted a new pet

3.

emigrate means to:

a)

search haphazardly

b)

move seasonally

c)

leave one's country of residence for a new one

d)

cross a border

4.

The movie was about hypocrisy in our society and people prejudice.


In this sentence, society means:

a)

workforce

b)

generation

c)

network

d)

culture

5.

European exploration of the Americas led to subjugation of New World natives and African slaves.


In this sentence, natives means:

a)

authorities qualified to teach apprentices

b)

important, honorable people

c)

indigenous people who were born in a particular place

d)

people engaged in one of the traditional occupations

6.

The opposite of foreign is:

a)

international

b)

national

c)

native

d)

alien

7.

culture means:

a)

an odd, fanciful, or capricious collection of things

b)

people with a common interest

c)

the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems

d)

all the knowledge and values shared by a society

8.

population means:

a)

public

b)

partner

c)

product

d)

pasture

9.

generation means:

a)

a group of representatives or delegates

b)

all the people living at the same time or of the same age

c)

an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

d)

a pair who associate with one another

10.

refugee means:

a)

displaced person

b)

gravedigger

c)

soldier

d)

political hack

11.

asylum means:

a)

ferry

b)

strand

c)

refuge

d)

trigger

12.

Which of the following would best be described as indigenous?

a)

a person showing very polite manners

b)

a refugee fleeing civil war

c)

a man whose wife has left him

d)

Native Americans living in America

13.

The opposite of voluntary is:

a)

willing

b)

forced

c)

creative

d)

modern

14.

cartography means:

a)

the making of maps and charts

b)

the scientific study of language

c)

the scientific study of planets and stars

d)

the making of borders

15.

The opposite of urban is:

a)

nomad

b)

rural

c)

city

d)

foreign

16.

________________ does not attempt to describe every square mile of the earth's surface, nor does astronomy presume to know all the stars.

a)

Cartography

b)

Geography

c)

Theology

d)

Linguistics

17.

Who would most likely be considered a nomad?

a)

a person who does seasonal work in different cities

b)

a person who stays in the place they were born

c)

a person who makes maps

d)

a person who lives in a city

18.

If you stereotype people, what are you actually doing?

a)

observing others carefully

b)

telling the truth

c)

telling lies

d)

making unfair generalizations

19.

gentrification means:

a)

the destruction of the rich by the poor

b)

change in lower income areas due to an influx of wealthier people

c)

the act of getting lost

d)

the creation of maps

20.

populace means:

a)

people

b)

socialism

c)

wealthy

d)

fellowship