WorksheetsHuman Geo Mid
Total questions: 72
Worksheet time: 36mins
In which situation can you predict a country's arithmetic density will decrease?
limiting the number of farmers
increasing the areas of its urban centers
limiting the size of its population
increasing the size of its population
increasing the amount of agricultural land
A creolized language is
a. a revived formerly extinct language.
b. a mix of indigenous and colonial languages
c. an isolated language family.
d. extinct
e. a possible prehistoric superfamily.
Europe and North America entered stage 2 of the demographic transition as a result of the
a. scientific revolution.
b. computer revolution.
c. medical revolution.
d. agricultural revolution.
e. industrial revolution.
The ethnic religion which has the most adherents worldwide is
a. Shintoism.
b. Hinduism.
c.Islam
d.Confucianism
e.Taoism.
Assuming all things being equal, a decline in a country's crude birth rate (CBR) would result in an increase in that country's
a. life expectancy.
b. total fertility rate.
c. crude death rate.
d. doubling time.
e.natural increase rate.
Which country has the greatest total number of foreign-born resident?
a.the United States
b.Australia
c. Germany
d.the United Kingdom
e. China
The art and science of making maps is
a. geography.
b. topography.
c. cartography
d.geomorphology.
e.demography.
Global culture is often described as centered on three core areas, which are
a. North America, Europe, and East Asia.
b. the United Kingdom, East Asia, and Eastern Europe.
c. South Asia, Western Europe, and the United States
d. France, Germany, and Japan.
e. Europe, Japan, and South Asia.
Which of the following is one of the reasons why the study of population geography is especially important?
a. Geographers want to know why the world's population has increased more slowly during the second half of the twentieth century.
b. About the same number of people are alive at this time than have ever been in history
c. Overpopulation is a threat in every country on the planet.
d. Virtually all global population growth is concentrated in developing countries.
e. Geographers know that the relationship between population and Earth's resources is sustainable.
The principal difference between Malthus's theory and actual world food production and population growth during the past half century is that
a. actual food production has been much higher than Malthus predicted.
b. actual population growth has been much higher than Malthus predicted.
c. Malthus's theory predicted much higher population growth than has actually occurred
d. Malthus's theory predicted much higher food production than has actually occurred.
e. population increased arithmetically while food production increased exponentially.
When describing the location of New York City as 100 miles northeast of Philadelphia and 100 miles southwest of Boston, a geographer is using
a. situation.
b. site.
c. jurisdiction.
d. location.
e. toponym.
Which of the following does the United States Census Bureau NOT consider a race?
a. Japanese
b. Black
c. White
d. Samoan
e. Hispanic/Latino
The figure shows that the four most frequently spoken branches of Indo-European does NOT include
a. Germanic
b. Indo-Iranian
c. Balto-Slavic.
d. Romance.
e. Celtic.
Hebrew is an example of
a. an extinct language.
b. a revived language
c. a vibrant isolated language
d. an isolated language.
e. a language family.
This 1884 meeting resulted in Africa being carved into colonies controlled by European powers.
a. Africa-Europe Peace Summit
b. United Nations San Francisco Conference
c. France-Belgium Summit
d. Berlin Conference
e. Versailles Peace Conference
The contemporary distribution of languages around the globe is largely a result of
a. Rosetta Stone sales.
b. the Internet.
c. social media
d. high school requirements to learn a second language
e. migration.
Which is NOT true about Celtic languages?
a. They are still spoken by people in France and Spain.
b. They were threatened by extinction in England.
c. They have been revived in some parts of the British Isles.
d. They share common language structure with Finnish and Hungarian.
e. They have an extensive body of literature.
In contrast to the trend in many countries, the largest percentage of Americans move from
a.nonmetropolitan areas to cities.
b. cities to suburbs.
c. suburbs to cities.
d. cities to nonmetropolitan areas
e. suburbs to nonmetropolitan areas.
Which of the following is an historical example of a cultural push factor? (check)
a. Many European farmers in the late 1800s chose to migrate to North America, as well as to Latin American countries where they felt that political and economic conditions would favor them.
b. The U.S. government's policy of relocating the North America's indigenous population to reservations in the West.
c. The British government allowed most of the population of Montserrat to migrate elsewhere in the 1990s after volcanic eruptions devastated large parts of the island.
d. The United States actively sought Mexican agricultural laborers during and after World War II.
e. Changing climates likely encouraged the early migrations of hunter-gatherers.
The main difference between languages in the same family, branch, or group is how
a. similar the cultures of the speakers of each language are.
b. closely the speakers of each language live to one other
c. they correspond to the diffusion of free markets throughout the world.
d. recently in time the languages were once the same
e. they all emerged at the same point in history, according to the Bible.
Use Figure 6-3: Most Numerous Religions by Region to answer the question. Which statement about religion in Latin America is TRUE?
a. about one- fourth of the people are Christian, one- fourth non-religious, and the remainder practice folk religions
b. nearly all of the people practice folk religions
c. nearly all of the people are Christian
d. the population is almost equally divided between Christians and Muslims
e. the great majority of the people are non-religious
The name of a location on Earth's surface is known as
a. toponym.
b. geonym.
c. place.
d. site
e. situation.
The literal interpretation and strict adherence to the basic principles of a religion is known as
a. subordination.
b. the caste system
c. fundamentalism
d. alienation
e. subjugation.
The term by which a population grows from year to year is called the
a. doubling time.
b. natural increase rate.
c. total fertility rate.
d. life expectancy.
e. crude birth rate.
Stages 1 and 4 of the demographic transition are similar because they both have
a. high dependency ratios
b.low growth rates
c.low death rates.
d.low dependency ratios.
e.low life expectancies
Use the information in Figure 2-11 to answer the question. A population pyramid like Japan's predicted 2050 pyramid represents
a. the results of medical technology transfer seen in developing nations.
b. the economic recovery and population boom after the 2011 earthquake
c. government policies to attract elderly immigrants.
d.an aging population and contraction in the work force
e.a younger population decimated by the AIDS pandemic
Which of the following would NOT bet included among the world's four largest religions in terms of the number of adherents?
a. Islam
b. Hinduism
c. Buddhism
d. Christianity
e. Judaism
Use Figure 7-2: Distribution of African Americans in the United States to answer the question. Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding the distribution of the African American population?
a. African Americans are clustered in the southeastern states.
b. African Americans are evenly distributed in the Great Lakes region of Chicago and Detroit
c. In California, there is higher concentration in the northern part of the state
d. The distribution in South Carolina is dispersed evenly throughout the state.
e.In Illinois, the higher numbers are found in the southern part of the state.
English is part of which language family?
a. Austronesian
b. Afro-Asiatic
c. Uralic
d. Indo-European
e. Turkic
Use the information in Figure 2-10 to answer the question. Which conclusion is best supported by the data in the graphic?
a.males have a higher life expectancy than females
b. the death rate is higher than the birth rate
c. the population under age 14 is growing rapidly
d. the dependency ratio is about 33 percent
e. the dependency ratio is about 50 percent
Which of the following is NOT a way British and American English differ?
a. prevalent dialects
b. vocabulary
c. pronunciation
d. spelling
e. alphabet
The Taliban are a faction of which ethnicity?
a.Hazara
b.Kurd
c.Azeri
d.Pashtun
e.Tajik
Most Asian migration to the United States is through the process of
a.global circulation.
b.expansion diffusion.
c.unauthorized immigration.
d.brain drain.
e.family-based migration.
We can hypothesize with some confidence that a developing country has a lower crude death rate than the United States because it likely
a. has a larger population of elderly people
b. has a higher sex ratio
c. has a higher infant mortality rate
d. has more hospitals beds per person
e. has a lower percentage of elderly people
In which African country did the conflict between the Hutu and Tutsi result in genocide?
a.Sudan
b.Central African Republic
c.Rwanda
d.Gabon
e.Botswana
A hearth is defined as
a. the modification of a culture as a result of contact with a more powerful one
b. the perimeter or boundary marked by a regional feature
c. the process by which a feature or trend spreads
d. a region from which a phenomenon originates
e. an area defined by one or more distinctive features or trends
The stages of the epidemiologic transition are based on
a.causes of death at varying stages of the demographic transition
b.pandemics like the bubonic plague, influenza, or AIDS
c.the means through which disease is transmitted spatially
d.non-contagious diseases such as heart disease, obesity, or diabetes
e.new food sources which produced population explosions
Use Figure 7-3 to answer the question. Which of the following is the most ACCURATE statement describing the changing patterns of ethnic distribution in Chicago?
a. In 1990 it was rare to find an ethnic enclave in Chicago that would still include restaurants and other reflections of a particular culture.
b. Fewer Europeans lived in the inner city area in 1990 after being forced to move to ethnoburbs by more recent migrants.
c. The 1990 distribution reflected the lack of jobs in the auto industry the inner city.
d. Between 1910 and 1990, quota laws limited the number of Europeans moving to Chicago in favor of migrants from Asia and Latin America
e. In 1910, most migrants from Europe sought manufacturing jobs, but by 1990 their descendants had moved out of the inner city
Race is often described as
a.evenly distributed around the world, independent of ethnicity
b.identification with a group that is perceived to share a physiologic trait such as skin color
c.determinable from physical characteristics such as the exact shape of a person's face or head.
d.being characterized by Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic/Latino.
e.defined by statute in most U.S. states.
Loyalty and devotion to a state that represents a particular group's culture is
a.nation-state
b.state.
c.multiculturalism
d.nationalism
e.nation
A description of GIS would be
a.a computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data.
b.a system of interconnected computers sharing geographic data
c. a computer that overlays geographic data from various sources in layers
d. a computer that generates remote data and stores it in the form of maps
e. an operating system installed on your phone that supplies navigational data
The largest number of immigrants to the United States come from what country?
a.Mexico
b.Dominican Republic
c.South Korea
d.Cuba
e.the Philippines
The migration transition model predicts that international migration reaches a peak during which stage of the demographic transition?
a.stage 1
b.stage 2
c.stage 3
d.stage 4
e.stage 5
The split between the Roman Catholic branch and the Orthodox branch of Christianity was due to
a. the migration of the Orthodox Christians to the east.
b. a rivalry between the Pope of Rome and the Patriarch of Constantinople
c. the choice by the Pope to adopt the seven sacraments
d. the widespread diffusion and adoption of Islam in southern Europe
e. the unmanageable development of divergent belief systems in the furthest territories of the Roman Empire.
France's growing Muslim population is largely a result of
a. emigration from former French colonies
b.emigration from Southwest Asian countries.
c. French policy to encourage equal representation of religions
d. French policy to encourage diversification
e. French policy to attract guest workers
Which two language families together are spoken by over 66% of the world's population?
a. Sino-Tibetan and Afro-Asiatic
b. Austronesian and Indo-European
c. Niger-Congo and Austronesian
d. Indo-European and Niger-Congo
e. Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European
The principal purpose of holidays in universalizing religions is to
a. commemorate events in the founder's life
b. recognize new converts on a specific date
c. commemorate the construction of the primary religious site
d. recognize seasonal change
e. pray for good fortune with the harvest
The UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) identified 3 groups forced to migrate for political reasons. Who are they?
a. refugees, political prisoners, those displaced by earthquakes and tsunamis
b. asylum seekers, guest workers, IDPs
c. refugees, political exiles, indigenous persons
d. IDPs, refugees, indigenous persons
e. refugees, IDPs, asylum seekers
The Flemings and Walloons live in
a.France.
b. South Africa
c. Belgium
d. Liechtenstein
e. Switzerland
Which of the following are forms of expansion diffusion?
a.contagious and informal eponymous
b.economic and relocation
c.contagious and hierarchical
d.relocation and stimulus
e.hierarchical and formal
Human geography can best be defined as
a. a social science concerned with Earth's physical features
b. the identification of the when and why of important human events
c.a tool to study factors such as site, place, location, region, and communication
d. the study of where things are on earth and why they are found there
e. humans in medieval times creating maps to travel between villages
The number of people who are too young or too old to work compared to the number of people in the work force is called the
a. social dependence rate.
b. infant mortality rate
c. productive capacity ratio
d. elderly support ratio
e. dependency ratio
Based on the information in Figure 3-3, Migration to and from India, 2017, which of the following is true?
a.People migrating from India are moving to oil rich countries most likely for economic reasons.
b.Bangladesh is facing a severe shortage of workers.
c.Most immigrants to India originate in the United Kingdom
d.People migrating from India are moving only to countries in stage 4 of the demographic transition.
e.We can conclude that India is in Stage 1 of the demographic transition.
Wilbur Zelinsky's migration transition model predicted
a.migrants move most frequently for economic reasons.
b.migration characteristics vary with the demographic transition.
c.women are more likely to migrate than men
d.intraregional migration occurs more frequently than interregional migration
e.international migration is more common than internal migration
Use Figure 7-5 to answer the question. In 1947 a Hindu family living in Pakistan or northwestern India likely felt pressure to migrate
a.to the northeastern border and then to Sri Lanka.
b.to southern India and then to Sri Lanka.
c.to the south, southeast, or east toward Muslim-controlled areas
d.to the south, southeast, or east away from Muslim-controlled areas.
e.to a large city such as New Delhi.
Map scale is best defined as
a.the ratio of the largest to smallest areas on a map.
b.the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape.
c.the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map
d.the spread of a phenomenon over a given area compared to its size
e.the difference in elevation between two points in an area.
Which of the following Asian religions would be classified as universalizing?
a.Confucianism
b.Buddhism
c.Daoism
d.Hinduism
e.Shintoism
Claims of ownership of the Holy Land date back 3,000 years. Which political entity and which religion controlled it for 400 years between 1517 and 1919?
a.the Ottoman Empire and Islam
b.the British Empire and Christianity
c.the United Kingdom and Christianity
d.the United Nations and no specific denomination
e.the Palestinian Authority and Islam
Which of the following is most likely a functional region?
a.an area where new ideas seem to be circulating the fastest
b.the area where a certain church or sect predominates
c.an area united by fans of of a particular professional football team
d.the service area of a television station
e.the area that a person regards as a hometown
Which statement defines the meaning of a CBR of 20?
a.that 20 is the maximum number of children a woman could bear in her lifetime
b.the country has succeeded in population control measures
c.for every 100 people in a country, 20 babies are born each year
d.for every 20 women, 1 baby is born each year
e.for every 1000 people in a country, 20 babies are born each year
Which of the following has remained the most important religion in the homeland of its founder?
a.Christianity
b.Shintoism
c.Islam
d.Hinduism
e.Buddhism
Basque is a good example of a
a.vibrant lingua franca.
b.vibrant language group
c.vibrant and isolated language.
d.vibrant and globalizing language
e.vibrant language family.
Why are the Kurds described as a "stateless" nation without a homeland?
a.They have no wish to become a nationality, only to remain an ethnicity.
b.They have been promised one by the U.N. effective in 2050.
c.They do not have claim to any territory due to their relatively recent migration to the region.
d.The large population is divided among many countries.
e.The Turkish military seized the set aside territory before the treaty went into effect.
Which area represented on a map would have the largest numeric scale?
a.world
b.continent
c.state
d.city
e.country
a.fertile crescent.The term used to describe the area of Earth's surface characterized by human settlement is called the
a.fertile crescent.
b.hot zone.
c.population concentration
d.subpolar region.
e.ecumene.
The first speakers of the language that evolved into English were tribes that lived in present-day
a.France
b.Italy
c.Switzerland.
d.Denmark
e.United States
The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves within a nation-state is known as
a.self-determination
b.sovereignty
c.independence
d.universal suffrage
e.nationalism.
The "separate but equal" doctrine in the United States was legally established by
a.individual southern states
b.Plessy v. Ferguson
c.the Fourteenth amendment to the Constitution
d.Brown v. Board of Education
e.business owners and school principals
The concept that the distribution of one phenomenon is related to the location of other phenomena is known as
a.geographic analysis
b.spatial analysis
c.spatial association.
d.regional association
e.spatial distribution.
For most of the past 2,000 years, most Jews have been
a.nomads herding sheep.
b.dispersed around the world.
c.highly clustered in present-day Israel
d.concentrated in the United States.
e.forced to live in ghettos.
the International Date Line is located nearest to
a.90 degrees latitude.
b.0 degrees latitude
c.180 degrees longitude.
d.90 degrees longitude
e.0 degrees longitude.
Lily is a god among men.
of course
no.
