WorksheetsAP Human GEO Unit 1-4 Midterm Review
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 36mins
A formal region defines an area in which
a core dominates its surrounding hinterland
a transportation network links different types of land use
there is uniformity in one or more physical or human characteristics
there are significant geographic variations in physical or human characteristics
a unified government system has been established
Which of the following groups represents a nation without a state?
Kurds
Israelis
Turks
Germans
Albanians
At some point in their recent history, all of the following countries became divided into two political entities as a result of cultural or ideological conflict EXCEPT
Korea
Vietnam
Germany
Ireland
Japan
Which of the following describes a concern for a country with an aging population?
As a country’s population ages, the life expectancy for the younger population of the country decreases and healthcare costs decline.
As a country’s population ages, the infant mortality rate decreases and there is an increased need for daycare centers.
As the proportion of older people in the country increases, fewer young workers are available to contribute tax revenues to support programs that provide services to the older population.
As the proportion of older people in the country increases, the sex ratio becomes disproportionally skewed toward males.
As the proportion of older people increases, the total population decreases because older people do not have children.
Answer E: As the proportion of older people increases, the total population decreases because older people do not have children.
Which of the following is an example of Balkanization?
Greece
Hungary
Albania
Yugoslavia
Romania
Based on the map, which of the following can be identified as a true statement about Northern Ireland?
It is united with the rest of the island to form a sovereign nation-state.
It forms its own sovereign nation-state predominately made up of the Irish ethnic group.
It is a frontier that is not formally part of a state, but the United Kingdom claims the area.
It is physically separate from the rest of the United Kingdom, a multinational state.
It is a stateless nation, as the entire island of Ireland is under the control of the United Kingdom.
The alignment of ancient Chinese cities toward the cardinal directions (north, south, east, west) best illustrates the importance of which of the following factors in the shaping of these early cities?
Belief systems
Topography
Economics
Gender
Technology
The map shows the number of people per unit of land. Which of the following types of data are shown in the map?
Arithmetic density
Physiological density
Agricultural density
Urban density
Suburban density
Which scenario best explains the process of assimilation?
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.
Answer A: 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.
Despite the large number of historic churches in France, many French identify as nonreligious and believe that religion is a private matter.
The island of Mauritius has large populations of Christians, Hindus, and Muslims. The constitution of Mauritius prohibits discrimination and protects freedom of religion.
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.
Answer D: 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.
Hinduism diffused from India to Bali, where it blended with traditional Balinese beliefs to create a form of Hinduism unique to Bali.
Answer E: Hinduism diffused from India to Bali, where it blended with traditional Balinese beliefs to create a form of Hinduism unique to Bali.
Which of the following is the primary assumption of environmental determinism?
Human destiny is controlled by the cultural environment .
The physical environment has little influence on humans .
Humans have complete control over the physical environment .
Many human adaptations are possible within a specific physical environment .
The physical environment controls human culture .
There has been an increase in asylum seekers from Syria to the European Union in recent years. Which of the following best describes the reason for this migration?
A large rural-to-urban population shift within Syria
A continuing rise in employment for asylum seekers in the European Union
A continuing issue of conflict and political unrest within Syria
The tightening of asylum policies by the European Union
The tightening of guest-worker policies by the European Union
Which of the following best explains why the region of Catalonia in Spain could be a viable country?
Catalonia is linguistically distinct compared to other regions in Spain.
Catalonia is well developed economically compared to other regions in Spain.
Catalonia's population is ethnically distinct compared to other regions in Spain.
Catalonia has a large population compared to other regions in Spain.
Catalonia has a major city, Barcelona, which has a notoriety comparable to that of the Spanish capital, Madrid.
The measure of the average number of children who are born to women of childbearing age in the population is called the
actual birth rate
crude birth rate
total fertility rate
adjusted birth rate
net reproduction ratio
The Berlin Conference established the borders of North African countries including Egypt, Libya, and Sudan. The landscape of these countries influenced the types of boundaries imposed by the European colonial powers. Which of the following boundary types best explains the influence of landscape on the political borders of the North African region?
Antecedent, based on tribal cultural boundaries that existed before European colonization
Subsequent, with smaller buffer states placed between larger states to prevent political conflicts
Consequent, accounting for local differences in language and religion during European colonization
Natural, with irregular lines, accounting for regional physical features such as mountains or water bodies
Geometric, with straight lines, disregarding physical features or tribal cultural differences of the areas
The former international border between East Germany and West Germany is best described as
an open border
a demilitarized zone
a relict boundary
an antecedent boundary
a geometric boundary
A political polling company wants to use census data to collect information on voters in a city by neighborhood. Based on the types of information collected in the survey form, which of the following could be mapped using census data?
The number of voting-age residents per household
The political party affiliation of the average resident
How residents voted in the last election
How voters might vote in the next national election
How voters stand on current issues
Which of the following scales of analysis would provide demographic data that could be used to compare one urban neighborhood to other urban neighborhoods across a country?
State or province
Metropolitan area or urban region
County or parish (in Quebec and Louisiana)
City or municipality
Census tract or enumeration area
Based on the data shown, which of the following describes the most likely population context for the countries listed?
High youth dependency ratio and a lack of economic resources to provide for large families
Rapid population growth in cities as people migrate from rural to urban areas for industrial jobs
Shortage of arable land on which to raise crops and other food products to support the population
Unstable food supply due to a rapidly growing population
Stage five of the demographic transition model due to very low birth rates
Which of the following characteristics is currently shared by Switzerland, Canada, and New Zealand?
Low population-growth rates
Primate urban systems
High infant-mortality rates
Membership in the European Union (EU)
More than ten percent of the population involved in sheep farming
Which of the following describes typical characteristics of federal states?
A centralized government and strong centripetal forces
A fragmented land area and a single ethnic group
A small land area and high population density
A compact shape and a primate city
A large land area and multiple ethnic groups
Based on the population pyramid above, which of the following will pose the greatest demographic challenge to China beginning in 2029?
Providing for the needs of its aging population
Finding enough teachers to educate the young
Limiting out-migration of the 60- to 64-year-old age cohort
Providing prenatal medical care
Controlling population growth
Christianity has expanded through repeated patterns of relocation diffusion to spread to the Americas. Which of the following explains the impacts of this diffusion on Christianity in the Americas?
The repeated relocations have resulted in a wide diversity of Christian religious beliefs and practices.
The repeated relocations have resulted in a single form of Christian religious beliefs and practices.
The repeated relocations have resulted in a decline in the size of the Christian population.
The repeated relocations have resulted in a single ethnic Christian population.
The repeated relocations have resulted in a small number of ethnic Christian populations.
A student who lives in Minneapolis chooses to spend her spring break in Florida rather than in Jamaica because Florida is closer and the plane fare is cheaper. This type of decision-making best illustrates the concept of
human capital
time space compression
intervening opportunities
the rank size rule
central place theory
Based on the data provided, which of the following best describes how changing roles for women influence patterns of social values?
Similar birth rates shown in the table for France, Russia, Brazil, and China indicate that women in these countries have access to similar levels of education.
High death rates shown in the table for Nigeria and Russia reveal a similar lack of women’s rights and access to health care in these countries.
Women living in France choose to have less children but die at higher rates than in Egypt due to greater pollution in industrialized countries such as France.
Higher birth rates in African countries suggest that women in African countries have less access to education and employment than European women.
All women in developing countries have higher fertility rates due to the lack of medical care and political rights.
The boundaries of congressional districts of the United States are
redrawn every ten years
set according to a process developed by the writers of the United States Constitution
set according to a process developed by the writers of the United States Constitution
redrawn after every presidential election
drawn to cross over state boundaries
Which of the following explains an unintended consequence of China’s antinatalist one-child policy?
A dramatic reduction of the birth rate and a decline of the rate of natural increase rate, resulting in lower population growth.
Agricultural families were forced to relocate to the nearest city to search for employment, resulting in increased urban population.
A projected shortage of working-age people to care for the rising elderly population, resulting in an increase in the cost of living for older people.
Decreased spending on childhood expenses, such as education and nursery supplies results in a drop in domestic economic productivity.
A decreased emphasis on education due to the decreasing numbers of school-age children results in a loss of international competitiveness.
Country A is a more developed country with a low birth rate, a low total fertility rate, a high life expectancy, and a high percentage of urban population. Based on this information, which of the following outcomes is most likely to occur in Country A?
Guest workers from less developed countries are needed to fill the labor shortages in urban areas.
Falling birth rates and declining youth populations result in an increase in school construction in urban areas.
Pressures on pension and social security programs are at critical levels as the number of elderly increases.
Provincial and national politicians must tailor their political campaigns to appeal to rural voters.
Suburban house construction declines as elderly populations downsize and seek to be closer to urban amenities.
Which of the following is a correct statement about the demographic transition model?
It is applicable only to eighteenth-century Europe.
It predicts the growth of population in Russia reasonably well.
It divides the demographic changes of a country into two stages of slow growth and high growth.
It supports the idea that technology can remove or extend the limits of food production.
It is characterized by relatively low growth rates at stage 1 and stage 4.
Which of the following describes the process of creolization?
The mix of Native American, African, and European influences to create new cultural forms
The representations of Spanish, Portuguese, and French linguistic culture on the landscape of Latin America
The layering of the European cultural landscape over the Native American landscape
The exchange of crops and animals between the Old World and the New World
The adoption of Native American toponyms for place-names of European settlements
The term “cultural diffusion” refers to the
spread of an idea or innovation from its source
modification of Earth’s surface by human actions
integration of behavioral traits within a group
assimilation of a minority culture into the host society
relationship between human cultures and their physical environment
Cultural landscape can be defined as
the types of art, music, dance, and theater practiced in a particular region
the ways that people in differing cultures perceive the environment
the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans
the diversity of distinctive cultures within a particular geographic area
a particular area within a geographic region dedicated to cultural activities
Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape?
Coastal wetland
Cloud forest
Stand of mangrove trees
Eroded shoreline
Adobe ruins
In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the demographic transition in Europe was best characterized by
a shift in the composition of national populations toward greater ethnic balance
a net population decline resulting from an excess of deaths over births
migration between European countries
large-scale population movements following periods of war or widespread civil unrest
urbanization and falling birth rates
Which of the following describes a characteristic of a country moving from stage 2 to stage 3 of the demographic transition model?
Shorter life expectancy
Increasing birth rate
High level of female education
Declining death rate
Increasing dependence on farm labor
Which of the following describes the most likely cause of death for a citizen of a country in stages 4 and 5 of the demographic transition model?
Infectious diseases due to poor sanitation
Degenerative diseases due to old age and lifestyle
Starvation due to an unstable food supply
Infectious diseases due to a lack of vaccines and antibiotics
Reemergence of previously eradicated diseases
Which of the following best describes the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Canada, and Mexico?
An open-border region with free movement of labor
A multinational trade zone in which most tariffs have been eliminated
A protectionist coalition that denies trade access from other countries
A monetary union with a single currency
An economic and security bloc designed to eliminate drug trafficking
Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion?
Islam
Mormanism
Buddhism
Judaism
Roman Catholicism
Which of the following types of migration are correctly explained by the example given?
International migration and forced migration: Family A from Beijing moves to Minneapolis so that the parents can attend graduate school.
International migration and forced migration: Family A from Beijing moves to Minneapolis so that the parents can attend graduate school.
International migration and voluntary migration: Family A from Mumbai has convinced their close friends Family BB to emigrate to London as they did in order help start up their business.
Internal migration and forced migration: Couple A from Berlin has convinced their close friends Couple BB to move to Greece and live in the same retirement community.
Internal migration and voluntary migration: Family A from Baghdad are resettled by the United States for political asylum in Detroit.
Internally displaced persons and forced migration: Couple A from rural Brazil move to São Paulo to find better job opportunities.
The nineteenth-century emigration of a large number of Swedes from a particular region of Sweden to Isanti County, Minnesota, as a result of communications from friends and relatives who preceded them there is an example of
brain drain
chain migration
net migration
internal migration
counterurbanization
A refugee enters the European Union in Italy and is temporarily housed in Germany. He is then granted asylum and is permanently settled in Sweden. Which of the following describes this type of migration that is facilitated by the European Union’s open border policies?
Chain migration within the refugee’s family and social network
Guest worker migration based upon the free movement of labor
As an internally displaced person within a single state
Step migration across member states to a final destination
As a rural-to-urban migrant seeking employment opportunities
All of the following were colonized by France EXCEPT
Cuba
Vietnam
Algeria
Louisiana
Quebec
Crossing which of the following borders requires few, if any, formalities and thus encourages the free flow of people and products?
Netherlands-Belgium
India-Pakistan
United States-Canada
Romania-Ukraine
North Korea-South Korea
Read the definitions below and then answer the question that follows.
Watershed: A region in which all rainfall eventually flows downhill through a system of streams and tributaries into the same body of water, such as the catchment basin of a river or lake.
Milkshed: A region in which fresh milk is produced and can be delivered without spoilage for sale and consumption. A dairy farm sits at the center of an area, the size of which is determined by how far fresh milk can be shipped and still maintain shelf-life for consumers.
Given the definitions, watersheds and milksheds can best be classified as what type of region?
Culture
formal
Functional
Industrial
Vernacular
