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Worksheet time: 45mins
What is the study of the earth and its people?
Anthropology
Geogtaphy
Meteorology
Topography
Which of the following is an example of a physical feature of the earth
Language
Religion
Soil
Grande networks
What brand of geography covers topics relating to unchanging features on the surface of the earth
Human geography
Human pl,ace
None-human movement
Physical geography
What branch of geography deal with the study f the world, its people, communities, and cultures?
Human geography
Human pl,ace
Non-huma movement
Physical geography
What term refers to dividing the earthy into two halves?
Hemisphere
Latitudes
Longitudes
Meridians
What term refers to when people, idea, culture and technology spreads to other regions or people?
Diffusion
Innovation
Migration
Upward mobility
What would you call someone who moves into a country from another country
Emigrant
Immigrant
New migrant
Refugee
What does population density measure
The average number of people who live in a measurable area
Th average price per square foot in a region
The male to female ration in a given area
The average literacy rates of a measurable area
Which of the following is an example of a pull factor for migration
Better climate
Civil war
Earthquakes
Hugh unemployment rate
Which of the following is an example of a push factor for migration
Education opportunities
Protection of human rights
Job opportiunities
Religious presecution
How does a culture spread
Diffusion and innovation
Push and pull factors
Emigration and immigration
Human and physical characteristics
What would you call someone who laves their country to live in another country
Emigrant
Immigrant
Net migrant
Refugee
Which of the following is a pull factor
Job opportunities
Racism
Expensive housing
Voting restrictions
What region of the U.S. is the most densely populated
Northeast
Midwest
Southeast
West
What is the process in which an individual or group adopts some of the traits of another culture
Cultural diffusion
Culture traits
Fundamentalism
Traditionalism
What is globalization
Global conquest
Increasing connections around the world
Traditional cultural values
Historical migratory patterns of humans
In what migration did African Americans move from the south to the northeast/Great Lakes region
American Migration
Bantu Migration
Great Migration
Manifest destiny
An example of a taboo is
Saying “please”
Shaking hands in the US
Jews not eating pork
Respecting your elders in china
What is defined as the people that carry out ruling authority over political unit
Authoritarian
diplomacy
Economics
Government
Farmers in MDCs gro crops and raise animals to sell directly to which of the following
CONSUMERS
FOOD-PROCESSING COMPANIES
MARKETS
ALL OF THE ABOVE
farmers in LDCs most likely to use what for their source of power
Animals
Tractors
Both
None
How many agriculture revolutions have been identified
One
Two
Three
Four
Which of the following did Von Thunen fail to consider in his model
Cost of products
Need of space
Physical environment
Social products
What year did the industrial revolution start
1760
1905
1910
1660
Which of the following is not a factor of production
Transportation
Land
Labor
Money/capital
This is a mass of people and buildings clusters together to serve as a center politics, culture, and economics
Megalopolis
City
Ethnic group
Urban sprawl
The first planned cities were located i the Indus River valley, they were
Fair and harappa
Harappa and mohejo-daro
Mohenjo-Dario and megalopolis
Cairo and kabul
Which of the following was not on the five hearths of urbanization
Greece
Indus River valley
Mesoamerica
Mesopotamia
What is the only true representation of the earth
Globe
Grid
Map
Mercator
What is another name for a topographical map
General purposes
Mercator
Physical
Political
What factors attract people to a region
Push
Pull
B oth
None
What factors a are motives for emigration
Push
Pull
Both
Non
What is a push factor for people leaving the northeast U.S.
Education
Job opportunities
Manufacturing decline
What is the way of life of a group of people
Culture
Demorapy
Dialect
Lingua Franca
What term refers to when cultures come together
Animist
Convergence
Divergence
Ethics
Which of the following best applies t the political system used in the present-day U.S.
Bureasucracy
Confederation
Democracy
Representative democracy
Today, most European nations are democracies
True
False
Agriculture is best defined as
Hunting for animals, fishing, or gathering plants
Altering the genetic material of plants and animals
Deliberate cultivation of plants are raising animals for food and fiber production
Use of technology to increase
What does “cultivate” mean
To hunt
To care for
To make money
To raise animals
What is a dictatorship by a person or party in which the government opens and controls all businesses, and the people have few, if any rights
Anarchy
Communism
Fascism
Theocracy
A monarchy is ruled by a leader with absolute power, but no crown
True
False
In a pure democracy, everyone has a vote and a say in all matter
True
False
Who was the world communist leader supporting the worldwide spread of communism
China
Cuba
Soviet union
Vietnam
What was the alliance between the untied states and Western European nations
Grand alliance
EU
NATO
Warsaw pact
The connection between farming and food-production job had (such as processing, packaging, storing, distributing, retailing, tractor manufacturing, etc) is called
Agribusiness
Commercial agriculture
Food processing
Nonsense
What crop do farmers in the United States grow the most
Corn
Oats
Wheat
Barley
Who was the world’s economic leader supporting the spread of democracy/capitalism
China
Great Britain
Soviet Union
U.S.
WHAT WAS THE COMMUNIST ALLIANCE DURING THE COLD WAR
Grand Alliance
EU
NATO
Warsaw Pact
What is the main reason that logging is in the sevcond ring of the Von Thunen model
It’s heavy weights (hard to transport far)
Needs lots of space
Fast perishable time
Threes provide natural protection for the people living in the city
Which type of countries were labeled as 1st would economies
Communists
Democracies
Undeveloped non-aligned nations
What is the belief in one god
Animism
Monotheism
Polytheism
Traditionalism
What is the most spoken language in the world
English
Hindi
Mandarin chinese
Spanish
What is the new idea that a culture accepts
Diffusion
Immigrant
Innovation
Pull factor
What is a group of languages that have similar beginnings
Dialect
English
Language family
Lingua Franca
What is the belief in many gods
Animism
Monotheism
Polytheism
Traditionalism
Which of the following has a king/queen that shares power with an elected legislature
Constitutional monarchy
Absolute monarchy
Confederate monarchy
Archly is the belief that there should be no government
True
False
What is a loose alliance of smaller governments under 1 larger government
Authoritarian
Bureaucracy
Confederation
Oligarchy
Feudalism is a government controlled by religious leaders
True
False
What is a government whose leader is the leader of the majority political party and stays in power as long as his/her party does?
Democracy
Fascism
Parliamentary
Republic
Which type of countries were labeled as 2nd world economies
Communists
Democracies
Undeveloped non-aligned nations
The Cold War ended with formation of the E.U. In 1993
True
False
The NAZTO alliance was referred to as the iron cutain
True
False
How were humans surviving before the agricultural revolution
Growing crops
Planting seeds
Raising animals
Gathering crops
The primary differences between agriculture practices in the world are between two types of regions/countries
Africa and Asia
Northern and Southern Hemisphere
Land and oceans
LDCs and MDSs
What type of agriculture is o practiced to produce food for sale off the farm
Commercial
Subsistence
Seed
Vegetative planting
What type if agriculture is practiced to feed the farmers and the farmer’s family
commercial
Subsistence
Seed
Vegetative planting
Which country is the world’s largest commercial producer of grain
Brunei
Australia
India
United States
What is ta problem a subsistence farmer might encounter
Producing enough food to feed a larger urban population
Producing enough food for exportation to MDCs
Having corn-fed cows catching and spreading E. Coli
Owing outdated technology and having no space
What is the main reason that dairy farms are in the first ring of the Von Thunen model
It’s heavy weight (hard to transport far)
Needs a lot of space
Fast perishable time
Cows are expensive to trasport
What is the main reason that grazing is in the outermost ring of the Von Thunen model
Costly of products
Transportation cost
Need of inexpensive space
Cows fart
Where did the industrial revolution start
USA
England
Germany
Russia
Which of the following is not an intention within the industrial revolution
Cotton gin
Spinning Jenny
Light buld
Water frame
Industrialization was a key to sharing the globalization and the future of the world
True
False
What was needed for the first cities to develop
Farming and writing
Politics and economics
Surplus food and specialized workers
Low-order settlements and surplus food
This is the unrestricted growth of housing, commercial developments, and roads over large expanses of land, with little concern for city planning
Central place theory
Muffin-top syndrome
Urban sprawl
Low-order stettlement
This is the leading city if a country, which is disropportionatley larger than the rest of the cities in a country
Edge city
World city
Megalopolis
Primate city
This is an extensive metropolis area or a long chain of continuous metropolitan area
Primate city
Megalopolis
World city
Edge city
These nations were previously called third world countries
Developed
Edge
Developing
Communist
What is it called when individuals buy up and rehabilitate houses, raising the housing value in the neighborhood
Urbanism
Landscaping
Consumption
Gentrification
Which of the following terms means- the minimum allowance for an area to get more sevices
Threshold
Range
Minimum
Overload
Who was the world’s economic leader supporting the spread of democracy/capitalism
China
Great britian
Soviet union
U.S.
What was the communist alliance during the cold wat
Great alliance
EU
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Distortion is a problem when mapping the earth becuase
Earth’s curved surface
Current mapping technology
Earth’s population changes
Harsh climate conditions
Which religious group is associated with worshipping in mosques
Christians
Muslims
Buddhists
Hindus
Which factor explains why several animals species are unique to Australia
Diverse veghetation
Rough terrain
Humid climate
Geographic isolation
Which factor is most directly related to the level of economic development of country
Urbanization
Language
Religion
Climate
Industrializaztion and economic developments affect human settlement patterns by
Not allowing people to live in harsh climates
Allowing people to live farther from natural resources
Allowing mass migrations
Cause rapid decline to urban populations
Chinatown, in Los Angeles, California, is an example of cultural division based primarily on
Religious beliefs
Economic interests
Cultural similarities
Political advantages
