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World geo

Total questions: 89

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the study of the earth and its people?

a)

Anthropology

b)

Geogtaphy

c)

Meteorology

d)

Topography

2.

Which of the following is an example of a physical feature of the earth

a)

Language

b)

Religion

c)

Soil

d)

Grande networks

3.

What brand of geography covers topics relating to unchanging features on the surface of the earth

a)

Human geography

b)

Human pl,ace

c)

None-human movement

d)

Physical geography

4.

What branch of geography deal with the study f the world, its people, communities, and cultures?

a)

Human geography

b)

Human pl,ace

c)

Non-huma movement

d)

Physical geography

5.

What term refers to dividing the earthy into two halves?

a)

Hemisphere

b)

Latitudes

c)

Longitudes

d)

Meridians

6.

What term refers to when people, idea, culture and technology spreads to other regions or people?

a)

Diffusion

b)

Innovation

c)

Migration

d)

Upward mobility

7.

What would you call someone who moves into a country from another country

a)

Emigrant

b)

Immigrant

c)

New migrant

d)

Refugee

8.

What does population density measure

a)

The average number of people who live in a measurable area

b)

Th average price per square foot in a region

c)

The male to female ration in a given area

d)

The average literacy rates of a measurable area

9.

Which of the following is an example of a pull factor for migration

a)

Better climate

b)

Civil war

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Hugh unemployment rate

10.

Which of the following is an example of a push factor for migration

a)

Education opportunities

b)

Protection of human rights

c)

Job opportiunities

d)

Religious presecution

11.

How does a culture spread

a)

Diffusion and innovation

b)

Push and pull factors

c)

Emigration and immigration

d)

Human and physical characteristics

12.

What would you call someone who laves their country to live in another country

a)

Emigrant

b)

Immigrant

c)

Net migrant

d)

Refugee

13.

Which of the following is a pull factor

a)

Job opportunities

b)

Racism

c)

Expensive housing

d)

Voting restrictions

14.

What region of the U.S. is the most densely populated

a)

Northeast

b)

Midwest

c)

Southeast

d)

West

15.

What is the process in which an individual or group adopts some of the traits of another culture

a)

Cultural diffusion

b)

Culture traits

c)

Fundamentalism

d)

Traditionalism

16.

What is globalization

a)

Global conquest

b)

Increasing connections around the world

c)

Traditional cultural values

d)

Historical migratory patterns of humans

17.

In what migration did African Americans move from the south to the northeast/Great Lakes region

a)

American Migration

b)

Bantu Migration

c)

Great Migration

d)

Manifest destiny

18.

An example of a taboo is

a)

Saying “please”

b)

Shaking hands in the US

c)

Jews not eating pork

d)

Respecting your elders in china

19.

What is defined as the people that carry out ruling authority over political unit

a)

Authoritarian

b)

diplomacy

c)

Economics

d)

Government

20.

Farmers in MDCs gro crops and raise animals to sell directly to which of the following

a)

CONSUMERS

b)

FOOD-PROCESSING COMPANIES

c)

MARKETS

d)

ALL OF THE ABOVE

21.

farmers in LDCs most likely to use what for their source of power

a)

Animals

b)

Tractors

c)

Both

d)

None

22.

How many agriculture revolutions have been identified

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

23.

Which of the following did Von Thunen fail to consider in his model

a)

Cost of products

b)

Need of space

c)

Physical environment

d)

Social products

24.

What year did the industrial revolution start

a)

1760

b)

1905

c)

1910

d)

1660

25.

Which of the following is not a factor of production

a)

Transportation

b)

Land

c)

Labor

d)

Money/capital

26.

This is a mass of people and buildings clusters together to serve as a center politics, culture, and economics

a)

Megalopolis

b)

City

c)

Ethnic group

d)

Urban sprawl

27.

The first planned cities were located i the Indus River valley, they were

a)

Fair and harappa

b)

Harappa and mohejo-daro

c)

Mohenjo-Dario and megalopolis

d)

Cairo and kabul

28.

Which of the following was not on the five hearths of urbanization

a)

Greece

b)

Indus River valley

c)

Mesoamerica

d)

Mesopotamia

29.

What is the only true representation of the earth

a)

Globe

b)

Grid

c)

Map

d)

Mercator

30.

What is another name for a topographical map

a)

General purposes

b)

Mercator

c)

Physical

d)

Political

31.

What factors attract people to a region

a)

Push

b)

Pull

c)

B oth

d)

None

32.

What factors a are motives for emigration

a)

Push

b)

Pull

c)

Both

d)

Non

33.

What is a push factor for people leaving the northeast U.S.

a)

Education

b)

Job opportunities

c)

Manufacturing decline

34.

What is the way of life of a group of people

a)

Culture

b)

Demorapy

c)

Dialect

d)

Lingua Franca

35.

What term refers to when cultures come together

a)

Animist

b)

Convergence

c)

Divergence

d)

Ethics

36.

Which of the following best applies t the political system used in the present-day U.S.

a)

Bureasucracy

b)

Confederation

c)

Democracy

d)

Representative democracy

37.

Today, most European nations are democracies

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Agriculture is best defined as

a)

Hunting for animals, fishing, or gathering plants

b)

Altering the genetic material of plants and animals

c)

Deliberate cultivation of plants are raising animals for food and fiber production

d)

Use of technology to increase

39.

What does “cultivate” mean

a)

To hunt

b)

To care for

c)

To make money

d)

To raise animals

40.

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

a)

Anarchy

b)

Communism

c)

Fascism

d)

Theocracy

41.

A monarchy is ruled by a leader with absolute power, but no crown

a)

True

b)

False

42.

In a pure democracy, everyone has a vote and a say in all matter

a)

True

b)

False

43.

Who was the world communist leader supporting the worldwide spread of communism

a)

China

b)

Cuba

c)

Soviet union

d)

Vietnam

44.

What was the alliance between the untied states and Western European nations

a)

Grand alliance

b)

EU

c)

NATO

d)

Warsaw pact

45.

The connection between farming and food-production job had (such as processing, packaging, storing, distributing, retailing, tractor manufacturing, etc) is called

a)

Agribusiness

b)

Commercial agriculture

c)

Food processing

d)

Nonsense

46.

What crop do farmers in the United States grow the most

a)

Corn

b)

Oats

c)

Wheat

d)

Barley

47.

Who was the world’s economic leader supporting the spread of democracy/capitalism

a)

China

b)

Great Britain

c)

Soviet Union

d)

U.S.

48.

WHAT WAS THE COMMUNIST ALLIANCE DURING THE COLD WAR

a)

Grand Alliance

b)

EU

c)

NATO

d)

Warsaw Pact

49.

What is the main reason that logging is in the sevcond ring of the Von Thunen model

a)

It’s heavy weights (hard to transport far)

b)

Needs lots of space

c)

Fast perishable time

d)

Threes provide natural protection for the people living in the city

50.

Which type of countries were labeled as 1st would economies

a)

Communists

b)

Democracies

c)

Undeveloped non-aligned nations

51.

What is the belief in one god

a)

Animism

b)

Monotheism

c)

Polytheism

d)

Traditionalism

52.

What is the most spoken language in the world

a)

English

b)

Hindi

c)

Mandarin chinese

d)

Spanish

53.

What is the new idea that a culture accepts

a)

Diffusion

b)

Immigrant

c)

Innovation

d)

Pull factor

54.

What is a group of languages that have similar beginnings

a)

Dialect

b)

English

c)

Language family

d)

Lingua Franca

55.

What is the belief in many gods

a)

Animism

b)

Monotheism

c)

Polytheism

d)

Traditionalism

56.

Which of the following has a king/queen that shares power with an elected legislature

a)

Constitutional monarchy

b)

Absolute monarchy

c)

Confederate monarchy

57.

Archly is the belief that there should be no government

a)

True

b)

False

58.

What is a loose alliance of smaller governments under 1 larger government

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Bureaucracy

c)

Confederation

d)

Oligarchy

59.

Feudalism is a government controlled by religious leaders

a)

True

b)

False

60.

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?

a)

Democracy

b)

Fascism

c)

Parliamentary

d)

Republic

61.

Which type of countries were labeled as 2nd world economies

a)

Communists

b)

Democracies

c)

Undeveloped non-aligned nations

62.

The Cold War ended with formation of the E.U. In 1993

a)

True

b)

False

63.

The NAZTO alliance was referred to as the iron cutain

a)

True

b)

False

64.

How were humans surviving before the agricultural revolution

a)

Growing crops

b)

Planting seeds

c)

Raising animals

d)

Gathering crops

65.

The primary differences between agriculture practices in the world are between two types of regions/countries

a)

Africa and Asia

b)

Northern and Southern Hemisphere

c)

Land and oceans

d)

LDCs and MDSs

66.

What type of agriculture is o practiced to produce food for sale off the farm

a)

Commercial

b)

Subsistence

c)

Seed

d)

Vegetative planting

67.

What type if agriculture is practiced to feed the farmers and the farmer’s family

a)

commercial

b)

Subsistence

c)

Seed

d)

Vegetative planting

68.

Which country is the world’s largest commercial producer of grain

a)

Brunei

b)

Australia

c)

India

d)

United States

69.

What is ta problem a subsistence farmer might encounter

a)

Producing enough food to feed a larger urban population

b)

Producing enough food for exportation to MDCs

c)

Having corn-fed cows catching and spreading E. Coli

d)

Owing outdated technology and having no space

70.

What is the main reason that dairy farms are in the first ring of the Von Thunen model

a)

It’s heavy weight (hard to transport far)

b)

Needs a lot of space

c)

Fast perishable time

d)

Cows are expensive to trasport

71.

What is the main reason that grazing is in the outermost ring of the Von Thunen model

a)

Costly of products

b)

Transportation cost

c)

Need of inexpensive space

d)

Cows fart

72.

Where did the industrial revolution start

a)

USA

b)

England

c)

Germany

d)

Russia

73.

Which of the following is not an intention within the industrial revolution

a)

Cotton gin

b)

Spinning Jenny

c)

Light buld

d)

Water frame

74.

Industrialization was a key to sharing the globalization and the future of the world

a)

True

b)

False

75.

What was needed for the first cities to develop

a)

Farming and writing

b)

Politics and economics

c)

Surplus food and specialized workers

d)

Low-order settlements and surplus food

76.

This is the unrestricted growth of housing, commercial developments, and roads over large expanses of land, with little concern for city planning

a)

Central place theory

b)

Muffin-top syndrome

c)

Urban sprawl

d)

Low-order stettlement

77.

This is the leading city if a country, which is disropportionatley larger than the rest of the cities in a country

a)

Edge city

b)

World city

c)

Megalopolis

d)

Primate city

78.

This is an extensive metropolis area or a long chain of continuous metropolitan area

a)

Primate city

b)

Megalopolis

c)

World city

d)

Edge city

79.

These nations were previously called third world countries

a)

Developed

b)

Edge

c)

Developing

d)

Communist

80.

What is it called when individuals buy up and rehabilitate houses, raising the housing value in the neighborhood

a)

Urbanism

b)

Landscaping

c)

Consumption

d)

Gentrification

81.

Which of the following terms means- the minimum allowance for an area to get more sevices

a)

Threshold

b)

Range

c)

Minimum

d)

Overload

82.

Who was the world’s economic leader supporting the spread of democracy/capitalism

a)

China

b)

Great britian

c)

Soviet union

d)

U.S.

83.

What was the communist alliance during the cold wat

a)

Great alliance

b)

EU

c)

NATO

d)

Warsaw Pact

84.

Distortion is a problem when mapping the earth becuase

a)

Earth’s curved surface

b)

Current mapping technology

c)

Earth’s population changes

d)

Harsh climate conditions

85.

Which religious group is associated with worshipping in mosques

a)

Christians

b)

Muslims

c)

Buddhists

d)

Hindus

86.

Which factor explains why several animals species are unique to Australia

a)

Diverse veghetation

b)

Rough terrain

c)

Humid climate

d)

Geographic isolation

87.

Which factor is most directly related to the level of economic development of country

a)

Urbanization

b)

Language

c)

Religion

d)

Climate

88.

Industrializaztion and economic developments affect human settlement patterns by

a)

Not allowing people to live in harsh climates

b)

Allowing people to live farther from natural resources

c)

Allowing mass migrations

d)

Cause rapid decline to urban populations

89.

Chinatown, in Los Angeles, California, is an example of cultural division based primarily on

a)

Religious beliefs

b)

Economic interests

c)

Cultural similarities

d)

Political advantages