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HuG Midterm Review

Total questions: 117

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1) The map projection which distorts size, but maintains shape is called ______.

a)

Mercator

b)

Robinson

c)

Gall - Peters

d)

Polar

2.

In recent decades, the most important type of internal intraregional migration within the USA has been from

a)

rural to urban areas

b)

urban to suburban areas

c)

urban to rural areas

d)

suburbs to urban areas

3.

Workers in this sector of the economy EXTRACT natural resource from the earth

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

4.

Workers in this sector of the economy PROVIDE SERVICES rather than working with natural resources

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

5.

Workers in this sector of the economy EXTRACT natural resource from the earth

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

6.

Workers in this sector of the economy PROVIDE SERVICES rather than working with natural resources

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

7.

Workers in this sector of the economy PROCESS natural resources into finished goods

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

8.

This subset of the service sector includes knowledge-based economic services such as research & development, education, etc.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Quaternary

d)

Quinary

9.

This subset of the service sector includes those with decision-making power in government and businesses

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Quaternary

d)

Quinary

10.

Manufacturing (factory jobs) are part of the

a)

Primary sector

b)

Secondary Sector

c)

Tertiary Sector

d)

Quaternary Sector

11.

Retail sales are part of the

a)

Primary sector

b)

Secondary sector

c)

Tertiary sector

d)

Quinary sector

12.

Farming, mining, fishing and forestry are all part of the

a)

Primary sector

b)

Secondary sector

c)

Quaternary sector

d)

Quinary sector

13.

Which sector is typically largest in MDCs?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

14.

Which sector is typically largest in DEVELOPING (stage 3) countries?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

15.

Which sector is typically largest in LEAST developed (stage 2) countries?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

16.

The interconnection of the world today is often referred to as

a)

Nationalism

b)

Communism

c)

Globalization

d)

Isolationism

17.

How has communication increased global economic interconnectedness?

a)

Corporations don't need to know what is happening in other parts of the world

b)

The internet, TV, and phones make it easier to maintain contact

c)

Communication forces people to all live in one part of the world

d)

Communication is not important in global economic interconnectedness

18.

Which category of the world system's theory is the most developed?

a)

Core

b)

Semiperiphery

c)

Periphery

19.

Which indicator displays economic development within a country?

a)

GDP

b)

Literacy Rate

c)

Infant Mortality Rate

20.

Which country is more developed according to the Human Development Index?

a)

Country A:

0.1 on the HDI scale

b)

Country B:

0.5 on the HDI scale

c)

Country C:

0.8 on the HDI scale

21.
Newly industrialized countries (NICs) like Brazil and Mexico are considered part of the 
a)
Core
b)
Periphery
c)
Semi-Periphery
d)
External
22.
Whose development model consists of a 5 stage process that countries go through as they develop economically?
a)
Losch 
b)
Rostow 
c)
Wallerstein 
d)
Weber
23.
Countries in _____ and _____ would likely have the highest rates of gender equality.
a)
North America: Western Europe 
b)
South America: Western Europe 
c)
North America: South America
d)
East Asia: South America
24.
Which types of countries' economies rely primarily on primary economic activities?
a)
Core Countries
b)
NICs
c)
Semi-Periphery Countries
d)
Periphery Countries
25.
Which region of the world has no core countries?
a)
North America
b)
Western Europe
c)
Oceania
d)
Sub-Saharan Africa
26.
A well-educated and skilled population, lower NIR, access to health care, a higher GNI per capita, and lower levels of gender inequality are related to
a)
Core Countries
b)
Semi-Periphery Countries
c)
Periphery Countries
d)
NICs
27.
Created by Wallerstein to show that the world is interconnected and that we are all interdependent on each other.  Divides us into three tiers of economic prosperity.
a)
Dependency Theory
b)
Neo liberal counterrevolution
c)
structural adjustment loan
d)
World Systems theory
28.

The United Nations created these to help reduce disparities between developed and developing countries

a)

Sustainability growth ideas

b)

Subsistence Agriculture

c)

Sustainable Development Goals

d)

Sucky Ideas that don't fix much

29.

Which Revolution marks the shift in working with hands to machines for mass production (and profit)?

a)

Neolithic

b)

Industrial

c)

Green

d)

Beatles

30.
The ___ level of economic activity is represented in this photograph. 
a)
Tertiary
b)
Primary
c)
Quaternary
d)
Secondary
31.

What is the Human Development Index?

a)

The health of an individual.

b)

A set of statistics or numbers that rank countries by their development.

c)

The country a person lives in,

d)

The number of preventable diseases in a country.

32.

model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploitation of poor nations by rich nations

a)

World Systems Theory

b)

Modernization Model

c)

Organic Theory

d)

Dependency Theory

33.

How would you describe a More Developed Country?

a)

Low-income countries characterized by little industry

b)

A country that has a developed economy with advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations

c)

A country that has started to industrialize

34.

How would you describe a newly industrialized country?

a)

A country characterized by large industrial and service sectors with high levels of gross national product

b)

A country that has begun transitioning from primarily agricultural to primarily manufacturing and industrial activity

c)

A country that is characterized by agriculture and they barter instead of use money

35.

How would you describe a Less Developed Country?

a)

A country that has begun transitioning from primarily agricultural to primarily manufacturing

b)

Also known as a developing country, a country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of economic development.

c)

A country characterized by high income per person

36.

What are the 3 statistics that create HDI (Human Development Index)?

a)

GDP per capita

b)

Literacy rate

c)

Life expectancy

d)

all of the above

37.

What is GDP, and what does it stand for?

a)

Gross Domestic Product. Only measures what is produced in the country itself.

b)

Gross National Product. Indicates the value of all goods and services produced by a country over a period of time, whether foreign or domestic.

c)

Gross Nations Produce. All of the food that is grown in a nation

d)

None of the above

38.

The above chart describes examples of which level of economic activity?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

39.

outsourcing

a)

or value of goods or services produced by one person by a company in another country.

b)

or value of goods or services produced by one mom by a company in another country.

c)

or value of goods or services produced by one country by a company in another country.

d)

or value of goods or services produced by one teenager by a company in another country.

40.

A country that has a High Literacy Rate (greater than about 95%)

a)

More Developed Country

b)

Less Developed Country

c)

Newly Industrialized Country

41.

Image above is an example of

a)

Post-Fordist production

b)

Bulk-gaining industry

c)

Deindustrialization

d)

Bulk-reducing industry

42.

Example of a bulk-reducing industry

a)

Auto manufacturing

b)

Cell phone production

c)

Snack foods

d)

Lumber

43.

Maquiladoras are

a)

US workers that move to other countries for jobs

b)

Mexican factories on the US border that are owned and operated by US companies

c)

Mexican workers who enter the US legally on a work visa

d)

Mexican and American workers who migrate to Canada for higher paying jobs

44.
Which economic measure of development divides the total value of goods and services produced within a country in a given year by its population?
a)
GDP
b)
GDP per capita 
c)
Purchasing Power Parity 
d)
GINI coefficient
45.
Mexico, China, Russia, India, Brazil, and South Africa are all
a)
peripheral countries
b)
MDCs
c)
core countries
d)
semi-peripheral countries
46.
Which types of countries' economies rely primarily on primary economic activities?
a)
Core Countries
b)
NICs
c)
Semi-Periphery Countries
d)
Periphery Countries
47.
Which region of the world has no core countries?
a)
North America
b)
Western Europe
c)
Oceania
d)
Sub-Saharan Africa
48.

Sustainability is the ability to

a)

develop countries into core countries

b)

measure gender inequality within and between countries

c)

transition to a new manufacturing process that includes mass production which started in the late 18th century

d)

meet humanities current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs

49.

GII is a scale designed to measure

a)

Income Inequality within and between countries

b)

Gender Inequality within and between countries

c)

Medical Inequality within and between countries

d)

Gross Inequality within and between countries

50.

Which Revolution marks the shift in working with hands to machines for mass production (and profit)?

a)

Neolithic

b)

Industrial

c)

Green

d)

Beatles

51.

Literacy rate tells us about access to what resource

a)

Sanitation

b)

Transportation

c)

Healthcare

d)

Education

52.

Sanitation is the

a)

Removal of Water Products

b)

Removal of Waste Products

c)

Removal of White Products

d)

Removal of Wacky Products

53.

HDI Measures ____________________ to determine development

a)

Cultural and Economic Indicators

b)

Economic and Political indicators

c)

Numbers and Equations

d)

Social and Cultural Indicators

54.

The earth area of permanent settlement is called the

a)

hot zone

b)

subpolar region

c)

ecumene

d)

civilized world

55.

Physiological density is the number of

a)

Farm animals per area suitable for agriculture

b)

people per area suitable for agriculture

c)

farmers per area of farmland

d)

people per area of flat land

56.

Land suited for agriculture is called

a)

arable land

b)

arid land

c)

agricultural density

d)

population density

57.

A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number farmers will have

a)

high physiological density

b)

high agricultural density

c)

low agricultural density

d)

low arithmetic density

58.

The average number of births women bear in their lifetime

a)

total birth rate

b)

crude birth rate

c)

total fertility rate

d)

crude fertility rate

59.

The fertility rate based on the number of live berths per 1,000 residents is the

a)

crude birth rate

b)

crude fertility rate

c)

infant birth rate

d)

natural increase rate

60.

In 1995 the world's population reached 6 billion, it was forecasted that the population would reach 12 billion in 45 years, this period is called

a)

doubling life expectancy

b)

doubling time

c)

double increase rate

d)

double overpopulation

61.

The world's annual ______ is currently 1.2%, at which rate the world's population is projected to double in about 54 years

a)

CBR (crude birth rate)

b)

doubling time

c)

LIF (life increase rate)

d)

NIR (Natural increase rate)

62.

A decline in a country's crude birth rate would result in an increase in that country's

a)

Crude death rate

b)

life expectancy rate

c)

doubling time

d)

total fertility rate

63.
The average number of people who live in a measurable area, reached by dividing the number of inhabitants in an area by the amount of land they occupy
a)
carrying capacity
b)
GDP
c)
population density
d)
GNP
64.
How long a person is expected to live is called what....
a)
labor
b)
high GDP
c)
life expectancy
d)
low GDP
65.

How would you describe a More Developed Country?

a)

Low-income countries characterized by little industry

b)

A country that has a developed economy with advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations

c)

A country that has started to industrialize

66.

An example of a DEVELOPED country:

a)

Egypt

b)

America

c)

Mexico

d)

Brazil

67.

An example of a DEVELOPING country:

a)

Canada

b)

America

c)

Mexico

d)

England

68.

A population pyramid is grouped by which two factors?

a)

age, race

b)

race, gender

c)

age, gender

d)

race, literacy rate

69.

Which of these population pyramids shows stable growth in a population?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

70.

Which of these population pyramids shows exponential growth in a population?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

71.

Which of these population pyramids shows a declining population?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

72.

The study of human population patterns

a)

survivorship

b)

life expectancy

c)

demography

d)

migration

73.

These countries have the highest birth (fertility) rates

a)

Urbanized countries

b)

Developed countries

c)

Developing countries

d)

Over developed countries

74.

These countries have the lowest birth (fertility) rates

a)

Urbanized countries

b)

Developed countries

c)

Developing countries

d)

Over developed countries

75.
The number of deaths among infants under age one as measured per thousand live births
a)
infant mortality rate
b)
death rate
c)
rate of natural decrease
d)
carrying capacity
76.
The number of deaths per thousand
a)
rate of natural decrease
b)
carrying capacity
c)
mortality rate
d)
population density
77.
A graphic device that shows gender and age distribution of a population
a)
population pyramid
b)
carrying capacity
c)
population density
d)
population map
78.
The average number of people who live in a measurable area, reached by dividing the number of inhabitants in an area by the amount of land they occupy
a)
carrying capacity
b)
GDP
c)
population density
d)
GNP
79.

Which of the following is a problem that India is facing with its rapid population growth?

a)

A shortage of food

b)

Overcrowding

c)

Sanitation and Pollution problems

d)

All of the above

80.

Overpopulation is not just a concern over the number of people but also this…

a)

edumene

b)

consumption of resources

c)

infant mortality rate

d)

crude death rate

81.

Under stage I of the demographic transition model, the crude birth rate and crude death rate are…

a)

both low

b)

both high

c)

CBR is high / CDR is low

d)

CBR is low / CDR is high

82.

Which of the following was responsible for a drop in death rates in many developing countries after 1950?

a)

agricultural revolution

b)

demographic transition

c)

industrial revolution

d)

medical revolution

83.

Which famous philosopher and demographer stated that, “our population will outgrow available supplies?”

a)

Esther Boserup

b)

Jordan Kraemer

c)

James M. Rubenstein

d)

Thomas Malthus

84.

What two ways can we slow population growth and decrease the crude birth rate and the fertility rate?

a)

education of women and access to contraception

b)

political stability and better medicine

c)

better medicine and economic development

d)

access to contraception and better medicine

85.

CBR

a)

crude birth rate

b)

crude death rate

c)

comic book resources

d)

curbed birth ratio

86.

NIR

a)

normal industrialization rate

b)

natural inoculation ratio

c)

northern irish republic

d)

natural increase rate

87.

CDR

a)

cruel death ratio

b)

crude birth ratio

c)

crude death rate

d)

criminal dour rats

88.

One Child Policy

a)

policy enacted in France to encourage population growth

b)

policy enacted in the US to monitor population rates

c)

policy enacted in Wakanda to provide children with vibranium

d)

policy enacted in China to limit population growth

89.

what is the demographic transition model?

a)

a graph showing the trend of population based on advances in medicine and technology

b)

a visual representation of the population based on age and sex

c)

a graph showing the trend of international migration during the 20th century

d)

a visual representation of changing climate

90.

Who wrote an essay on overpopulation in the 1800's?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Locke

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Malthus

91.

What event sparked the transition from stage 1 to stage 2 on the DTM?

a)

neolithic revolution

b)

agricultural revolution

c)

industrial revolution

d)

World War I

92.

One reason the world is growing so quickly is because...

a)

The world has infinite resources for everyone

b)

Birth rate is higher than death rate

c)

There are more and more places for people to live

d)

Death rate is higher than birth rate

93.
The percentage of people who are too young or too old to work in a society is the:
a)
dependency rate.
b)
life expectancy rate.
c)
population pyramid.
d)
sex ratio.
94.
The population pyramid of Naples, Florida, is "upside down," because the city has a large percentage of:
a)
infants.
b)
females.
c)
elderly people.
d)
young people.
95.
In comparing Malthus's theory to actual world food production and population growth during the past half-century, the principal difference 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)
population increased geometrically while food production increased arithmetically.
96.
The low rate of contraceptive use in Africa reflects the region's:
a)
rapid diffusion of contraceptives.
b)
improving education of women.
c)
low status of women.
d)
all of the above.
97.

Anti-natal population policies usually involve:

a)

limiting fertility levels.

b)

limiting immigration levels.

c)

promoting educational opportunities for women.

d)

all of the above.

98.

India and China are the world's two most populous countries. While China has instituted a strict population policy, India:

a)

for cultural reasons, encourages women to continue to reproduce.

b)

encourages lower fertility rates through education and access to family planning resources.

c)

has a similar policy as China.

d)

does not endorse birth control because of the Catholic majority.

99.

Why is overpopulation occurring?

a)

Because the internet.

b)

Due to economic demands.

c)

Because people love living in big cities.

d)

People are living longer and enjoying higher live birth rates.

100.
Which of the following would cause world population to increase?
a)
a sudden increase in immigration
b)
a sudden drop in the birth rate
c)
a sudden drop in the death rate
d)
an increase in the number of developed countries in the world
101.
Population pyramids
a)
are designed to show a population by age and gender.
b)
can indicate a country’s level of economic development.
c)
can help predict the future of a country’s population.
d)
all of these.
102.
The average number of people per square mile
a)
population distribution
b)
population density
c)
urbanization
d)
population rate
103.

The number of deaths among infants under one year of age for every 1000 live birth per year.

a)

Life expectancy

b)

Birth rate

c)

Infant mortality rate

104.

The age group that provides the most support for the other groups is__

a)

Children or Youth population

b)

Working population

c)

Elderly population

105.

What does DTM stand for?

a)

Demographic Transnational Modelling

b)

Demographic Transition Model

c)

Decreasing Thermal Medicines

d)

Developing Transition Model

106.

Which of these does the DTM not include?

a)

Birth rate

b)

Population

c)

Migration

d)

Death rate

107.
Death rate is defined as
a)
The annual number of deaths per 1,000 people, per year.
b)
The number of deaths per 100 people per day
c)
12
d)
The annual number of people still alive, per 1000 people, per year
108.
The most populous country in the world
a)
China
b)
India
c)
US
d)
Brazil
109.

The human population is now about

a)

300 million

b)

1.3 billion

c)

7 billion

d)

12 billion

110.

Why do people live longer today than 200 years ago?

a)

better health care

b)

better restaurants

c)

better hairstyles

d)

better clothing

111.

Occurs when the crude birth rate equals the crude death rate

a)

natural increase

b)

population density

c)

zero population growth

112.

The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years.

a)

Crude birth rate (CBR)

b)

Natural Increase Rate (NIR)

c)

Dependency Ratio

d)

Total fertility rate

(TFR)

113.

The percentage by which a population grows in a year

a)

Crude birth rate (CBR

b)

Natural Increase Rate (NIR)

c)

Dependency Ratio

d)

Total fertility rate

(TFR)

114.

The official population count of a country that is completed every 10 years

a)

demography

b)

census

c)

ecumene

d)

epidemiology

115.

Term used by geographers to refer to "farmable land"

a)

agricultural

b)

arable

c)

fertile

d)

ecumene

116.

Term used by geographers for population studies

a)

demography

b)

census

c)

ecumene

d)

epidemiology

117.

We saw a population explosion start in....

a)

1700

b)

1800

c)

1900

d)

2000

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