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HUM GEO Vocab Review #1

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

involves the spread outward from a core area that contains the idea, cultural practice, etc.

a)

Expansion Diffusion

b)

Relocation Diffusion

c)

Royal Diffusion

d)

Open Diffusion

2.

people migrate or move to a new area, they bring their ideas, objects, and the like with them

a)

Expansion Diffusion

b)

Relocation Diffusion

c)

Open Diffusion

d)

Regional Diffusion

3.

the spread of ideas, objects, inventions, and other practices from place to place.

a)

Delusion

b)

Refusion

c)

Expansion

d)

Diffusion

4.

combines computer hardware and software in a system that stores, analyzes and displays geographic data with a “computer mapping” capability.

a)

Geopolitical Information System

b)

Remote Sensing

c)

Geographic Information System

d)

Geographic Terrain Sensing

5.

characterized by homogeneity or uniformity in one or a number of different characteristics.

a)

Formal Region

b)

Attached Region

c)

Functional Region

d)

International Region

6.

refers to the physical characteristics, such as the topography, vegetative cover, climatic conditions, and the like.

a)

Place

b)

Situation

c)

Area

d)

Site

7.

refers to the area surrounding the place, and is sometimes referred to as relative location

a)

Situation

b)

Site

c)

Place

d)

Area

8.

half circles that connect the north and south poles

a)

Lines

b)

Meridians

c)

Grids

d)

Ropes

9.

circles that encompass the Earth and are parallel to the equator

a)

Meridians

b)

Grids

c)

Parallels

d)

Linears

10.

the theory people can adapt to their environmental conditions and

choose from many alternatives (possibilities), despite the limitations that the

environment pose.

a)

Possibilism

b)

Projection

c)

Scale of Analysis

d)

Situation

11.

the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time

a)

Culture

b)

Race

c)

Ethnicity

12.

set of practices, beliefs, and objects that embody the most broadly shared meanings of a social system.

a)

Pop Culture

b)

Folk Culture

c)

Assimilation

13.

a culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups.

a)

Pop Culture

b)

Folk/Ethnic Culture

c)

Acculturation

14.

evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.

a)

Assimilation

b)

Acculturation

c)

Ethnocentricism

15.

something that is considered inappropriate within a cultural group

a)

Taboo

b)

Unruly

c)

Tattoo

d)

Unsavory

16.

the adoption of the ways of another culture: becoming part of a different society, country, etc.

a)

Acculturation

b)

Ethnocentrism

c)

Alliteration

d)

Assimilation

17.

a symbiosis of human activity, geography, and the environment that impacts the development of culture

a)

Cultural Heritage

b)

Cultural Philosophy

c)

Cultural Landscape

d)

Cultural Production

18.

made up of the same kind of people or things

a)

Heterogeneous

b)

Homogenous

c)

Assimilation

19.

any one of the groups that humans are often divided into based on physical traits regarded as common among people of shared ancestry

a)

Ethnicity

b)

Assimilation

c)

Race

20.

large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background

a)

Ethnicity

b)

Culture

c)

Race

21.

a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different.

a)

Linguistic

b)

Lingo

c)

Lingua Franca

22.

a set of languages deriving from a common ancestor or "parent."

a)

Language Family

b)

Language Homies

c)

Language Crew

23.

the amount of population that a region can support without significant environmental deterioration.

a)

Carrying Capacity

b)

Arable Land

c)

Physiological Density

d)

Population Density

24.

the number of people exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.

a)

Overpopulation

b)

Ecumene

c)

Agricultural Density

d)

Carrying Capacity

25.

the scientific study of population characteristics

a)

Ecumene

b)

Ecology

c)

Demography

d)

Geology

26.

land suited for agriculture is called

a)

Parable Land

b)

Agricultural Land

c)

Arable Land

d)

Physiological Land

27.

the population grows more rapidly than Earth’s food supply because population increased geometrically, whereas food supply increased arithmetically

a)

Carrying Capacity

b)

Demographic Transition Model

c)

Malthusian Theory

d)

Arithmetic Supply Theory

28.

the percentage by which a population grows in a year.

a)

Crude Birth Rate

b)

Demographic Transition Model

c)

Crude Death Rate

d)

Natural Increase Rate

29.

the total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.

a)

Crude Birth Rate (CBR)

b)

Consistent Brith Rate (CBR)

c)

Ideal Birth Rate (IBR)

d)

Market Birth Rate (MBR)

30.

the total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.

a)

Human Termination Rate (HTR)

b)

Crude Death Rate (CDR)

c)

Calculated Mortality Rate (CMR)

d)

Death Ratio Calculation (DRC)

31.

The social process by which migrants from a particular town follow others from that town to a particular destination.

a)

Total Migration

b)

Chain Migration

c)

Overpopulation

d)

Guest Worker

32.

Moving to a country to work with the intention of returning to the native country

a)

Transient Migration

b)

Passthrough Migration

c)

Demographic Transition Model

d)

Guest Worker

33.

total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year old for every 1,000 live births in a society

a)

Infant Mortality Rate

b)

Live Birth Rate

c)

Crude Death Rate

34.

This image represents:

a)

Demographic Transition Model

b)

Crude Death Rate Model

c)

Population Pyramid

35.

based on historical population trends of two demographic characteristics – birth rate and death rate – to suggest that a country's total population growth rate cycles through stages as that country develops economically

a)

Population Pyramid

b)

Demographic Transition Model

c)

Crude Birth Rate

d)

Infant Mortality Rate

36.

government laws or programs that attempt to decrease birth rates

a)

Anti-natalist Policies

b)

Pro-natalist Policies

c)

Death Panels

d)

Anti-Human Policies

37.

normally negative consequences/events or conditions that push migrants to leave their place of origin

a)

Pull Factors

b)

Push Factors

c)

Migration Factors

d)

Refugee Promotions

38.

positive factors that lead migrants to arrive at a different location

a)

Bubble Factors

b)

Leverage Factors

c)

Pull Factors

d)

Push Factors

39.

process in which migrants reach their eventual destination through a series of smaller moves

a)

Step Migration

b)

Pull Migration

c)

Internal Migration

d)

Creeping Migration

40.

moving to a country to work with the intention of returning to the native country

a)

Guest Worker

b)

Refugee Employee

c)

International Laborer

d)

Regional Worker

41.

cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture

a)

Acculturation

b)

Assimilation

c)

Alliteration

d)

Ethnocentrism

42.

believe in one supreme being or god.

a)

Polytheistic

b)

Monotheistic

c)

Atheistic

43.

believe in more than one supreme or deity.

a)

Polytheistic

b)

Monotheistic

c)

Atheistic

44.

A thematic map with lines that connect points of equal value.

a)

Isoline Map

b)

Dot Distribution

c)

Graduated Symbol

45.

A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.

a)

GPS (global positioning system)

b)

Equator

c)

GIS (geographic information system)

46.

a map that uses differences in shading, coloring, or the placing of symbols within predefined areas to indicate the average values of a property or quantity in those areas.

a)

Isoline Map

b)

Choropleth Map

c)

Dot Distribution

47.

An area organized around a node or focal point

a)

Functional Region

b)

Vernacular Region

c)

Formal Region

48.

The image above displays what type of information?

a)

GPS (global positioning system) data

b)

Scale of Analysis

c)

GIS (geographic information systems) data

d)

Map Projection

49.

production of food for personal consumption and survival

a)

Commercial Agriculture

b)

Global Agriculture

c)

Subsistence Agriculture

50.

way of life in which people move place to place in search of food and do not form permanent settlements

a)

Nomadism

b)

Culturalism

c)

Travelism

d)

Pedestrianism

51.

production of food to sell

a)

Commercial Agriculture

b)

Subsistence Agriculture

c)

Global Agriculture

52.

final stage of cultural evolution or technological development among prehistoric humans; established a dependence on domesticated plants or animals, settlement in permanent villages

a)

Green Revolution

b)

Neolithic Revolution

c)

Industrial Revolution

53.

region/location from which innovative ideas originate

a)

Hearth

b)

Prime Location

c)

Heart

54.

new technology and increased food production in the second agricultural revolution led to better diets, longer life expectancies and more people available to work in factories.

a)

Neolithic Revolution

b)

Green Revolution

c)

Industrial Revolution

55.

characterized in agriculture by the use of high-yield seeds, increased use of chemicals, and mechanized farming.

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

Green Revolution

c)

Neolithic Revolution

56.

system of cultivation using large amounts of labor and capital relative to land area

a)

Expansive Agriculture

b)

Intensive Agriculture

c)

Extensive Agriculture

d)

Commercial Agriculture

57.

system of crop cultivation using small amounts of labor and capital in relation to area of land being farmed

a)

Extensive Agriculture

b)

Subsistence Agriculture

c)

Insensitive Agriculture

d)

Reprehensive Agriculture

58.

one of a region's most important crops, typically constituting a major portion of the region's diet

a)

Edible Crop

b)

Eligible Crop

c)

Luxury Crop

d)

Staple Crop

59.

a crop that is grown to serve some purpose other than sustaining human life

a)

Luxury Crop

b)

Staple Crop

c)

Intensive Crop

d)

Formative Crop

60.

the use of economic, political, cultural, or other pressures to control or influence other countries, especially former dependencies

a)

Neoagriculture

b)

Neocolonialism

c)

Neocapitalism

d)

Neogeo

61.

the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food

a)

Food Insecurity

b)

Food Stability

c)

Nutritional Value

62.

science and practice of establishing, managing, using, and conserving forests

a)

Horticulture

b)

Agronomy

c)

Agricultural Engineering

d)

Forestry

63.

business involved in the development, growth, distribution, and sale of agricultural products

a)

Commodity Chain

b)

Agribusiness

c)

Commercial Agriculture

d)

Subsistence Chain

64.

intensive, industrial animal farming that mass produces poultry and meat

a)

Supply Chain

b)

Agribusiness

c)

Factory Farm

d)

Commodity Supplier

65.

Heavy products and perishables would be produced close to the town; lighter and more durable goods could be manufactured on the periphery.

Transportation costs were also factored into the overall production of agriculture in this model.

a)

Malthusian Theory

b)

Von Thunen Model

c)

Globalization Model

d)

Free Trade Model