WorksheetsGeography Movement Quiz
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins
What is the definition of movement in geography?
The study of rock formations
The process of erosion
The measurement of distance between two points
Movement of people, goods, and ideas across the surface of the planet.
Which of the following is an example of human movement in terms of geography?
running a path through the forest
moving to another country
swimming across a lake
What are the modes (types) of transportation commonly used for movement?
cars, buses, trains, bicycles, motorcycles, airplanes, boats, walking
horses, camels, elephants, roller skates, hoverboards, teleportation devices
What is migration?
The process of changing one's occupation
The process of returning to one's place of origin
The process of moving from one place to another.
The process of staying in one place
What is cultural diffusion?
The spread of cultural beliefs, ideas, customs, and practices from one society to another through contact and interaction.
The blending of different cultures into a single homogeneous culture.
(of the same kind; alike)
The preservation of cultural traditions within a society.
The process of cultural assimilation (taking in and fully understanding information or ideas) where one culture completely replaces another culture.
Which of the following is an example of informational movement?
Sending a text message
Watching a movie
Listening to music
Transfer of data over a network
How can things, products, ideas, or culture move around the world?
Check ALL that apply.
Computers / internet
satellites
Forms of transportation (ships, trucks, trains)
Word of mouth / phones
Through movement, we _______ all of our world together.
distance
connect
ignore
block
the knowledge, customs, beliefs, and values of a group of people
fusion
culture
traditions
heritage
Click all that apply.
Which of these are considered to be part of one's culture?
food eaten
clothes worn
music listened to
language spoken
Multiple cultures can exit in the same area.
True
False
Diffusion is the spreading of goods,
ideas, technology,
and culture
from one place to another
True
False
Cultural diffusion is the process where one group of people
will ________ elements/parts of another culture.
investigate
reject
adopt
judge
Which of these is an example of cultural diffusion?
Tracey's Crab Shack
McDonalds
Which of these is an example of cultural diffusion?
fishing
iPhone
A Latino family enjoys eating Asian food.
This is an example of cultural diffusion.
True
False
Why is cultural diffusion happening so quickly in 2023 compared to 1983?
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Speed of technology
Word of Mouth
More people care about other cultures.
In terms of the theme of movement in geography, which four things move around world:
People, goods, ideas, and money
Five ways things can move around the world are
forms of transportation
word of mouth
technology (computers)
satellites
telephone / cell phone
How has transportation revolutionized the world? (See your notes.)
Information and ideas move across geographical boundaries by using technology to
spread knowledge.
True
False
How does information and ideas move across geographical boundaries?
What does the theme of movement in geography help us understand?
What is cultural diffusion?
How is cultural diffusion different than it was thirty years ago?
Migration is
The process of changing one file format to another
What is a push factor?
A factor that motivates people to start a new job.
What is a pull factor?
Something that pushes people away from a particular place or destination.
Something that attracts or draws people to a place or destination.
Define culture.
What is cultural diffusion?
The creation of new cultural practices
The practice of preserving/saving cultural traditions within a group
What are environmental factors in push and pull?
Which of these are economic push and pull factors?
Which of these are examples of political push and pull factors?
Which of these cultural factors are push and pull?
What are push factors?
Factors that encourage individuals to leave their current location or country and move to another place.
What are pull factors?
What are the four factors or causes that create push and pull?
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