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Semester Exam Review

Total questions: 78

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Roller Coasters in the United States" is an example of a:

a)

reference map

b)

thematic map

2.

A region that exists as an idea in someone's mind:

a)

formal region

b)

functional region

c)

perceptual (vernacular) region

3.

The scale of this map of the U.S. is:

a)

local

b)

national

c)

regional

d)

global

4.

John Snowden's cholera map is a ______ map:

a)

cartogram

b)

choropleth

c)

dot density

d)

graduated symbol

e)

topographic

5.

According to the Thematic Map, which is a state where segregation was prohibited?

a)

Wyoming

b)

Florida

c)

Oklahoma

d)

Colorado

6.

Using the key of this Political Map, what is the capital of Ireland?

a)

Berlin

b)

Dublin

c)

London

d)

Ireland

7.

Using the key of this Political Map, what is the capital of Ireland?

a)

Berlin

b)

Dublin

c)

London

d)

Ireland

8.

A description of Canada as "north of the United States" is an example of which location.

a)

absolute

b)

relative

9.

Functional Region

a)

central area connected to others by transportation, communication, or economic activity

b)

area that shares common human or physical characteristics

c)

subjective image created by people's thoughts and feelings about an area

d)

the predominance of Roman Catholicism

10.

Kentucky is the home to 120 counties, and the Kentucky Derby, which annually gains worldwide attention. It is not the biggest state in the U.S., but it is not the smallest, either. Nearly 4.5 million people live in Kentucky, who experience its moderate, relatively humid climate and abundant rainfall.

This is an example of which theme of geography?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

11.

Globalization means that the scale of the world is

a)

increasing

b)

shrinking

c)

not affected

d)

status quo( staying the same)

12.

Which map would have the smallest scale?

a)

Orlando

b)

Orange County

c)

Florida

d)

United States

e)

World

13.

What is the technique that collect information from the earth from a distance?

a)

Geographic Information Systems

b)

Global Positioning Systems

c)

Remote Sensing

d)

Ethnography

e)

Demography

14.

Humans possess the ability to dominate their environment is known as

a)

environmental determinism

b)

possibilism

c)

cartography

d)

animism

e)

demographics

15.

Cell phones have contributed to

a)

possibilism

b)

networks

c)

time-space compression

d)

regionalism

e)

density

16.
The location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called: 
a)
A.  referenced location 
b)
A.  central location
c)
A.  relative location
d)
A.  absolute location 
17.
Scale is…                                     
a)
the system used by geographers to transfer locations  from a globe to a map
b)
the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area
c)
 the difference in elevation between two points in an area
d)
 the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape
18.
The process of the spread of an idea and/or dissemination of an innovation from its source area to other cultures, is the process of cultural: 
a)
diffusion
b)
simultaion
c)
adaptation
d)
movement
19.
The physical qualities of the original location for a city is referred to as the
a)
site
b)
situation
c)
relative location
d)
absolute location
20.
The layering of geographic data by computers into data sets is known as: 
a)
GPS
b)
GIS
c)
ENSO
d)
OPEC
21.
The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?
a)
Cultural Landscape
b)
Place
c)
Location
d)
Human Environment Interaction
22.
What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?
a)
Cartogram
b)
Projection
c)
Globe
d)
Instagram
23.
Geographers group like things together into regions in order to make them easier to study.  What type of region would a corn field be?
a)
Perceptual
b)
Formal
c)
Functional
d)
Vernacular
24.
Measuring the distance people are willing to travel to shop at a store would be creating what type of region for that store?
a)
Formal
b)
Perceptual
c)
Functional
d)
Uniform
25.
Which of the following is not a use of GPS?
a)
tracking airplanes
b)
determine when a volcano will erupt
c)
help farmers in their fields
d)
provide driving directions to a destination
26.
Culture is spread by...
a)
Movement of people
b)
TV and Internet
c)
War and conquest
d)
All are correct
27.

Which of the regions has the highest population concentration?

a)

Southeast Asia

b)

East Asia

c)

Southern Africa

d)

Latin America

28.

What stages of the DTM see the most population growth?

a)

1 and 2

b)

2 and 3

c)

3 and 4

d)

4 and 5

29.

LDCs have the most population growth today

a)

True

b)

False

30.

In which DTM stage does industrialization occur?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

31.

What stage is this population pyramid?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

32.

What stage is this population pyramid?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

33.

ETM Stage 3 is known as...

a)

Infectious and parasitic diseases

b)

Receding Pandemics

c)

Degenerative Diseases

d)

Delayed Degenerative Diseases

34.

If the world CBR is 4.3 where would a CBR of 1.2 be located?

a)

Europe

b)

Sub-Saharan Africa

c)

South Asia

d)

East Asia

35.

Which DTM Stage has the lowest growth?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

36.

Interregional migration in the US is from

a)

Urban to rural

b)

Urban to suburban

c)

South to north

d)

Northeast to west and south

37.

This population density measure can show the economic development of a country.

a)

Arithmetic Density

b)

Physiological Density

c)

Crude Density

d)

Agricultural Density

38.

Which country has anti-natalist policies?

a)

Japan

b)

German

c)

China

d)

United States

39.

According to Ravenstein long distances migrants settle in

a)

Urban areas

b)

Rural areas

c)

United States

d)

Small Towns

40.

What is an internally displaced person?

a)

Someone who has been forced to migrate but has not crossed international boundaries

b)

Someone who has fled to a foreign country and is seeking asylum

c)

Someone who has voluntarily moved to a country in search of a job

d)

Someone who has been forced to migrate fearing for their life

41.

Which of the following best describes net migration at different scales of analysis?

a)

at a global scale, the world as a whole has positive net migration

b)

at a global scale, the world as a whole has negative net migration

c)

at a regional scale, net migration is negative in North America

d)

at a national scale, net migration is generally positive in developed countries

e)

at a national scale, developing countries generally have a low single-digit positive net migration rate

42.

According to the graph, at which ages do migration rates tend to peak?

a)

between ages 5-10

b)

between ages 15-20

c)

between ages 25-30

d)

between ages 40-45

e)

between ages 66-70

43.

Which of the following is considered a push factor?

a)

high wages

b)

a good school system

c)

low property taxes

d)

an extreme climate

e)

high unemployment

44.

The fence located at the U.S.-Mexico border, pictured here, can best be described as an example of a _________

a)

political pull factor

b)

political push factor

c)

intervening opportunity

d)

counterstream

e)

intervening obstacle

45.

Which of the following best exemplifies an intervening opportunity?

a)

a migrant planning to migrate from North Korea to South Korea is prevented from doing so by the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two countries

b)

China's hukou policy requiring citizens to be designated an urban or rural resident tied to a particular locale

c)

a Syrian refugee is forced to flee their home and live temporarily in a Jordanian refugee camp

d)

migrants must apply for citizenship before becoming permanent residents in the United States of America

e)

a migrant temporarily staying in Chicago decides to settle there instead of an intended New York City destination because he is offered employment

46.

Employment opportunities are considered which type of migration factor?

a)

environmental pull factor

b)

political push factor

c)

cultural pull factor

d)

demographic push factor

e)

economic pull factor

47.

Which of the following types of diffusion is migration?

a)

contagious

b)

relocation

c)

hierarchical

d)

reverse hierarchical

e)

stimulus

48.

Suppose your rent just increased by $150 per month and you have decided to look for a less expensive place to live. By what type of factor in the migration process are you being influenced?

a)

push

b)

pull

c)

forced

d)

empowerment

e)

political

49.

3rd largest religion; DID NOT originate in Pakistan; given name by Aryans; no founder; consider the Ganges a sacred river; their main god is Brahman. Other gods are expressions of Brahman. Vedas are its 4 sacred texts. Defined as an ethnic religion to SE Asia.

a)

Hinduism

b)

Sikhism

c)

Taoism

d)

Buddhism

e)

Shintoism

50.

Founded by Muhammad, Qu'ran, Allah; monotheistic; includes 5 pillars; pilgrimage to Mecca/hajj. EX) Most Muslims are in Indonesia

a)

Confucianism

b)

Judaism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

e)

Sunni

51.

Has a single founder (Jesus); split from Judaism; monotheistic; first split: between Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox. Emperor Diocletian split empire eventually leading to separate denominations. The last branch, Protestant, came from the Catholics.

a)

Confucianism

b)

Judaism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

e)

Sunni

52.

Grew from the beliefs of Jews; a nomadic Semitic tribe in SW Asia. Based off the teachings of Abraham. In Middle East, N Africa, Russia, Ukraine, Europe, and N and S America; Monotheistic.

a)

Confucianism

b)

Judaism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

e)

Sunni

53.

When a soul is reborn...in Hinduism you are moved up and down in the caste system based on your behavior. The goal is to escape this through union with Brahman. EX) Hinduism

a)

Reincarnation

b)

monotheistic religion

c)

religion

d)

polytheistic religion

e)

universalizing religions

54.

The worship of a single deity, God or Allah EX) Islam grew in Northern Africa from 11 to 234 million in 1900 to 2010

a)

Reincarnation

b)

monotheistic religion

c)

religion

d)

polytheistic religion

e)

universalizing religions

55.
worship more than one deity, even 1000s EX) Hinduism, Vodum/Voodoo
a)
Reincarnation
b)
monotheistic religion
c)
religion
d)
polytheistic religion
e)
universalizing religions
56.

To actively seek converts because they view themselves as offering belief systems, universal appropriateness, and appeal. Few in number and of recent origin. EX) Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam

a)

Reincarnation

b)

monotheistic religion

c)

religion

d)

polytheistic religion

e)

universalizing religions

57.

Adherents are born into the faith and converts are not actively sought. Spatially concentrated, except for Judaism. EX) traditional religions in Africa and SA. Judaism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Shintoism

a)

animistic religion

b)

ethnic religion

c)

Feng-Shui/geomancy

d)

Zoroastrianism

e)

Confucianism

58.

A focused geographic area where important innovations are born and from which they are spread

a)

Cultural Hearth

b)

Minority Religion

c)

An Ethnic Group

d)

Universalizing Religion

59.

The Idea That cultures are converging and becoming more alike

a)

glocalization

b)

Extinct language

c)

Cultural divergence

d)

Convergence

60.

The Phenomenon whereby the introduction of new transportation technologies progressively reduce the time it takes to travel between places

a)

Time space continuum

b)

Difusion

c)

Time- Space Convergence

d)

Distance Decay

61.

A language of communication and commerce spoken across a wide area where it is not a mother tongue

a)

imperialism

b)

Colonialism

c)

Lingua Franca

d)

Bilingualism

62.

A force that threatens the Cohesion of a neighborhood, society or country.

a)

Centrifugal Force

b)

Secularization

c)

Centripetal force

d)

sense of place

63.

A force that brings people together and unifies a neighborhood, society or country

a)

sense of place

b)

Placemaking

c)

Centrifugal Force

d)

centripetal force

64.

The distinctive feeling of a place, or persons perception of place

a)

centripetal force

b)

centrifugal force

c)

Sense of place

d)

Place making

65.

This type of diffusion occurs when ideas or practices leap from one influential person to another

a)

relocation diffusion

b)

Hierarchical diffusion

c)

contagious diffusion

d)

Stimulus diffusion

66.

Hierarchical contagious, and stimulus diffusion are all examples of what type of diffusion ?

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Expansion Diffusion

67.

This type of diffusion involves a wavelike spread of ideas in the manner of a contagious disease, equally moving throughout space.

a)

Hierarchical Diffusion

b)

Stimulus diffusion

c)

Contagious Diffusion

d)

Relocation Diffusion

68.

This type of Diffusion happens when a specific trait is not adopted in its original form, but the underlying idea is accepted and the cultural trait is still adopted

a)

Hierarchical Diffusion

b)

Stimulus Diffusion

c)

Relocation diffusion

d)

contagious diffusion

69.

Which of the following terms best describes the geographical boundary of one particular linguistic feature?

a)

Language Border

b)

Toponym

c)

Choropleth interval

d)

Linguistic hearth

e)

Isogloss

70.

Historically, culture diffusion patterns in the United States have tended to flow in which general direction?

a)

East to West

b)

West to East

c)

North to South

d)

South to North

e)

Northwest to Southeast

71.

A Hindu temple located in Texas is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion?

a)

Expansion

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Contagious

d)

Relocation

e)

Stimulus

72.

Compared to popular cultures, folk cultures are...

a)

More cosmopolitan

b)

More homogeneous

c)

More diffuse

d)

More transitory

e)

More contagious Culture

73.

A dialect is best classified as which of the following?

a)

Cultural complex

b)

Cultural trait

c)

Language branch

d)

Language group

e)

Language family

74.

A new fashion trend originated in New York City that diffuse to Los Angeles, Paris, and Tokyo before reaching rural areas of New York state would be an example of which of the following kinds of diffusion?

a)

Contagious

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Uniform

d)

Relocation

e)

Stimulus

75.

A new fashion trend originated in New York City that diffuse to Los Angeles, Paris, and Tokyo before reaching rural areas of New York state would be an example of which of the following kinds of diffusion?

a)

Contagious

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Uniform

d)

Relocation

e)

Stimulus

76.

The Sunbelt and New England are two examples of which kind of culture region?

a)

Functional

b)

Formal

c)

Vernacular

d)

Municipal

e)

Transnational

77.

An immigrant who selectively adopts certain customs of the dominant host society in order to advance socioeconomically, while still retaining much of his or her native customs, practices, and beliefs, best illustrates the concept of...

a)

Acculturation

b)

Maladaptive behavior

c)

Assimilation

d)

Ethnocentrism

e)

All of the above

78.

A highly simplified language developed between linguistically heterogeneous groups for the purpose of basic inter-group communication is known as which of the following?

a)

Creole

b)

Pidgin

c)

Lingua-franca

d)

Bilingualism

e)

Standard dialect

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