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WorksheetsSemester Review Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Environmental Determinism
the flow of goods, people, or information among places, in response to localized supply and demand
a region based around a node or focal point - terrestrial radio broadcasts are an example of this
useful for gathering SOME types of information. It can show you things like physical features, locations of urban areas, refugee camps, traffic, military targets, agriculture, etc.
the belief that a physical environment is THE reason that some societies are strong while others are weaker
Natural Resources
a metaphor that explains that effort must be used to overcome distance
a physical material constituting part of Earth that people need and value
the idea that the world feels smaller than it used to because of increased technology in transportation and communication
the idea that the interaction between two places declines as the distance between them increases
Humans possess the ability to dominate their environment is known as
environmental determinism
possibilism
cartography
animism
demographics
Which of these is NOT a continent?
Asia
Europe
Africa
The United States
placelessness
the loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape so that one place looks like the next
cultural traits such as dress, diet, and music that identify and are part of today's changeable, urban-based, media-influenced, western societies
the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
adjusting to a translation based on the cultural environment of the target language
Referring to a part of the country as "The South"
Formal region
Functional region
Vernacular region
Absolute region
One factor that can increase fertility rates in women is
An economic recession
Higher education for women
Few educational or career opportunities for women
War
A place from which an innovation or idea comes from
Point of origin
Hearth
Origin
Point of diffusion
Spreading culture through a person of power / authority is known as...
Hierarchical diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
What can be assumed about Nigeria's population?
Growing slowly
Growing rapidly
Stagnant population
Decreasing population
This population pyramid represents a population that is...
Aging
Growing
Migrating
Exceptionally high
Which DTM Stage has the lowest growth?
2
3
4
5
What is the primary issue with every map projection?
Scale accuracy
Distortion
Color representation
Symbol usage
Two largest language families in the world are
Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic
Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European
Afro-Asiatic and Sino-Tibetan
Balto-Slavic and Sino-Tibetan
Altaic and Nilo-Saharan
An ethnic religion is
based on only one language
appealing mostly to one group of people in one place
based on belief in one particular spirtual leader
younger than a universalizing religion
more peaceful than a universalizing religion
Pilots using English all over the world is an example of
Pidgin language
Toponym
Language convergence
Lingua franca
A political map divides places into
formal regions
functional regions
perceptual regions
cultural regions
economic regions
Cell phones have contributed to
possibilism
networks
time-space compression
regionalism
density
What is the most populous country in the world?
India
China
United States
Russia
What is the dependency ratio?
The dependency ratio is a measure that compares the number of dependents to the number of working-age individuals.
The dependency ratio is a measure that compares the number of working-age individuals to the total population.
The dependency ratio is a measure that compares the number of working-age individuals to the number of dependents.
The dependency ratio is a measure that compares the number of dependents to the total population.
