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WorksheetsPopulation Distribution Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is it called when a person brings a new custom to a culture?
a)
Assimilation
b)
Cultural Change
c)
Ethnic Enclave
d)
Cultural Diffusion
2.
An urban area with a population of at least 50,000, together with neighboring communities
a)
Metropolitan Area
b)
Rural
c)
Capital City
3.
Chicago IL is an example what kind of area?
a)
Rural
b)
Metropolitan
c)
Suburban
d)
Megalopolis
4.
The condition of being made up of many different types of elements.
a)
Homogenous
b)
Rural
c)
Diversity
5.
The ability to speak or write two languages well.
a)
Metropolitan
b)
Bilingual
c)
Immigrant
6.
What part of the population makes up about half of the current workforce in the U.S. and Canada?
a)
Immigrants
b)
Men
c)
Women
d)
Children
7.
People who are organized in a group and have a set of particular relationships with one another.
a)
Culture
b)
Society
c)
Urban
d)
Bilingual
8.
A location in the countryside
a)
Slavery
b)
Rural
c)
Infrastructure
9.
The phenomenon of large groups of people leaving the agricultural countryside and moving to cities.
a)
Ethnic Enclave
b)
Rural to Urban Migration
c)
Immigration
d)
Cultural Assimilation
10.
In what year did the population change from primarily rural to primarily Urban.
a)
1851
b)
2001
c)
1951
d)
1901
11.
Prior to 1950 where did most women in the U.S and Canada work?
a)
Home
b)
Manufacturing
c)
Management
d)
Service
12.
Where do a majority of Native Americans live today?
a)
Rural Areas
b)
Reservations
c)
Urban Areas
d)
Ethnics Enclaves
13.
In 2000 the majority of people in the U.S. lived?
a)
Suburban Areas
b)
Rural Areas
c)
Metropolitan Ares
d)
Urban Areas
14.
People who move from one country to live permanently in another.
a)
Rural to Urban Migration
b)
Immigrant
c)
Refugee
d)
President
15.
What ended in Canada in 1800 but not the U.S. until 1865?
a)
Industrialization
b)
Manufacturing
c)
Slavery
d)
Agriculture
16.
After World War II what developed in the U.S and Canada?
a)
Suburban Areas
b)
Metropolitan Areas
c)
Rural Areas
d)
Urban Areas
17.
What does it mean to assimilate?
a)
Accept a new culture
b)
Bring your ideas to the new culture
c)
Reject the new culture
d)
Start your own culture
18.
The process whereby an increasing percentage of people live in an urban area is known as:
a)
demographic transition.
b)
rank-size rule.
c)
urbanization.
d)
central place theory.
19.
This map is an example of a . . .
a)
Topographic Map
b)
Physical Map
c)
Population Map
d)
Historical Map
20.
What happened to the U.S. population between 1960 and 2000?
a)
It stayed the same.
b)
It grew by about 100,000.
c)
It grew by about two million.
d)
It grew by about 100 million.
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