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WorksheetsExam 3 Review
Total questions: 90
Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins
Which type of map is this?
Isoline
Chloropleth
Dot
Cartogram
What kind of map is shown in the picture?
Choropleth
Cartogram
Political
Physical
Which projection is this?
Peters
Robinson
Mercator
Mollweide
Match the following:
Good for population density
Dot
Good for elevation
Isoline
Can be done with shading or symbols
Choropleth
Changes the shape/area of places to convey data
Cartogram
What type of map projection is shown here?
Robinson Projection
Mercator Projection
Fuller Projection
Mollweide Projection
The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin is known as
distance decay
globalization
regionalization
nodalism
Environmentalism
Applying the Five Themes, a geographer would know this San Antonio bus route map depicts a _____ region.
formal/uniform
functional/nodal
perceptual/vernacular
Hunter-Gatherer Societies
Stage 1
Guatemaula
Stage 2
Mexico
Stage 3
Canada
Stage 4
Japan
Stage 5
Which does not belong?
Vaccines
Decreasing Birth Rate
Low Death Rate
Stage 3
Core
Which does not belong?
High Life Expectancy
Stage 3
Low Birth Rates
Stationary Population
Women are high percentage of college graduates
Which does not belong?
Low GDP
Core
Stage 2
Rapidly Growing Population
High Birth Rate
Which does not belong?
High GDP
Core
Stage 1
Stationary Population
Low Birth Rate
Predict the future population growth of this country.
Negative Growth (the population will shrink)
Slow/No Growth (the population will stay about the same)
Growth (the population will definitely grow)
Fast Growth (the population will explode)
Predict the future population growth of this country.
Negative Growth (the population will shrink)
Slow/No Growth (the population will stay about the same)
Growth (the population will definitely grow)
Fast Growth (the population will explode)
Carrying capacity is defined as
the number of people that can be supported with a given number of resources
the number of resources a population can produce
the amount of people in a given area
the pattern of people laid out in a given area
Which of the following population densities would be used to show a population's pressure on arable land?
Agricultural
Physiological
Arithmetic
Density
Match the following
Flees their home country and applies for protection in a foreign country
Asylum Seeker
Forcibly displaced, fleeing to escape the conditions, and afraid to return home.
Refugee
Not formally recognized by a government
Stateless Person
Forcibly displaced and moving to another region of the country
Internally Displaced Person
Chooses to move across borders to find work
Guest worker
Match the following
Moving to a final destination in a series of smaller moves
Step Migration
Moving to country based on connections to people from your home country already located there
Chain Migration
Migrating across international borders
Transnational Migration
Guest workers moving home after the work season ends
Return Migration
Match the following
Moving to attend college
Periodic Movement
Commuting between home and work
Cyclic Movement
Moving from Boston, MA to Atlanta
Interregional Movement
Moving from Atlanta to Athens
Intraregional Movement
Moving animal herds up to the mountains for the summer
Transhumance
Wallerstein's capitalist world economy argues that global economic activities are controlled by
Countries of the periphery
Core countries
European counties
Countries with the largest populations
Match the following from Zelinsky's Migration Transition Model:
Rural to rural
Stage 1
Rural to urban
Stage 2
Urban to urban
Stage 3
Urban to Suburban
Stage 4
Match the following characteristics of Rostow:
Low technology, low growth
Stage 1: Traditionally Society
Transitional time: food surpluses and labor specialization develop
Stage 2: Preconditions for Take-off
Influence from other places drives growth; Expanding Industrialization
Stage 3: Take-Off
Rapidly growing and diversifying economy; Stage 3 DTM
Stage 4: Drive to Maturity
Massive economy with tertiary sector, exploits LDCs
Stage 5: Age of Mass Consumption
Who created the World System's Theory, where core countries exploit the semi-periphery and peripheral countries?
Rostow
Wallerstein
Ravenstein
Malthus
Why is English the official language in so many countries worldwide?
The Treaty of Versailles
It is easier to learn than many other languages
The diffusion of popular American music
It was established through colonization
What is the largest language family as determined by number of speakers?
Afro-Asiatic
Indo-European
Sino-Tibetan
Austronesian
Which of the following religions originated in India?
I. Hinduism
II. Buddhism
III. Jainism
IV. Sikhism
I. and II.
I., II., and IV.
I., III., and IV.
I., II., III., and IV.
Which of the following religions originated in China?
I Buddhism
II Taoism
III Confucianism
IV Shintoism
I only
I, II, and III
II and III
IV only
I, III, and IV
Which of the following religions has the fewest adherents worldwide?
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
A religion with a concentrated spatial distribution tied to a specific culture and location.
Reformed Religion
Ethnic Religion
Evangelical Religion
Universalizing Religion
the number of live births per 1000 people in a society in a year.
Birth Rate
the number of deaths per 1000 people in a society in a year.
Death Rate
annual rate of population growth without factoring net migration.
Natural Increase Rate
average number of babies a woman in a given population will have over her childbearing years
Fertility Rate
Which of these is the value of the output of goods ad services in a country, excluding money that leaves or enters?
HDI
GDP
GNI
PPP
The region with the lowest HDI score is
Southeast Asia
South Asia
Central America
Sub-Saharan Africa
The location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called:
A. referenced location
A. central location
A. relative location
A. absolute location
A new fashion trend is spread by a social media influencer and gains very quick traction amongst their following audience. This would best be an example of
Contagious Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Expulsion Diffusion
Match each example to the description that best matches how it shaped political geography.
The establishment of United States and a new country
Independence Movement
Haiti & the Dominican Republic splitting the same island
Colonialism & Imperialism
Scottish movement to control more of their own affairs and establish a parliament for their people
Nationalism & Self Determination
The central government of Belgium changing to a federal system to grant more authority to subnational units
Devolution
The ethnic conflicts that caused Yugoslavia break up into several new independent states
Balkanization
The territorial divisions created by European powers delimiting the boundaries of their lands claims in Africa in the 19th century led to what type of borders on the continent today?
superimposed
antecedent
demilitarized
relic
Match the supranational organizations below to the best for the main reason they formed
Military alliance
NATO
Transnational & environmental issues
Arctic Council
Trade agreements and economies of scale
EU
Match the supranational organizations below to the best for the main reason they formed
Military alliance
Warsaw Pact
Transnational & environmental issues
Paris Agreement
Trade agreements and economies of scale
ASEAN
Match the following examples to the factor of devolution they best represent
Ethnic Cleansing
Bosnians and Serbians in Yugoslavia
Democratization
Arab Spring
Economic issues and social reforms
Break up of the USSR
Ethnic & cultural conflict and separation
Nigeria
Nationalism and secessionist movements
Quebec
Match the following examples to the factor of devolution they best represent
Terrorism
Northern Ireland
Irredentism
Crimea
Uneven economic development
Catalonia
Ethnic & cultural separation
Belgium
Separation by physical geographic features
The Basque Region
Which of the following best describes an example of neocolonialism?
A global movement for sustainable development and environmental conservation
The delimiting and demarcating of territorial claims in Africa during the Berlin Conference
Periphery countries that were former colonies remaining dependent on economic investment from core countries
The historic era of European empire building in the Americas in the 16th and 17th centuries.
A _________________________ is a state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by one particular ethnicity which has been transformed into a nationality.
nation-state
state
multinational state
trinational state
What is the process called when some political power is transferred from the central government to subnational levels?
Federalism
Centralization
Devolution
Nationalization
which sector of the economy removes or harvests products directly from the earth in order to extract raw materials or food?
secondary
primary
tertiary
linear
An auto manufacturer such as GM operates mostly in which industry sector?
Primary
Secondary
Quaternary
Quinary
Which sector has grown the fastest in developed countries?
primary
secondary
tertiary
agriculture
Which is most responsible for deindustrialization in highly developed countries?
lack of investment money in developed countries
low wages in developing countries
labor shortages in developing countries
the shortage of raw materials in developed countries
Match the following
Based on large areas of land with less emphasis on labor and inputs
Extensive Farming
Based on maximizing production with high inputs of chemicals, technology, etc.
Intensive Farming
Growing a single specific species of plant repeatedly, season after season
Monocropping
Cultivating one species of crop at a time but possibly rotating season to season
Monoculture
What is the Bid-Rent Theory?
The theory that land value is influenced by the type of crops grown
The theory that land value is not influenced by its relationship to the market
The theory that the value of land is influenced by its relationship to the market
The theory that land value is not influenced by transportation costs
The Green Revolution primarily involved:
The automation of farm techniques and the introduction of artificial intelligence
The introduction of high-yield crops and chemical fertilizers
Focusing on environmentally friendly agricultural practices
Genetic modification to maximize profit in food production
Match the following survey system
Long-lots
meets and bounds
township and range
The process used by transnational corporations to gather resources, transform them into goods, combine with other inputs or services, and finally, distribute them to consumers:
global division of labor
extensive agricultre
food chain
comodity chain
According to von Thunen's Model, which of the following agricultural activities would be found in the zone is closest to the market?
Rubber, tea, coffee, cocoa, and palm oil are examples of crops raised in
Mediterranean agricultural areas
areas of shifting cultivation
market gardens
plantation agriculture
Subsistence agriculture would be most commonly found in
South Asia and Latin America
Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America and Southeast Asia
East Asia and South Asia
Match the following Urban Models
African City Model
Southeast Asian City Model
Latin American City Model
Match the following Urban City Models
Burgess Concentric Zone Model
Hoyt Sector Model
Harris & Ullman Multiple Nuclei Model
The Galactic City Model
Match the following
Weber's Least Cost Model
Wallerstein's World Systems Model
Rostow's Development Model
Human Development Index
Match the following
Von Thunen's Model of Land Use
Rural Bid-Rent Model
Urban Bid-Rent Model
Burgess Urban Model
Match the following
Christaller's Central Place Model
Rank Size Rule Model
Distance Decay
Primate City Model
Gravity Model
Match the following
Human behaviors and traits are the result of the surrounding physical geography
Environmental Determinism
Humans can adapt to environmental limits and even change or control them
Possibilism
Permanent or semi-permanent visible imprint of human activity on the environment
Cultural Landscapes
Seeking to balance the economic, environmental, and social impacts of development
Sustainability
Which of the following is an example of a smart growth policy for urban development?
Increasing the capacity of roads/highways
Decreasing the number or size of parks/greenspace
Increasing mixed-use land policies to combat sprawl
No longer permitting industrial zoning within city limits
According to Christaller’s central place model, which of the following would most likely have the smallest range?
A university
An international airport
A professional football stadium
A symphony orchestra hall
A grocery store
Blockbusting and redlining have contributed to ___ in American cities.
gated communities
racial segregation
public transportation
exurbanization
Many of the poor on the periphery of cities in less developed countries live in areas known as
squatter settlements
public housing
the zone in transition
suburbs
A country’s main city that is so large and influential that it dominates the rest of the country
Climate City
Primate City
Trimate City
Primitive City
A city characterized by more than 10 million people is known as a
megacity
metacity
primate city
global city
A city characterized by more than 20 million people is known as a
megacity
metacity
primate city
global city
Most of the world's mega- and metacities are located in
Stage 4 countries
MDCs
the periphery and semi-periphery
the core
Match the following
Remote Sensing
GIS
GPS
Cartography
