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Unit 2

Total questions: 116

Worksheet time: 2hrs 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the question we ask ourselves when thinking about place?

a)

What is it near?

b)

Who is there?

c)

What is it like?

2.

What are physical characteristics?

a)

Bridges, roads, buildings, cultures, languages, beliefs

b)

Landforms (mountains, plains, etc.), bodies of water (oceans, lakes, bays, etc.), and ecosystems (soil, plants, animals, and climate

3.

What are human characteristics?

a)

Landforms (mountains, plains, etc.), bodies of water (oceans, lakes, bays, etc.), and ecosystems (soil, plants, animals, and climate

b)

Bridges, roads, buildings, culture, languages, and beliefs

4.

Which of the following is an example of movement related to people?

a)

Cultural exchange of foods, music, games, and religion

b)

Building roads and houses,

c)

Heat or air conditioning in buildings,

d)

forced migration due to conflict, disease or natural disaster

5.

Which of the following is an example of movement related to ideas?

a)

The Midwest, The Cotton Belt, and Great Plains

b)

Haiti is southeast of Cuba

c)

Building dams on rivers

d)

Cultural exchange of foods, music, games, and religion

6.

What is the definition of region?

a)

The import/export of people, ideas and goods around the world

b)

An area of the world that has common physical or human characteristics, such as the foods they eat

c)

People adapt to, depend on and/or modify their environment

d)

Where a place is and how we find it

7.

Which of the following is an example of a region?

a)

Exact coordinates: New Orleans 30 degrees N, 90 degrees W

b)

The Midwest, The Cotton Belt, and Great Plains

c)

Haiti is southeast of Cuba

d)

The Rocky Mountains are in western North America

8.

What is the definition of human-environment interaction?

a)

The import/export of people, ideas and goods around the world

b)

An area of the world that has similar physical or human characteristics

c)

People adapt to, depend on and/or modify their environment

d)

Where a place is and how we find it

9.

Which of the following is an example of how humans adapt to their environment?

a)

Cultural exchange of foods,

b)

clearing trees for construction or farmland

c)

wear heavy clothing in winter

d)

Immigration,

10.

Which of the following is an example of how humans modify the environment to meet their own needs?

a)

Living in the Midwest and Great Plains

b)

Find their country's absolute location

c)

Building dams and bridges on rivers

d)

Sharing their religion when they immigrate

11.

What is the definition of location?

a)

The import/export of people, ideas and goods around the world

b)

An area of the world that has similar physical or human characteristics

c)

People adapt to, depend on and/or modify their environment

d)

Where a place is and how we find it

12.

Which of the following is an example of absolute location?

a)

Cultural exchange of foods, music, games, and religion

b)

Building roads and houses, clearing trees for construction or farmland

c)

Exact coordinates: New Orleans 30 degrees N, 90 degrees W

d)

Immigration, emigration, forced migration due to conflict, disease or natural disaster

13.

What is the definition of place?

a)

The import/export of people, ideas and goods around the world

b)

An area of the world that has common or similar characteristics

c)

People adapt to, depend on and/or modify their environment

d)

Describing both the physical and human characteristics of an area.

14.

A group of places in the same area that shares a characteristic.

a)

region

b)

place

c)

space

d)

site

15.

The specific human physical characteristic of a location

a)

Place

b)

Space

c)

Site

d)

Region

16.

Place name

a)

Toponym

b)

Sense of Place

c)

Placelessness

d)

Patterns

17.

Shrinking distance between locations because of improved methods of transportation.

a)

time-space compression

b)

impact of distance

c)

friction of distance

d)

distance decay

18.

The contact, movement, and flow of things between locations.

a)

spatial interactions

b)

spatial patterns

c)

flow

d)

compression

19.

The patterns and movement of ideas, people, and products

a)

flow

b)

compression

c)

pattern

d)

spatial interaction

20.

When things are farther apart, they tend to be less connected

a)

friction of distance

b)

distance decay

c)

spatial interaction

d)

accessibility

21.

The inverse relationship between distance and connection

a)

friction of distance

b)

distance decay

c)

flow

d)

spatial interaction

22.

The general arrangement of things being studied

a)

pattern

b)

site

c)

situation

d)

distribution

23.

The way a phenomenon is spread out or arranged over an area helping to determine a pattern

a)

distribution

b)

pattern

c)

spatial interaction

d)

spatial association

24.

This is the spread of cultural items such as ideas, styles, religions, technologies, and languages between individuals, whether within a single culture or from one culture to another.

a)

Demography

b)

Population Growth

c)

Cultural Diffusion

d)

Geology

25.

This is an idea or innovation that migrates into new areas, leaving behind its origin or source of the cultural trait.

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Hierarchical Diffusion

c)

Contagious Diffusion

d)

Stimulus Diffusion

26.

This is an idea or innovation that spreads by moving from larger to smaller places, often with little regard to the distance between places, and often influence by social elites

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Hierarchical Diffusion

c)

Contagious Diffusion

d)

Stimulus

27.

This is an idea or innovation that spreads based on person to person contact within a given population

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Hierarchical Diffusion

c)

Contagious Diffusion

d)

Stimulus Diffusion

28.

This is an idea or innovation that spreads based on its attachment to another concept

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Hierarchical Diffusion

c)

Contagious Diffusion

d)

Stimulus Diffusion

29.

McDonalds changing their menu to adapt to different cultures is an example of what?

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Hierarchical Diffusion

c)

Contagious Diffusion

d)

Stimulus Diffusion

30.

Chinatown in New York City would be an example of what type of diffusion?

a)

Relocation

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Contagious

d)

Stimulus

31.

Yoga began in India. It has been adopted all around the United States and the world. It has been changed and modified to help fit each countries or regions need. What diffusion type is this?

a)

Relocation

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Contagious

d)

Stimulus

32.

Fashion spreading from social elites to the rest of society is an example of what type of diffusion.

a)

Relocation

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Contagious

d)

Stimulus

33.

Mormons moving from Illinois to Utah would be an example of what type of diffusion?

a)

Relocation

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Contagious

d)

Stimulus

34.

What are the some of the barriers of diffusion?

a)

technology

social media

school

politicians

b)

rivers

mountains

language

religion

c)

youtube

tik tok

twitter

instagram

35.
The Silk Road was what?
a)
One road that was the color of silk. 
b)
A network of roads used for trading.
c)
A road that only silk was traded on.
d)
The name of the first road in Asia. 
36.

Examples of culture are

a)

Food

b)

Music

c)

Language

d)

Sports

e)

All of the Above

37.

Brands like McDonald's, Starbucks and Nike appearing all over the world is an example of

a)

Cultural Separation

b)

Cultural Power

c)

Cultural Intensity

d)

Cultural Diffusion

38.

The use of fidget spinners spread rapidly among children and teens worldwide after the trend started in the U.S. in 2017. The toys were passed from one group to another as students saw their peers using them.

a)

Relocation

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Contagious

d)

Stimulus

39.

In Japan, baseball was introduced by American missionaries in the 19th century. While the core elements of the sport remain the same, Japan has modified some aspects, like playing styles and cultural practices around the game, creating a unique version of baseball that's distinctly Japanese.

a)

Relocation

b)

Hierarchical

c)

Contagious

d)

Stimulus

40.

K-Pop music spread around the world with the help of the internet, and teenagers around the world popularized it.

a)

Relocation Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Hierarchical Diffusion

d)

Stimulus Diffusion

41.

What is the point from which an idea, innovation, culture, etc. originates from?

a)

Cultural Hearth

b)

Cultural Center

c)

Place of Origin

d)

Core

42.

What's Placelessness?

a)

Unique attributes of a specific location

b)

No sense of place. Uniform landscape

43.

What's Sense Of Place?

a)

Unique attributes of a specific location

b)

Attributes of a specific location that have no sense of place

44.

Which of the following statements best explains why English is the most widely spoken language in North America?

a)

The English language initially diffused to North America through the process of relocation diffusion. A number of colonies were established and settled by people from Great Britain.

b)

The English language diffused throughout North America through the process of hierarchical diffusion. The language was initially spoken in cities and was gradually adopted by people living in rural areas.

c)

The English language diffused to North America through the process of contagious diffusion. Christian missionaries were responsible for the spread of the language among the indigenous population.

d)

The English language became a widely spoken language in North America in the twentieth century. This primarily occurred as a way of unifying the immigrant populations in both the United States and Canada.

45.

What is Terrance Farming?

a)

Practice of cutting flat areas out of mountains terrain in order to make it arable

b)

Practice of planting corps in a row

c)

Practice of cutting flat areas into swampy areas in order to make it arable

46.

What is Imperialism?

a)

The dominance of one country over another country through diplomacy or force

b)

When a powerful country establishes settlements in a less powerful country for economic and/ or political gain

c)

The assertion of political economic and cultural influence rather than occupation

47.

What is Colonialism?

a)

The dominance of one country over another country through diplomacy or force

b)

When a powerful country establishes settlements in a less powerful country for economic and/ or political gain

c)

The assertion of political economic and cultural influence rather than occupation

48.

What is Neocolonialism?

a)

The dominance of one country over another country through diplomacy or force

b)

When a powerful country establishes settlements in a less powerful country for economic and/ or political gain

c)

The assertion of political economic and cultural influence rather than occupation

49.

What's a Cultural Hearth?

a)

Largest group of related languages which are connected through a common, ancient ancestry and trace back to a common hearth

b)

Collection of languages that share a common origin from thousands of years ago. They were separated from other languages in their family

c)

Collection of languages that share a more recent past with similar vocabularies and some overlap

d)

The geographic origin of a culture. Traits first diffuse from the cultural hearth

50.

What is Time-space compression/convergence?

a)

As a cultural trait diffuses, the people who adopt it might alter it - think of the game telephone. Things change over distance and time.

b)

The shrinking of the world due to improvements in communication and transportation technologies.

c)

The process of two or more cultures coming into contact with each other and adopting each other’s traits to become more alike.

d)

Cultures become LESS alike due to both cultural and physical barriers. The process of a culture restricting contact with other cultures in an attempt to retain its originality. Separating/distinguishing from mainstream

51.

Identify the type of region.

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

52.

Identify the type of region.

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

53.

Identify the type of region.

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

54.

Identify the type of region.

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

55.

Identify the type of region.

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

56.

Identify the type of region.

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

57.

Identify the type of region.

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Perceptual

58.

What is a functional region?

a)

A region defined by physical characteristics

b)

A region organized around a central node

c)

A region with uniform cultural traits

d)

A region with diverse ecosystems

59.

What is the central point in a functional region called?

a)

Node

b)

Hub

c)

Center

d)

Core

60.

A formal region is united by one or more specific traits. What are these traits?

a)

Economic

b)

Social

c)

Political

d)

All of the Above

61.

What is a region

a)

is a large continuous mass of land conventionally regarded as a collective region.

b)

an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.

c)

is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity.

62.
The south is an example of which type of region?
a)
Perceptual
b)
nodal
c)
functional
d)
formal
63.

Regional boundaries are evolving due to:

a)

changes in political, economic, and cultural factors

b)

the stability of historical borders

c)

the absence of migration and trade

d)

unchanging government policies

64.

What are contested boundaries?

a)

Boundaries that are agreed upon by all parties

b)

Boundaries that are disputed for religious, political, or cultural reasons

c)

Boundaries that are only used for economic purposes

d)

Boundaries that are natural features

65.

Births per 1,000 people in a population is

a)

Death Rate

b)

Birth Rate

c)

Doubling Time

d)

Life Expectancy

66.

Where are some of the higher Birth Rates found in the world?

a)

Europe

b)

Middle East

c)

Sub-Saharan Africa

d)

Japan

67.

Number of deaths per 1,000 people in a population is

a)

Death Rate

b)

Birth Rate

c)

Fertility Rate

d)

Doubling Time

68.

What common correlation is found with Infant Mortality Rate and Fertility Rate

a)

High Fertility Rates have no correlation with Infant Mortality Rates

b)

High Infant Mortality Rates equal lower Fertility Rates

c)

Fertility Rates and Infant Mortality Rates stay constant

d)

High Fertility Rates are found in countries with High Infant Mortality Rates

69.

What is doubling time?

a)

A command to run real fast

b)

The number of years for a country to increase its population by 1/4

c)

The change in immigration and emigration

d)

The number of years for a country to double its population

70.

If a country has a positive Natural Increase it means that the population is

a)

Shrinking

b)

Moving

c)

Growing

d)

Dying

71.

Until the 1800s, human population grew at a _________ rate

a)

Fast

b)

Non-existent

c)

Steady

d)

Challenging

72.

Population growth rates are influenced by human, environmental, economic and —

a)

physiological factors

b)

political factors

c)

physical factors

d)

emotional factors

73.

All of the following are characteristics of a developed country EXCEPT...

a)

A large urban population

b)

A large rural population

c)

Access to education

d)

Advanced technology

74.

A country with slow or negative growth is usually...

a)

Developed

b)

Developing

75.

This population pyramid shows... (HINT: Think about the age of the most people in the country and what that tells us about the birth rate.)

a)

Rapid population growth

b)

Slow population growth

c)

Negative population growth

76.

The movement of people from rural areas into cities is called..

a)

Industrialization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Globalization

d)

City moving

77.

An example of a push factor is...

a)

A new job

b)

A better school

c)

Natural disaster

d)

Better health care

78.

Something that makes people want to leave where they are is called a...

a)

Push factor

b)

Pull factor

79.

Things that attract people to a new place are called

a)

Push factors

b)

Pull factors

80.

One reason the world is growing so quickly is because...

a)

The world has infinite resources for everyone

b)

Birth rate is higher than death rate

c)

There are more and more places for people to live

d)

Death rate is higher than birth rate

81.

High birthrate and high death rate means the total population is low

a)

stage 1

b)

stage 2

c)

stage 3

d)

stage 4

e)

stage 5

82.

Why would healthy lifestyles and advanced medical care reduce the deathrate?

a)

lower life expectancy

b)

birthrate increases

c)

higher life expectancy

d)

gni falls

83.

Give two reasons why the death rate is high in stage 1

a)

high GNI

b)

Poor access to education

c)

Poor access and quality of healthcare and sanitation

d)

Good access and quality of sanitation

84.

What does the term industrialisation mean?

a)

people work on farms

b)

people move to cities

c)

People work in factories

d)

the growth of factories in towns and cities for mass manufacturing

85.

What growth rate does this population pyramid represent?

a)

Rapid Growth

b)

Slow Growth

c)

Negative Growth

d)

Zero Growth

86.

Is this country Developed or Developing?

a)

Developed

b)

Developing

87.

Which describes the birth and death rate of Stage 1 of the DTM?

a)

The death rate is high but the birth rate is low

b)

Both the death and birth rate are high

c)

The death rate is low but the birth rate is high

d)

Both the death and birth rate are low

88.

In which stage of the DTM is the population growth the most rapid?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

89.

Which stage of demographic transition is India in based on this population pyramid.

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 4

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 5

90.

Which stage of demographic transition is France in based on this population pyramid.

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

91.

Which stage of demographic transition does population begin to decline?

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 5

c)

Stage 4

d)

Stage 2

92.

A country with a poor agriculturally based economy where access to healthcare is limited and there is little to no sanitation.

a)

A developing country

b)

A developed country

c)

A demographic country

d)

A stage 4 country

93.

A visual representation of the age and gender for a country's population.

a)

Population Pyramid

b)

Demographic Transition Model

c)

Natural Population Growth Chart

d)

Population Growth Chart

94.

The number of deaths for babies before their first birthday for every 1,000 births.

a)

Fertility Rate

b)

Infant Mortality Rate

c)

Death Rate

d)

Demographic Transition

95.

The change in population when the death rate is subtracted from the birth rate.

a)

Natural Population Growth

b)

Net Population Growth

c)

Demographic Transition

d)

Population Angle

96.
emigrate
a)
to move from a country
b)
to move to a country
c)
the constant flow of migrannts from one country into another country
d)
someone who seeks safety by going into another country
97.
Brain drain is
a)
the large-scale emigration of talented people
b)
the process by which people are given reference for migration
c)
people forced to migrate for political reasons
d)
a cultural feature that hinders migration
98.
I moved to Arizona because I enjoy warm weather.  What type of pull factor is this?
a)
Economic
b)
Environmental
c)
Social
d)
Political
99.
Which of the following could be a push factor?
a)
Better schools
b)
More job opportunities
c)
Hope for a better way of life
d)
Violence
100.

Anything that stops or hinders a migration is known as a(n)

a)

intervening obstacle

b)

intervening opportunity

c)

roadblock

d)

government restriction

101.

Which of the following is an example of an economic pull factor?

a)

the availability of high paying jobs in Silicon Valley

b)

The closing of the Ford plant in St Paul

c)

The choice to move to a country with freedom of religion

d)

The need to escape war and persecution

102.

Which of the following is an example of an environmental push factor?

a)

leaving a location due to a job loss

b)

leaving a location to be nearer to family

c)

leaving a location due to a hurricane

d)

leaving a location due to high crime

103.

Which of the following is the primary reason people migrate.

a)

Economic opportunity

b)

Cultural oppression

c)

Overpopulation

d)

pollution

e)

Family

104.

The act of migrants sending money to family in their home country is termed

a)

alimony

b)

allowance

c)

subsidence

d)

remittance

e)

restitution

105.

The Berlin Wall, the Great Wall of China, and DMZ would be considered

a)

intervening obstacle

b)

intervening opportunity

c)

step migration

d)

chain migration

e)

expansion diffusion

106.

You are planning to move from your hometown to Nashville. Along the way, you stop in Auburn, Alabama to visit a relative and fall in love with the city! You decide to stay and make Auburn our new home. This is an example of

a)

intervening opportunity

b)

distance decay

c)

involuntary migration

d)

push-pull factors

e)

transhumance

107.

Which type of diffusion is migration considered?

a)

relocation diffusion

b)

expansion diffusion

c)

stimulus diffusion

d)

hierarchical diffusion

e)

contagious diffusion

108.

Which of the following is true regarding emigration?

a)

Emigration results in an influx of talented people in underdeveloped countries.

b)

Emigration increase unemployment rates in underdeveloped countries.

c)

Emigration can speed up development in underdeveloped areas.

d)

Emigration reduces the pressure on land in overpopulated areas.

e)

Emigration can increase cultural diversity.

109.
Push factors are....
a)
good things that draw a person to another country
b)
reasons that drive a person out of their country
c)
reasons people migrate to a new area
110.
Pull factors are....
a)
good things that draw a person to another country.
b)
reasons people leave an area
c)
reasons that drive a person out of their country
111.
Better education- provision is better and more accessible is a .....
a)
push factor
b)
pull factor
112.
 Opportunity to make more money is a .....
a)
push factor
b)
pull factor
113.
Which of the following is an example of a push factor?
a)
religious freedom
b)
a drought or famine
c)
 job opportunities
d)
a fair government
114.

Immigration is

a)

returning to your home after an extended vacation

b)

leaving your home for an extended vacation

c)

permanently moving to another country

d)

belief that native-born Americans are superior to others

115.
I moved to Arizona because I enjoy warm weather.  What type of pull factor is this?
a)
Economic
b)
Environmental
c)
Social
d)
Political
116.
"My government did not give me any freedoms, so I chose to leave and come to the United States of America."  This is an example of a.....
a)
Cultural push factor
b)
Political push factor
c)
Environmental push factor
d)
Social push factor