WorksheetsWorld Geography Semester Review 1
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 29mins
Which of the following is an example of political migration?
Mr. Fisher’s mother and sister have moved to Texas from Jamaica to be closer to their family member.
Frankie came to Killeen from Puerto Rico due to a hurricane.
Juan moved from Killeen to Mexico to work in a car assembly plant.
People from El Salvador are looking for protection and safety in the United States.
Who colonized Haiti?
France
The United States
Spain
England
What did the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) do?
Increased working regulations for women
Tariffs on dairy
Tariffs on steel
All of the above
Which of the following regions is not in the 1st world?
North America
Asia
Europe
Australia
Trade, migration, and war are all factors that encourage cultural change.
True
False
In a population decrease there are more births than deaths.
True
False
There are 9 billion people on the planet right now.
True
False
What type of government elects some people to make laws and some are appointed officials?
monarchy
oligarchy
direct democracy
representative democracy
Which type of government allows the greatest participation by ordinary citizens?
dictatorship
monarchy
democracy
oligarchy
Globalization leads to outsourcing (sending) labor overseas.
True
False
Most people in the United States work in primary sector jobs.
True
False
Even a country in which the birth rate and death rate are equal can experience growth if it has _.
immigration
a high standard of living
long life expectancies
a strong government
Globalization impacts the environment.
True
False
The total fertility rate measures:
when the population will stop growing
how many babies a woman is expected to have
the predictions about the highest expected population size
the age women start having children
Life expectancy measures how long someone's life is likely to be.
True
False
Which of the following does not impact life expectancy?
access to healthcare
good sanitation
access to nutritious food
large family sizes
People who come to live in a new country are called?
Travelers
Immigrants
emigrants
Strangers
The population pyramid represents which rate of growth?
rapid
moderate
slow
declining
What does the population pyramid of Cuba indicate about the country's demographic trends?
The country has a declining population growth rate.
The country has experienced a baby boom.
The country has a balanced population growth rate.
The country has a high elderly population compared to younger generations.
A high death rate means a country has a high standard of living.
True
False
The United Nations created this system to measure the standard of living of countries around the world.
Cartograms
The Human Development Index
Population pyramids
The Demographic Transition Model
Which area of the world is experiencing the highest rates of population growth?
The Americas
Africa
Asia
Europe
Which of the following is an example of a MDC (More Developed Country)?
United States
Nigeria
Brazil
Afghanistan
Which country has the largest population?
China
India
The United States
Indonesia
All elements of culture are visible.
True
False
Which of the following is not one of the 5 Themes of Geography?
Place
Latitude
Location
Region
How do geographers use the technology described in the passage?
Radar
GIS
Sonar
GPS
What is the most probable reason for the patterns of settlement in Canada?
Religion
Culture
Mining Activity
Climate
Which is more accurate?
map
globe
Which of the following is not one of the 4 main types of map projection?
Planar
Political
Cylindrical
Conic
What do all map projections have in common?
They all display the same information.
They are all more accurate than a globe.
They are all created the same way.
They are all distorted and inaccurate.
Where are all maps the most accurate?
The middle
The equator
The Prime Meridian
Where they touch the globe
Which map is the most common and used for navigation?
Conic
Interrupted
Cylindrical
Planar
Where would the lines of low latitude be found?
Between lines B-C and C-D
North of line A and south of line E
Between lines A-B and D-E
Between lines A and B
Which of the following is one of the BEST examples of an internal migration?
Westward movement in America
Muslims moving to Western nations
African slave trade into North America
Jewish migrations to Israel
Which of the following is a pull factor for migration?
Political strife
Religious oppression
Low crime rate
Civil war
Which of the following is a push factor for the migrant groups coming to the United States from Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico? (select all that apply)
safety
job opportunities
high homicide rates
gang violence
Which are the three types of maps? (select all that apply)
Political
Economic
Thematic
Physical
Which hemisphere would Killeen be located in? (select all that apply)
North
South
East
West
Why would the U.S. and Canada be considered as one region in the world?
single land mass
similar cultural traits
similar historic development
all of the above
Isabelle's family lived in Germany for a while when her father was deployed. When she returned to Texas they decided they really missed the snow. Now that she's an adult she's decided that she's going to move back. This is an example of which of the following?
immigration
internal migration
international migration
emigration
One impact of deforestation is reduced soil erosions.
True
False
A megacity is a large city with a population of at least how many people?
5 million
10 million
1 million
15 million
How do favela residents earn money to survive?
cleaning houses
selling on the street
prostitution
drug dealing
all of these
Haiti and the Dominican Republic are a similar levels of development.
True
False
What is the artist trying to communicate with this cartoon?
Deforestation has led to natural resources being stripped from Africa
Africa does not have any natural resources
Europe and North America have all of the gold deposits
Colonialism has led to some countries having extreme wealth and others experiencing poverty
The Monroe Doctrine states that the Unites States gets the Western Hemisphere and Europe can get the Eastern Hemisphere.
True
False
What was the United States hoping to get out of Latin America?
cheap resources and raw materials
military control
political allies
gold
Put the steps to imperialism in order.
Send in American businesses
Send in American families
Americans rebel against rules and laws
Send in the military
Name the three major bodies of water that border the United States.
