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World Geography Semester Review 1

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an example of political migration?

a)

Mr. Fisher’s mother and sister have moved to Texas from Jamaica to be closer to their family member.

b)

Frankie came to Killeen from Puerto Rico due to a hurricane.

c)

Juan moved from Killeen to Mexico to work in a car assembly plant.

d)

People from El Salvador are looking for protection and safety in the United States.

2.

Who colonized Haiti?

a)

France

b)

The United States

c)

Spain

d)

England

3.

What did the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) do?

a)

Increased working regulations for women

b)

Tariffs on dairy

c)

Tariffs on steel

d)

All of the above

4.

Which of the following regions is not in the 1st world?

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

5.

Trade, migration, and war are all factors that encourage cultural change.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

In a population decrease there are more births than deaths.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

There are 9 billion people on the planet right now.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What type of government elects some people to make laws and some are appointed officials?

a)

monarchy

b)

oligarchy

c)

direct democracy

d)

representative democracy

9.

Which type of government allows the greatest participation by ordinary citizens?

a)

dictatorship

b)

monarchy

c)

democracy

d)

oligarchy

10.

Globalization leads to outsourcing (sending) labor overseas.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Most people in the United States work in primary sector jobs.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Even a country in which the birth rate and death rate are equal can experience growth if it has _.

a)

immigration

b)

a high standard of living

c)

long life expectancies

d)

a strong government

13.

Globalization impacts the environment.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The total fertility rate measures:

a)

when the population will stop growing

b)

how many babies a woman is expected to have

c)

the predictions about the highest expected population size

d)

the age women start having children

15.

Life expectancy measures how long someone's life is likely to be.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which of the following does not impact life expectancy?

a)

access to healthcare

b)

good sanitation

c)

access to nutritious food

d)

large family sizes

17.

People who come to live in a new country are called?

a)

Travelers

b)

Immigrants

c)

emigrants

d)

Strangers

18.

The population pyramid represents which rate of growth?

a)

rapid

b)

moderate

c)

slow

d)

declining

19.

What does the population pyramid of Cuba indicate about the country's demographic trends?

a)

The country has a declining population growth rate.

b)

The country has experienced a baby boom.

c)

The country has a balanced population growth rate.

d)

The country has a high elderly population compared to younger generations.

20.

A high death rate means a country has a high standard of living.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The United Nations created this system to measure the standard of living of countries around the world.

a)

Cartograms

b)

The Human Development Index

c)

Population pyramids

d)

The Demographic Transition Model

22.

Which area of the world is experiencing the highest rates of population growth?

a)

The Americas

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

23.

Which of the following is an example of a MDC (More Developed Country)?

a)

United States

b)

Nigeria

c)

Brazil

d)

Afghanistan

24.

Which country has the largest population?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

The United States

d)

Indonesia

25.

All elements of culture are visible.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Which of the following is not one of the 5 Themes of Geography?

a)

Place

b)

Latitude

c)

Location

d)

Region

27.

How do geographers use the technology described in the passage?

a)

Radar

b)

GIS

c)

Sonar

d)

GPS

28.

What is the most probable reason for the patterns of settlement in Canada?

a)

Religion

b)

Culture

c)

Mining Activity

d)

Climate

29.

Which is more accurate?

a)

map

b)

globe

30.

Which of the following is not one of the 4 main types of map projection?

a)

Planar

b)

Political

c)

Cylindrical

d)

Conic

31.

What do all map projections have in common?

a)

They all display the same information.

b)

They are all more accurate than a globe.

c)

They are all created the same way.

d)

They are all distorted and inaccurate.

32.

Where are all maps the most accurate?

a)

The middle

b)

The equator

c)

The Prime Meridian

d)

Where they touch the globe

33.

Which map is the most common and used for navigation?

a)

Conic

b)

Interrupted

c)

Cylindrical

d)

Planar

34.

Where would the lines of low latitude be found?

a)

Between lines B-C and C-D

b)

North of line A and south of line E

c)

Between lines A-B and D-E

d)

Between lines A and B

35.

Which of the following is one of the BEST examples of an internal migration?

a)

Westward movement in America

b)

Muslims moving to Western nations

c)

African slave trade into North America

d)

Jewish migrations to Israel

36.

Which of the following is a pull factor for migration?

a)

Political strife

b)

Religious oppression

c)

Low crime rate

d)

Civil war

37.

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)

a)

safety

b)

job opportunities

c)

high homicide rates

d)

gang violence

38.

Which are the three types of maps? (select all that apply)

a)

Political

b)

Economic

c)

Thematic

d)

Physical

39.

Which hemisphere would Killeen be located in? (select all that apply)

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

40.

Why would the U.S. and Canada be considered as one region in the world?

a)

single land mass

b)

similar cultural traits

c)

similar historic development

d)

all of the above

41.

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?

a)

immigration

b)

internal migration

c)

international migration

d)

emigration

42.

One impact of deforestation is reduced soil erosions.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

A megacity is a large city with a population of at least how many people?

a)

5 million

b)

10 million

c)

1 million

d)

15 million

44.

How do favela residents earn money to survive?

a)

cleaning houses

b)

selling on the street

c)

prostitution

d)

drug dealing

e)

all of these

45.

Haiti and the Dominican Republic are a similar levels of development.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

What is the artist trying to communicate with this cartoon?

a)

Deforestation has led to natural resources being stripped from Africa

b)

Africa does not have any natural resources

c)

Europe and North America have all of the gold deposits

d)

Colonialism has led to some countries having extreme wealth and others experiencing poverty

47.

The Monroe Doctrine states that the Unites States gets the Western Hemisphere and Europe can get the Eastern Hemisphere.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

What was the United States hoping to get out of Latin America?

a)

cheap resources and raw materials

b)

military control

c)

political allies

d)

gold

49.

Put the steps to imperialism in order.

a)

Send in American businesses

b)

Send in American families

c)

Americans rebel against rules and laws

d)

Send in the military

1)
2)
3)
4)
50.

Name the three major bodies of water that border the United States.

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