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Unit 4-6 Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What conditions might encourage a country to place quotas on immigration?
a)
High unemployment and housing shortages
b)
Rapid population growth with strained services
c)
Security concerns and limited integration capacity
d)
All of the above
2.
How does Stage 3 of the DTM differ from Stage 2?
a)
Birth rates rise while death rates rise
b)
Birth rates decline while death rates remain low
c)
Both birth and death rates increase
d)
Population growth stops
3.
Which country has a relatively homogenous population and restricts long-term immigration?
a)
Canada
b)
Japan
c)
Brazil
d)
South Africa
4.
What is a consequence of lack of required paid maternity leave in the U.S.?
a)
Higher female labor participation immediately after birth
b)
Increased financial stress and reduced infant care time
c)
Guaranteed retention bonuses for mothers
d)
Universal childcare access
5.
What are dependents (age ranges) in demographics?
a)
0–14 and 65+
b)
15–64 only
c)
0–5 and 60+
d)
All ages
6.
Geographers use the DTM primarily to:
a)
Predict tectonic activity
b)
Model changes in birth/death rates and population growth
c)
Map cultural diffusion
d)
Classify climates
7.
A consequence of China’s one-child policy was:
a)
Balanced sex ratio
b)
Accelerated aging and gender imbalance
c)
Immediate population decline to zero growth
d)
Elimination of urban migration
8.
Japan’s birth rate is lower than its death rate. Japan is in which DTM stage?
a)
Stage 2
b)
Stage 3
c)
Stage 4/5 (low or negative growth)
d)
Stage 1
9.
A pronatalist policy is:
a)
A policy to reduce births
b)
A policy to encourage higher birth rates
c)
A policy to ban immigration
d)
A policy to increase death rates
10.
Why would migrants from Central/South America more likely migrate to the U.S. than Europe?
a)
Geographic proximity and established networks
b)
More similar climates only
c)
Stronger EU work visas
d)
Lower wages in the U.S.
11.
Agricultural advancement that increases yields during dry periods:
a)
Irrigation systems
b)
Slash-and-burn
c)
Fallowing
d)
Overgrazing
12.
How did Hurricane Katrina affect Louisiana?
a)
No population displacement
b)
Widespread flooding, displacement, and infrastructure damage
c)
Expansion of wetlands
d)
Increase in manufacturing jobs
13.
As nations develop and become wealthier, a common result is:
a)
Decline in education
b)
Improved health and longer life expectancy
c)
Lower urbanization
d)
Elimination of pollution
14.
Sustainable farming refers to:
a)
Maximizing chemical inputs
b)
Practices that maintain soil, water, and biodiversity
c)
Exclusive monocropping
d)
Abandoning technology
15.
A major reason for growing water shortages:
a)
Global decrease in population
b)
Rising demand and overuse with limited supply
c)
Unlimited aquifer recharge
d)
Universal desalination
16.
A reliable food source allows people to:
a)
Migrate constantly
b)
Focus on education and economic activity
c)
Reduce healthcare access
d)
Abandon urban areas
17.
Successive cultivation of different crops on the same fields is:
a)
Intensive monoculture
b)
Crop rotation
c)
Hydroponics
d)
Terracing
18.
Natural disasters are often more harmful in developing countries because:
a)
They have fewer hazards
b)
Lower infrastructure resilience and response capacity
c)
Better insurance coverage
d)
Colder climates
19.
The southern edge of the Sahara is expanding primarily due to:
a)
Reforestation
b)
Desertification from climate variability and land use
c)
Glacial growth
d)
Volcanic ash
20.
Farmers in LDCs primarily grow drug crops for export because:
a)
Cultural requirements
b)
High profits compared to food crops
c)
Government subsidies
d)
Soil infertility
21.
LDCs typically engage in which economic activity?
a)
Primary (agriculture/mining)
b)
Secondary (manufacturing)
c)
Tertiary (services)
d)
Quaternary (research)
22.
Illegal trade affects economic development by:
a)
Increasing tax revenue
b)
Undermining formal institutions and reducing investment
c)
Eliminating corruption
d)
Lowering crime
23.
Gentrification has affected long-term residents by:
a)
Lower rents
b)
Displacement due to rising costs
c)
Stable property taxes
d)
Guaranteed housing
24.
Activity most likely located in arable soils, temperate climate, navigable rivers:
a)
Commercial agriculture
b)
Open-pit mining
c)
Offshore drilling
d)
Data centers
25.
Gentrification is:
a)
Decline in housing quality
b)
Investment leading to rising costs and demographic change
c)
Suburban sprawl
d)
Rural depopulation
26.
UN Sustainable Development Goals can be reached by:
a)
Single-sector focus
b)
Cross-sector policies: education, health, environment, equity
c)
Ignoring climate targets
d)
Reducing transparency
27.
Secondary level economic activity consists of:
a)
Raw material extraction
b)
Manufacturing and processing
c)
Services and retail
d)
Research and development
28.
The literacy rate of a country is most closely related to:
a)
Average years of schooling
b)
Average rainfall
c)
Elevation
d)
Soil type
29.
Ideal site/situation for commercial farming includes:
a)
Arid climate, rocky soils, no transport
b)
Arable soils, temperate climate, transport access
c)
High mountains, thin soils
d)
Isolated deserts
30.
A less developed country would mostly engage in which economic activity level?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Quaternary
31.

Which of the following can be found by the information shown?

a)

predict maternal mortality rate

b)

cannot be used to determine infant morality rate

c)

estimate the dependency ratio

d)

cannot be used to estimate sex ratio

e)

determined primarily by the combination of crude birth rates and crude growth rate

32.

Countries like Germany, Russia, Japan, and the United States are dealing with

a)

a decreasing life expectancy among younger populations

b)

an increasing need for child care centers

c)

revenue for support programs for elderly populations are declining with a declining working population

d)

sex ratio is becoming disproportionate

e)

total population is decreasing in all these countries

33.

Which of the following statements about regional variations in natural increase rate is TRUE?

a)

More than 95% of the natural increase is clustered in more developed countries.

b)

Regional differences in NIRs means that most of the world's additional people live in countries that are best able to maintain them.

c)

The population of Europe is increasing because of high NIRs.

d)

The NIR exceeds 2.0% in most countries of sub-Saharan Africa

e)

Europe (including Russia) has had an increasing population since 1980.

34.

Rapidly declining crude death rates are found in which stage of the demographic transition model?

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

e)

Stage 5

35.

According to this graph, Which stage of the demographic transition has the highest level of population growth?

a)

pre-industrial

b)

transitional

c)

industrial

d)

post-industrial

36.

Where did the first agricultural revolution occure?

a)

Central America

b)

Fertile Cresent

c)

Indian Subcontinent

d)

West Africa

37.

GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) are

a)

organisms engineered to grow at a certain way that benefits the human population

b)

organism that only grow during certain seasons

c)

organisms that are domesticated to grow indoors only

38.

The process by which fertile land becomes desert as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.

a)

Desertification

b)

Deforestation

c)

Fracking

d)

Dam building

39.

What is a negative effect of strip mining

a)

Pollute nearby streams, and rivers because of erosion and excessive runoff

b)

Alter the flow of waterways and permanently alters the surrounding area

c)

Gas explosion

d)

Deprives earth of oxygen

40.

Countries with low GDPs who have economies made up of mostly primary and secondary sector jobs have difficulty implementing "clean" alternatives to manufacturing.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Examples of renewable sources of energy are

a)

Solar

b)

Tidal

c)

Coal

d)

Hydropower

42.

Examples of non-renewable sources of energy are

a)

oil

b)

Tidal

c)

Coal

d)

Hydropower

43.

Economy can be defined as

a)

A system for producing and distributing goods, and services to fulfill people's wants

b)

The social science that studies how people interact with value

c)

Economic system in which individuals and businesses are allowed to compete for profit with a minimum of government interference

44.
 Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of economic unions? 
a)
less restricted access to natural, human, and capital resources. 
b)
concentration of some industries in certain countries
c)
closing of some industries
d)
agribusiness replacing family farms
45.
 Which of the following is NOT an indicator of a nation’s economic development?  
a)
labor force characteristics
b)
major religions 
c)
 urban/rural ratio  
d)
educational achievement 
46.
Which of the following factors influence productivity. economic growth, and the future standard of living for a nation? 
a)
Investment in factories
b)
 Health, education and training of people
c)
Machinery and new Technology
d)
All of the above 
47.
Which of the following is NOT primarily an economic union?   
a)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) 
b)
 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 
c)
United Nations (UN)
d)
European Union (EU)
48.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was created to    
a)
 control the supply and price of oil
b)
improve transportation in developing nations
c)
 promote the production of high-quality fossil fuels.
d)
limit the access of nations to solar power
49.
Which of the following is the best example of Outsourcing? 
a)
An El Salvadorian immigrant illegally immigrates to the USA to find work
b)
An American Tech Company fires it's American Employees and hires people in Bangladesh to do the same job for 1/4 the cost 
c)
A European worker moves to the USA and gets a high paying job at a tech company. 
d)
An American company decides to change it's steel contracts from Japanese companies to Chinese companies 
50.

Which supranational organization allowed for the creation of Maquiladoras?

a)
NAFTA
b)
NATO
c)
ANSEAN
d)
HDI