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WorksheetsAP Human Geography: Vocabulary Quiz Unit 2
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 29mins
Which of the following terms refers to the pattern of people scattered over an area of Earth’s surface?
Ecumene
Population distribution
Population clusters
Physiological density
Which of the following terms refers to heavily populated areas that demonstrate uneven distribution in global population?
Population clusters
Carrying capacity
Population density
Arithmetic density
Which of the following terms refers to the permanently inhabited portion of the earth?
Carrying capacity
Ecumene
Loam
Agricultural density
Which of the following terms refers to the measure of total population of people per unit of land area?
Agricultural density
Physiological density
Carrying Capacity
Population density
What is the measure of the average number of people within a given area divided by the total land area?
Physiological density
Arithmetic density
Agricultural density
Carrying Capacity
What is the measure of the average number of people per arable (farmable) land?
Sustainable development
Physiologic density
Agricultural density
Arithmetic density
The pressure that people place on the land to produce food is measured by:
Arithmetic density
Physiological density
Population concentration
Stationary population level
What is the measure of the number of farmers per unit of arable land?
Agricultural hearth
Physiological density
Ecumene
Agricultural density
Which of the following terms refers to the region near the Great Lakes in North America which is characterized by heavy winter precipitation?
Rust Belt
Gun Belt
Snow Belt
Sun Belt
The region of the U.S. defined by a warm and sunny climate that extends from the Southeast all the way across to the Southwest:
Rust Belt
Gun Belt
Snow Belt
Sun Belt
Which of the following terms refers to a point on a two-dimensional map which would balance perfectly given the distribution of the population (supposing everyone in the population weighed the same amount)?
Ecumene
Carrying Capacity
Equator
Mean center of population
Which of the following terms refers to the number of people an area can sustain without critically straining its resources?
Crude death rate
Demography
Carrying capacity
Dependency Ratio
Which of the following terms refers to a group of people with a shared characteristic or trait?
Clan
Cohort
Generation
Composition
The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations is known as:
Composition
Gerontology
Demography
Nativism
A visual representation of the distribution of a population of a country or region by age groups and sex is know as:
Population pyramid
Demographic transition model
Boserup effect
Scientific modeling
A measure of the number of people aged 0-14 AND over 65, compared with the population of working-aged people 15 to 64 for a given country, territory, or geographic area, at a specific point in time, is known as:
Sex Ratio
Dependency ratio
Total Fertility Rate
Rate of Natural Increase
Which of the following terms refers to the average number of children a woman will have during her childbearing years (15-49)?
Rate of fecundity
Total fertility rate (TFR)
Dependency ratio
Family planning
Which of the following terms refers to the average number of live births in a single year for every 1000 people in a population?
Total fertility rate
Crude birth rate
Dependency rate
Rate of natural increase
Which of the following generations describes people born from 1946-1964 in the post World War II era?
Silent Generation
Baby Boomers
Gen Alpha
Millennials
Which of the following generations describes people born between 1965-1980 who are now part of the working-age population?
Generation X
Generation Y
Generation Z
Gen Alpha
Which of the following generations describes people born between 1981-1996?
Silent Generation
Generation X
Baby Boomers
Millennials
Which of the following generations describes people born after the turn of the 21st Century?
Millennials
Generation Z
Gen Alpha
Baby Boomers
Which of the following terms refers to the balance between genders within a specific population of people?
Women's empowerment
Sex ratio
Dependency ratio
Population density
Which of the following terms refers to the average number of children needed to replace both parents and stabilize the population?
Zero population growth
Pro-natalism
Replacement level fertility
Rate of natural increase
Which of the following terms refers to the average number of deaths in a single year for every 1000 people (in a population)?
Infant mortality rate
Maternal mortality rate
Crude death rate
Zero population growth
Which of the following terms refers to the average number of infant deaths during the 1st year of life (per 1000)?
Infant mortality rate
Child mortality rate
Maternal mortality rate
Crude birth rate
Which of the following terms refers to the difference between the number of births and deaths in a year?
Total fertility rate
Crude birth rate
Doubling time
Rate of natural increase
Which of the following terms refers to the number of years it takes for a population to double in size?
Rate of natural increase
Total fertility rate
Demographic shift
Doubling time
Which of the following terms refers to a significant, continuing increase in human population in modern times?
Population explosion
Rate of natural increase
Total fertility rate
Doubling time
Which of the following terms refers to the situation in which birth and death rates are equal in a country?
Population stagnation
Zero population growth
Rate of natural increase
Age dependency ratio
A tool that describes the relationship between population and the development of a country by analyzing birth rates, death rates, and the rate of natural increase, which demographers use to explain population change over time, is known as:
Population Pyramid
Epidemiological transition model
Demographic transition model
Mean center of population
Which of the following terms refers to an increase in population due to medical innovation (modern medicine) causing a decrease in the death rate?
Anti-natalist
Life expectancy
Aging population
Epidemiologic transition
Which of the following terms refers to policies that provide incentives for women to have children, typically in countries with declining population?
Pro-natalist policies
Anti-natalist
Life expectancy
Total fertility rates
Which of the following terms refers to policies that encourage couples to limit the number of children they have?
Pro-natalist policies
Anti-natalist
Life expectancy
Total fertility rates
Which of the following terms refers to the average number of years a person can expect to live?
Life expectancy
Infant mortality rate
Aging Population
Age dependency
Which of the following terms describes a population in which the number of elderly people increases?
Age dependency ratio
Aging population
Boomers
Median age
Which of the following terms refers to the movement of humans from one place to another?
Mobility
Emigration
Migration
Push factor
Which of the following terms describes a situation in which a country loses younger, more educated and skilled people to migration to other locations?
Intervening obstacle
Intervening opportunity
Push factor
Brain drain
Which of the following terms refers to characteristics that attract a person to a place and make that place more appealing to migrants?
Intervening obstacles
Intervening opportunities
Push factors
Pull factors
Brain drain
Which of the following terms refers to characteristics that make a person dissatisfied with their current locale and want to leave the place?
Intervening obstacles
Intervening opportunities
Push factors
Pull factors
Brain drain
Which of the following terms refers to events or barriers that complicates a migrant’s ability to reach their intended destination or that discourages people from migrating?
Intervening obstacles
Intervening opportunities
Push factors
Pull factors
Brain drain
Which of the following terms describes desirable options or possibilities in a nearer locale that draws migrants in and greatly diminishes the attractiveness of sites farther away?
Intervening obstacles
Intervening opportunities
Push factors
Pull factors
Brain drain
Which of the following terms refers to migration that is chosen willingly and typically is based on various push-pull factors?
Voluntary migration
Transnational migration
Forced migration
Guest worker
Which of the following terms refers to migration that occurs across national boundaries?
Transnational migration
Forced migration
Internal migration
Transhumance
Step migration
Which of the following terms refers to migration that occurs within national boundaries?
Transnational migration
Forced migration
Internal migration
Transhumance
Step migration
Which of the following terms refers to migration that occurs when immigrants follow family and/or friends to the same destination?
Transnational migration
Forced migration
Internal migration
Chain migration
Step migration
Which of the following terms refers to migration that occurs in a series of stages from near to more distant destinations?
Transnational migration
Forced migration
Internal migration
Chain migration
Step migration
Which of the following terms describes a migration from the countryside to the city?
Chain migration
Rural-to-Urban migration
Which of the following terms refers to a person with temporary permission to work in another country?
Migrant
Refugee
Asylum seeker
Guest worker
Internally displaced person
Which of the following terms refers to an individual, protected by law, who crosses national boundaries to seek safety from armed conflict or persecution based on race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, or political opinion?
Migrant
Refugee
Asylum seeker
Guest worker
Internally displaced person
Which of the following terms refers to a person who leaves their home due to conflict, human rights abuse, war, or environmental catastrophes, but remains within their country’s borders to seek safety?
Migrant
Refugee
Asylum seeker
Guest worker
Internally displaced person
Which of the following terms refers to the act of a migrant leaving their home country
Immigration
Internal Migration
Emigration
Mobility
Migration stream
Which of the following terms refers to the act of a migrant arriving at a destination country?
Immigration
Internal Migration
Emigration
Mobility
Migration stream
Which of the following terms refers to an individual who flees their home country and applies for protection, but their request for sanctuary has yet to be processed?
Migrant
Refugee
Asylum seeker
Guest worker
Internally displaced person
Which of the following terms refers to the seasonal movement of herders who move livestock between summer and winter pasture?
Transnational migration
Forced migration
Internal migration
Transhumance
Step migration
Which of the following terms refers to migration against someone’s will, caused by forces outside one’s control like natural disasters, social conflicts, enslavement?
Transnational migration
Forced migration
Internal migration
Transhumance
Step migration
Which of the following terms refers to the mass dispersion of a population?
Transnational migration
Forced migration
Diaspora
Internal migration
Transhumance
