Human Geography Unit 8, Tests 1-3 Spring 2015

Question 1 of 164

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Where something is located in relation to something else is referred to as...

Select one of the following:

Distance decay
Site characteristitcs
Friction of distance
Situational charactersitics
Absolute location

Explanation

Question 2 of 164

1

The type of map that shows areas with statistical values in 3-5 categories is known as a...

Select one of the following:

Choropleth map
Graduated circle map
Robinson map
Dot distribution map
None of the above

Explanation

Question 3 of 164

1

A ratio of the number of items within a defined unit of area measures...

Select one of the following:

Density
Dispersion
Direction
Diffusion
Pattern

Explanation

Question 4 of 164

1

A special type of map designed to reveal the nature of local topography is called

Select one of the following:

Contour map
reference map
Peters projection map
Local-global continuum map
Robinson projection map

Explanation

Question 5 of 164

1

Linear, centralized, random and grid patterns help define the

Select one of the following:

Organization of Earth's surfaces into distinct areas
Physical gap or distance between two objects
Arrangement of objects on Earth's surface in relation to other objects
Distance between objects on a map and the distance between objects on Earth's surface
Position of something on Earth's surface

Explanation

Question 6 of 164

1

Which of the following examples best illustrates the concept of cognitive distance?

Select one of the following:

Distance expressed in terms of how far the average person can walk in one day.
Distance measured in terms of minutes or hours.
Distance expressed in terms of the perceived amount of space separating one place from another.
Distance expressed in terms of the amount of money it will cost to travel from one place to another.
Distance measured in terms of miles or kilometers.

Explanation

Question 7 of 164

1

Which of the following has a location at 180 degrees longitude?

Select one of the following:

Tropic of Cancer
Prime Meridian
North Pole
International Date Line
South Pole

Explanation

Question 8 of 164

1

Which if the following is the most important function of a toponym?

Select one of the following:

To determine precise absolute locations on Earth
To define the mathematical relations between the size of an area on the map and its actual size
To define a location relative to other human and physical features on a landscape
To distinguish a particular place from other places on Earth
To identify similarities of physical or cultural features within a region

Explanation

Question 9 of 164

1

Which if the following major cities is located at approximately 40 degrees N latitude and 74 degrees W longitude?

Select one of the following:

New York City
Istanbul
Beijing
Mexico City
Paris

Explanation

Question 10 of 164

1

Which of the following is not a key element on a map?

Select one of the following:

Scale
Title
Legend
Source
Meta data

Explanation

Question 11 of 164

1

Geographers consistently ask...

Select one of the following:

When and why questions
When, who and what questions
When and where questions
Why of where questions
How and what questions

Explanation

Question 12 of 164

1

The idea that spatial interaction declines as distance increases is known as...

Select one of the following:

Network integrations
Distance-decay
Time-space compression
Migration transmission
The gravity model

Explanation

Question 13 of 164

1

The map above represents what kind of projection

Select one of the following:

Cylindrical projection that makes middle-latitude countries look smaller than countries int he tropics
A planar projection with parallels appearing as circles
A Robinson projection that attempts to balance distortions in shape, size, distance and direction
A Mercator projection with distorted land areas far distant from the equator
A Peters projection that distorts the shape of land areas

Explanation

Question 14 of 164

1

Longitude is to the prime meridian as latitude is to the...

Select one of the following:

South Pole
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
North Pole
Tropic of Cancer

Explanation

Question 15 of 164

1

The ability to travel and communicate over greater distances and shorter amounts of time, due to technological innovations such as the airplane, automobile, telephone and internet represents the idea of...

Select one of the following:

Friction of distance
Relocation diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Possibilism
Time-space compression

Explanation

Question 16 of 164

1

Which of the following is NOT an example of a change in relative location?

Select one of the following:

Population migration westward stimulates economic activity in a small western town.
A community decimated by contagious disease moves to a location further inland.
A city gains revenue and population after a new Interstate Highway is built through it.
Towns east of a city begin to lose population as towns west of a city begin to gain population.
A town loses its appeal as a vacation destination as a result of eroding beaches.

Explanation

Question 17 of 164

1

GPS devices determine

Select one of the following:

Time-distance decay
x, y, and z values for an object
Longitude and latitude
Relative location within 100 yards
Altitude

Explanation

Question 18 of 164

1

Thematic maps that employ a range of color tones to illustrate how particular values vary across pre-defined areas such as countries, provinces or states are referred to as...

Select one of the following:

Cartograms
Isoline maps
Chloropleth maps
Dot maps
Proportional symbol maps

Explanation

Question 19 of 164

1

One method of organizing Earth's surface into regions emphasizes core and peripheral areas. This method identifies...

Select one of the following:

Perceptual regions
Functional regions
Vernacular regions
Uniform regions
Formal regions

Explanation

Question 20 of 164

1

GPS stands fo

Select one of the following:

Geographic Polarity System
Geographic Positioning Science
Global Positioning System
Geographic PlaceSynthesis
Global People Standards

Explanation

Question 21 of 164

1

All maps have...

Select one of the following:

Graduated circles
Multiple colors
Bar scale
Distortion
Representative fractions

Explanation

Question 22 of 164

1

Spatial coordinates of latitude and longitude express

Select one of the following:

Absolute location
Relative distance
Relative location
Relative direction
Absolute direction

Explanation

Question 23 of 164

1

Which of the following best describes the SITE of Manhattan?

Select one of the following:

An important center for international trade and commerce
An island bordered by the Hudson and East rivers
A regional transportation hub for the Northeastern U.S.
An urbane center located two hours northeast of Philadelphia by train
A midway point along an urban corridor stretching from Boston to Washington, DC.

Explanation

Question 24 of 164

1

Which of the following US cities is a site on the Mississippi River and is situated as a major port for offshore petroleum production in the Gulf of Mexico?

Select one of the following:

New Orleans
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Mobile
Houston

Explanation

Question 25 of 164

1

A subjective image of an area informed by individual perceptions and experiences in that area is known as...

Select one of the following:

Mental map
Thematic map
Contour map
Topographic map
Reference map

Explanation

Question 26 of 164

1

Remote sensing is often used during peace time to analyze...

Select one of the following:

Loss of prime agricultural land
Irrigation needs for farmers
Spread of desertification
Urban sprawl
All of the above

Explanation

Question 27 of 164

1

Which of the following characteristics of a place is most important in determining its centrality or isolation?

Select one of the following:

Pattern
Absolute location
Physical site characteristics
Toponym
Relative location

Explanation

Question 28 of 164

1

A traveler must set the clock back 24 hours when...

Select one of the following:

Crossing the 180-degree longitude line from America to Asia
Passing over the North Pole
Passing over the South Pole
Crossing the equator going south
Crossing the 180-degree longitude line from Asia to America

Explanation

Question 29 of 164

1

This geographer who developed the multiple hearth theory with respect to agriculture was

Select one of the following:

Henrich von Thunen
Ether Boserup
Carl Sauer
Max Weber
Thomas Malthus

Explanation

Question 30 of 164

1

A method for representing the three-dimensional surface of the Earth on the two-dimensional surface of a map is known as...

Select one of the following:

projection
proximity
ethnography
scale
globalization

Explanation

Question 31 of 164

1

The principle of distance decay describes...

Select one of the following:

A negative correlation between distance and degree of relation
No correlation between distance and degree of relation
An uncertain correlation between distance and degree of relation
A neutral correlation between distance and degree of relation
A positive correlation between distance and degree of relation

Explanation

Question 32 of 164

1

Which of the following concepts refers to the spatial arrangement of items or features within a given area?

Select one of the following:

Scale
Accesibility
Trajectory
Distribution
Direction

Explanation

Question 33 of 164

1

Which of the following is a geographic question?

Select one of the following:

Why does urban sprawl create transportation problems?
What geographical benefits are there to the "eat local" movement?
Where did Brian Berry base his studies of Central Place Theory?
Why does the absence of rank-size rule impact customers?
All of the Above

Explanation

Question 34 of 164

1

The process in which technology is increasing the connectivity and interdependence of the world's business community is often referred to as...

Select one of the following:

Democratization
Globalization
Integration
Interaction
All of the above

Explanation

Question 35 of 164

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Geographic Information Systems use multiple layers of information to produce ___________________________.

Select one of the following:

Infrared satellite images
Oblique maps
Hand-drawn maps
Aerial photographs
Computer maps

Explanation

Question 36 of 164

1

The geographical region whose center is located along the equator and whose area extends roughly 20 degrees north and south of the equator is known as the....

Select one of the following:

Tundra
Tropical zone
Taiga
Rain forest region
Polar region

Explanation

Question 37 of 164

1

Which map projection is most distorted at high latitudes?

Select one of the following:

Goode's
Mercator
Conic
Robinson
Equal area value

Explanation

Question 38 of 164

1

The idea that material innovations such as new technologies diffuse more rapidly than newly exposed cultures can adequately respond and adapt to them best illustrates the idea of...

Select one of the following:

Cultural lag
Environmental determinism
Relocation diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Cultural divergence

Explanation

Question 39 of 164

1

Which of the following was least accurately represented on Hecataeus' 5th Century B.C.E map of the world?

Select one of the following:

The Black Sea
Asia
Greece
Mediterranean Sea
Egypt

Explanation

Question 40 of 164

1

Which of the following cartographic terms describes the location of a place in terms of its angular distance north or south of the equator?

Select one of the following:

Latitude
Meridian
Legend
Longitude
Azimuth

Explanation

Question 41 of 164

1

All of the following are intervening obstacles to the flow of goods EXCEPT...

Select one of the following:

Major bodies of water
Deserts
Highways
Political boundaries
Mountains

Explanation

Question 42 of 164

1

Toponyms tend to fall into which of the following categories in the United States?

Select one of the following:

Historical events
Physical features
Transplanted from somewhere else
Famous people
All of the above

Explanation

Question 43 of 164

1

Mental maps could be especially useful for...

Select one of the following:

Chamber of Commerce members
Determining shopping habits by marketing firms
College admissions officers
Tourist bureaus
All of the above

Explanation

Question 44 of 164

1

"Sense of place" refers to...

Select one of the following:

The unique situational characteristics
Uniform landscape of a place
Characteristics of the founder of a place
The unique physical site characteristics
The unique physical and human attributes that gives a place character

Explanation

Question 45 of 164

1

The concept that technologies shrink functional space between places is called...

Select one of the following:

Distance decay
Spatial interaction
Expansion diffusion
Friction of distance
Time-space convergence

Explanation

Question 46 of 164

1

The American geographer who developed a school of cultural geography focused on cultural landscape was...

Select one of the following:

Max Weber
Marvin Hall
Walter Cristaller
Carl Sauer
Alexander von Humbolt

Explanation

Question 47 of 164

1

Which of the following situations is the best examples of time-space compression?

Select one of the following:

Internet connections through a personal computer
Circular spatial pattern of a settlement and land use
Relatively close match between official local time and solar time
Isolation of people who live in a region's periphery
The perception of cultural unity of people on the Korean peninsula

Explanation

Question 48 of 164

1

Geographers often use this type of investigative method to examine issues.

Select one of the following:

Inquiry
Scientific
Deductive
Polemical
A&B only

Explanation

Question 49 of 164

1

The geographer who first calculated the Earth's circumference with relative accuracy was...

Select one of the following:

George Perkins Marsh
Ptolemy
Carl Sauer
Eratosthenes
Idrisi

Explanation

Question 50 of 164

1

Which of the following would be best illustrated by a large-scale map?

Select one of the following:

Connecting highways between towns in a region
The arrangement of streets in a village
Connections among major world cities
Major road crossings in a town
Major highways that connect regions in a country

Explanation

Question 51 of 164

1

The art and science of mapmaking is called...

Select one of the following:

Spatial analysis
Physical geography
Cartography
Territorial morphology
Topography

Explanation

Question 52 of 164

1

The Prime Meridian which passes through Greenwich, England is equivalent to which of the following lines of longitude?

Select one of the following:

270 degrees longitude
90 degrees longitude
180 degrees longitude
0 degrees longitude
45 degrees longitude

Explanation

Question 53 of 164

1

In cognitive space, perceived boundaries such as frontiers, horizons and shorelines are known as...

Select one of the following:

Edges
Districts
Nodes
Landmarks
Paths

Explanation

Question 54 of 164

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Which of the following maps would be most helpful to a local doctor who is trying to identify the spread of disease among individual children in a particular county?

Select one of the following:

A map with a scale 1:100
A map with a scale 1:500
A map with a scale 1:50
A map with a scale 1:1000
A map with a scale 1:5

Explanation

Question 55 of 164

1

During the process of mapmaking, in which the three-dimensional surface of the Earth is projected onto a flat, two-dimensional surface, all of the following attributes can become distorted EXCEPT...

Select one of the following:

Direction
Relative location
Shape
Area
Distance

Explanation

Question 56 of 164

1

A hiker is to a contour map as a driver is to...

Select one of the following:

Census tract
Reference map
GIS system
GPS system
Mercator projection map

Explanation

Question 57 of 164

1

In recent years, a significant intraregional migration has occurred from Afghanistan to...

Select one of the following:

The United States
Southeast Asia
Pakistan
Australia
India

Explanation

Question 58 of 164

1

In which of the following countries is life expectancy projected to drop the most by the year 2015?

Select one of the following:

Mongolia
Japan
Namibia
Luxembourg
Russia

Explanation

Question 59 of 164

1

The demographic transition model suggests that as countries industrialize...

Select one of the following:

Life expectancy will decrease over time
Birth and death rates decrease over time
In-migration increases over time
Fertility rates increase over time
Migration increases from rural to urban areas

Explanation

Question 60 of 164

1

The maximum reproductive capacity of a population is known as...

Select one of the following:

Fertility
Prolific
Fecundity
Sterility
Fruitful

Explanation

Question 61 of 164

1

Which total fertility rate is most likely indicative of a country in Stage 5 of the Demographic Transition Model?

Select one of the following:

4.1
3.0
3.5
1.2
2.1

Explanation

Question 62 of 164

1

Which of the following groups of immigrants came to the US during the early 20th Century primarily because of the push factor of government persecution in their home country?

Select one of the following:

Germans
Russian Jews
Southeast Asians
Indian Hindus
Irish

Explanation

Question 63 of 164

1

An infant mortality rate of 40.85 means that in a given country...

Select one of the following:

The female fertility rate is very high
40.85 percent of all infants die before the age of 1
Life expectancies are very low for all ages
40.85 more births than deaths occur during the course of the year
40.85 infants per 1,000 die before the age of 1.

Explanation

Question 64 of 164

1

One criticism of Demographic Transition Theory is that it rests on the prediction that all countries will

Select one of the following:

Avoid war and famine in the future
Continue to be agriculturally productive
Eventually industrialize
Develop effective population control policies
Successfully avoid the mortality revolution

Explanation

Question 65 of 164

1

Which statement about overpopulation is true?

Select one of the following:

Overpopulation can only occur in less-developed areas
Overpopulation is achieved when the physiological density reaches more than 1,000/km
Overpopulation occurs when an area's population is greater than its carrying capacity
Overpopulation is unlikely because food production potential is unlimited
All of the above

Explanation

Question 66 of 164

1

Which of the following is NOT a result of Overpopulation?

Select one of the following:

Deforestation in Madagascar
Lack of access to food in Manila
Overcrowding in Mumbai
Low unemployment rates in Tokyo
Squatter settlements in Rio de Janeiro

Explanation

Question 67 of 164

1

All of the following are population clusters in the East Asian population concentration EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

Japan
Eastern China
Western China
Taiwan
The Korean Peninsula

Explanation

Question 68 of 164

1

According to Ravenstein, migrants who move longer distances tend to

Select one of the following:

Be most affected by distance decay
Choose cities as their destinations
Avoid step migration
Travel in families
Take advantage of intervening opprtunities

Explanation

Question 69 of 164

1

In Country A, the crude birth rate is 38 per 1,000 people and the crude death rate is 18 per 1,000 people.
In Country B, the crude birth rate is 18 per 1,000 people and the crude death rate is 9 per 1,000 people.
It is apparent from this data that...

Select one of the following:

Country A is overpopulated
The population of Country A will double in 35 years
Country A has a larger population than Country B
The population of Country B will double in 15 years
The carrying capacity of both countries are being strained

Explanation

Question 70 of 164

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The first stage of the Demographic Transition Model indicates that...

Select one of the following:

Total population is increasing with high birth rates and low death rates.
Total population is low and constant with high birth rates and low death rates.
Total population is low and constant with low birth rates and low death rates.
Total population is low and constant with low birth rates and high death rates.
Total population is low and constant with high birth rates and high death rates.

Explanation

Question 71 of 164

1

A high dependency rate suggests that a large percentage of the population is

Select one of the following:

Under 14 years old and over 65 years old.
Between 1 and 64 years old.
65 years old or older
Under 14 years old
Between 14 and 65 years old.

Explanation

Question 72 of 164

1

Which population pyramid shows a population that is slowly growing?

Select one of the following:

A
B
C
D
E

Explanation

Question 73 of 164

1

Which of the following graphs exhibits a J curve?

Select one of the following:

Global infant mortality rates over time
Global dependency ratio rateover time
Global birth rates over time
Global population growth over time
All of the above.

Explanation

Question 74 of 164

1

The major factor contributing to the explosive population growth in more developed countries (MDCs) during he 19th and 20th centuries was

Select one of the following:

The diffusion of modern medical practices
The diffusion of vaccines and antibiotics
The diffusion of birth control devices
The diffusion of the Industrial Revolution
The diffusion of family planning programs

Explanation

Question 75 of 164

1

Margaret embarked on her move to California. En route to San Diego from her home in Kentucky, she stopped in New Mexico. While in New Mexico, she fell in love with the city of Santa Fe and decided to stay there. In Margaret's migration, Santa Fe represents a(n)...

Select one of the following:

Remittance
Pandemic
Intervening obstacle
Intervening opportunity
Push factor

Explanation

Question 76 of 164

1

In Country A, the crude birth rate is 38 per 1,000 people and the crude death rate is 18 per 1,000 people.
In Country B, the crude birth rate is 18 per 1,000 people and the crude death rate is 9 per 1,000 people.
The Natural Increase Rate (NIR) of Country A is

Select one of the following:

About the same rate as Country B
20 percent
half the rate of Country B
56 per 1,000
2 percent

Explanation

Question 77 of 164

1

In order to replace its population only, a country needs a total fertility rate of

Select one of the following:

2.1
3.5
1.2
4.1
3.0

Explanation

Question 78 of 164

1

What differentiates a natural disaster from a natural hazard?

Select one of the following:

A natural hazard only includes the loss of property
A natural disaster often includes the loss of property and life
A natural hazard is a predictable event
A natural disaster includes only the loss of life.
All of the above

Explanation

Question 79 of 164

1

Which of the following is most likely to have the largest activity space?

Select one of the following:

A suburban teenager
A retired person living in the city
A school-age child
A middle age suburban male
A farmer

Explanation

Question 80 of 164

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Suppose that a country's crude birth rate is higher than its crude death rate, but the country's out-migration is greater than the difference between the birth rate and death rate. How would this country's natural increase be affected?

Select one of the following:

The country would have a natural increase, but only if its immigration policies changed.
The country would have a natural increase.
The country would have a natural increase only if the out-migration was composed of older people.
The country's natural increase would depend on whether most out-migrants were men or women.
The country would not have any natural increase.

Explanation

Question 81 of 164

1

Influenza is an example of what type of disease diffusion?

Select one of the following:

Hierarchical
Contagious
Relocation
Mixed
Network

Explanation

Question 82 of 164

1

Malaria, which is present in many populations living in tropical or sub-tropical regions, is an exampleof a(n)

Select one of the following:

Endemic
Prsodemic
Epidemic
Pandemic
Endodemic

Explanation

Question 83 of 164

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The bulge on the left side of Population Pyramid "D" is most likely caused by:

Select one of the following:

An abnormally high out-migration of females
An influx of illegal aliens
A migrant guest-workers program
A cultural preference for male children
War or famine

Explanation

Question 84 of 164

1

Which population pyramid shows a population whose total number is declining?

Select one of the following:

A
B
C
D
E

Explanation

Question 85 of 164

1

Overpopulation in a country occurs when...

Select one of the following:

The country imports food
The country's population outgrows its carrying capacity
Total population reaches 10 billion
Large parts of a country are desert
There is more of one sex than the other.

Explanation

Question 86 of 164

1

According to Demographic Transition Theory, during which stages of demographic transition does low growth occur?

Select one of the following:

Stage I only
Stage II and III only
Stage III only
Stages III and IV only
Stages I and IV only

Explanation

Question 87 of 164

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Which of the following is not a contributing factor to low birth rates in Stage Four of the Demographic Transition Model?

Select one of the following:

The education of women
Increased sanitation
Availability of health care
Reliance on subsistence agriculture
Less dependence on child labor

Explanation

Question 88 of 164

1

The gravity model predicts

Select one of the following:

The movement of people, goods and ideas between two locations based on size and distance
The physiological density of a country
Periods of population explosion in a certain geographic region
The rate at which intercontinental migration occurs
The number of people a city can support with available resources

Explanation

Question 89 of 164

1

Generation X, which is a group of individuals all born within a defined time interval, is an example of a(n)

Select one of the following:

Division
Class
Unit
Cohort
Brigade

Explanation

Question 90 of 164

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Since 1950, this part of the developing world has seen a dramatic increase in population.

Select one of the following:

Agricultural areas
Urban areas
Rural areas
Non-industrial areaas
Areas away from coasts

Explanation

Question 91 of 164

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Which factor was identified at the 2004 United Nations population conference as key to controlling population growth?

Select one of the following:

Farming methods
HIV/AIDS
The status of women
Health care
Political ideology

Explanation

Question 92 of 164

1

The Canadian province of Quebec is demographically different from other Canadian provinces because

Select one of the following:

It has a larger proportion of people who live in poverty
Its percentage of immigrants is high
Most of its inhabitants speak French as a first language
Its fertility rate is low
It has a higher population density

Explanation

Question 93 of 164

1

Which of the following states has the lowest population growth rate?

Select one of the following:

New York
Georgia
Texas
Nevada
California

Explanation

Question 94 of 164

1

Which population pyramid best reflects the population structure of Germany?

Select one of the following:

A
B
C
D
E

Explanation

Question 95 of 164

1

Which of the following countries most likely has the highest agricultural density?

Select one of the following:

England
Egypt
United States
Brazil
Germany

Explanation

Question 96 of 164

1

A population with a relatively young age structure is most likely to be found in

Select one of the following:

Australia
Japan
Sub-Saharan Africa
North America
Western Europe

Explanation

Question 97 of 164

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Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding population policies in India?

Select one of the following:

India's government has made few attempts to curtail population growth.
India's successful population policies have most likely prevented the country from being the most populous country in the world as early as 2030.
India has followed China's lead in establishing a "one child policy" on the national level.
Despite policy coordination problems, India's birth rate has dropped by more than half in the last 35 years.
Unlike China, India has had a problem coordinating a centralized population policy.

Explanation

Question 98 of 164

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Which of the following population control examples did Thomas Malthus support?

Select one of the following:

The upper class paying additional taxes to fund family planning and cleanliness education for the lower class
Relocating cities and towns away from stagnant pools and marshy lands to promote better health among all citizens
Widening city streets in low-income neighborhoods to reduce over-crowding and the spread of disease
Equitably distributing food among all citizens regardless of wealth during times of famine
The upper class utlizing moral restraint to limit family size

Explanation

Question 99 of 164

1

Which US state has the highest Natural Increase Rate (NIR)?

Select one of the following:

California
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Texas

Explanation

Question 100 of 164

1

The part of the Earth's surface that is physically suitable for permanent human settlement is known as the

Select one of the following:

Ecosphere
Ecumene
Biosphere
Biosystem
Ecosystem

Explanation

Question 101 of 164

1

A population continuing to grow following a fertility decline due to the large percentage of young people is known as

Select one of the following:

Demographic force
Demographic surge
Demographic momentum
Demographic push
Demographic thrust

Explanation

Question 102 of 164

1

A J-curve on a population graph indicates

Select one of the following:

Logarithmic population growth
Linear population growth
Cyclical population growth
Exponential population growth
Quadratic function

Explanation

Question 103 of 164

1

Baby booms are generally associated with

Select one of the following:

Times of war
Periods of economic prosperity
Increased number of women in the workforce
Periods of economic hardship
Increased education of women

Explanation

Question 104 of 164

1

Which country has a low arithmetic density, but a high physiological density?

Select one of the following:

Nigeria
India
United States
United Kingdom
Egypt

Explanation

Question 105 of 164

1

In sub-Saharan Africa, out-migration from Rwanda and the Sudan have been caused primarily by

Select one of the following:

Ethnic strife
Lack of economic opportunities
Unsanitary conditions in urban areas
Better economic opportunities in surrounding countries
Environmental disasters

Explanation

Question 106 of 164

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Which of the following measurements would give a demographer the closest prediction of reproductive behavior in a fecund woman in a country?

Select one of the following:

Life expectancy
Infant mortality rate
Crude birth rate
Rate of natural increase
Total fertility rate

Explanation

Question 107 of 164

1

Ernst Ravenstein's demographic studies focused mainly on

Select one of the following:

Population density
Migration
Natural increases in population
Spatial interactions
Fertility rates

Explanation

Question 108 of 164

1

The carrying capacity of an area is based most closely on its

Select one of the following:

Net-migration rate
Physiological population density
Total fertility rate
Arithmetic population density
Doubling rate

Explanation

Question 109 of 164

1

Globally, the three largest population concentrations are located in

Select one of the following:

East Asia, West Africa and Europe
Europe, North America and East Asia
Southeast Asia, West Africa and East Asia
East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia
Europe, South Asia and East Asia

Explanation

Question 110 of 164

1

Arithmetic population density can be calculated by

Select one of the following:

Total land area minus total population
Total population minus total population
Total population divided by total land area
Total population multiplied by total land area
Total land area multiplied by total population

Explanation

Question 111 of 164

1

Culture is spread by

Select one of the following:

War and occupation
Trans-national corporations
Television and other media
Migrants
All of the above

Explanation

Question 112 of 164

1

An isogloss is

Select one of the following:

A collection of unique words
A boundary between language regions
The transition zone between cultures
A form of language spoken in a local area
All of the above

Explanation

Question 113 of 164

1

Nearly half of all the people in the world speak a language from this language family.

Select one of the following:

Austronesian
Niger-Congo
Indo-European
Germanic
Japanese

Explanation

Question 114 of 164

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Which of the following cultural traits is important to Americans?

Select one of the following:

A sense of equality and fairness
Ancestor veneration and worship
A focus on social order over individual rights
A strong state religion
All of the above

Explanation

Question 115 of 164

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A common language that is used among speakers of different languages for the purposes of trade and commerce is called a...

Select one of the following:

Revived language
Lingua franca
Pidgen language
Creole language
Relict language

Explanation

Question 116 of 164

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Which statement about the English language is correct?

Select one of the following:

It has only two separate dialects: British and American.
Worldwide, there are three times as many native speakers of English as second language speakers.
It is a member of the Latin language branch
It is the official language of the United States
It has been largely influenced by the French language

Explanation

Question 117 of 164

1

Hierarchical diffusion is

Select one of the following:

The spread of an idea from persons of power to other persons.
The rapid and widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population.
The spread of an idea or trait through the physical movement of people from one place to another.
The spread of an underlying principle or idea.
None of the above

Explanation

Question 118 of 164

1

The practice of evaluating a culture by its own standards, and not by the standards of one's own culture is

Select one of the following:

Acculturation
Cultural transmission
Humanism
Ethnocentricism
Cultural relativism

Explanation

Question 119 of 164

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All of the following are examples of a functional or nodal region EXCEPT...

Select one of the following:

The area known as the South
Any market area for a retail businss
The area served by Walmart
The circulation of a daily newspaper
The broadcast area of a radio station

Explanation

Question 120 of 164

1

Mahayana, Theraveda and Tantrayana are three branches of

Select one of the following:

Buddhism
Hinduism
Daoism
Sikhism
Islam

Explanation

Question 121 of 164

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This is the process by which a less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of a more dominant culture.

Select one of the following:

Transculturation
Migrant diffusion
Acculturation
Cultural assimilation
Syncretism

Explanation

Question 122 of 164

1

One culture that uses an ideographic method of writing is

Select one of the following:

English
Arabic
Spanish
China
India

Explanation

Question 123 of 164

1

All of the following are Latin-based Romance languages except

Select one of the following:

Italian
Portuguese
Spanish
French
English

Explanation

Question 124 of 164

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Relocation diffusion is

Select one of the following:

The spread of an idea or trait through the physical movement of people from one place to another
The rapid and widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population
The spread of an underlying principle or idea
The spread of an idea from persons of power to other persons
None of the above

Explanation

Question 125 of 164

1

The idea that an environment influences, but does not strictly determine, how a culture interacts with the environmentis known as

Select one of the following:

Cultural ecology
Cultural environmentalism
Environmental possibilism
Cultural possibilism
Environmental determinism

Explanation

Question 126 of 164

1

The largest branch of Islam, to which as many as 80 percent of all Muslims belong, is called

Select one of the following:

Sunni
Meccan
Berber
Dravidian
Shia

Explanation

Question 127 of 164

1

Which of the following is NOT an example of expansion diffusion?

Select one of the following:

Hierarchical diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Nine of the above

Explanation

Question 128 of 164

1

Which of the following is an example of stimulus diffusion?

Select one of the following:

The spread of WalMart from Arkansas to the rest of the United States.
The spread of cell phones from the upper class to the middle and lower classes.
The spread of English language to the British colonies.
The spread of drive-through windows from fast food restaurants to liquor stores
None of the above

Explanation

Question 129 of 164

1

A condition in which many languages are spoken, each by a relatively small number of people, is called

Select one of the following:

Diasporas
Bilingualism
Syncretism
Linguistic fragmentation
Linguistic relativism

Explanation

Question 130 of 164

1

Which of the following is NOT an example of a cultural landscape?

Select one of the following:

An airport runway
Agricultural terracing up a mountainside
The street pattern around a mosque
A rain forest
Brick ruins

Explanation

Question 131 of 164

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Which of the following areas would be considered a cultural transition zone?

Select one of the following:

Southern Florida
Poland
Southwest USA-Northern Mexico
Eastern Ontario-Western Quebec
All of the above

Explanation

Question 132 of 164

1

Zionism is best defined as the

Select one of the following:

Jewish claim to Palestine as their rightful national homeland
Shinto ritual of purification involving ceremonial offerings and prayers
Confucianism doctrine that urges respect for one's elders
Islamic custom of pilgrimage to Mecca that must by undertaken at least during every follower's lifetime
Mormon rite of passage that involves a two0year mission of service

Explanation

Question 133 of 164

1

The best example of cultural integration (where all elements of society are interwoven with the dominant culture) in the United States is

Select one of the following:

The Spanish influence in the Southwest
The upland South
The Amish country in Pennsylvania
The Mormon culture region
The Pacific Northwest

Explanation

Question 134 of 164

1

A single attribute of culture is called a

Select one of the following:

Culture landscape
Culture hearth
Culture realm
Culture region
Culture complex

Explanation

Question 135 of 164

1

All of the following are traits common to Muslim regions of the world EXCEPT

Select one of the following:

Sharia law
Daily ritual prayers
Polytheism
Pilgrimage
Fasting

Explanation

Question 136 of 164

1

The idea that cultures will modify the natural landscape to fit their needs is known as the

Select one of the following:

Cultural environment
Cultural situation
Cultural landscape
Culture building
Culture traits

Explanation

Question 137 of 164

1

The theory that the physical environment causes social and cultural development is called

Select one of the following:

Cultural ecology
Environmental determinism
Environmental landscape
Cultural determinism
Environmental ecology

Explanation

Question 138 of 164

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Which of the following is an example of a formal cultural region?

Select one of the following:

The Bible Belt
The Gulf Coast
The South
The Rocky Mountain Region
All of the above

Explanation

Question 139 of 164

1

A collection of languages within a language branch that share a recent common origin and have relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary is a

Select one of the following:

Dialect
Language family
Language tree
Language group
All of the above

Explanation

Question 140 of 164

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Cultural diffusion is

Select one of the following:

The innovation of a cultural trait
The idea that your own culture is superior to others
The spread of culture traits from one group to another
The isolation of a culture from the rest of the world
None of the above

Explanation

Question 141 of 164

1

Stimulus diffusion is

Select one of the following:

The spread of an idea or trait through the physical movement of people from one place to another
The spread of an idea from persons of power to other persons
The rapid and widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population
The spread of an underlying principle or idea
None of the above

Explanation

Question 142 of 164

1

Which of the following areas is NOT considered a cultural realm?

Select one of the following:

Anglo America
New England
Latin America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Europe

Explanation

Question 143 of 164

1

A regional variant of a language is known as a

Select one of the following:

Language group
Language family
Language dialect
Language branch
None of the above

Explanation

Question 144 of 164

1

Which of the following is an example of relocation diffusion?

Select one of the following:

The spread of AIDS to the United States.
The spread of baseball to Japan.
The spread of Roman Catholicism to Latin America.
The spread of English to the British Colonies.
All of the above.

Explanation

Question 145 of 164

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Which statement about the diffusion of the English and Chinese languages is true?

Select one of the following:

The number of English speakers is declining, while the number of Chinese speakers is steadily increasing.
English and Chinese are both spoken worldwide as lingua franca languages.
English has diffused worldwide, while Chinese is spoken mostly in China.
English is spoken in only the United Kingdom and the United States, while Chinese is spoken all over East Asia.
All of the above.

Explanation

Question 146 of 164

1

American English has adopted extensive vocabulary from which of the following languages?

Select one of the following:

Spanish language.
French language.
Yiddish language.
Native American languages.
All of the above.

Explanation

Question 147 of 164

1

Cultural ecology is

Select one of the following:

the study of human attitudes towards the cultural landscape.
the study of environmental culture traits.
the study of human-environment relationships.
the study of human interaction with animals.
none of the above.

Explanation

Question 148 of 164

1

Which of the following is a sacred place in the Hindu religion?

Select one of the following:

Mount Fuji
Tierra del Fuego
Sahara Desert
Ganges River
Dead Sea

Explanation

Question 149 of 164

1

Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape?

Select one of the following:

Tropical jungle
A coral reef
Terraced fields of crops up a mountainside
A glacier
A stand of pine trees

Explanation

Question 150 of 164

1

Problems with the Chinese ideographic writing systems include...

Select one of the following:

each symbol must correspond with the pronunciation of the word it represents.
many symbols no longer have meaning.
in order to be literate, a person must memorize thousands of symbols.
each dialect has its own symbols for writing.
all of the above.

Explanation

Question 151 of 164

1

In the United States, the largest concentration of Mormons are found in...

Select one of the following:

Texas and Oklahoma
Utah
New England
California and Oregon
Minnesota and Wisconsin

Explanation

Question 152 of 164

1

A Cultural transition zone is

Select one of the following:

an area where two cultures merge into a single culture.
an area where cultures are divided.
an area around the boundary between two culture regions that exhibits traits from both cultures.
an area of great cultural diversity.
an area where one cultural boundary abruptly ends and another begins.

Explanation

Question 153 of 164

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An urban ethnic enclave that is held together by external forces of discrimination and marginalization, as well as by internal forces of community identity and ethnic solidarity, is known as a(n)...

Select one of the following:

Isogloss
Exclave
Ghetto
Gated community
Commune

Explanation

Question 154 of 164

1

Which of the following regions is considered a vernacular culture region?

Select one of the following:

The American South
Anglo-America
East Asia
South America
All of the above

Explanation

Question 155 of 164

1

Which of the following was NOT one of the earliest ancient cultural hearths?

Select one of the following:

Mississippi Valley
Mesopotamia
East Asia
Nile Valley
Indus Valley

Explanation

Question 156 of 164

1

Which statement concerning the globalization of Western culture is true?

Select one of the following:

Western culture is often spread through movies and other media.
Many foreign cultures have adopted Western traits like clothing and religion.
Some areas of the world have actively resisted Western culture traits
Backlash against Western culture has resulted in violence in some areas.
All of these are true.

Explanation

Question 157 of 164

1

Which of the following religions is predominant in the states of the southeastern United States?

Select one of the following:

Presbyterian
Baptist
Lutheran
Methodist
Roman Catholic

Explanation

Question 158 of 164

1

The Indo-European language family has its distant origins in the area around the...

Select one of the following:

Iberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula
Baltic Sea
Arabian Peninsula
Black Sea

Explanation

Question 159 of 164

1

Which of the following is an example of hierarchical diffusion?

Select one of the following:

The spread of Spanish language to Latin America.
The spread of laptop computers from the upper class to the middle class.
The spread of AIDS from Africa to Europe.
The spread of Wal-Mart from Arkansas to the rest of the United States.
All of the above.

Explanation

Question 160 of 164

1

Vernacular language

Select one of the following:

is dynamic and always changing.
is spoken mostly by the lower class.
has become synonymous with less education.
has relaxed grammar rules.
all of the above.

Explanation

Question 161 of 164

1

The principle religion of India is

Select one of the following:

Shintoism
Sikhism
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism

Explanation

Question 162 of 164

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This is the process by which a less dominant culture adopts the traits of a more dominant culture so completely that the two cultures become indistinguishable

Select one of the following:

Syncretism
Transculturation
Migrant diffusion
Acculturation
Cultural assimilation

Explanation

Question 163 of 164

1

The idea of origin of a culture is called

Select one of the following:

A cultural homeland
A culture realm
A cultural landscape
A cultural environment
A culture hearth

Explanation

Question 164 of 164

1

Dialects are local variants in language that differ in their

Select one of the following:

Speed at which the language is spoken
Pronunciation
Vocabulary
Spelling
All of the above

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