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Questão 1

Questão
Contour lines
Responda
  • lack a shared definition
  • are less accurate than shaded relief in depicting terrain
  • can be detected by remote sensing
  • aren't useful for depicting mountainous regions
  • connect points of equal elevation above sea

Questão 2

Questão
Low population growth resulting from high CBR and very high CDR is characteristic of stage _____ of the demographic transition.
Responda
  • V
  • III
  • I
  • II
  • IV

Questão 3

Questão
In the 1970's, the government of India used this method to reduce the population growth rates in certain areas of the country.
Responda
  • cash awards
  • food rationing
  • tax incentives
  • forced sterilization of males
  • free housing for small families

Questão 4

Questão
Demography is
Responda
  • the study of population growth.
  • the mapping of population characteristics.
  • the study of population.
  • the study of the relationship between government and population.
  • none of these answers.

Questão 5

Questão
A population pyramid with a wide base and a narrow top is indicative of
Responda
  • developing countries.
  • low infant mortality.
  • countries in Stage IV of the demographic transition.
  • low dependency ratio.
  • developed countries.

Questão 6

Questão
Since 1950, this part of the developing world has seen a dramatic increase in population:
Responda
  • Areas away from the coasts.
  • Non-industrial areas.
  • Agricultural areas.
  • Rural areas.
  • Urban areas.

Questão 7

Questão
Which of the following characteristics of a national population is NOT evident from its population pyramid?
Responda
  • sex structure
  • dependency ratio
  • infant mortality rate
  • age structure
  • all are present.

Questão 8

Questão
Which of the following is not one of Ernst Ravenstein's Laws of migration?
Responda
  • Urban residents are less migratory than inhabitants of rural areas.
  • The majority of migrants move short distances.
  • The majority of urban migrants are uneducated.
  • Every migration flow generates a return or counter-migration.
  • All are part of Ravenstein's law.

Questão 9

Questão
U.S. immigration quotas are an example of:
Responda
  • an intervening opportunity.
  • an intervening obstacle.
  • a natural barrier.
  • a migratory barrier.
  • none of these answers.

Questão 10

Questão
The age group in the U.S. that is most likely to move is
Responda
  • retirees, 65-69 years.
  • youth, 10-14 years.
  • young adults 20-24 years.
  • empty nesters, 50-59 years.
  • all have an equal chance to move.

Questão 11

Questão
Almost everywhere on Earth, Total Fertility Rate (TFRs) are
Responda
  • government mandated.
  • influenced by precipitation levels.
  • rising
  • staying about the same.
  • falling.

Questão 12

Questão
All of the following are possible maternal morbidity issues EXCEPT:
Responda
  • Serious tearing
  • Death
  • Depression
  • Social stigmatazing
  • Fistulas

Questão 13

Questão
In 1789, a British economist named Thomas Malthus published an essay in which he claimed that while population increased at what he called a geometric rate, the means of subsistence grew only at
Responda
  • exponential rate.
  • an arithmetic (linear) rate.
  • an unpredictable rate.
  • a rate depending on the particular culture involved.
  • a declining rate.

Questão 14

Questão
The process of migrants moving into a specific location because relatives or members of the same culture have already migrated and settled there is known as:
Responda
  • Undocumented migration.
  • Step Migration.
  • Chain Migration.
  • Forced Migration.
  • Channelized migration.

Questão 15

Questão
In the past 30 years, the number of undocumented immigrants in the U.S.:
Responda
  • has increased because of the demand for menial laborers in the U.S. has grown.
  • has increased because of more relaxed border security since September 11, 2001
  • has decreased because of greater border security.
  • has decreased because of poor economic conditions in the U.S.
  • both [has increased because of the demand for menial laborers in the U.S. has grown] and [has increased because of more relaxed border security since September 11, 2001].

Questão 16

Questão
Which statement about overpopulation is true?
Responda
  • 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 these answers.

Questão 17

Questão
The importance of the spatial approach that geographers use in their studies is that it shows
Responda
  • human activity only
  • the arrangement and organization of things on the surface to the earth
  • the political impact of boundaries
  • movement of humans and animal only
  • the history of an area

Questão 18

Questão
Which one of the following map projections distort shapes, distance, relative size, and/ or direction from one place to another on Earth? I. the Robinson Projection II.the Mercator projection III. the Peters projection
Responda
  • II only
  • II and III only
  • I only
  • I and II only
  • I, II, and III

Questão 19

Questão
The tendency for some migrations to fail leads to
Responda
  • channelized migration.
  • chain migration.
  • spatial search migration.
  • hierarchical migration.
  • countermigration.

Questão 20

Questão
Of the following countries, which has the lowest crude density?
Responda
  • India
  • United Kingdom
  • Australia
  • United States
  • Iran

Questão 21

Questão
During the 20th Century, nearly all countries experienced
Responda
  • suburbanization.
  • forced migration.
  • population decline.
  • refugee displacements.
  • rural to urban migration.

Questão 22

Questão
The part of Earth's surface that is physically suitable for permanent human settlement is known as
Responda
  • the biosystem.
  • the ecumene.
  • the biosphere.
  • the ecosystem.
  • the ecosphere.

Questão 23

Questão
Gender studies of migration indicate that men ______ than women.
Responda
  • have more employment choices and income
  • are more mobile
  • migrate farther
  • all of these answers
  • none of these answers.

Questão 24

Questão
In New York, Puerto Ricans moved into the Jewish neighborhood of East Harlem and assumed a dominant presence in the neighborhood. This process is best described as:
Responda
  • immigration.
  • barrioization.
  • succession.
  • residential segregation.
  • racism.

Questão 25

Questão
The inflections and tones unique to a very specific area is called:
Responda
  • Language
  • Dialect
  • Vernacular
  • Language family
  • Language branch

Questão 26

Questão
Jerusalem is a sacred place for
Responda
  • Christians
  • Jews
  • Muslims
  • Christians, Jews, and Muslims
  • Hinduism

Questão 27

Questão
Which is not a feature of Islamic sacred architecture?
Responda
  • Adoption of Roman models of design
  • Frescoes depicting the life of the prophet
  • Geometric and calligraphic ornamentation
  • Repurposing of some former churches/cathedrals
  • Minarets

Questão 28

Questão
The most distinctive contrast between folk and popular culture is that
Responda
  • folk culture is limited in geographical range and only spreads through hierarchical diffusion.
  • folk cultures are restricted to primitive, pre-literate territories of developing countries; popular cultures are universal in developed, industrialized states.
  • folk culture is typically hostile to all things that are external.
  • folk culture is, in general, authoritarian and repressive; popular culture reflects progressive, democratic influences.
  • folk culture reflects the traditional way of life of groups isolated from and resistant to outside influences; popular culture simply implies the general mass of people conforming to ever-changing fads and common modes of behavior.

Questão 29

Questão
The Western Wall is sacred to this faith:
Responda
  • Hinduism
  • Islam
  • Judaism
  • Shinto
  • Christianity

Questão 30

Questão
A single attribute of a culture is called a
Responda
  • culture hearth.
  • culture trait.
  • culture complex.
  • culture realm.
  • culture region.

Questão 31

Questão
Which one of the following is considered a pull factor in regard to migration?
Responda
  • New Orleans residents fleeing Katrina
  • persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany
  • high unemployment in Appalachia
  • nomads fleeing famine and spreading desert in the Sahel
  • amenities of living in Australia

Questão 32

Questão
Which of the following graphs exhibit a J-curve?
Responda
  • Global Infant Mortality Rates over time.
  • Global Dependency Ratio rate over time.
  • Global Birth Rates over time.
  • Global Population Growth over time.
  • All of these answers.

Questão 33

Questão
Countries with aging populations attempt to stimulate economic growth to lessen the effect of rising medical and retirement costs by
Responda
  • promoting emigration of the elderly
  • cutting social security.
  • encouraging increased birth rate.
  • investing in health care
  • promoting immigration.

Questão 34

Questão
The cultural landscape
Responda
  • is equivalent to a culture realm or a single trait social region
  • represents the real extent of a hearth region
  • includes internal ideas of a grouping of people
  • summarizes the nonmaterial aspects of a society
  • includes house types, cities, agricultural fields, transportation networks, parks, and cemeteries

Questão 35

Questão
The image is what type of artifact of which cultural influence?
Image:
FullSizeRender (image/jpg)
Responda
  • temple; Buddhism
  • mosque; Islam
  • church; Christianity
  • mosque; Judaism
  • temple; Hinduism

Questão 36

Questão
The four major population clusters in the world include all of the following regions EXCEPT:
Responda
  • Europe
  • South America
  • South Asia
  • East Asia
  • Southeast Asia

Questão 37

Questão
the importance of spatial approach that geographers use in their studies is that it shows:
Responda
  • human activities only
  • arrangement and organization of things on the surface of to the Earth
  • the political impact of boundaries
  • movements of humans and animals only
  • history of an area

Questão 38

Questão
which one of the following map projections distort shapes distance is relative size and back / or direction from one place to another on earth? I. the Robinson projection II. the Mercator projection III. the Peters projection
Responda
  • Only II
  • Only II and III
  • Only I
  • Only I and II
  • Only I, II, and III

Questão 39

Questão
Distortion can be defined as
Responda
  • A technique for giving each location on the earth a corresponding place on a flat surface
  • The process of calculating map scale
  • The error in accuracy that occurs in all maps
  • A mathematical formula for translating cultural understanding of rivers
  • A spherical, scaled model of the Earth

Questão 40

Questão
Human geographers focus __________________
Responda
  • On how we organize space a society
  • On how we interact with each other in places and across space
  • On how people make places
  • All of these

Questão 41

Questão
Comic projections are often used to depict hemispheres or small parts of the earth because
Responda
  • The cone is the development surface closet in form to one half of a globe
  • They can be mathematically adjusted to preserve conformality and equivalence
  • A straight line drawn anywhere on the map is a line of constant compass bearing
  • Scale is smaller provide additional details
  • Distance along all standard parallels are true

Questão 42

Questão
An individual's activity space is primarily affected by
Responda
  • Age, income status, and physical appearance
  • Politics, religion, and nationality
  • Stage in life, mobility, and oppirtunity
  • Incom3, sex and ethinicity
  • Health, education, and employment

Questão 43

Questão
The spread of speciality coffee shops across the US in 1990s is an example of:
Responda
  • Relocation diffusion
  • Periodic movement
  • Contagious diffusion
  • Hierarchical diffusion
  • Stimulus diffusion

Questão 44

Questão
The idea that culture modify the natural landscape to fit their needs is known as the
Responda
  • cultural landscape
  • culture building
  • culture situation
  • culture traits
  • cultural environment

Questão 45

Questão
Acculturation is the term applied to
Responda
  • the curriculum objective of U.S. public school
  • the process by which one culture group adopts the characteristics of another dominant group
  • the process of melding traits or traditions of two different cultures into a composite acceptable to both originating groups
  • immigrant communities that maintain distinctive languages and religions
  • the rise of a social group from savagery to civilizations

Questão 46

Questão
The Yellow River is to Chinese philosophy as the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are to __________
Responda
  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
  • Zoroastrianism
  • Confucianism
  • Hinduism

Questão 47

Questão
Which of the following U.S. regional associations is incorrect?
Responda
  • Southeast—Mormon
  • New England—Catholic
  • South—Baptist
  • Upper Midwest—Lutheran

Questão 48

Questão
This is the process by which a less dominate culture adopts the traits of a more dominate culture so completely that the two cultures become indistinguishable.
Responda
  • Syncretism
  • Transculturation
  • Cultural acculturatio
  • Cultural assimilation
  • Migrant diffusion

Questão 49

Questão
Pidgin and creole languages are distinguished from one another by the fact that pidgin
Responda
  • is always a second language for all its speakers; creole has become a distinctive first language of a society
  • is any invented language of Asia; creole is based on French and found in the Caribbean
  • may be based on any European language; creole is always a French dialect
  • none, they are the same
  • is a simplified European language taught to native populations; creole is a simplified native language

Questão 50

Questão
The above form of architecture is most likely to be found:
Image:
FullSizeRender__1_ (image/jpg)
Responda
  • Florida
  • Oregon
  • Utah
  • North Dakota
  • Texas

Questão 51

Questão
Tibetan Buddhism is of the _________ type
Responda
  • Theravada
  • Priest
  • Zen
  • Lamaism
  • Mahayana

Questão 52

Questão
This hearth saw the domestication of millet and rice more than 7,000 years ago:
Responda
  • Indus River Valley
  • North China
  • West Africa
  • Americas
  • Mesopotamia

Questão 53

Questão
The three subsystem of a culture are:
Responda
  • religious, political, and educational.
  • culture trait, culture complex, and cultural landscape.
  • sociology, religion, and morphology.
  • ideas, beliefs, and knowledge.
  • none of these.

Questão 54

Questão
Which statement about culture is true?
Responda
  • Cultures is learned behavior that is passed from one generation to the next.
  • Cultures are dynamic and always changing.
  • Cultural traits are a reflection of a group's values.
  • Culture is the traditions and beliefs of a group of people.
  • All of these.

Questão 55

Questão
The above depicted house is in what style?
Image:
Salem (image/jpg)
Responda
  • Row house
  • Post-modern
  • Gabled house
  • Federalist
  • Cape Cod style

Questão 56

Questão
A single component of a culture
Responda
  • cultural hearth
  • cultural trait
  • cultural system
  • cultural complex
  • cultural region

Questão 57

Questão
Believed to be the original hearth of culture:
Responda
  • Mesoamerica
  • Mesopotamia
  • North China
  • Greco-Roman
  • Indus River Valley

Questão 58

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

Questão 59

Questão
A common language that is used among speakers of different languages for the purposes of trade and commerce is called:
Responda
  • pidgin language
  • Relict language
  • creole language
  • lingua franca
  • revived language

Questão 60

Questão
Jerusalem is to Christians as _________ is to Hindus
Responda
  • Tokyo
  • Mumbai
  • Delhi
  • Mecca
  • Varanasi

Questão 61

Questão
Considered the most holy place in Islam
Responda
  • Wailing Wall
  • Jerusalem
  • Haiga Sophia
  • Al-Kaaba
  • Mount Sinai

Questão 62

Questão
Which of the following European countries has a rather sharp division between Flemish speakers in the north and Walloon speakers in the south
Responda
  • France
  • Andorra
  • Belgium
  • the Netherlands
  • Denmark

Questão 63

Questão
Which of the following is NOT an example of expansion diffusion?
Responda
  • Contagious diffusion
  • Stimulus diffusion
  • Relocation diffusion
  • Hierarchical diffusion
  • none of these

Questão 64

Questão
Culture is spread by
Responda
  • migrants.
  • war and occupation.
  • television and other media.
  • trans-national corporation.
  • all of these.

Questão 65

Questão
Racial classifications
Responda
  • group people into categories such as Irish, Hispanic, and Asian.
  • are based on ethnicity and/or nationality.
  • limit the intellectual capabilities of a child from birth.
  • have been dismissed by most anthropologists and geneticists.
  • are based on detailed genetic analyses.

Questão 66

Questão
The rejected theory that cultures are controlled by the physical geography of their surroundings was
Responda
  • climatology mutation
  • environmental deteminism
  • possibilism elementary school
  • cultural divergence imitation
  • cultural convergence legisaltion

Questão 67

Questão
Cultural diffusion is
Responda
  • 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 these

Questão 68

Questão
The northeast United States is an example of what component of culture?
Responda
  • Cultural region
  • Cultural system
  • Cultural hearth
  • Cultural trait
  • Cultural complex

Questão 69

Questão
The Ganges River is to Hinduism what Mount Fuji is to:
Responda
  • Janism
  • Baha'i
  • Shintoism
  • Sikhism
  • Taoism

Questão 70

Questão
Buddhism pilgrimages to Bodh Gaya are focused on
Responda
  • a shrine to Khrisna
  • the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama
  • the grave of the Buddha
  • submersion in the Ganges River
  • a Bhodi tree under which the Buddha taught

Questão 71

Questão
The church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem marks the site of Christ's:
Responda
  • last supper.
  • baptism.
  • first miracle.
  • birth.
  • tomb.

Questão 72

Questão
The above map represents the diffusion of what?
Image:
IMG_0562.JPG (image/JPG)
Responda
  • Mesopotamian ideas
  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Judaism
  • Bantu language

Questão 73

Questão
The above image represents what type of diffusion?
Image:
IMG_0564.JPG (image/JPG)
Responda
  • Hierarchical
  • Innovative
  • Relocation
  • Contagious
  • Migrant

Questão 74

Questão
Which cultural phenomenon below is not an example of syncretism
Responda
  • Japanese Capitalism
  • Tex-Mex cuisine
  • Nordic skiing
  • Snowboarding
  • Thai cuisine

Questão 75

Questão
The area of origin of a culture is called
Responda
  • cultural homeland
  • culture hearth
  • culture realm
  • cultural environment
  • cultural landscape

Questão 76

Questão
The Hajj, one of the "pillars of Islam," is
Responda
  • abstaining from alcohol
  • the pilgrimage to Mecca
  • fasting during the holy month
  • charitable giving
  • the veil worn by Muslim women

Questão 77

Questão
The one way in which culture is NOT transmitted to younger generations is by
Responda
  • instruction
  • teaching
  • mutation
  • imitation
  • example

Questão 78

Questão
Hinduism arose in the __________ River Valley
Responda
  • Krishna
  • Yellow
  • Indus
  • Ganges
  • Brahmaputra

Questão 79

Questão
Which is an example of an intrafaith (boundary) conflict
Responda
  • China-Tibet
  • Israel-Palestine
  • Nigeria
  • Former Yugoslavia
  • Northern Ireland

Questão 80

Questão
Islam is the 2nd largest religion in the world and remains strong near its hearth. This is an example of:
Responda
  • Relocation diffusion
  • Hierarchical diffusion
  • Cultural innovation
  • Expansion diffusion
  • Contagious diffusion

Questão 81

Questão
"Little Sweden" in Lindsborg, Kansas is a good example of:
Responda
  • globalization
  • ecotourism
  • tribalism
  • neolocalism
  • placelessness

Questão 82

Questão
Religions are important keys to human geographic understanding because
Responda
  • each major world religion is identified with a specific parent language.
  • they are one of the very few aspects of human culture totally divorced from the environments they occupy.
  • all individuals utilize religion in some way to create a belief in the after life and in a deity.
  • religious beliefs intimately affect all facets of culture.
  • with their emphasis upon charity and the afterlife, religions play a universal pacifying role.

Questão 83

Questão
The _________ of a group of people includes the things they construct.
Responda
  • beliefs
  • pop culture
  • folk culture
  • non-material culture
  • material culture

Questão 84

Questão
________________ culture is conceived as small, incorporating a homogeneous population, typically rural, and cohesive in cultural traits.
Responda
  • Folk
  • Local
  • Government
  • Material
  • Popular

Questão 85

Questão
Over 425 Hutterite communities exist in each of the following states and provinces except:
Responda
  • Saskatchewan
  • North Dakota
  • Alberta
  • Arkansas
  • Montana

Questão 86

Questão
The ideology of Zionism has as its goal
Responda
  • a homeland for the Muslim peopl
  • the elimination of the Orthodox division within the faith
  • the merger of the three modern divisions of Judaism
  • the merger of Judaism with other religions
  • a homeland for Jewish people

Questão 87

Questão
which of the following map projections shows the realitive sizes of earth's landmasses most accurately?
Responda
  • Molleweide ptojection
  • Gall-Peters projection
  • Buckminster FUller projection
  • Mercator projection
  • Robinson projection

Questão 88

Questão
Which of the following statements about latitude is true?
Responda
  • Latitude lines are always parallel to each other on a globe
  • Latitude lines intersect at the north and south poles
  • Latitude is a measure of distance and of the equator
  • On a globe, lines of latitude intersect parallels of longitude at right angles
  • Latitude varies from 0 degrees too 180 degrees

Questão 89

Questão
Human geography is the study of
Responda
  • the psychology of the human race using maps
  • the physical process of the Earth
  • the culture of the human race minus environmental influences
  • how humans evolved through time
  • Who lives where, how they live, and why they live there

Questão 90

Questão
Which of the following is NOT a globe property? lol hi - Trenton aka The Bestest
Responda
  • The scale on the surface of the globe is the same in every direction
  • All meridians are one-half the length of the equator
  • Parallels increase in length as one nears the poles
  • Meridians and parallels intersect at right angles
  • all are globe properties

Questão 91

Questão
Of these, the map using the smallest map scale would be the map of
Responda
  • South
  • the world
  • PennysyAmericalvania
  • Atlanta, Georgia
  • Main Street, Small Town, Ohio

Questão 92

Questão
A subjective image of an area informed by individual perceptions and experiences in that area is known as a
Responda
  • mental map
  • contour map
  • reference map
  • topographic map
  • thematic map

Questão 93

Questão
Equal area projections are most useful for showing
Responda
  • the actual distances of land masses
  • true direction from multiple points
  • the actual shape of a land mass
  • the actual areal extent of a phenomenon on the Earth's surface
  • mathematically precise locations of land masses

Questão 94

Questão
The first political geographer who studied the state in detail was Friedrich Ratzel who postulated that the state resembles a biological organism. His organic theory identified ___________ as a state's essential life giving force .
Responda
  • population
  • a strong military
  • space
  • money
  • mobility

Questão 95

Questão
What is the best example of a subsequent superimposed boundary?
Responda
  • the border between India and Pakistan
  • the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland
  • the western portion of the United States-Canada border
  • the border of former British colonies in Africa
  • the border between Britain and France

Questão 96

Questão
This type of political framework has central government but each of the sub-national entities has representation and influence in the government process.
Responda
  • Federal
  • Democratic
  • Unitary
  • Communist
  • Compact

Questão 97

Questão
Which one of the following is an extreme manifest of centrifugal forces within a state?
Responda
  • famine
  • extreme nationalism
  • civil war
  • federalsim
  • none of the above

Questão 98

Questão
As of 2005 which major European Union nation has not entered the Euro Monetary Zone?
Responda
  • Great Britain
  • Greece
  • Italy
  • Germany
  • France

Questão 99

Questão
Which is an example of a stateless-nation?
Responda
  • Korea
  • Japan
  • Hungary
  • Switzerland
  • Kurds

Questão 100

Questão
Which of the following is consider a state?
Responda
  • Sahel
  • France
  • Colorado
  • Hong Kong
  • British Columbia

Questão 101

Questão
The decentralization of political control is known as
Responda
  • reapportionment
  • complementary
  • unitary control
  • geopolitics
  • devolution

Questão 102

Questão
The present number of countries and territories in the world is about:
Responda
  • 1,321
  • 200
  • 400
  • 350
  • 300

Questão 103

Questão
The Palestinians are an example of a
Responda
  • state
  • nation-sate
  • multi-nation state
  • stateless nation
  • part-nation-state

Questão 104

Questão
This type of shape can provide for efficiency in administration of a country.
Responda
  • elongated
  • compact
  • perforated
  • fragmented
  • prorupt

Questão 105

Questão
NAFTA is a Supranationalistic organization, which attempted to create a free trade zone in which region?
Responda
  • Nigerian and Arab countries
  • North America
  • North Atlantic
  • North Africa
  • New Zealand and Australia

Questão 106

Questão
A permanent union of sovereign states created in order to deal with common interests of defense, trade or policy is a :
Responda
  • macro state
  • trust territory
  • dependency
  • confederation
  • democracy

Questão 107

Questão
The policy by a country to establish settlements in an area and impose its political, economic, and cultural principles there is called
Responda
  • regionalism
  • command economy
  • devolution
  • colonialism
  • growth pole

Questão 108

Questão
The Philippines is an example of a(an)_____________ state.
Responda
  • perforated
  • compact
  • obtuse
  • elongated
  • fragmented

Questão 109

Questão
The Peace of Westphalia__________________
Responda
  • marked the beginning of the modern state of Europe.
  • created modern Pakistan after the British withdrawn.
  • created West Germany after WWII.
  • divided Africa into colonial possessions.
  • ended WWI.

Questão 110

Questão
Which of the following states have an exclave?
Responda
  • Italy
  • Brazil
  • Australia
  • South Africa
  • Russia

Questão 111

Questão
Which of the following states fits the morphology description of compact?
Responda
  • Chile
  • Russia
  • Poland
  • Thailand
  • South Africa

Questão 112

Questão
These forces tend to bind together the citizens of a state.
Responda
  • Gravity
  • Centripetal
  • Regionalism
  • Colonialism
  • Centrifugal

Questão 113

Questão
Using the diagram above, which area has the greatest arithmetic density?
Image:
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Responda
  • Area "D"
  • Area "C"
  • Area "A"
  • Area "E"
  • Area "B"

Questão 114

Questão
Which of the following is NOT associated with the World Bank in Half the Sky?
Responda
  • Emphasis on better hygiene
  • Money never got down to the villages.
  • Clients from poor neighborhoods.
  • Creating wealth for the wealthy
  • Multi million dollar projects.

Questão 115

Questão
The Total Fertility Rate of the United States for 2008 was estimated to be 2.1. What does this mean for the population of the United States?
Responda
  • The U.S. will experience population decline in the next thirty years.
  • Population growth in the U.S. is due to migration and not natural increase.
  • The doubling time of the United States is about 35 years.
  • The United States is experiencing rapid natural increase.
  • All of these answers.

Questão 116

Questão
Births and _______ add to the population growth of a particular country.
Responda
  • immigration
  • increased agricultural output
  • emigration
  • rise in the death rate
  • none of the above

Questão 117

Questão
Which of the following countries has the highest risk of death during pregnancy:
Responda
  • China
  • Niger
  • South Africa
  • India
  • Ireland

Questão 118

Questão
Poland's total fertility rate is 1.2. What impact will this have on Poland's population?
Responda
  • Poland has reached zero population growth.
  • Poland's population is steadily increasing.
  • Poland's population has a doubling time of about 23 years.
  • Poland's population is quickly increasing.
  • Poland's population is decreasing.

Questão 119

Questão
MIgration from a location is called
Responda
  • voluntary migration.
  • chain migration.
  • step migration.
  • immigration.
  • emigration.

Questão 120

Questão
Replacement rate, the number of births needed to keep a population at a stable level without immigration, requires a total fertility of
Responda
  • 2.1
  • 1.8
  • 10.
  • 3.5.
  • 5.

Questão 121

Questão
Which population pyramid best reflects the population structure of Germany?
Image:
pyramids1.JPG (image/JPG)
Responda
  • Pyramid "B"
  • Pyramid "E"
  • Pyramid "D"
  • Pyramid "A"
  • Pyramid "C"

Questão 122

Questão
Which population pyramid shows a population that is slowly growing?
Image:
pyramids1.JPG (image/JPG)
Responda
  • Pyramid "B"
  • Pyramid "D"
  • Pyramid "E"
  • Pyramid "C"
  • Pyramid "A"

Questão 123

Questão
The problem with using arithmetic population density to investigate the population pattern of a country is that such a density figure does not take into consideration
Responda
  • possible loss of territory.
  • age of families.
  • annual population increases.
  • internal clustering of people within the country.
  • annexation of new territory.

Questão 124

Questão
Which concept of Malthus is depicted in the cartoon above?
Image:
hum_pop.JPG (image/JPG)
Responda
  • Innovation.
  • Famine.
  • Exponential growth.
  • Linear growth.
  • Disease.

Questão 125

Questão
In comparison to Asia, the percentage of the population living in urban places in Germany and the United Kingdom is
Responda
  • about the same as in Asia.
  • younger than in Asia.
  • less than in Asia.
  • greater than in Asia.
  • declining.

Questão 126

Questão
Which of the following statements does NOT pertain to chain migration?
Responda
  • Creates clusters of like populations in particular locations.
  • It may involve employment in an ethnic niche business.
  • It is shaped by networks of kinship and friendship.
  • It is typically involuntary.
  • The destination has been prepared by previous migration flows.

Questão 127

Questão
All of the following are obstacles to helping a sex slave worker EXCEPT:
Responda
  • Police/Government support.
  • Rescuing girls.
  • Overcoming stigma.
  • Drug dependencies.
  • Family members held.

Questão 128

Questão
Prior to 1990, Mohamed was not listed as a top 100 baby name in either France or the United Kingdom. Om 2012 Mohamed was the 41st most poplar baby name in France and top ranked baby name in the United Kingdom. Which of the following is most likely the cause for this transition?
Responda
  • Pro-natal population policies.
  • Stage I to Stage II demographic transition.
  • Higher immigrant fertility rate.
  • High levels of out-migration.
  • Catholic to Islam conversation.

Questão 129

Questão
Major routes of human migration before 1950 include all of the following except:
Responda
  • China to the United States.
  • Europe to Australia.
  • China to India.
  • Africa to United States.
  • eastern United States to western United States.

Questão 130

Questão
Which of the following represents the pattern of interregional African-American migration out of the Southern United States.
Responda
  • Most African-Americans moved to urban areas in the Northern U.S.
  • Most African-Americans moved to Canada to escape slavery.
  • Most African-Americans moved to the West Coast area of the U.S.
  • Most African-Americans moved to the rural areas of the Western United States.
  • All of these answers.

Questão 131

Questão
A person who has a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion is official a:
Responda
  • gypsy
  • displaced person
  • patriot
  • slave
  • refugee

Questão 132

Questão
Rochel experiences car trouble during her move from Texas to California. Unable to afford care repairs, Rochel says in Tonopah, NV working at the Clown Motel in order to save money for the rest of her move. This is an example of what:
Responda
  • Distance decay
  • Intervening obstacle
  • Environmental pull factor.
  • Intervening opportunity
  • Voluntary migration

Questão 133

Questão
In Europe the marked decline of the birth rate was the result of
Responda
  • the effects of Industrialization, urbanization, and general modernization.
  • immigration.
  • rapid emigration.
  • stabilization of food supplies.
  • World Wars I and II.

Questão 134

Questão
The image most closely resembles the theory of:
Image:
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Responda
  • Carl Saur
  • Ernst Ravenstein
  • Ester Boserup
  • Franklin Gravity
  • Thomas Malthus

Questão 135

Questão
The population pyramid most likely represents the following country:
Image:
pop_pyrma.JPG (image/JPG)
Responda
  • China
  • India
  • Canada
  • Chad
  • United States

Questão 136

Questão
Carrying capacity is the:
Responda
  • maximum number of people an area can support using organic agricultural methods.
  • limit at which population can be sustained through its resources and trade.
  • maximum number of people an area can support using traditional agricultural methods.
  • maximum number of people an area can support using the theoretical limits of energy and production.
  • maximum number of people an area can support using all of its available resources and technology.

Questão 137

Questão
The long-term relocation of an individual, household, or group to a new location outside the community of origin is called
Responda
  • emigration.
  • transmovement.
  • resettlement.
  • vacation.
  • migration.

Questão 138

Questão
Which of the following has NOT been an obstacle to the success of microfinance?
Responda
  • Women holding each other accountable.
  • Growth of women's businesses compared to that of males.
  • Refusal of space to women.
  • Women of honor do not leave home on their own.
  • Unexpected deaths from AIDS.

Questão 139

Questão
Which one of the following is a push factor?
Responda
  • retirement community.
  • college education.
  • dissatisfaction with current job.
  • pleasant climate.
  • high-paying jobs elsewhere.

Questão 140

Questão
Historically, the world's population grew:
Responda
  • quickly until about 1000 CE, before declining between 1800 CE and the present.
  • quickly until about 1800 CE, before slowing down between 1800 CE and the present.
  • very steadily from 1000 CE until the present.
  • slowly until about 1800 CE, before growing quickly between 1800 CE and the present.
  • slowly until about 1000 CE, before growing quickly between 1000 CE and the present.

Questão 141

Questão
This country is most likely in what stage of the Demographic transition model?
Image:
pop_pyrma.JPG (image/JPG)
Responda
  • Stage III
  • Stage IV
  • Stage V
  • Stage I
  • Stage II

Questão 142

Questão
Which statement best describes the different characteristics of population in the United States and Europe?
Responda
  • The arithmetic density of the United States is less than that of Europe.
  • Europe's population density is lower than that of the United States.
  • The United States has more area than Europe does.
  • Europe's population is smaller than that of the United States.
  • Europe has many more wide-open spaces than the United States has.

Questão 143

Questão
Which of the following statements about the Demographic Transition Model is TRUE?
Image:
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Responda
  • Line A represents Total Population, Line B represents Death Rate, Line C represents Birth Rate.
  • Line A represents Birth Rate, Line B represents Death Rate, Line C represents Total population.
  • Line A represents Birth Rate, Line B represents Total Population, Line C represents Death Rate.
  • Line A represents Total Population, Line B represents Birth Rate, Line C represents Death Rate.
  • Line A represents Death Rate, Line B represents Birth Rate, Line C represents Total Population.

Questão 144

Questão
The spread of ideas, cultural traits, knowledge and skills from their place of origin to other areas where they are adopted is called:
Responda
  • spreading
  • cultural division
  • adjustment
  • assimilation
  • diffusion

Questão 145

Questão
A good example of a functional region wold be:
Responda
  • region of a similar climate
  • a city and its surrounding region
  • region with a different religions
  • region where farming practices are the same
  • region where everyone speaks french

Questão 146

Questão
Which is NOT used by geographers to determine absolute location?
Responda
  • Distance to nearest city
  • Equator
  • Prime Meridian
  • Longitude
  • Latitude

Questão 147

Questão
What type of boundary does the Great Wall of China best illustrate?
Responda
  • Antededent boundary
  • Relic boundary
  • Excalve boundary
  • Natural boundary
  • Geometric boundary

Questão 148

Questão
A boundary between two countries is a
Responda
  • in name only
  • point of separation on and below the surface only
  • vertical plane that cuts through the rocks below and air above
  • line on the ground
  • line shown only on maps

Questão 149

Questão
A weaker country that separate two powerful countries whose ideology and/or political views conflict is a
Responda
  • buffer state
  • fragmented state
  • core state
  • periphery state
  • viable state

Questão 150

Questão
AN example of gerrymandering would be establishing
Responda
  • taxing bodies and districts based upon differential storm drainage and sewage problems
  • voting districts drawn to give one political party an unfair legislative advatnage
  • central city and suburban municipal boundaries
  • separate but equal attendance districts
  • electing a city mayor using popular vote

Questão 151

Questão
A nation-state is a country
Responda
  • whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a nation
  • whose territory is politically subdivided among two or more distinct ethnic groups
  • none of these
  • that in forgein affairs is under the control of another palce
  • that has a federal form of representative government

Questão 152

Questão
Yugoslavia was a prime example of a
Responda
  • nation-state
  • multi-state nation
  • stateless nation
  • universalizing religion
  • multi-nation state

Questão 153

Questão
The European state idea spread throughout the world through____________
Responda
  • European colonialism
  • League of Nations planning
  • world war I
  • contagious diffusion
  • economic development

Questão 154

Questão
The process of adjustment of the number of representatives int he U.S. House of Representatives to reflect shifts in population patterns is known as
Responda
  • reapportiontment
  • electoral geography
  • gerrymandering
  • realignment
  • territorial representation

Questão 155

Questão
The boundaries between which set of countries were established primarily to separate different religions?
Responda
  • Mexico and United States
  • Russia and Ukraine
  • India and Pakistan
  • Libya and Chad
  • France and Germany

Questão 156

Questão
Ratzel's organic theory was converted into a subfield of political geography called geopolitics which subsequently translated into practical national policies by some of his students. What country used geopolitics as a philosophy of expansion.
Responda
  • Nazi Germany
  • United States
  • Japan
  • Britain
  • France

Questão 157

Questão
All of the following statements about the United Nations are true EXCEPT that it
Responda
  • is stronger than its predecessor, the League of Nations
  • has no authority over the military forces of individual countries
  • requires its members to surrender a certain degree of sovereignty
  • allows a forum for communication
  • sponsors a variety of programs and agencies

Questão 158

Questão
An identification with the state and an acceptance of national goals is called
Responda
  • nationalism
  • ethnocentrism
  • regionalism
  • territoriality
  • iconography

Questão 159

Questão
Which is an example of an allocational boundary dispute?
Responda
  • dispute over the function of a boundary with regard to migration
  • dsipute over rights to resources (e.g. oil, water) crossed by international boundaries
  • dispute over boundaries not covered by a treaty (e.g. Yemen-Saudi Arabia
  • dispute over the interpretation of boundary treaty terminology
  • none of these

Questão 160

Questão
The policy of a state wanting to add territory from another state inhabited by people who have cultural links to their own state is
Responda
  • the gravity model
  • culture rebound
  • ethnocentrism
  • the interaction model
  • irredentism

Questão 161

Questão
Which is not characteristic of unitary state governments
Responda
  • more successful in smaller states
  • highly centralized
  • capital city functions as core of power
  • suppression of regional subcultures
  • concerned with fostering diversity of regional cultural expression

Questão 162

Questão
Geometric boundaries, totally unrelated to any aspects of the cultural of the cultural or physical landscape, were made considerable use of by the colonial powers in ______________
Responda
  • South America
  • Africa
  • Colonial America
  • Central America
  • Asia

Questão 163

Questão
The boundary between the United States and Canada west of the Great Lakes is an example of a(n)
Responda
  • administrative boundary
  • mountain crest boundary
  • physical-political boundary
  • geometric boundary
  • None of these.

Questão 164

Questão
A region that historically is caught between stronger colliding external forces. The region is often fractured and splintered politically and ethnically. This is an example of a(n)
Responda
  • periphery
  • primate state
  • core
  • shatterbelt
  • insurgent state

Questão 165

Questão
The movement of power from the central government to regional governments is referred to as ___________
Responda
  • pluralism
  • supranationalism
  • irredentism
  • revolution
  • devolution

Questão 166

Questão
Which of the following terms refers to an individual or group attempt to identify and establish control over the land? This concept often leads to defense of the land.
Responda
  • ethnocentrism
  • materialism
  • territoriality
  • consequent boundary
  • secularism

Questão 167

Questão
A consequent or ethnographic boundary
Responda
  • is drawn across an area before it is settled
  • typically follows a line of latitude or longitude
  • drawn over cultural lines and patterns without regard
  • is based on a recognizable physiographic feature
  • coincides with some cultural divide, such as religion or language

Questão 168

Questão
Fragmented state can help create which type of forces within a state
Responda
  • Backwash effect
  • Centripetal
  • Centrifugal
  • Irredentism
  • Cumulative causation

Questão 169

Questão
The Rio Grande, which forms part of the boundary between Mexico and the United States, is an example of
Responda
  • geometric boundary
  • an artificial boundary
  • a water divide
  • a relic boundary
  • a natural boundary

Questão 170

Questão
Which types of countries usually encompass diverse types of climates, resources, and peoples?
Responda
  • Perforated
  • Elongated
  • Compact
  • Fragmented
  • Prorupt

Questão 171

Questão
The exercise of state power over people and territory, and being recognized by other international states, refers to
Responda
  • imperialism
  • centrifugalism
  • sovereignty
  • nationalism
  • citizenship

Questão 172

Questão
Africa experienced a period of decolonization and creation of many new states during which time period?
Responda
  • 1850s
  • 1700s
  • 1930s
  • Late 19th century
  • 1950s and 60s

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