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Semester PreTest Unit I,II,III
Semester PreTest Unit I,II,III
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1
The gravity model describes an inverse relationship between the
volume of migration distance between source and destination
intervening obstacles and intervening opportunities
flows and counterflows of migration
step migration and intervening opportunities
2
Which of the following is currently a major global migration flow
Asia to North America
South America to East Asia
North America to South America
Europe to East Asia
3
Which of the following is an accurate statement about the population of China
population is spread out fairly evenly across the country
population on the coastline has no large cities
population is more concentrated in the south of the country
the western part of the country is sparsely populated
4
Which of the following is NOT an ethnic religion
Hinduism
Judaism
Shintoism
Sikhism
5
a country has an arithmetic density of 78 and a physiological density of 3500, it likely has
a high carrying capacity
a very large population
a very small population
little arable land
6
If people believe that a devastating flood was caused by the displeasure of the gods.
environmental determinism
environmental perception
cultural determinism
possibilism
7
Sunni and Shiite are two major branches of
Islam
Hinduism
Daoism
Buddhism
8
Demographic transition theory is concerned with which of the following concepts
core-periphery relations
migration patterns
economic development
population growth
9
As Islam spread to Sub-Saharan Africa, its first converts were the elites then natives
stimulus diffusion
time-distance decay
hierarchical diffusion
relocation diffusion
10
The theory that population patterns vary according to levels of technological development is
the demographic equation
stationary population theory
demographic transition theory
the gravity model
11
Which of the following is NOT a region of high population concentration
South Africa
Southeast Asia
South Asia
East Asia
12
A hybrid that serves as a second language for everyone who uses it is called a
pidgin
lingua franco
creole
isoglosses
13
Which of the following is a language sub-family
Romance languages
Indo-European language
American Indian language
Afro-Asiatic language
14
of the ten major languages has the highest number of people who speak it as a first language
Chinese
English
Spanish
Hindi
15
Mathematical calculations using latitude and longitude allow us to determine the
toponym of a particular place
physical site characteristics of all places on earth
absolute location of a particular place
arrangement of objects on earths surface
16
Which of the following countries are majority Shiite
Iraq and Iran
Iraq and Jordan
Turkey and Syria
Iran and Saudi Arabia
17
Examples of modern lingua franco languages are
Hindustani, German, and French
Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, and French
Russian, Hindustani, and Mandarin Chinese
Russian, English, and Swahili
18
Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape
a stand of pine trees
terraced fields of crops up a mountainside
a coral reef
tropical jungle
19
The three major branches of Christianity in the world today are
Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant
Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, and Pentecostal
Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Sunni
Lutheran, Roman Catholic, and Methodist
20
The country where the Industrial Revolution first began was
Italy
Great Britian
Germany
the United States
21
Meridians and parallels are most helpful in determining
the "why and where"
spatial organization
physical site characteristics
absolute location
22
During the late 1800s, an important pull factor for immigrants to the United States was
the Industrial Revolution in the U.S.
political persecution in Russia
a potato famine in Ireland
political unrest of Germany and Eastern Europe
23
concept distance decay best illustrates which of the following Ravenstein's laws of migration
Families are less likely to make international moves
Migrants who move longer distances tend to choose cities
Each migration produces a counterflow
The majority of immigrants only move a short distance
24
Refugees fleeing from Balkans during the 1990's were mostly reacting to
cultural pull factors
cultural push factors
economic pull factors
economic push factors
25
Which of the following is least likely to have a high population density
sea level altitudes in North America
river valleys in Africa
interior areas of Australia
coastal areas of South America
26
populous countries in the world that have actively applied restrictive population policies are
the United States and Japan
Russia and China
India and China
China and Indonesia
27
The phenomenon of space-time compression has been most directly promoted by
social development
globalization
modernization
value added productivity
28
A condition in which many languages are spoken, each by a relatively small number of people
diasporas
bilingualism
linguistic fragmentation
linguistic relativism
29
measures the position of an object on earth and stores information about it in layers is called
map projection
GPS
physical landscape
GIS
30
first critic to note that the population was increasing faster than the food supplies was
Timothy Malthus
Tobey Malthus
Thomas Malthus
Tyler Malthus
31
The art and science of mapmaking is called
epidemiology
cartography
topography
ecology
32
The field that studies the relationship between the natural environment and culture is called
syncretism
linguistic geography
environmental determinism
cultural ecology
33
The type of culture that emphasizes artifacts is called
material culture
a culture system
a culture hearth
a culture trait
34
Which of the following is an economic pull factor that encourages migration
religious persecution in the land of origin
lack of job opportunities in the land of orgin
similar cultural practices in the land of origin
plentiful jobs in the destination area
35
U.S. government agency directly responsible for counting and collecting information on people
Office of Adminstartion
Department of Health and Human Services
Census Bureau
Office of Management and Budget
36
region categorization that emphasizes the relationship between core and peripheral areas
uniform regions
functional regions
formal regions
perceptual regions
37
Which of the following religions has the largest number of adherents
Judaism
Buddhism
Islam
Christianity
38
A special type of map designed to reveal the nature of local topography is called a
reference map
Robinson Projection
local-global continuum map
contour map
39
one of the first geographers to accurately calculate the circumference of the earth
Eratosthenes
Ptolemy
George Perkins Marsh
Idrisi
40
traveler crosses the International Date Line from America to Asia, (s)he will set the time
24 hours back
24 hours ahead
48 hours ahead
12 hours back
41
which of the following countries will surpass China as the most populous country by 2050
Japan
the United States
India
Russia
42
transition theory, which stages in a country's development is population increasing
stages 3 and 4
stages 1 and 2
stages 1 and 4
stages 2 and 3
43
The phenomenon of distance decay helps to explain the tendency for people to
reject intervening opportunities when presented
choose cities as their destinations
make international moves when they are young
stay fairly close to home when they migrate
44
Which of following are areas that people believe to exist as part of their cultural identity
uniform regions
functional regions
formal regions
perceptual regions
45
form of relocation diffusion in which the spread of culture traits is slow enough to weaken
migrant diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
stimulus diffusion
contagious diffusion
46
Which of the following is NOT a physical site characteristic
amount of rainfall
type of vegetation
location of a smaller street in relation to a main street
type of soil
47
Which of the following is an example of the spatial analysis tradition in geography
the size of major oceans
a checkerboard pattern created by agricultural use of land
the number of ships constructed in New England
natural vegetation on hillsides
48
The practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture is called
ethnocentrism
syncretism
acculturation
cultural relativism
49
Which of the following is a disadvantage of a map based on the Mercator projection
True direction is difficult to determine
Land masses in the southern hemisphere appear to be smaller
Size , especially the North and South Poles are exaggerated
South America and Africa appear to be much larger
50
Push and Pull factors explain reasons why people?
adopt cultural beliefs
cultural landscapes
migrate
try to promote sustainable development
51
Buddhism and Confucianism continued to be important forces, with a more or less equal exchange
transculturation
assimilation
cultural transmission
acculturation
52
combination of natural change and net migration to summarize population change over time is
demographic momentum
the epidemiologic transition
the gravity model
demographic equation
53
Which of the following churches is most prominent in the southern United States
Baptist Church
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Presbyterian Church
Episcopalian Church
54
Which of the following would be a large scale map be most helpful
determining which way to turn on a small street
mapping a route to circumvent traffic in a large city
navigating terrain with significant changes in altitude
showing the relationship between to continents
55
The pressure people put on the land to produce enough food is measured by
the stationary population level
physiological population
arithmetic density
population concentrations
56
Linguistic geographers map the area in which particular words are spoken, marking their limits
dialect
toponyms
dialects
isoglosses
57
Which of the following areas of the world currently have net in-migration?
Australia and Africa
Latin America and Europe
Latin America and Asia
North America and Australia
58
The branch of Buddhism with the largest number of adherents is
Theraveda
Baha'i
Mahayana
Tantrayana
59
Which of following were cultural hearths
Bulgaria, pakistan, africa, guam
Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, Indus Valley, East Asia
Kansas Valley, Choctaw, River Valley, Sleeping Canyon
Korea, East Russia, Siberia, Morocco
60
The largest branch of Islam is
Sunni
Shiite
Sikhism
Muslim
61
Place names may also be called
Toponyms
site factors
isoglosses
perceptual regions
62
Which of the following best describes demographic momentum
Despite falling fertility rate, population still grows
drop in infant mortality rate, drop in death rate
birth rate rates decline, elderly people increase
the difference between births and deaths
63
All of the following are correct statements about time zones EXCEPT
Many areas have adopted daylight savings time
Times zones are geometrically subdivided by 15' of longitude
China has more time zones than the US because its larger
The local time in neighboring zones is 1 hour
64
Brazil's moving its capital from Rio de Janeiro to to Brazilia reflects the country's desire to
urban hierarchy
forward capital
world city
primate city
65
Which of the following religions have direct roots in Judaism
Islam and Christianity
Hinduism and Eastern Orthodoxy
Sikhism and Islam
Christianity and Buddhism
66
Which of the following countries has the largest percentage of Roman Catholics
Great Britain
the United States
Indonesia
Brazil
67
Branch of Christianity with the largest number of adherents
Roman Catholic
Lutheranism
Eastern Orthodox
Protestantism
68
An advantage of the Peters map projection is that it
does not exaggerate the size of areas to the north and south
accurately compares land masses in terms of area
does not distort shapes
represents lines of constant compass bearing
69
If it is 9 A.M. in New York City, what time would it be in Los Angeles
10 A.M.
6 A.M.
1 P.M.
noon
70
Religion distinguishes itself from other belief systems by its emphasis on
the sacred and divine
the existence of gods
supernatural intervention
the ability of human beings to guide their on lives
71
Which of the following is a dialect
Indo-European
Latin
southern United States
Romance
72
Culture complexes are made up of many culture
systems
hearths
regions
traits
73
Which is computed by subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate
natural increase
life expectancy
mortality rate
total fertility rate
74
Which of the following is generally encouraged by folk cultures
uniform landscapes
cultural diversity
increased demand for natural resources
increased pollution
75
Mahayana, Theraveda, and Tantrayana are three branches of
Hinduism
Buddhism
Sikhism
Islam