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AMSCO Fall Sem. Exam Review 1
AMSCO Fall Sem. Exam Review 1
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1
Which is the lingua franca of East African nations?
Swahili
French
English
Mandarin Chinese
2
What religion started in South Asia and spread throughout much of SE and East Asia?
Buddhism
Chrisitanity
Hinduism
Sikhism
3
What incorporates traits that diffuse quickly to a wide variety of places?
popular culture
folk/ indigenous culture
4
Russia's political relationship with its autonomous republics and the central government is
where the autonomous republics are able to operate alone due to resources
that Russia is a unitary state with many ethnic groups united in a country
shown through complete control by the central gov. to stop devolution
a multistate nation with contested regional boundaries
5
the spread of specialty coffees around the US in the 1990s is an example of:
stimulus diffusion
periodic movement
contagious diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
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cultural landscape is
an area dedicated to cultural activities
the types of art, music, dance, and theater in an area
the ways people in different cultures perceive the environment
the forms superimposed on the physical environment by activities of humans
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which area has conflicts between the Serbs, Albanians, and Bosnians?
The Himalayas
The Balkan Peninsula
The Persian Gulf
The West Bank
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a formal region is
an area with a unified government
an area with uniformity in one or more physical or human characteristics
an area with a core that dominates its surrounding hinterlands
a transportation network that links different types of land use
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Religions that attempt to attract all people to their beliefs are
universalizing
ethnic
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Compared with MDCs, LDCs...
have lower natural increase rates
have a higher consumption of energy
has a narrower base on their population pyramid
have a higher percentage of the workforce in food production
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What is a group of people with a common history?
ethnicity
race
nation
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Which of the following is an example of a multinational state?
Japan
The United Kingdom
France
Denmark
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Which is not true of Hinduism?
it began in India
it involves belief in reincarnation
it is an ethnic religion
it is a syncretic religion
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cultural diffusion refers to the
spread of an idea or innovation from its source
assimilation of a minority culture to the majority
integration of behavioral traits within a group
modification of Earth's surface by human actions
15
Brazil relocated its capital city. Which of the following is true about this action -
a more central location was chosen
a militarily strategic location was chosen
a coastal location was chosen
an isolated location was chosen
16
Which is not one of the five most populated countries?
Japan
India
China
US
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the number of people a region can reasonably support, given its landscape, resources, and trading ability is
overpopulation
carrying capacity
physiological density
infrastructure
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an urban ethnic enclave held together by external forces of discrimination, community identity, and ethnic solidarity is
an isogloss
an exclave
a ghetto
a commune
19
Iran has a majority of
Sunni Muslims
Shiite Muslims
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Female empowerment in MDCs has resulted in
decreased death rates
increased death rates
increased total fertility rates
decreased total fertility rates
21
A highly simplified language developed between linguistically different groups for basic communication is
bilingualism
lingua franca
pidgin
creole
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a language spoken at many international business meetings and political summits would be evidence of that language as
a lingua franca
a pidgin
a creole
a dialect
23
LDCs have a population that
is relatively young
is stable
has more males than females
Has a large amount of elderly
24
the caste system has to do with what religion?
buddhism
hinduism
islam
confucianism
25
In the US the largest concentration of Amish are found in
Tennessee, Arkansas, and Kentucky
Rhode Island, New York and West Virginia
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana
Minnesota, Michigan, and Illinois
26
Which is the dominant language family in India?
Afro-Asiatic
Indo-European
Dravidian
Sino-Tibetan
27
According to UNCLOS who holds claims to the Spratly islands?
claims overlap -territory up to 12 nautical miles from coast
claims overlap due to the median line principle
claims overlap -exclusive economic zones up to 200 nautical mi. from shore
claims overlap based on historic possession of the islands
28
according to environmental determinism, which area would have the most productive settlements?
tropical regions
arctic regions
mountainous regions
temperate regions
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environmental determinism states
human destiny is controlled by the cultural environment
the physical environment controls human behavior
the physical environment has little influence on humans
humans have complete control over the physical environment
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evaluating another culture according to the limited perspective of one's own culture is
acculturation
ethnocentrism
ethnography
anthropocentrism
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Folk/indigenous culture is often handed down
in books of history
orally
through trends
in popular music
