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This quiz is to help review Unit 2 Population geography and Unit 3 Cultural geography.
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1
Which of the following areas is considered part of the ecumene?
Mid-latitude deserts of Africa
Polar ice caps
the banks along the lower Nile river
Himalayan mountain zone above 20,000 feet
2
Which population pyramid best reflects the population structure of Germany?
Pyramid C
Pyramid A
Pyramid E
Pyramid D
3
Which of the following is not a strong centripetal force in the United States?
national anthem
baseball
many ethnic groups
flag
4
Which two cities in the United States often serve as hearths for popular culture?
Los Angeles and Detroit
New York and Miami
New York and Los Angeles
New York and Chicago
5
Which of the following is an example of an intervening obstacles?
The wall separating the West Bank from Israel
Laws requiring immigrants to obtain
The Demilitarized Zone on the Korean Peninsula
All of these are
6
Which of the following is an example of a pull factor?
War or famine in the migrant's country of origin
Plentiful jobs in the migrant's chosen destination
Political persecution in a migrant's homeland
Religious persecution in a migrant's chosen destination
7
When did the United States experience record numbers of immigrants?
A and B only
Early 20th century
Mid 20th century
Late 19th century
8
A system for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is
Mercator
Cartography
Distortion
Projection
9
The concept that nationalities have the right to govern themselves is known as the right of
sovereignty
centripetal force
self-determinsim
centrifugal force
10
Presently, most population growth in the world is occuring
in LDCs
in Africa
in Western countries
in MDCs
11
Since 1950, this part of the developing world has seen a dramatic increase in population.
Rural areas
Areas away from coasts
Non-industrial areas
Urban areas
12
Which statement concerning the globalization of Western culture is
true
?
Backlash against Western culture has resulted in violence
Areas of the world have actively resisted Western culture
Many foreign cultures have adoped Western traits.
All of these are true
13
An example of an anti-natalist population program is
Singapore's Population and Family Planning board
China's One child policy
India's sterilization programs
All of the above
14
Which of these modern languages spread globally as a result of religion?
Spanish
English
Arabic
French
15
The largest major population concentration of North America is
from Toronto to Montreal
from Miami to Jacksonville
from San Diego to San Francisco
from Washington D.C. to Boston
16
All of the following are examples of a "Brain Drain"
except
Russian scientists after the fall of the Soviet Union
migration of Mexican farmers to the United States
Cuban doctors after the rise of Fidel Castro
German aerospace experts following World War II
17
Which country would be a good example of a theocracy?
Iraq
Iran
India
Japan
18
Religions' influence on the cultural landscape can be seen in all the following ways
except
places of worship
burial grounds
commercial districts
shrines
19
Problems with multi-lingual states include
All of the above
antagonism between speakers of the different languages
increased costs for printing government signs & literature
place names are identified differently in different language
20
To geographers, the spread of McDonald's around the world represents
the relocation diffusion of restaurants.
economic and cultural globalization.
a popular fad.
a unique taste in nearly every location.
21
The Kurds
have no wish to become a nationality
live in a country created for them b/w Iraq, Iran, & Turkey.
a group which long ago migrated from Anatolia to the Balkans
are a stateless nation divided among Iraq, Iran, and Turkey
22
Which of the following factors does
not
affect a person's life expectancy?
Socio-economic status
Parents' age at the time of the person's birth
Education
Gender/sex
23
Studying religion is important to understanding a culture because
religious beliefs are reflected in most aspects of culture
religions don't have any impact on the built landscape
religions are key to understanding the role of women
major world religions can be linked to a cultural homeland
24
Jerusalem is a sacred city for all of the following religions except
Judaism
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
25
A nationality is
A country
group tied to a place thru legal status & tradition
identity
a group with shared religion, language, and origin of birth.
26
Which of the following is an example of an intervening opportunity?
the wall separating the West Bank from Israel
Taking a high paying job on the way to somewhere else
All of above
The Sahara Desert separating North Africa from West Africa
27
American English has adopted extensive vocabulary from which of the following languages?
French
Spanish
Native American
All of the above
28
Nearly half of the people in the world speak a language from this language family.
Germanic
Niger-Congo
Japanese
Indo-European
29
African Americans are clustered in what area of the United States?
Southwest
West
Northeast
Southeast
30
Popular culture is characterized by all of the following
except
globalization
homogeneous population
quickly changing attributes
urban population
31
What was apartheid?
South Africa's governmental system
the existence of landlocked states in southern Africa
the dialect of Dutch which is spoken in South Africa
the geographic separation of races in South Africa
32
Into which stage of the demographic transition would Brazil & Mexico fit?
Stage 3
Stage 5
Stage 2
Stage 4
33
The use of French as an official language of Senegal demonstrates the
work of French Catholic missionaries
desire to adopt all the official languages of the UN
concept of lingua franca
amount of power the French wielded over its colony
34
Site identifies a place by its
location relative to other objects
nominal location.
mathematical location on Earth's surface.
unique physical characteristics.
35
Which statement best describes the Muslim population of the world?
Largest # is in S. Asia & S.E. Asia
Largest # is in S.W. Asia and E. Africa
Largest # is in the Middle East and North Africa
equally divided between Middle East, S. Asia, & S.E. Asia
36
The largest source of international immigrants to the United States is from
Canada
India
China
Mexico
37
Which of the following is an effect of chain migration on the area of destination?
Urban slums
Culture clusters
Urban ethnic enclaves
Multi-ethnic neighborhoods
38
In developed countries, guest worker programs
encourage the diversification of culture in a country
are used because native workers cost too much to hire
often have negative consequences to a country's birth rate
recruit workers from LDCs to fill a need for unskilled labor
39
The highest crude birth rate (CBR) in the world are found in
China
Sub-Saharan Africa
Middle East
Latin America
40
Which is an example of a folk cultural landscape in the United States?
All of the above
Amish communities in Pennsylvania
Pueblo communities in New Mexico
Log cabins in Appalachia
41
Which statement about universalizing religions is correct?
Universalizing religion seeks converts from other religions
A universalizing religion is one into which people are born.
B and C only
A universalizing religion is usually easy to join.
42
Dialects are local variants in language that differ in their
spelling
vocabulary
all of the above
pronunciation
43
The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet
GPS
Remote Positioning
GIS
Remote Sensing
44
Culture is spread
migrants
war and occupation
all of the above
trans-national corporations
45
Balkanization refers to
religions splintering into opposing groups
ethnic cleansing
breakdown of a state due to conflicts among nationalities
the creation of nation-states in southeastern Europe
46
According to Thomas Malthus, natural checks on a population include all of the following except
famine
disease
war
agricultural advancements
47
Roman Catholics in the United States are largely concentrated in
West Coast
Northeastern USA
South
All of the above
48
How are Buddhism and Hinduism similar?
Both religions believe in magic and divination.
Both religions believe in judgement day & rewards in heaven
Both religions believe in ahimsa, principle of non-violence
Both religions believe in a rigid class system
49
1 of the most obvious ways 4 a culture to exert its influence on the landscape in an urban area
make sure business leaders join the chamber of Commerce
it to make sure that their children go to public schools
is to make sure business signs are written in their language
it to take out loans from bankers
50
Which of the following countries has the lowest arithmetic density?
United States
Canada
Brazil
United Kingdom
51
Which of the following is an example of hierarchical diffusion?
The spread of Spanish language to Latin America
spread of laptop computers from the upper class to middle
Spread of Wal-Mart from Arkansas to the rest of the U. S.
Spread of AIDS from Africa to Europe
52
Which of the following is an example of a revived language?
Swahili
Hebrew
Greek
Latin
53
Which of the following is an example of a push factor?
Plentiful jobs in the migrant's chosen destination.
A stable government in the migrant's country of origin.
Lack of employment in a migrant's city of residence.
A stable government in the migrant's chosen destination.
54
The former Soviet Union used which as the primary centripetal device?
ethnicity
music
language
religion
55
Problems associated with fast population growth in cities include
an increase in air and water pollution
an increase in traffic congestion
All of the above
the loss of productive farmland near cities
56
The most numerous ethnicity in the United States is
African-Americans
Hispanics
Whites
Asians
57
Which of the following is an example of a formal cultural region?
The East
The South
The Gulf Coast
The Corn Belt
