Which of the following best describes Stage 1 of the Demographic Transition Model?

B) High birth rates and high death rates

Which of the following best describes a fragmented state?

(C) A state composed of multiple pieces of territory, such as Indonesia.

Which of the following is the best example of language convergence?

Maltese forming from two separate languages

What is the difference between absolute location and relative location?

A. Absolute location refers to a place's coordinates

What is a buffer state?

A state that serves as a zone of separation between two larger powers.

In the demographic transition model (DTM), what characteristics define countries in Stage 3?

B. Declining birth rates and low death rates

A country in Stage 4 of the Demographic Transition Model is most likely to exhibit which of the following?

Declining birth rates and low death rates leading to pop. stabilization.

What is the primary purpose of a population pyramid?

B. To display the age and sex composition of a population

What are satellite photos used for and how is the information collected?

By satellite cameras and used for the military and to see land shifts

What grows faster, geometric or arithmetic growth?

Geometric, because it grows exponentially

Which best explains the Malthusian theory about population growth

Population grows exponentially while food grows arithmetically

Which of the following is an example of language divergence?

Roman expansion, which led to languages like Spanish, French, Italian

C. A strong sense of pride, loyalty, and devotion to one’s nation.

1. Which of the following is an example of a centripetal force in a country?

A) A strong national identity that unites citizens

What kind of diffusion is the spread from the bottom of a hierarchy to other parts at the bottom, bypassing the top?

B) Reverse-hierarchical diffusion

Which of the following best describes the term "urbanization"?

Increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas

What’s the difference between the demographic transition model (DTM) and the epidemiologic model (EM)?

DTM focuses on population patterns, EM examines changing disease patterns

What is an example of lingua franca?

Language that serves as a common means of communication

2. What is the main difference between acculturation and assimilation?

Acculturation involves blending elements of two cultures

Which of the following is a characteristic of a developed country?

C) High standard of living and advanced technological infrastructure

What is globalization?

Increased cultural and economic connectedness in the world

Which of the following would be a good example of sequent occupance?

The construction of a modern city over the ruins of an ancient civilization

The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 is an example of:

The imposition of superimposed boundaries by colonial powers.

Which of the following is an example of a push factor in migration?

B) Natural disaster in the country of origin

The process of highly educated leaving their home country

Which of the following best explains the concept of dependency ratio in a country’s population?

Proportion of the working-age population to the non-working-age population

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1
Which of the following best describes Stage 1 of the Demographic Transition Model?
A) High birth rates and rapidly declining death rates
B) High birth rates and high death rates
D) Low birth rates and high death rates
C) Low birth rates and low death rates
2
Which of the following is an example of a push factor that might cause migration?
A) High employment opportunities
D) Access to better education
C) Favorable climate
B) Political instability
3
Which type of region is defined by each person based on ideas, perceptions, education, or experiences?
Perceptual
Formal
Scale of inquiry
Functional
4
During which stage of the DTM does a population typically experience the highest rate of natural increase?
D) Stage 4 (Low Stationary)
C) Stage 3 (Late Expanding)
B) Stage 2 (Early Expanding)
A) Stage 1 (High Stationary)
5
Which of the following best describes a fragmented state?
(A) A state that has a long, narrow shape, such as Chile.
State that surrounds another state, like S Africa surrounding Lesotho.
(D) A state with an extended arm of territory, such as Thailand.
(C) A state composed of multiple pieces of territory, such as Indonesia.
6
Where is the cultural hearth of Hinduism?
Southwest Africa
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Southern Europe
7
Which of the following is the best example of language convergence?
Maltese forming from two separate languages
Someone who is bilingual and mixes both languages in conversation
A patois being formed from English
Spanish and Portuguese splitting off from Latin
8
What is the difference between absolute location and relative location?
Absolute location describes weather patterns
Absolute location is based on cultural landmarks.
Absolute location changes over time, but relative location stays constant.
A. Absolute location refers to a place's coordinates
9
Which of these would not be a centripetal force?
Dominant political values honored by many civilians
Ethnic diversity
Religion followed by whole state
National language spoken by majority of the population
10
What is a buffer state?
A state that serves as a zone of separation between two larger powers.
A state that is entirely dependent on another country
A state that has no defined borders
A state that is completely isolated from its neighboring countries
11
What is most likely to result from a treaty between two nations that agree to not keep any military personal in between
B) De-Militarized Zone
A) Geometric boundary
D) Militarized Zone
C) Subsequent boundary
12
In the demographic transition model (DTM), what characteristics define countries in Stage 3?
B. Declining birth rates and low death rates
A. High birth rates and high death rates
C. High birth rates and rapidly declining death rates
D. Low birth rates and high death rates
13
A country in Stage 4 of the Demographic Transition Model is most likely to exhibit which of the following?
(C) Extremely high birth rates resulting in rapid population growth.
(A) High birth and death rates leading to a stable population.
A rapidly declining population due to high death rates and low birth rates
Declining birth rates and low death rates leading to pop. stabilization.
14
Forced Migration is often caused by which action?
B.Seasonal Migration
C.Return Migration
D.Chain Migration
A.Ethnic cleansing
15
What is the primary purpose of a population pyramid?
B. To display the age and sex composition of a population
A. To show the distribution of natural resources in a region
C. To compare urban and rural populations
D. To highlight the number of people migrating to a country
16
What are satellite photos used for and how is the information collected?
By satellites and cell towers and is applied by using to find long. and lat
By satellite cameras and used for the military and to see land shifts
By mail or phone and is applied for govt use and company expansion
By asking people and used to make general changes
17
The coordinates for Spain’s capital, Madrid, are 40.416775, -3.703790. Which spacial concept fits.
D. Place
A. Absolute Location
B. Relative Location
C. Space
18
What grows faster, geometric or arithmetic growth?
Geometric, because it grows linearly
Geometric, because it grows exponentially
Arithmetic, because it grows linearly
Arithmetic, because it grows exponentially
19
Which best explains the Malthusian theory about population growth
Population and food grow at the same rate
Population grows arithmetically leading to excess food
Population grows exponentially while food grows arithmetically
Advances in technology will ensure that food will always be in excess
20
Which of the following is an example of language divergence?
Roman expansion, which led to languages like Spanish, French, Italian
Decrease of use of different languages in one country.
Blending Arabic and French in everyday speech in Morocco
A mix of English and Spanish.
21
What is nationalism?
B. A political ideology focused on global cooperation.
C. A strong sense of pride, loyalty, and devotion to one’s nation.
D. advocating for the elimination of all borders between countries.
A. A belief in maintaining strict social norms.
22
1. Which of the following is an example of a centripetal force in a country?
C) Religious diversity that leads to conflict
D) A strong economy that benefits only one region
A) A strong national identity that unites citizens
B) Regional languages that create divisions
23
Which refers to the number of people living per unit of area, such as per square kilometer or square mile?
B) Population Density
D) Dependency Ratio
A) Fertility Rate
C) Carrying Capacity
24
What kind of diffusion is the spread from the bottom of a hierarchy to other parts at the bottom, bypassing the top?
C) Stimulus Diffusion
A) Hierarchical Diffusion
B) Reverse-hierarchical diffusion
D) Relocation Diffusion
25
Which of the following best describes the term "urbanization"?
Increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas
B) The increase in population density in rural areas
C) The movement of people from cities to rural areas
A) The spread of agricultural practices to urban areas
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What’s the difference between the demographic transition model (DTM) and the epidemiologic model (EM)?
DTM examines the death patterns, EM examines population growth
DTM and EM both examine population growth
DTM focuses on population patterns, EM examines changing disease patterns
27
Which one is NOT a part of the language tree?
Dialect
Toponyms
Language family
Language group
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What is an example of lingua franca?
Language that serves as a common means of communication
Language that is secretly spoken in a trading community
Language that is only spoken by a small group of people in specific region
A language used by a specific community for religious purposes
29
What is the idea that technology reduces the significance of distance and time?
Flow
Space
Time-space compression
Distance Decay
30
2. What is the main difference between acculturation and assimilation?
Acc. applies to individuals, while assimilat. applies to entire societies.
Accult. and assimilat. are identical processes with no differences.
Acculturation involves fully adopting a new culture
Acculturation involves blending elements of two cultures
31
Which of the following is an example of a formal (uniform) region?
D) The trade network of the Port of Houston
C) The Sahara Desert
B) The Midwest of the United States
A) The area served by a local newspaper
32
A store that uses zip codes to map sales data most likely uses
GPS
Topographic analysis
GIS
Remote sensing
33
Which of the following could result in a higher dependency ratio?
An increase in immigration of working age people.
A Decline in birth rates.
Economic development and urbanization.
An aging population.
34
A man immigrates from Japan to America and uses chopsticks in America. What type of diffusion is this?
B. Expansion diffusion
A. Anti-cultural diffusion
D. Relocation diffusion
C. Contagious diffusion
35
Which of the following is a characteristic of a developed country?
B) Low literacy rates and high poverty levels
D) High levels of rural population and agricultural employment
C) High standard of living and advanced technological infrastructure
A) High birth rates and low life expectancy
36
What is globalization?
all of the above
A group of related languages that share the same ancestry
Process that shapes culture
Increased cultural and economic connectedness in the world
37
Which of the following would be a good example of sequent occupance?
A government policy that forces a population to migrate to another country.
The spread of a particular religion to other countries through missionaries
The construction of a modern city over the ruins of an ancient civilization
Native American tribe that lives in the same region for thousands of years
38
The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 is an example of:
The creation of consequent boundaries based on ethnic divisions.
The establishment of antecedent boundaries based on physical geography.
The imposition of superimposed boundaries by colonial powers.
The relic boundaries left by European colonization in South America.
39
Which of the following is not a key characteristic of a formal region?
Shared physical/cultural trait
Homogenous characteristics
A focal point/node
Well defined boundaries
40
Which of the following is an example of a push factor in migration?
D) Cultural similarity between the origin and destination countries
A) High job availability in the destination country
B) Natural disaster in the country of origin
C) Good climate conditions in the destination
41
Which of the following is not a spatial concept?
Longitude and latitude
Environmental determinism
Distance decay
Cultural diffusion
42
Which one of these is geographic data?
GIS (Geographic information system)
Satellite imagery
GPS (Global positioning system)
All of the above
43
The UK granted power to Scotland, Wales, and N, Ireland and they all have distinct cultural identities. What is this?
Centrifugal
Devolution
Buffer State
Capital
44
A country with a high CDR and a low CBR is probably experiencing which of the following?
A) A growing population
B) A stable population
C) A declining population
D) A demographic transition to Stage 2
45
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of cultural landscape?
The diffusion of popular culture
Patterns of physical geography
The design of buildings in a community
A traditional church in the city
46
Many jobs opened in a city and the majority of the rural population moved to an urban area. What type of force is this?
Centripetal Force
Centrifugal Force
Pull Factor
47
My family moved to Montana and I was in Wyoming but I migrated to MT because of them. What type of migration is this?
Step migration
Chain-migration
Return migration
48
What type of religion is identified with a particular tribe or group that does not seek converts?
Mormonistic religion
Monotheistic religion
Polytheistic religion
Ethnic religion
49
What is brain drain?
The movement of capital and resources from one country to another.
The process of highly educated leaving their home country
The migration of laborers to other countries for low-wage jobs.
Immigrants bringing new skills and knowledge to their home country.
50
What is the cultural hearth of Islam?
.Southwest Asia
India
Southeast Asia
51
Which of the following best explains the concept of dependency ratio in a country’s population?
Proportion of the working-age population to the non-working-age population
D) The number of births in a population per 1,000 people
B) The total number of people living in urban areas compared to rural
C) The ratio of immigrants to emigrants in a population
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What is a key characteristic of a creole language?
It is a language that evolves directly from ancient Latin.
Language that maintains all the grammatical rules of its parent languages
It is a language that is only spoken by linguists for research purposes.
Blending of two or more languages and becomes native language

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