Cultural Geography 4

Question 1

How is a nation's rate of natural increase calculated?

Accepted Answer

Subtract the death rate from the birthrate

Question 2

The study of the process by which individuals and countries make decisions about their resources is called _____.

Accepted Answer

Economics

Question 3

What is the oldest form of single-rule government?

Accepted Answer

Monarchy

Question 4

Which term would describe a country with high GDP, and high GDP per capita?

Accepted Answer

Highly Developed Country

Question 5

How many language families do many linguists recognize?

Accepted Answer

10

Question 6

Which term refers to the number of people living in cities?

Accepted Answer

Urbanization

Question 7

The art of negotiating treaties with other governments is called _____.

Accepted Answer

Diplomacy

Question 8

The study of human populations and their characteristics is called ____.

Accepted Answer

Demography

Question 9

Which term refers to the average number of people who live on each square mile of land?

Accepted Answer

Population density

Question 10

Which term refers to a large group of people with a common history and language?

Accepted Answer

Nation

Question 11

What is the set of principles that guides a government's international relations?

Accepted Answer

Foreign policy

Question 12

Which type of government is run by a small group of people?

Accepted Answer

Oligarchy

Question 13

What is the most common method of measuring a country’s wealth?

Accepted Answer

GDP

Question 14

Which term would describe a country with high GDP, but low GDP per capita?

Accepted Answer

Newly Industrialized Country

Question 15

Which government type is an authoritarian system ruled by the clergy?

Accepted Answer

Theocracy

Question 16

Which of these has the most amount of government control over the economy?

Accepted Answer

Communism

Question 17

What is a totalitarian government?

Accepted Answer

A government that controls the lives of its people

Question 18

Which type of government uses elected representatives of the people to run the government?

Accepted Answer

Republic

Question 19

Which type of industry would a social media company belong to?

Accepted Answer

Tertiary

Question 20

What type of industry is farming?

Accepted Answer

Primary

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