What is globalization?

Increased cultural and economic connectedness in the world

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

Which best explains the Malthusian theory about population growth

Population grows exponentially while food grows arithmetically

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 a key characteristic of a creole language?

Blending of two or more languages and becomes native language

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

What grows faster, geometric or arithmetic growth?

Geometric, because it grows exponentially

What is an example of lingua franca?

Language that serves as a common means of communication

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

The imposition of superimposed boundaries by colonial powers.

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

Increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas

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

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

B. Declining birth rates and low death rates

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

What is the difference between absolute location and relative location?

A. Absolute location refers to a place's coordinates

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

Acculturation involves blending elements of two cultures

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

B) High birth rates and high death rates

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

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

A) A strong national identity that unites citizens

Which of the following best describes a fragmented state?

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

The process of highly educated leaving their home country

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

C) High standard of living and advanced technological infrastructure

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

B) Natural disaster in the country of origin

What is a buffer state?

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

Which of the following is an example of language divergence?

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

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

Maltese forming from two separate languages

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

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1
Which refers to the number of people living per unit of area, such as per square kilometer or square mile?
D) Dependency Ratio
A) Fertility Rate
B) Population Density
C) Carrying Capacity
2
The UK granted power to Scotland, Wales, and N, Ireland and they all have distinct cultural identities. What is this?
Buffer State
Centrifugal
Devolution
Capital
3
A man immigrates from Japan to America and uses chopsticks in America. What type of diffusion is this?
A. Anti-cultural diffusion
C. Contagious diffusion
B. Expansion diffusion
D. Relocation diffusion
4
What is the idea that technology reduces the significance of distance and time?
Distance Decay
Space
Time-space compression
Flow
5
What is globalization?
all of the above
A group of related languages that share the same ancestry
Increased cultural and economic connectedness in the world
Process that shapes culture
6
What is nationalism?
A. A belief in maintaining strict social norms.
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.
7
Forced Migration is often caused by which action?
B.Seasonal Migration
D.Chain Migration
C.Return Migration
A.Ethnic cleansing
8
Which of the following could result in a higher dependency ratio?
Economic development and urbanization.
A Decline in birth rates.
An aging population.
An increase in immigration of working age people.
9
Which of the following is not a spatial concept?
Longitude and latitude
Cultural diffusion
Environmental determinism
Distance decay
10
Which best explains the Malthusian theory about population growth
Population and food grow at the same rate
Population grows exponentially while food grows arithmetically
Population grows arithmetically leading to excess food
Advances in technology will ensure that food will always be in excess
11
Which type of region is defined by each person based on ideas, perceptions, education, or experiences?
Functional
Formal
Scale of inquiry
Perceptual
12
What’s the difference between the demographic transition model (DTM) and the epidemiologic model (EM)?
DTM and EM both examine population growth
DTM examines the death patterns, EM examines population growth
DTM focuses on population patterns, EM examines changing disease patterns
13
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
14
Which of the following is an example of a formal (uniform) region?
A) The area served by a local newspaper
C) The Sahara Desert
B) The Midwest of the United States
D) The trade network of the Port of Houston
15
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 spread of a particular religion to other countries through missionaries
A government policy that forces a population to migrate to another country.
Native American tribe that lives in the same region for thousands of years
16
My family moved to Montana and I was in Wyoming but I migrated to MT because of them. What type of migration is this?
Chain-migration
Return migration
Step migration
17
What grows faster, geometric or arithmetic growth?
Geometric, because it grows linearly
Arithmetic, because it grows linearly
Geometric, because it grows exponentially
Arithmetic, because it grows exponentially
18
What is an example of lingua franca?
Language that is secretly spoken in a trading community
A language used by a specific community for religious purposes
Language that serves as a common means of communication
Language that is only spoken by a small group of people in specific region
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The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 is an example of:
The imposition of superimposed boundaries by colonial powers.
The establishment of antecedent boundaries based on physical geography.
The creation of consequent boundaries based on ethnic divisions.
The relic boundaries left by European colonization in South America.
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Which of the following best describes the term "urbanization"?
C) The movement of people from cities to rural areas
Increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas
B) The increase in population density in rural areas
A) The spread of agricultural practices to urban areas
21
A country in Stage 4 of the Demographic Transition Model is most likely to exhibit which of the following?
(A) High birth and death rates leading to a stable population.
Declining birth rates and low death rates leading to pop. stabilization.
A rapidly declining population due to high death rates and low birth rates
(C) Extremely high birth rates resulting in rapid population growth.
22
What is the primary purpose of a population pyramid?
B. To display the age and sex composition of a population
C. To compare urban and rural populations
A. To show the distribution of natural resources in a region
D. To highlight the number of people migrating to a country
23
In the demographic transition model (DTM), what characteristics define countries in Stage 3?
C. High birth rates and rapidly declining death rates
B. Declining birth rates and low death rates
A. High birth rates and high death rates
D. Low birth rates and high death rates
24
Which of the following best explains the concept of dependency ratio in a country’s population?
D) The number of births in a population per 1,000 people
C) The ratio of immigrants to emigrants in a population
Proportion of the working-age population to the non-working-age population
B) The total number of people living in urban areas compared to rural
25
Which one is NOT a part of the language tree?
Language group
Toponyms
Language family
Dialect
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What is the difference between absolute location and relative location?
A. Absolute location refers to a place's coordinates
Absolute location is based on cultural landmarks.
Absolute location changes over time, but relative location stays constant.
Absolute location describes weather patterns
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2. What is the main difference between acculturation and assimilation?
Acculturation involves blending elements of two cultures
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
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Which of the following best describes Stage 1 of the Demographic Transition Model?
C) Low birth rates and low death rates
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
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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
C) Stimulus Diffusion
D) Relocation Diffusion
A) Hierarchical Diffusion
30
Which of the following is not a key characteristic of a formal region?
A focal point/node
Homogenous characteristics
Well defined boundaries
Shared physical/cultural trait
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1. Which of the following is an example of a centripetal force in a country?
C) Religious diversity that leads to conflict
B) Regional languages that create divisions
D) A strong economy that benefits only one region
A) A strong national identity that unites citizens
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Which of the following best describes a fragmented state?
(C) A state composed of multiple pieces of territory, such as Indonesia.
(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.
33
Which of the following is an example of a push factor that might cause migration?
D) Access to better education
B) Political instability
A) High employment opportunities
C) Favorable climate
34
What is brain drain?
Immigrants bringing new skills and knowledge to their home country.
The movement of capital and resources from one country to another.
The migration of laborers to other countries for low-wage jobs.
The process of highly educated leaving their home country
35
Which of the following is a characteristic of a developed country?
C) High standard of living and advanced technological infrastructure
B) Low literacy rates and high poverty levels
D) High levels of rural population and agricultural employment
A) High birth rates and low life expectancy
36
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
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Which of these would not be a centripetal force?
Dominant political values honored by many civilians
National language spoken by majority of the population
Ethnic diversity
Religion followed by whole state
38
Where is the cultural hearth of Hinduism?
Southeast Asia
South Asia
Southwest Africa
Southern Europe
39
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of cultural landscape?
The diffusion of popular culture
The design of buildings in a community
Patterns of physical geography
A traditional church in the city
40
Which of the following is an example of a push factor in migration?
B) Natural disaster in the country of origin
C) Good climate conditions in the destination
A) High job availability in the destination country
D) Cultural similarity between the origin and destination countries
41
What is a buffer state?
A state that serves as a zone of separation between two larger powers.
A state that is completely isolated from its neighboring countries
A state that is entirely dependent on another country
A state that has no defined borders
42
What is most likely to result from a treaty between two nations that agree to not keep any military personal in between
C) Subsequent boundary
A) Geometric boundary
B) De-Militarized Zone
D) Militarized Zone
43
A country with a high CDR and a low CBR is probably experiencing which of the following?
D) A demographic transition to Stage 2
A) A growing population
C) A declining population
B) A stable population
44
What is the cultural hearth of Islam?
.Southwest Asia
India
Southeast Asia
45
During which stage of the DTM does a population typically experience the highest rate of natural increase?
A) Stage 1 (High Stationary)
C) Stage 3 (Late Expanding)
D) Stage 4 (Low Stationary)
B) Stage 2 (Early Expanding)
46
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.
A mix of English and Spanish.
Blending Arabic and French in everyday speech in Morocco
47
Which of the following is the best example of language convergence?
Someone who is bilingual and mixes both languages in conversation
Maltese forming from two separate languages
A patois being formed from English
Spanish and Portuguese splitting off from Latin
48
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
49
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
50
A store that uses zip codes to map sales data most likely uses
Remote sensing
Topographic analysis
GPS
GIS
51
What type of religion is identified with a particular tribe or group that does not seek converts?
Ethnic religion
Mormonistic religion
Polytheistic religion
Monotheistic religion
52
Which one of these is geographic data?
All of the above
Satellite imagery
GPS (Global positioning system)
GIS (Geographic information system)

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