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AP Human Geography Midterm Review Unit 2 & 3
AP Human Geography Midterm Review Unit 2 & 3
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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 is an example of a folk cultural landscape in the United States?
Log cabins in Appalachia
All of the above
Pueblo communities in New Mexico
Amish communities in Pennsylvania
2
The highest crude birth rate (CBR) in the world are found in
Middle East
Latin America
Sub-Saharan Africa
China
3
Which of the following is an example of an intervening opportunity?
All of above
the wall separating the West Bank from Israel
The Sahara Desert separating North Africa from West Africa
Taking a high paying job on the way to somewhere else
4
Roman Catholics in the United States are largely concentrated in
Southwestern
Northeastern USA
West Coast
All of the above
5
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
6
Which two cities in the United States often serve as hearths for popular culture?
New York and Los Angeles
Los Angeles and Detroit
New York and Chicago
New York and Miami
7
Which population pyramid best reflects the population structure of Germany?
Pyramid D
Pyramid E
Pyramid A
Pyramid C
8
In developed countries, guest worker programs
often have negative consequences to a country's birth rate
recruit workers from LDCs to fill a need for unskilled labor
encourage the diversification of culture in a country
are used because native workers cost too much to hire
9
Which of these modern languages spread globally as a result of religion?
English
French
Spanish
Arabic
10
According to Thomas Malthus, natural checks on a population include all of the following except
disease
war
agricultural advancements
famine
11
Studying religion is important to understanding a culture because
religions are key to understanding the role of women
religions don't have any impact on the built landscape
major world religions can be linked to a cultural homeland
religious beliefs are reflected in most aspects of culture
12
Which of the following countries has the lowest arithmetic density?
United Kingdom
Canada
United States
Brazil
13
The largest source of international immigrants to the United States is from
Mexico
China
India
Canada
14
Dialects are local variants in language that differ in their
all of the above
spelling
vocabulary
pronunciation
15
Problems associated with fast population growth in cities include
an increase in air and water pollution
an increase in traffic congestion
the loss of productive farmland near cities
All of the above
16
Which of the following is an effect of chain migration on the area of destination?
Multi-ethnic neighborhoods
Urban slums
Culture clusters
Urban ethnic enclaves
17
Which of the following is an example of a push factor?
A stable government in the migrant's chosen destination.
Lack of employment in a migrant's city of residence.
A stable government in the migrant's country of origin.
Plentiful jobs in the migrant's chosen destination.
18
The use of French as an official language of Senegal demonstrates the
work of French Catholic missionaries
concept of lingua franca
desire to adopt all the official languages of the UN
amount of power the French wielded over its colony
19
Nearly half of the people in the world speak a language from this language family.
Japanese
Germanic
Niger-Congo
Indo-European
20
Popular culture is characterized by all of the following
except
quickly changing attributes
homogeneous population
globalization
urban population
21
Which of the following is an example of a pull factor?
Religious persecution in a migrant's chosen destination
Political persecution in a migrant's homeland
War or famine in the migrant's country of origin
Plentiful jobs in the migrant's chosen destination
22
Which statement about universalizing religions is correct?
B and C only
Universalizing religion seeks converts from other religions
A universalizing religion is usually easy to join.
A universalizing religion is one into which people are born.
23
A person's activity space includes
seasonal migration patterns
areas in which he or she feels comfortable
places where important activities take place
geographic movement on a daily basis
24
Which of the following areas is considered part of the ecumene?
Mid-latitude deserts of Africa
the banks along the lower Nile river
Himalayan mountain zone above 20,000 feet
Polar ice caps
25
Which of the following is an example of an intervening obstacles?
Laws requiring immigrants to obtain visas
The wall separating the West Bank from Israel
The Demilitarized Zone on the Korean Peninsula
All of these are
26
Which of the following factors does
not
affect a person's life expectancy?
Parents' age at the time of the person's birth
Education
Socio-economic status
Gender/sex
27
Religions' influence on the cultural landscape can be seen in all the following ways
except
places of worship
burial grounds
commercial districts
shrines
28
The largest major population concentration of North America is
from San Diego to San Francisco
from Toronto to Montreal
from Miami to Jacksonville
from Washington D.C. to Boston
29
Presently, most population growth in the world is occuring
in Western countries
in Africa
in LDCs
in MDCs
30
Into which stage of the demographic transition would Brazil & Mexico fit?
Stage 5
Stage 4
Stage 3
Stage 2
31
Jerusalem is a sacred city for all of the following religions except
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
Christianity
32
Which country would be a good example of a theocracy?
Iraq
Iran
Japan
India
33
Which of the following is an example of a revived language?
Hebrew
Swahili
Latin
Greek
34
All of the following are examples of a "Brain Drain"
except
migration of Mexican farmers to the United States
Russian scientists after the fall of the Soviet Union
German aerospace experts following World War II
Cuban doctors after the rise of Fidel Castro
35
Since 1950, this part of the developing world has seen a dramatic increase in population.
Non-industrial areas
Urban areas
Rural areas
Areas away from coasts
36
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 AIDS from Africa to Europe
Spread of Wal-Mart from Arkansas to the rest of the U. S.
