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AP HUGE MIDTERM REVIEW - Units 1-4
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1
Rapidly declining crude death rates are found in which stage of the demographic transition?
Stage 3
Stage 1
Stage 4
Stage 2
2
The language family encompassing the languages of the People's Republic of China is
Sino-Tibetan.
Austro-Asiatic.
Indo-Iranian.
Mandarin.
3
Which shape most easily fosters effective internal communications for a smaller state?
compact
prorupted
elongated
prolonged
4
England is a member of the European Union.
FALSE
TRUE
5
The most populous country in the Southeast Asia region is
Thailand.
Indonesia.
Bangladesh.
India.
6
Spanish is an important language in the United States primarily because of
diffusion of Spanish colonies and migration patterns.
the Mexican conquest of the U.S. Southwest in the 1800s
Spanish is a national language, along with English.
the global dominance of the United States.
7
Beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are
cosmogony.
astronomy.
animism.
polytheism.
8
Refugees have engaged in forced migration.
TRUE
FALSE
9
English is part of which language branch?
Northern
Indo-European
Germanic
Austronesian
10
Dialects developed within England primarily because
different Germanic invaders settled in different regions.
commerce developed more slowly in England
the Normans invaded from the south.
the Viking invaders did not remain long in England.
11
The Flemings and Walloons live in
Switzerland.
France.
Belgium.
South Africa.
12
The only large land mass not part of a sovereign state is
Antarctica.
The Artic
Borneo.
Greenland.
13
Both universalizing and ethnic religions
appeal primarily to one group of people living in one place.
attempt to be global and appeal to all people.
can diffuse to different populations around the world.
arose from changes in the physical environment.
14
One significant impact of popular culture is to
create a more varied and less uniform landscape.
diffuse at the expense of globalization.
spread through relocation diffusion.
modify the physical environment.
15
The term ghettos identifies only the African American neighborhoods in the United States.
TRUE
FALSE
16
A state with control over its internal affairs has
suffrage.
nationality.
centripetal forces.
sovereignty.
17
In recent decades, popular customs have most frequently originated in
less developed countries.
countries with large rural populations.
Latin America and Africa.
more developed countries.
18
The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group
taboo
trait
custom
habit
19
Lowest crude birth rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?
Stage 4
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 1
20
Examples of ethnic religions include
Daoism, Confucianism, and Judaism.
Buddhism, Judaism, and Hinduism.
Confucianism, Islam, and Buddhism.
Hinduism and Buddhism.
21
Language and religion are two major characteristics which can distinguish among nationalities.
TRUE
FALSE
22
The boundary between Argentina and Chile is an example of a
cultural frontier.
prorupted boundary.
physical boundary.
perforated frontier.
23
A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom is a
habit.
custom
taboo.
popular culture.
24
The most populous country that is not a member of the United Nations is
Bangladesh
Taiwan.
South Korea
Indonesia
25
A possible stage five epidemiological transition is the stage of
pestilence and famine.
delayed degenerative diseases
receding pandemics, including possible zombie pandemics.
reemergence of infectious and parasitic diseases.
26
Almost 90 percent of people in the Western Hemisphere claim adherence to
Protestantism.
Roman Catholicism.
Eastern Orthodoxy.
Christianity.
27
Most of the conflict in Africa is widespread because of
numerous ethnic groups living in perpetual peace
economic development for poor at the expense of the rich.
colonial boundaries across many ethnic and national groups.
colonial boundaries that match the ethnic boundaries
28
The Kurgans
conquered much of East Asia several thousand years ago.
were herders from the steppes of Central Asia.
were a Germanic tribe that invaded England.
preserved Basque in present-day Spain.
29
The dominant branch of Islam is
Sikh.
Sunni.
Shiite.
Druze
30
The fertility rate based on the number of live births per 1,000 residents is the
natural increase rate.
infant birth rate.
crude fertility rate.
crude birth rate.
31
Folk cultures are spread primarily by...
contagious diffusion.
stimulus diffusion.
hierarchical diffusion.
relocation diffusion.
32
Some features of U.S. material culture such as gas stations, supermarkets, and motels
show high regional variation.
promote diffusion of folk culture.
promote a uniform landscape.
provide diversity on the U.S. landscape.
33
A Southeast Asian country with a partly elongated or prorupted shape is
China
Cambodia
Pakistan
Thailand.
34
Neighborhood changes in ethnicity are sometimes caused by the illegal practice of
blockbusting.
segregation.
self-identification.
white flight.
35
Mahayanists, in contrast to Theravadists, emphasize Buddha's
practice of meditation.
compassion.
renouncing of worldly goods.
wisdom.
36
Religion is a good example of the tension between globalization and local diversity because
religion always represents the most traditional worldviews
many people follow more than one religion.
All religions are in competition to convert as many people.
religion represents core cultural values that may conflict.
37
The world's largest ethnic religion is
Shintoism.
Confucianism.
Hinduism.
Islam.
38
The largest number of legal, documented immigrants to the United States come from what country?
South Korea
Mexico
Cuba
The Philippines
39
Among the world's largest multinational states are
Russia and the United States.
Japan and Denmark.
United Kingdom and Japan
Australia and New Zealand.
40
The first states in ancient Mesopotamia were
nation-states, which incorporated city-states
patron-states ruled by sheiks.
city-states with incorporated countrysides
empires, which incorporated dozens of unified colonies.
41
One demographic feature with the most significant future implications is that
the natural increase rate is larger every year.
there are fewer people in the world now
people are uniformly distributed across Earth.
most rapid growth occurring in the less developed countries.
42
The Earth area of permanent human settlement is called the
ecumene.
geophenom.
hot zone
civilized world.
43
Russia is a member of the European Union.
TRUE
FALSE
44
folk customs usually originate from
global communications, such as television and the Internet.
familiar events in daily life.
the "discovery" of leisure time.
the application of industrial technology.
45
Korean is a good example of a(n)
nation-state existing in a unified condition.
ethnicity divided between more than one state.
colony divided between more than one ethnicity.
sovereign state.
46
A frontier, in contrast to a boundary,
has become a more common means to separate states.
is an area rather than a line.
is the westernmost part of a state.
is a region of ethnic conflict.
47
The most fragmented Southeast Asian state is
Malaysia.
Indonesia.
Brunei.
Japan.
48
A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a
denomination.
dialect.
family.
sect.
49
The large number of individual languages documented in Africa has resulted primarily from
frequent migration by the different tribal groups.
thousands of years of isolation between cultural groups.
introduction of different languages by the colonial powers.
repeated invasions by outsiders.
50
The government of Bangladesh has helped reduce birth rates mainly by providing
an emphasis on religion
an economy as developed as any in Europe.
access to and information about methods of contraception.
information about choosing sexual abstinence.
51
Blue Jeans provide a good example of...
White culture
Punk culture
Folk culture
Popular culture
52
Stages 1 and 4 of the Demographic Transition are similar in that
both have low growth rates.
both have low death rates.
both have low life expectancies.
both have high dependency ratios.
53
Most Iraqis have stronger loyalty to a tribe or clan than to a national government.
TRUE
FALSE
54
The global diffusion of popular culture may threaten folk culture by
preserving local environments through technology.
serving as a catalyst for the advancement of folk culture.
being more responsive to the diversity of local environments
being less responsive to the diversity of local environments
55
Leading approaches to reducing birth rates emphasize the long-term benefits of
teaching people to become more active consumers.
improving economic conditions and women's education
improving men's educational attainment
small loans to businesses owned by men in small communities.
56
A form of a language spoken in a local area is a
group.
branch.
dialect.
family.
57
The most important pull factor for migrants to North America today is
Political
Environmental
Economic
Geospatial
58
Which is a current intraregional migration trend in the United States?
All are correct
rural to urban
net emigration from the northeast
urban to suburban
59
The shape of a country's population pyramid
is determined primarily by its crude birth rate.
is Egyptian
cannot be used to estimate the country's dependency rate.
cannot be used to estimate the country's sex ratio.
60
The two largest language families in the world are
Afro-Asiatic and Sino-Tibetan.
Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European.
Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic.
Balto-Slavic and Sino-Tibetan.
61
By analyzing the distribution of folk culture in our surroundings, we can surmise that...
elements of folk culture tend to replace popular culture
folk culture elements may have multiple, unknown origins.
folk culture does not diffuse through relocation diffusion.
folk culture would not exist without local migration.
62
Political unity in the ancient Mediterranean world reached its height in
Western Europe.
the Roman Empire.
the Fertile Crescent.
the Alexandrian Empire.
63
The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves is known as
universal suffrage.
centripetal determination.
nationalism.
self determination.
64
Forced migration can be caused by "cultural" factors such as ethnic cleansing, or persecution.
TRUE
FALSE
65
The largest Hispanic/Latino groups in the United States are from which two countries?
Guatemala and Mexico
Dominican Republic and Cuba
Puerto Rico and Mexico
Puerto Rico and Cuba
66
Life expectancy is lowest on average in
South Asia
East Asia
Eastern Europe
Africa.
67
The most important elements of state power are increasingly military rather than economic.
FALSE
TRUE
68
The most common environmental threat to people comes from too much or too little water.
FALSE
TRUE
69
Ethnicity is important because
defines citizenship and sovereignty in the political arena.
reinforces diversity in the face of globalization of culture
only stable basis of political states in the modern world.
it opposes nationalism and globalization.
70
The most lethal epidemic in recent years has been
SARS
Avian Flu
Rage
HIV/AIDS
71
Which of the following is not a Romance language?
Bulgarian
Portuguese
Romanian
Italian
72
The low rate of contraceptive use in Africa reflects the region's
high rates of religious adherence.
improving education of women.
low status of women.
rapid diffusion of contraceptives.
73
Followers of which religious branch do not trace their origin to Abraham?
Mahayana
Sunni
Shiite
Judaism
74
Group of languages that share a common origin but have since evolved into individual languages
language dialect
language family.
language branch.
language root.
75
A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number of farmers will have a
low arithmetic density.
low agricultural density.
high physiological density.
low physiological density.
76
A lingua franca is
understood by people who have different native languages.
an English word that has entered the French language
an extinct language that has been revived.
a language used by French colonial administrations.
77
An examination of the distribution of ethnicities in the United States reveals
segregation is a thing of the past for ethnicities
ethnicities are not often clustered in urban areas
different ethnicities cluster in each U.S. region.
ethnic groups tend to cluster in urban areas across regions.
78
A democratic government that persecutes and imprisons minorities is an example of pull factor.
FALSE
TRUE
79
Migration from rural to urban areas is called counterurbanization.
FALSE
TRUE
80
European motives in establishing colonies can be summarized as all but which of the following?
Gold
God
Power
Guilt
81
Countries with slow population growth but strong economies commonly experience out-migration.
TRUE
FALSE
82
Among the following world regions, the least densely populated is
Southeast Asia
East Asia.
Europe
Sub-Saharan Africa.
83
The second-largest language family is
Afro-Asiatic.
Sino-Tibetan.
Austronesian.
Indo-European.
84
The two most important languages in South America are
Creole and Portuguese.
French and Spanish.
English and Spanish.
Portuguese and Spanish.
85
The geographic study of the distribution of languages provides a good example of
political conflicts that arise due to ethnic tensions.
the interplay between globalization and local diversity.
diffusion of folk culture in different areas of the world
the role and spread of religion across much of the world.
86
The highest NIRates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 2
Stage 1
87
The Kurds are
a religious minority in the Middle East.
the majority population of Iraq.
divided among more than one state.
a multinational state.
88
Japan is dealing with economic concerns about an aging population by
encouraging immigration.
encouraging women and older people to work.
increasing the birth rate.
encouraging intermarriage between Japanese and migrants.
89
Some of the violence linked to religion in Israel and Palestine is also linked to
equal sharing of resources regardless of religious belief
immigration of Tibetan Buddhists into the area.
ethnic groups, resources, and disputes over land.
the existence of Mecca and Medina.
