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

Acculturation involves blending elements of two cultures

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 Stage 1 of the Demographic Transition Model?

B) High birth rates and high death rates

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

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.

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

C) High standard of living and advanced technological infrastructure

What is an example of lingua franca?

Language that serves as a common means of communication

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

Maltese forming from two separate languages

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

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

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

The imposition of superimposed boundaries by colonial powers.

What is the difference between absolute location and relative location?

A. Absolute location refers to a place's coordinates

The process of highly educated leaving their home country

What is globalization?

Increased cultural and economic connectedness in the world

Which of the following is an example of language divergence?

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

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 would be a good example of sequent occupance?

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

What is the primary purpose of a population pyramid?

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

What grows faster, geometric or arithmetic growth?

Geometric, because it grows exponentially

What is a buffer state?

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

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

Increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas

What is a key characteristic of a creole language?

Blending of two or more languages and becomes native language

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

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

B) Natural disaster in the country of origin

Which of the following best describes a fragmented state?

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

Which best explains the Malthusian theory about population growth

Population grows exponentially while food grows arithmetically

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1
Which one is NOT a part of the language tree?
Dialect
Language family
Language group
Toponyms
2
2. What is the main difference between acculturation and assimilation?
Acculturation involves fully adopting a new culture
Acculturation involves blending elements of two cultures
Accult. and assimilat. are identical processes with no differences.
Acc. applies to individuals, while assimilat. applies to entire societies.
3
What kind of diffusion is the spread from the bottom of a hierarchy to other parts at the bottom, bypassing the top?
A) Hierarchical Diffusion
D) Relocation Diffusion
B) Reverse-hierarchical diffusion
C) Stimulus Diffusion
4
Which of the following best describes Stage 1 of the Demographic Transition Model?
D) Low birth rates and high death rates
B) High birth rates and high death rates
C) Low birth rates and low death rates
A) High birth rates and rapidly declining death rates
5
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
6
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.
(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
7
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
8
Which of these would not be a centripetal force?
Religion followed by whole state
Dominant political values honored by many civilians
National language spoken by majority of the population
Ethnic diversity
9
What is an example of lingua franca?
Language that is only spoken by a small group of people in specific region
A language used by a specific community for religious purposes
Language that is secretly spoken in a trading community
Language that serves as a common means of communication
10
Forced Migration is often caused by which action?
B.Seasonal Migration
A.Ethnic cleansing
C.Return Migration
D.Chain Migration
11
Which refers to the number of people living per unit of area, such as per square kilometer or square mile?
A) Fertility Rate
C) Carrying Capacity
B) Population Density
D) Dependency Ratio
12
Which of the following is the best example of language convergence?
Spanish and Portuguese splitting off from Latin
Someone who is bilingual and mixes both languages in conversation
Maltese forming from two separate languages
A patois being formed from English
13
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
C) The ratio of immigrants to emigrants in a population
B) The total number of people living in urban areas compared to rural
D) The number of births in a population per 1,000 people
14
What is nationalism?
C. A strong sense of pride, loyalty, and devotion to one’s nation.
D. advocating for the elimination of all borders between countries.
B. A political ideology focused on global cooperation.
A. A belief in maintaining strict social norms.
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The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 is an example of:
The relic boundaries left by European colonization in South America.
The creation of consequent boundaries based on ethnic divisions.
The imposition of superimposed boundaries by colonial powers.
The establishment of antecedent boundaries based on physical geography.
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Which of the following could result in a higher dependency ratio?
Economic development and urbanization.
An increase in immigration of working age people.
A Decline in birth rates.
An aging population.
17
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
18
Where is the cultural hearth of Hinduism?
Southeast Asia
Southern Europe
Southwest Africa
South Asia
19
Which type of region is defined by each person based on ideas, perceptions, education, or experiences?
Perceptual
Functional
Scale of inquiry
Formal
20
What is brain drain?
The process of highly educated leaving their home country
The migration of laborers to other countries for low-wage jobs.
The movement of capital and resources from one country to another.
Immigrants bringing new skills and knowledge to their home country.
21
Which of the following is not a spatial concept?
Environmental determinism
Distance decay
Cultural diffusion
Longitude and latitude
22
What is globalization?
Increased cultural and economic connectedness in the world
A group of related languages that share the same ancestry
Process that shapes culture
all of the above
23
The UK granted power to Scotland, Wales, and N, Ireland and they all have distinct cultural identities. What is this?
Buffer State
Centrifugal
Capital
Devolution
24
Which one of these is geographic data?
GPS (Global positioning system)
Satellite imagery
GIS (Geographic information system)
All of the above
25
What is the idea that technology reduces the significance of distance and time?
Time-space compression
Flow
Space
Distance Decay
26
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
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Which of the following is an example of language divergence?
Decrease of use of different languages in one country.
Roman expansion, which led to languages like Spanish, French, Italian
A mix of English and Spanish.
Blending Arabic and French in everyday speech in Morocco
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Which of the following is an example of a push factor that might cause migration?
C) Favorable climate
A) High employment opportunities
D) Access to better education
B) Political instability
29
A country with a high CDR and a low CBR is probably experiencing which of the following?
B) A stable population
D) A demographic transition to Stage 2
C) A declining population
A) A growing population
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1. Which of the following is an example of a centripetal force in a country?
B) Regional languages that create divisions
A) A strong national identity that unites citizens
D) A strong economy that benefits only one region
C) Religious diversity that leads to conflict
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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
Native American tribe that lives in the same region for thousands of years
A government policy that forces a population to migrate to another country.
32
Which of the following is an example of a formal (uniform) region?
C) The Sahara Desert
B) The Midwest of the United States
D) The trade network of the Port of Houston
A) The area served by a local newspaper
33
What is the primary purpose of a population pyramid?
B. To display the age and sex composition of a population
D. To highlight the number of people migrating to a country
C. To compare urban and rural populations
A. To show the distribution of natural resources in a region
34
What grows faster, geometric or arithmetic growth?
Arithmetic, because it grows linearly
Geometric, because it grows linearly
Arithmetic, because it grows exponentially
Geometric, because it grows exponentially
35
What is the cultural hearth of Islam?
.Southwest Asia
India
Southeast Asia
36
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
D. Relocation diffusion
B. Expansion diffusion
37
What type of religion is identified with a particular tribe or group that does not seek converts?
Polytheistic religion
Ethnic religion
Mormonistic religion
Monotheistic religion
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A store that uses zip codes to map sales data most likely uses
GPS
GIS
Remote sensing
Topographic analysis
39
What is a buffer state?
A state that has no defined borders
A state that is entirely dependent on another country
A state that serves as a zone of separation between two larger powers.
A state that is completely isolated from its neighboring countries
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During which stage of the DTM does a population typically experience the highest rate of natural increase?
C) Stage 3 (Late Expanding)
A) Stage 1 (High Stationary)
B) Stage 2 (Early Expanding)
D) Stage 4 (Low Stationary)
41
What is most likely to result from a treaty between two nations that agree to not keep any military personal in between
A) Geometric boundary
B) De-Militarized Zone
D) Militarized Zone
C) Subsequent boundary
42
Which of the following best describes the term "urbanization"?
A) The spread of agricultural practices to urban areas
C) The movement of people from cities to rural areas
B) The increase in population density in rural areas
Increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas
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What is a key characteristic of a creole language?
It is a language that evolves directly from ancient Latin.
It is a language that is only spoken by linguists for research purposes.
Language that maintains all the grammatical rules of its parent languages
Blending of two or more languages and becomes native language
44
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
Pull Factor
Centrifugal Force
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What are satellite photos used for and how is the information collected?
By mail or phone and is applied for govt use and company expansion
By satellite cameras and used for the military and to see land shifts
By asking people and used to make general changes
By satellites and cell towers and is applied by using to find long. and lat
46
Which of the following is an example of a push factor in migration?
C) Good climate conditions in the destination
D) Cultural similarity between the origin and destination countries
B) Natural disaster in the country of origin
A) High job availability in the destination country
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Which of the following best describes a fragmented state?
(D) A state with an extended arm of territory, such as Thailand.
(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.
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The coordinates for Spain’s capital, Madrid, are 40.416775, -3.703790. Which spacial concept fits.
C. Space
A. Absolute Location
D. Place
B. Relative Location
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Which of the following is not a key characteristic of a formal region?
Homogenous characteristics
A focal point/node
Shared physical/cultural trait
Well defined boundaries
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of cultural landscape?
A traditional church in the city
The design of buildings in a community
The diffusion of popular culture
Patterns of physical geography
51
Which best explains the Malthusian theory about population growth
Population grows exponentially while food grows arithmetically
Population grows arithmetically leading to excess food
Population and food grow at the same rate
Advances in technology will ensure that food will always be in excess
52
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

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