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Efforts to conserve local cultures often focus on the local
Customs
mobility
Landmarks
boundaries
2
19th c. American English contains Dutch, Native Am., Spanish, French, and German words because?
Multi-cultural curriculum in schools
international broadcast media
Relocation diffusion of various groups
Contagious diffusion of language
3
Gender studies of migration indicate that men ___________ than women
are more mobile
migrate farther
have more employment choices and income
All of the above
4
One of the “laws” of migration as derived by Ravenstein states that
rural residents are more migratory than urban
Urban residents are less migratory than rural
rural inhabitants hardly ever migrate
Urban residents are more migratory than rural
5
Cholera vaccines exist, but the problem is that:
They are too expensive
they do not remain effective for longer then 6 months
many people refuse them
serious side effects
6
Branson, Missouri capitalizes on local culture by presenting it as ____ for tourist consumption
Authentic
Timeless
cosmopolitan
Popular
7
Japan is a hearth of global popular culture that influences North America with
sports
fashion
animated films
Foods
8
Groups in N. Ireland and in major US cities create "exclusive" areas by?
street names
Gov't programs
Jim Crow laws
graffiti demarcating territory
9
The regional variation in the appearance of humans in clustered populations probably results
development of population on differentcontinents
territoriality kept people from mixing andintermarrying
From a long history of adaptation to different environments
Wars kept populations separated
10
Buying a Native American dream catcher at Wal-Mart is an example of?
Cultural Geography
Assimilation
Reterritorialization
Cultural Appropriation
11
Which of these locations has the highest clustering of population on a small piece of land
Southeast US
Western China
Eastern Canada
Egypt
12
Cholera is an ancient disease with its source area in
Indonesia
Iran
India
China
13
Which geo theme would involve the study of the impact on the drainage on Florida Everglades?
Location
Human-environment
Place
Movement
14
Fred Kniffen's folk-housing research DOES NOT track the eastward spread of which housing type?
Double-wide trailer home
New England "salt box"
California Bungalow
ranch-style house
15
Residential Segregation in the United States today is
Decreasing
a phenomena
Increasing
a result of restrictive state and local laws
16
Coordinates of absolute location are useful mainly in determining exact:
Distance and Directions
Distance
Directions
Elevations
17
The world’s three largest population concentrations are found on the same landmass, which is
Asia
North America
Eurasia
South America
18
English has adopted extensive vocabulary from which of the following?
All of the above
Yiddish
Spanish
French
19
Which is
not
an example of a fortified barrier to migration
The US - Canada Boarder
The Berlin Wall
Fences along the Rio Grande River
The Great Wall of China
20
Which of the following is
not
an example of a form of expansion diffusion:
independent inventions (ancient agricultural hearths)
contagious
stimulus
Hierarchical
21
In terms of popular culture, cities like Paris, New York, and Milan are referred to as
world cities
Capitals
local cultures
hearths
22
Set of processes that increase interactions, deepen relationships and raise interdependance
Spatial
Ecological
Globalization
Nationalizing
23
In Europe the marked decline of the birth rate was the result of
Rapid Emigration
WWI and II
stablization
Effects of Industrialization, urbanization & modernization
24
The greater the distance from the hearth the less likely an innovation will be adopted.
distance decay
Innverse innovation rules
cultural replusion
adoption avoidance
25
Which of the identified types of movements create your activity space
cyclic
Periodic
migratory
emigration
26
Low population growth due to high CBR and high CDR gives you a very unstable growth. What stage of DTM is this?
I
II
III
IV
27
According to Gillian Ross, “identity” is
How we make sense of oursleves
genetically determined
Information contained in government issued passports
identical gender
28
Which major language spread mostly through religion?
English
French
Mandarin Chinese
Arabic
29
The arithmetic density of population for a country is determined by dividing the total
area of the country by the population
population by the total area.
area of square miles by 5.
Population by the number of farmers
30
Sub-Saharan Africa’s high mortality rate is strongly influenced by
war
famine
traffic accidents
AIDS
31
The English language containing European vocab/words is due mostly to:
relocation diffusion of various groups of people
a fashion trend for including exotic words
multi-cultural curriculum in schools
international broadcast media
32
Branch of geo that focuses on natural landforms, climate, soils, and vegetation on Earth
Physical Geo
Human Geo
Cultural Geography
Biogeography
33
Where is the major focus of North America's population?
The Southeast US
Chicago/Lake Michigan
Southern California
The Northeast US
34
Nearly 1/2 of the world speaks a language from which language family?
Mandarin
Indo-European
Germanic
Sino-Tibetian
35
Except for South and SE Asia, what ocean influences the moistest areas of the world?
Pacific
Indian
Southern Ocean
Atlantic
36
The only Old order Anabaptist group who live communally rather than in family farmsteads are
Amish
Hutterites
Mennonites
Brethren
37
Hutterites differ from the Amish in that they
Reject Modern Technology
are Anabaptist
live in Pennsylania
accept modern technology
38
A good example of a formal region would be a
Region surrounding a manufacturing complex
Region of similar language
region showing the migration to a centrallocation
city and its surrounding region
39
In India the breaking of a dowry contract may lead to
Dowries are illegal so who cares?
Lawsuits
a marriage annulment
a beating or killing
40
At the present rate of births and deaths in the world, we add about ___million inhabitants .
110
50
250
80
41
According to E. Relph, which term best describes the American Landscape and pop culture?
Placelessness
Popular Landscape
Cultural Landscape
Urban Blight
42
The smallest number of slaves involved in the Atlantic slave trade was sent to
British North America
Brazil
French Carribean
British Carribean
43
The concern of geography with space puts ____ at the center of its agenda
Places
Distances
Patterns
Scale
44
The diffusion of Birkenstock shoes or of newstyles of music tend to be examples of
stimulus diffusion
contagious diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Independent diffusion
45
Absolute location determines:
Distance and Direction
Distance
Direction
Elevation
46
Today an estimated ______ illegal immigrants live in the United States.
100,000
10,000,000
75,000,000
1,000,000
47
Highest rates of infant mortality are found in this region
East Asia
South America
Eastern Europe
Central Africa
48
Terrain and environment plays a significant role on Europe and Asia. Which statement is true about Europe?
role varies from country to country
Greater role now than in the past
Lesser of a role than Asia
Plays a greater role than Asia
49
What is the current TFR rate of replacement?
2.1
1.8
2.0
2.5
50
Births and _____ add to the population growth of a particular country
emigrations
immigration
Rise in death rates
increased agricultural output