why are all map projections distorted?

round can't be made flat without distortion

which is NOT a cultural landscape?

Mississippi River Delta and its tributaries

son preference & female infanticide are common

which is NOT an example of Houston's situation?

Houston is located at 29.7604° N, 95.3698° W

The diagram shows which?

low fertility & mortality in stage 4

Which is a way China has controlled its population growth?

all are control devices of Chinese government

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1
please stop having babies
pro natal
post natal
anti natal
neo natal
2
Seeing a culture through the eyes of the people who live that way
ethnocentrism
assimilation
cultural relativism
cultural appropriation
3
what is it?
cartogram
isotherm or isolene
dot distribution
population density
4
why are all map projections distorted?
latitude lines are shorter than longitude lines
round can't be made flat without distortion
earth is not a perfect sphere
parallels & meridians don't cross at straight lines
5
jobs that touch the natural resource
quaternary
secondary
primary
tertiary
6
Which is NOT true of the population pyramid
negative population growth
may need migrant workers in the future
MDC
Brazil
7
Which has NOT had problems caused by language?
Nigeria
Mexico
Belgium
India
8
which is NOT a cultural landscape?
Muslims praying at Mecca
Mississippi River Delta and its tributaries
man walking in a park
Jews praying at the Wailing Wall
9
True or False - most migrants move so they can change political parties
true
false
10
Which is NOT Abrahamic
Judaism
Buddhism
Christian
Islam
11
which is NOT a culture hearth?
Nile River Valley
Xian River Valley
Mesopotamia
Indus River Valley
12
spread of folk culture
hierarchical
relocation
contagious
stimulus
13
what is it?
Mollwiede
Mercator
Robinson
Goode's Interrupted Homosoline
14
Gender ratio 120:100
most likely in the US
large # of males won't find wives
120 is number of females
son preference & female infanticide are common
15
NOT true?
LDC
Stage 4 of DTM
very little need for immigrant / migrant workers in future
low literacy rates for women & poor
16
What is it?
proportional symbol map
dot density map
cartogram
dot distribution map
17
mental maps are mostly based on experiences of an individual's knowledge of a place
true
false
18
Main job type in a MDC
secondary
primary
quaternary
tertiary
19
which stage of the DTM?
4
2
1
3
20
religions that borrow from each other & the past are ___
complex
ecumenical
secular
syncretic
21
Brazil, China, Indonesia, India, and Mexico are examples of
NIC
LDC
MDC
22
manufacturing jobs
primary
tertiary
quaternary
secondary
23
which is NOT an example of Houston's situation?
Houston's main industry is oil & gas
Houston is located at 29.7604° N, 95.3698° W
Houston is an international port
Houston is connected to Dallas by the interstate HWY system
24
region where the characteristics are homogeneous
perceptual
formal
functional
25
placelessness antonym
everywhere
homogenous
heterogenous
same
26
A revived language
Swahili
Persian
Hebrew
Serbo-Croatian
27
Which has NOT helped with the spread of pop culture
ethnocentrism
social media
globalization
technology
28
The diagram shows which?
very low fertility in stage 1
low fertility & mortality in stage 4
low fertility rates in stage 2
increasing mortality in stage 2
29
when a country's population continues to grow long after fertility rates have been largely cut
high stationary
demographic momentum
exponential growth
gravity model
30
Taking part of another culture w/o giving anything to the creator
cultural appropriation
assimilation
commodification
authenticity of place
31
Why is English the most important language in North America?
Spanish colonialism
France beat England in New World
war
British colonialism
32
region with a purpose / performs a service
formal
functional
perceptual
33
Which is NOT a pillar sustainability
social
economic
government
environment
34
Which is a way China has controlled its population growth?
all are control devices of Chinese government
free health care & incentives
sterilization & late marriage
heavy use of contraceptives
35
Which taboo is matched correctly?
Judaism - no pork, no fish
Hinduism - no cow
Buddhism & Islam - no shellfhish
Roman Catholic - no alcohol
36
age sex diagram is a (an)
LDC
retirement community
army base
college town
37
Which is matched correctly?
Islam - Coptic & Sunni
Hindu - no branches
Judaism - Orthodox, Conservative & Sufti
Christianity - Reformed, Protestant & Roman Catholic
38
Most immigrants in 1910 came from ___; today from ____
England / Mexico
England / Syria
Germany / Mexico
Germany / Syria
39
how humans and the environment interact is
environmental determinism
cultural possibilism
natural science
cultural ecology
40
Which is a centripetal force?
ethnic protests
9/11 brought US together
uneven balance btwn rich & poor
race riots
41
what is it?
cartogram
isoline or isotherm
population density
topographic map
42
age sex diagram is a (an)
China
college
retirement community
army base
43
Major language branch of North Africa & SW Asia
Bantu
Hebrew
Afro-Asiatic
Arabic
44
diffusion starting with the elites and trickling down to the regular people
contagious
reverse-hierarchical
stimulus
hierarchical
45
In which part of the US are Baptists clustered?
S & SW
S & SE
N & NE
Midwest
46
Age-Sex diagram below is a (an)
retirement community
day care center
college
army base
47
highest CBR?
Indonesia
USA
Zimbabwe
China
48
Which is NOT true of the population pyramid?
MDC
slow population growth
most jobs in manufacturing
Core country
49
what is it?
Mollwiede
Goode's Interrupted Homosoline
Robinson
Mercator
50
Spread of which religion?
Hinduism
Christianity
Buddhism
Islam
51
Hindus adopted McDonald's but not the beef hamburger is an example of
stimulus diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
reverse hierarchical diffusion
relocation diffusion
52
3rd stage of DTM?
very high CBR & CDR
improved medical care & diet
family planning
negative population growth
53
Cause of the Lebanese civil war
Shia blew up Sunni plane
France started it
majority religion changed
ethnic groups put together that dislike each other
54
what is it?
cartogram
cartogram
proportional symbol
dot density map
55
belief in natural world full of spiritual beings and supernatural powers
Agnostic
Atheistim
Animism
Shamanism
56
What made it possible to live in the Sunbelt comfortably?
better living conditions - Air conditioning
better medicine
better air transport
better roads
57
written language
literary tradition
Bible
literacy rate
lingua franca
58
Ellsworth Huntington is an environmental determinist - he belives
people in tropical zones achieve more
people in the tropical (hot) zones are more productive
Tropics (hot) produce lazy uneducated people
climate has no impact on human ability
59
60 year olds from NY going to Florida in winter
geriatric goers
goldie oldie
elderfest
snowbirds
60
If a population is growing at 10% the doubling time would be:
70 years
10 years
1.57 years
7 years
61
which is an ethnic religion
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Sikh
62
largest to smallest religions
Christian, Buddhist, Islam, Sikh, Hindu
Islam, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Taoist
Christian, Islam, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh
Christian, Hindu, Islam, Judaism, Mormon
63
Which is true?
population is evenly distributed around the world
population growth rates are the same around the world
many educated women = lower fertility rates
low fertility rates are in LDCs
64
migration characteristics vary with the demographic transition model
Ernst Ravenstein
Wilbur Zelinsky
Thomas Malthus
Ellsworth Huntington
65
major Sub-Saharan language
Nilo-Saharan
Afro-Asiatic
Niger-Congo
Altaic
66
Within the US - after WWII - people have moved from
S to N & E to W
N to S & E to W
N to S & W to E
Midwest to S & E to N
67
successive groups conquer an area and bring their culture to the region
conformal occupance
successive culture
repeated decay
sequent occupance
68
popular culture is
homogeneous & cohesive
is fragmented & heterogeneous
is rarely urban
has an unknown begining
69
How does pop culture threaten folk culture
encourages homogeneous lifestyle
encourages ethnic religions
technology
pushing the advancement of folk culture
70
what is it?
acculturation
barriers to diffusion
DTM
distance decay
71
Spread of which religion?
Buddhism
Islam
Taoism
Confucianism
72
The most widespread language family in the world
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
English
Romance
73
Who are the Angles & Normans?
founding groups of the Indo-European language family
warrior farmers from near the Black Sea
Conquered England & spread language
Sedentary farmers that spread the West German language
74
Which is NOT one of Ravenstein's laws?
most international migrants are single individuals
most migrants move short distances
the number of people moving into area always = those leaving
rural is more likely than urban to move
75
Spread of which religion?
Taoism
Sikhism
Hinduism
Buddhism
76
Which has the lowest population growth?
Poland
Argentina
USA
Nigeria
77
Which group is clustered in the US Southwest
Roman Catholic
Lutheran
Morman
Baptist
78
layering of geographic data by computers into data sets is known as
GIS
GPS
GDP
GMO
79
region without defined borders and based on commonly held ideas about a place
perceptual
functional
formal
80
Main type of job in a NIC
quatenary - new knowledge
tertiary - service
primary - farming
secondary - manufacturing
81
which is NOT near or at negative population growth?
UK
Germany
Russia
Italy
82
which has the highest IMR?
Zimbabwe
China
Iceland
Venezuela
83
major language branch of Latin America
Altaic
Romance
Spanish
Indo-European
84
How does diffusion of pop culture adversely impact environment
depletion of resources & pollution
reduces demand for products
using renewable resources & energy
increased diversity & product depletion
85
Thomas Malthus says food grows ____ & pop growth grows ____
arithmetic (linear) / geometric (exponential)
declining (subducting) / increasing (additive)
cultural / ethnic
linear (arithmetic) /geometric (exponential)
86
Which is NOT true of this population pyramid?
low literacy rate
LDC
low infant mortality rate
Poor country
87
nomadic warrior/herders from steppes near Black Sea that founded the Inod-European language
Celts
Normans & Angles
Kurgans
Anatolians
88
Service jobs
primary
tertiary
secondary
quaternary
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number of people per square unit of farmland
agricultural
physiologic
hierarchical
arithmetic

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