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Hgeo - Semester 1 review
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Which stage of the demographic transition model has both high birth and high death rates and slow growth?
stage 2
stage 3
stage 4
stage 1
2
Portuguese speaking; predominantly Catholic; largest country in South America; Rio, Sao Paulo
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
3
The following structure is an important gathering place for which major world religion dominant in SW Asia?
Hinduism
Christianity
Islam
Buddhism
4
Process by which the English language diffused through India under British colonial rule was
assimilation
hierarchical diffusion
globalization
stimulus diffusion
5
The map using the smallest map scale would be the map of
Pennsylvania
the world
Atlanta, Georgia
South America
6
A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages
universalizing religion
distance decay
dialect
lingua franca
7
Which of the following is NOT a universalizing religion?
Christianity
Judaism
Buddhism
Islam
8
Which of the following countries would be more likely to implement anti-natal policies?
Niger
South Korea
Denmark
Japan
9
A country in stage 2 of the demographic transition has
declining birthrates
low birth and death rates
a high elder dependency ratio
a high youth dependency ratio
10
GPS technology would be best used
to analyze rainfall to minimize the effects of drought
to identify under served banking areas
to locate Chaska High School
to analyze traffic accidents in Minneapolis
11
Why might a state experience devolutionary pressures?
geographic isolation
economic inequality
all of the above
cultural diversity
12
The celebration of a national holiday is an example of
revolution
centrifugal force
centripetal force
terrorism
13
What is the name for a speech variant which reflects the local region in which it is spoken?
language branch
dialect
isogloss
language family
14
The theory that human behavior is controlled by the physical environment is called
gentrification
possibilism
determinism
balkanization
15
Korean pop music (K-pop) can reach the US more quickly today online.This is an example of
interregional migration
distance decay
dependency ratio
space-time compression
16
Which of the following maps would be at the largest scale?
Denver, Colorado
North America
State of Montana
Southeast Asia
17
The latitude and longitude coordinates of a place are an example of
an absolute location
a formal region
a relative location
a functional region
18
Kimchi, K-Pop, Samsung, East Asian country, capital is Seoul, low fertility rate, demilitarized zone
Indonesia
China
Japan
South Korea
19
A place where innovations and new ideas originate and spread outward to other regions is called
cultural landscape
culture hearth
culture trait
culture region
20
Canada, the United States, and Russia are all ______ states.
federal
unitary
21
Home to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina; official language is Arabic
Indonesia
Saudi Arabia
China
Afghanistan
22
The population pyramid for a stage 2 country resembles a
rectangle
triangle
oval
octagon
23
Which of the following supranational organizations is not an economic union?
NAFTA
COMECON
EU
NATO
24
Irregularly shaped voting districts to favor a particular group or party results from
devolution
gerrymandering
balkanization
blockbusting