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1
Which of the following churches is most prominent in the southern US?
Baptist church
Presbyterian church
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Lutheran church
2
Which of the religion has the 2nd largest # of adherents (after Christianity) n the world today
Judaism
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
3
The phenomenon of space-time compression has been most directly promoted by
globalization
modernization
irredentism
social development
4
Crude death rate - Crude birth rate =
Life expectancy rate
Mortality rate
Total fertility rate
Natural increase rate
5
Which of the following is a fragmented state?
Chile
Hungary
Indonesia
Thailand
6
Chain migration is most directly encouraged by
higher education levels
awareness space
kinship & friends ties
step migration
7
The practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture is called
syncretism
ethnocentrism
acculturation
cultural relativism
8
The art and science of mapmaking is called
topography
cartography
epidemiology
ecology
9
Push & Pull factors explain reason why people
adopt cultural beliefs
try to promote sustainable development
create cultural landscapes
migrate
10
The housing styles pictured above originated during the 17th century in
New England
southern England
the southern US
Scotland
11
The phenomenon of distance decay helps to explain the tendency for people to
stay fairly close to home when they migrate
choose cities as their destinations
reject intervening opportunities when presented
make international moves when they are young
12
The province of Quebec is unique from other provinces in Canada because it has
more young pople under the age of 21
a majority of inhabitants who speak French as a 1st language
the largest overall population
control over the largest share of the country's economy
13
A traveler crosses the International Date Line going from America > Asia, (s)he will set time
48 hours ahead
12 hours back
12 hours ahead
24 hours ahead
14
Name of system measuring the position of an object on earth's surface & stores info in layers
Physical landscape
GIS
GPS
Map projection
15
Which language on the map has the fewest# of people who speak it as a first language?
English
Spanish
German
Mandarin Chinese
16
Demographic transition theory is concerned w/ which of the following concepts?
Economic development
Core-periphery relations
Population growth
Migration patterns
17
The main purpose of gerrymandering is usually to
create districts of approximately equal size
challenge authority of courts to weigh in on political ?s
improve chance of one political party in state to win vote
assert power of the legislative over the executive branch
18
Ability of state 2 carry out policies w/o interference from the inside or the outside is called
Territoriality
Integration
Sovereignty
Devolution
19
Which of the following R areas that people believe to exist as part of their cultural identity
Formal regions
Uniform regions
Functional Regions
Perceptual regions
20
Which of the following religions have direct roots in Judaism?
Daoism & Christianity
Hinduism & Eastern Orthodoxy
Sikhism & Islam
Christianity & Islam
21
See the question attached...
B
A
D
C
22
A unitary state is one in which political power is concentrated in
a central legislature
sub-governments
the hands of those who also control the economy
the hands of one person
23
Which of the following is generally encouraged by folk cultures?
large number of chain stores
increased demand for natural resources
cultural diversity
uniform landscapes
24
British economist who was the 1st critic 2 note world's pop. was increasing faster than food
Alfred Weber
Thomas Malthus
Immanuel Wallerstein
Ernst Ravenstein
25
See the question attached....
A
D
C
B
26
The concept of territoriality is most central to the study of
urban geography
demography
political geography
cultural geography
27
Which of the following is a disadvantage of a map based on the Mercator projection?
S. American & Africa appear to be much larger than reality
Shapes of landmasses in mid. latitudes are greatly distorted
Landmasses in S. Hemisphere appear much smaller than reality
Size of areas, especially the Poles, are greatly exaggerated
28
Linguistic geographers map areas in which particular words are spoken, marking their limits as
dialects
toponyms
artifacts
isoglosses
29
Examples of modern lingua franca languages are
Russian, English & Swahili
Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, & French
Latin, Spanish & English
Russian, Hindustani, & Mandarin Chinese
30
Which of the following countries are majority Shiite?
Iraq & Jordan
Turkey & Syria
Saudi Arabia & Qatar
Iraq & Iran
31
Which of the following is an example of a centrifugal force w/in a nation-state?
a strong a sense of nationalism
ethnic homogeneity
a strong national economy
a separatist movement that demands independence
32
Which geographers was the 1st to accurately calculate the circumference of the earth?
Eratosthenes
Idrisi
Carl Sauer
Ptolemy
33
An example of a stateless nation in the Mid. East is provided by
Syrians
Kurds
Turks
Egyptians
34
The type of culture that emphasizes artifacts is called
a culture trait
material culture
non-material culture
a culture system
35
Which of the following areas of the world currently have net-in migration?
Latin America & Asia
Europe & Asia
Latin America & Europe
North America & Australia
36
The branch of Buddhism with the largest number of adherents is
Tantrayana
Theraveda
Baha'i
Mahayana
37
Which of the following is NOT a region of high population concentration?
Southeast Asia
South Africa
South Asia
East Asia
38
Which of the following people is most likely to have the largest activity space?
a young professional woman who lives in an urban center
an 8 year old boy who lives in the suburbs
an older man who has retired
a middle age man who lives in a suburb
39
The combo of natural change and net migration to summarize population change over time is
demographic momentum
the epidemiologic transition
demographic equation
the gravity model
40
If a country has an arithmetic density of 78 & a physiological density of 3500, it most likely
has a very large population
little arable land
has a very small population
has a high carrying capacity
41
The 2 most populous countries in the world that have used restrictive population policies are
China & India
Russia & China
the US & Japan
India & the US
42
The main purpose of the Security Council of the UN is to
establish peacekeeping forces in hotspots around the world
regulate global monetary policies
provide social & cultural benefits
represent the democratic will of the member-states
43
The 3 major branches of Christianity in the world today are
Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Pentecostal
Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Episcopalian
Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Protestant
Baptist, Roman Catholic & Methodist
44
The country where the Industrial Revolution first began was
Britain
Italy
the US
Germany
45
Brazil's decision 2 move its capital from Rio de Janeiro 2 Brasilia reflects its desire
to create a cultural landscape
to create a urban hierarchy
to create a primate city
to create a forward capital
46
The main reason Nigeria moved its capital from Lagos to Abuja was to try to resolve differences
between native Nigerians & Europeans
between the Muslim north & Christian south
between those support international trade & those who don't
between American businessmen & Nigerian political leaders
47
See the question attached...
D
C
B
A
48
Which of the following countries currently is NOT a member of the EU?
Greece
Croatia
Portugal
Hungary
49
Core, periphery, & semiperiphery countries fit into the global economy according to the theory
by Immanuel Wallerstein
by Walter Christaller
by Alfred Weber
by W.W. Rostow
50
The population pyramid below reflects the population distribution of
Iran
the United States
Afghanistan
France