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Mid Term Exam Quiz 2019
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1
The oldest recorded religion is Christianity
True
False
2
Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 largest language families?
English
Afro-Asiatic
Austronesian
Sino-Tibetan
3
All of the following are "centripetal forces" EXCEPT
Flourishing Economy
Various Languages
Good Leadership
Shared culture
4
Which language below is considered an "extinct language"?
Hebrew
Celtic
Hawaiian
Latin
5
The most widely spoken language in China is ...
English
Chinese
Mandarin
Arabic
6
Hearths are typically unknown in which type of culture?
Pop
American
Folk and Pop
Folk
7
Boundaries that are formed as the result of an event or the development of a culture
Antecedent
Relic
Superimposed
Subsequent
8
A state with an "arm" extending off of it
Perforated
Protruding
Prorupted
Fragmented
9
This organization wants to promote peace in the world as well as build cooperative relations among states
ASEAN
NAFTA
EU
UN
10
Which country has the most English speakers?
United States
Australian
United Kingdom
China
11
The Cold War was between...
USA vs. USSR
India vs. Pakistan
Ireland vs. Northern Ireland
Germany vs. USSR
12
English, Spanish, and Arabic are all considered "lingua francas"
False
True
13
Multiple states working together for a common economic, military, or political purpose is called...
Super friendism
Supranationalism
The Justice League
Hands Across America
14
Lack of jobs, poverty, natural disasters are all
pull factors
hearths
intervening opportunities
push factors
15
The caste system is used by ...
Islam
Sikhism
Hinduism
Buddhism
16
Which of the following countries IS NOT considered a nation-state
Germany
Japan
United Kingdom
France
17
Which of the following is NOT one of Ravenstein's Laws of Migration?
Most migrants travel short distances
Most migrants are women with children
Migrant flows create counter flows
Long distance migrants tend to go to urban areas
18
A country that is pronatalist most likely has...
A high natural increase rate
An aging population
Too many young people
A high birth rate
19
The largest number of people an area can support is called the ...
cornucopian theory
carrying capacity
neo-malthusian
maximus populus
20
Which of the following architectural structures would you find in a Buddhist landscape?
Mosque
Temple
Church
Shrine
21
Immigrants minus emigrants equals...
RNI
CDR
Net Migration
CBR
22
Mexican immigrants who come to American who speak more English but still practice native traditions have...
Synced
Multiculturated
Acculturated
Assimilated
23
Sharia law is most associated with which of the following countries?
United States
France
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
24
He believed if the balance of power among states was upset, one or a combination of states could become dominant
Halford Mackinder
Friedrich Ratzel
Nicholas Spykman
Elbridge Gerry
25
Urbanization probably occurred in which stage of the Demographic Transition Model?
1
3
2
4
26
All of the following are stateless nations EXCEPT
Kurds
Palestinians
Turks
Basques
27
Believed the edges of Eurasia had the best geographic factors for world domination
Karl Marx
Friedrich Ratzel
Nicholas Spykman
Halford Mackinder
28
Which country is NOT pronatalist?
India
Germany
Japan
Russia
29
Which IS NOT a characteristic of an LDC?
Less Female Employment
Lower Fertility Rates
Less education
Less wealth
30
Which agreement was created by European nations to divide up the African continent?
NATO
Berlin Conference
Treaty of Antarctica
Treaty of Tordesillas
31
An area that is completely separated from its state by another state
Exclave
Geometric
Compact
Enclave
32
A Federal system of government ...
concentrates power within individual states
makes everyone follow the same policies
concentrates power with the central power
distributes power to different territorial subdivisions
33
The founder of Buddhism is ...
Siddhartha Guatama
Jesus Christ
King Henry IV
Mohammed
34
Which of the following events led to the formation of Israel in 1948?
Agricultural Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Zionism
WWI
35
This is an organization of Asian states
ASEAN
NATO
EU
NAFTA
36
The transfer of some power to one or more regional units that weakens the central government is called...
Evolution
Demolition
Revolution
Devolution
37
Which of these religions allows you to practice another religion at the same time?
Islam
Christianity
Zoroastrianism
Buddhism
38
Who said, "While food supply increases arithmetically, population increases geometrically?"
Thomas Malthus
Julian Simon
Ester Boserup
Karl Marx
39
Judaism in the US is a result of _____________ diffusion.
Contagious
Relocation
Stimulus
Hierarchical
40
Pidgin and Creole are examples of
Lingua Francas
Language Divergence
Language Extinction
Language Convergence
41
Developed a Theory of Migration using push-pull factors
Everett Lee
Thomas Malthus
Ernst Ravenstein
Wilbur Zelinsky
42
Ethnic religions seek converts
False
True
43
Loss of intellectual people to the US by India is called brain drain
False
True
44
Who said that "there is plenty of food in the world, it is just not distributed equally?"
Thomas Malthus
Julian Simon
Karl Marx
Ester Boserup
45
Globalization is...
The increase of population on a global scale
The idea that the world is becoming integrated on a global scale
A change in food supply to include all people
People are becoming less and less alike over time
46
A state completely surrounded by another state.
Compact
Enclave
Exclave
Fragmented
47
According to UNCLOS, a country has sovereignty of its waters up to ________ miles from shore
12
1
200
24
48
The number of people per unit area of arable land is the ....
Arithmetic Density
Psychological Density
Agricultural Density
Physiological Density
49
Placing as many voters of one type in a single district to minimize the number of elections they can influence.
Packing
Kidnapping
Cracking
Hijacking
50
This is the primary language family of the Middle East, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and Sahel
Austronesian
Afro-Asiatic
Indo-European
Sino-Tibetan
51
The largest percentage of speakers of any language family belongs to which of the following?
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
Japanese
Niger-Congo
52
Events or circumstances that can unite the people of a state are called...
Fragmenting
Centripetal
Homogeneitiness
Centrifugal
53
A collection of languages that share a common but distant ancestor
Branch
Isogloss
Family
Dialect
54
Which of the following countries contains the MOST Muslims?
India
Indonesia
France
United States
55
The separation from religion is called
Secularism
Fundamentalism
Extremism
Commodification
56
Low skilled workers who tend to work seasonally and temporarily go to another country are called...
guest workers
undocumented workers
remitters
temps
57
The scattering of a group of people through forced migration is called ...
secularism
diaspora
reincarnation
vedas
58
Which of the following religions is NOT an Abrahamic Religion?
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
Hinduism
59
Developed by Friederich Ratzel, this theory compares a state's growth to that of a living organism.
Domino Theory
Rimland Theory
Organic Theory
Heartland Theory
60
Countries who are Antinatalist are probably in which stage of the DTM?
3
2
1
4
61
When one culture "becomes" like a more dominant group so much that they lose their own culture is Assimilation.
False
True
62
The area of 200 miles from shore that a country can use for resources in the water is called a
PSAT
EEZ
SAT
EAT
63
A boundary that does not exist anymore, but still is a reminder of a previous boundary
Antecedent
Subsequent
Superimposed
Relic
64
The US, Canada, and the United Kingdom are multinational states
True
False
65
Drawing lines on a map is called
Delimitation
Dermarcation
EEZs
Contiguous Zones
66
Offering cash for having children is pronatalist
True
False
67
All of the following are groups who contributed to the English language EXCEPT
Arabs
Angles
Saxons
Romans
68
Which of the following IS NOT a Prorupted State?
Namibia
Lesotho
Burma
Japan
69
The population pyramid of Japan most resembles which of the following?
Rectangle
Triangle
Circle
An upside down triangle
70
Which country is most likely in Stage 4 of the DTM?
Ghana
Yemen
Japan
United States
71
Which of the following is an example of a compact state?
Lesotho
Poland
Thailand
Italy
72
Which of the following countries is NOT Communist today as a result of the Cold War?
China
Thailand
Cuba
Vietnam
73
Which of the following is NOT a branch of Christianity?
Protestant
Orthodox
Catholic
Methodist
74
Gerrymandering is
number of people in each voting district
catching salamanders in a jar
making sure each voting district has an equal number of voters
manipulation of election boundaries to favor one party over another
75
A literal or strict interpretation of religious principles is called...
Assimilation
Secularism
Acculturation
Fundamentalism
76
Spreading voters of one type over many districts where they will comprise minorities that are unable to win elections
Hijacking
Cracking
Packing
Kidnapping
77
Which of the following is HIGHER in LDCs?
Life Expectancy
IMR
Education
Net Migration
78
These are circular or square shaped states
Elongated
Enclaves
Perforated
Compact
79
Another name for re-unification of former territories is called...
Irredentism
Shatterbelt
Balkanization
Buffering
80
Contains a sovereign state within a state
Enclave
Compact
Perforated
Exclave
81
A form of government that concentrates power in the "central government" is a ___________ system
Confederal
Unitary
Unicycle
Federal
82
The main goal of the EU was to...
Promote cultural awareness in Africa
Create free-trade that enhances the economic wealth of all its members
Protect its allies and promote security throughout Europe
remove barriers in trade between the US, Mexico, and Canada
83
The 5 Pillars are associated with which of these religions?
Buddhism
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
84
A country has exclusive economic control over possible and existing resources up to _________ miles from its shores.
200
24
150
12
85
There are approximately ________ countries in the world according to the UN
2000
100
194
204
86
The name given to a place is called a...
Toolshed
Typo
El Nombre
Toponym
87
States that are broken into two or more parts
Elongated
Prorupted
Fragmented
Compact
88
The sun never sets on the __________ empire.
American
British
Soviet
Chinese
89
The American Flag is considered a centripetal force
True
False
90
A cold war is ...
A war fought in the USSR
War of global dominance between the ideologies of capitalism and communism
A war fought in artic climates
Another name for WWIII
91
The "out" migration of a country
Emigration
Immigration
Net Migration
Voluntary Migration
92
Money sent back home by immigrants in a foreign country is called
counter money
brain drain
commodification
remittances
93
Regions caught between two superpowers are called
Buffer states
Dominos
Shatterbelts
Eastern Blocs
94
When the CDR is higher than the CBR a country is in which stage of the Demographic Transition?
5
4
3
2
95
McVeggies in India are an example of ...
Hierarchical Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
96
Popular Culture leads to which type of landscape result?
Diverse
Complicated
Placelessness
Converegence
97
The spread of a phenomena through physical movement is ...
Expansion Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
98
Fashion trends starting in Paris, then going to smaller cities is an example of ...
Stimulus Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
99
People from Ireland came to the US during the 1880s due to ...
The Holocaust
World War I
Potato Famine
Slavery
100
Which of the following is NOT a type of boundary?
Antecedent
Supercedent
Subsequent
Superimposed
