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