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Duplicate of AP Human Geography Midterm
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This quiz is to help review Unit 2 Population geography and Unit 3 Cultural geography.
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1
Nearly half of the people in the world speak a language from this language family.
Japanese
Indo-European
Germanic
Niger-Congo
2
How are Buddhism and Hinduism similar?
Both religions believe in judgement day & rewards in heaven
Both religions believe in a rigid class system
Both religions believe in ahimsa, principle of non-violence
Both religions believe in magic and divination.
3
Popular culture is characterized by all of the following
except
urban population
quickly changing attributes
globalization
homogeneous population
4
Which of the following is an example of a formal cultural region?
The Rocky Mountain Region
The South
The Gulf Coast
The Bible Belt
5
Which statement concerning the globalization of Western culture is
true
?
Backlash against Western culture has resulted in violence
All of these are true
Many foreign cultures have adoped Western traits.
Areas of the world have actively resisted Western culture
6
Which of the following is an example of an intervening obstacles?
Laws requiring immigrants to obtain
The Demilitarized Zone on the Korean Peninsula
All of these are
The wall separating the West Bank from Israel
7
Since 1950, this part of the developing world has seen a dramatic increase in population.
Rural areas
Urban areas
Areas away from coasts
Non-industrial areas
8
Which of the following is an effect of chain migration on the area of destination?
Urban ethnic enclaves
Multi-ethnic neighborhoods
Culture clusters
Urban slums
9
Problems associated with fast population growth in cities include
an increase in air and water pollution
an increase in traffic congestion
All of the above
the loss of productive farmland near cities
10
Problems with multi-lingual states include
problems between speakers of the different languages
place names are identified differently in different language
All of the above
increased costs for printing government signs & literature
11
An example of an anti-natalist population program is
All of the above
China's One child policy
Singapore's Population and Family Planning board
India's sterilization programs
12
The largest major population concentration of North America is
from Washington D.C. to Boston
from Toronto to Montreal
from Miami to Jacksonville
from San Diego to San Francisco
13
Which of the following is an example of hierarchical diffusion?
spread of laptop computers from the upper class to middle
Spread of AIDS from Africa to Europe
The spread of Spanish language to Latin America
Spread of Wal-Mart from Arkansas to the rest of the U. S.
14
A person's activity space includes
areas in which he or she feels comfortable
places where important activities take place
seasonal migration patterns
geographic movement on a daily basis
15
In developed countries, guest worker programs
recruit workers from LDCs to fill a need for unskilled labor
encourage the diversification of culture in a country
often have negative consequences to a country's birth rate
are used because native workers cost too much to hire
16
All of the following are examples of a "Brain Drain"
except
migration of Mexican farmers to the United States
German aerospace experts following World War II
Russian scientists after the fall of the Soviet Union
Cuban doctors after the rise of Fidel Castro
17
The largest source of international immigrants to the United States is from
Canada
India
China
Mexico
18
Which of the following factors does
not
affect a person's life expectancy?
Education
Gender/sex
Socio-economic status
Parents' age at the time of the person's birth
19
Culture is spread by
all of the above
war and occupation
trans-national corporations
migrants
20
Religions' influence on the cultural landscape can be seen in all the following ways
except
shrines
places of worship
burial grounds
commercial districts
21
Which population pyramid best reflects the population structure of Germany?
Pyramid A
Pyramid C
Pyramid D
Pyramid E
22
Dialects are local variants in language that differ in their
pronunciation
all of the above
spelling
vocabulary
23
Which of the following is one of Ravenstein's Laws of Migration?
Most migrants move short distances.
Most long distance migrants move to large cities.
All of the above
Most migrants are male.
24
Which of the following areas would be considered a cultural transition zone?
All of the above
Southwest U.S.-Northern Mexico
Poland
Eastern Ontario-Western Quebec
25
Into which stage of the demographic transition would Brazil & Mexico fit?
Stage 2
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 3
26
Which of these modern languages spread globally as a result of religion?
French
English
Spanish
Arabic
27
Problems with the Chinese ideographic writing systems include
each symbol corresponds with the pronunciation of the word
in order to be literate, a person memorizes 1,000s symbols
each dialect has its own symbols for writing
many symbols no longer have meaning
28
Which of the following is an example of an intervening opportunity?
All of above
The Sahara Desert separating North Africa from West Africa
the wall separating the West Bank from Israel
Taking a high paying job on the way to somewhere else
29
Which is an example of a folk cultural landscape in the United States?
Log cabins in Appalachia
All of the above
Amish communities in Pennsylvania
Pueblo communities in New Mexico
30
The highest crude birth rate (CBR) in the world are found in
Latin America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Middle East
China
31
Roman Catholics in the United States are largely concentrated in
Northeastern USA
Southwestern
West Coast
All of the above
32
Which of the following is an example of a revived language?
Hebrew
Greek
Swahili
Latin
33
Which of the following is an example of a push factor?
A stable government in the migrant's country of origin.
Plentiful jobs in the migrant's chosen destination.
A stable government in the migrant's chosen destination.
Lack of employment in a migrant's city of residence.
34
Jerusalem is a sacred city for all of the following religions except
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
Hinduism
35
According to Thomas Malthus, natural checks on a population include all of the following except
famine
disease
agricultural advancements
war
36
The use of French as an official language of Senegal demonstrates the
concept of lingua franca
desire to adopt all the official languages of the UN
amount of power the French wielded over its colony
work of French Catholic missionaries
37
Which of the following countries has the lowest arithmetic density?
United States
Canada
Brazil
United Kingdom
38
Which of the following areas is considered part of the ecumene?
the banks along the lower Nile river
Mid-latitude deserts of Africa
Himalayan mountain zone above 20,000 feet
Polar ice caps
39
Studying religion is important to understanding a culture because
religious beliefs are reflected in most aspects of culture
religions are key to understanding the role of women
major world religions can be linked to a cultural homeland
religions don't have any impact on the built landscape
40
Which two cities in the United States often serve as hearths for popular culture?
New York and Chicago
Los Angeles and Detroit
New York and Los Angeles
New York and Miami
41
The best example of cultural integration in the United States is
the Mormon culture region
the upland South
the Amish country in Pennsylvania
the Pacific Northwest
42
Which of the following is an example of a pull factor?
War or famine in the migrant's country of origin
Religious persecution in a migrant's chosen destination
Plentiful jobs in the migrant's chosen destination
Political persecution in a migrant's homeland
43
Which statement best describes the Muslim population of the world?
equally divided between Middle East, S. Asia, & S.E. Asia
Largest # is in S. Asia & S.E. Asia
Largest # is in S.W. Asia and E. Africa
Largest # is in the Middle East and North Africa
44
Presently, most population growth in the world is occuring
in MDCs
in LDCs
in Western countries
in Africa
45
American English has adopted extensive vocabulary from which of the following languages?
French
Spanish
Native American
All of the above
