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Semester PreTest Unit I,II,III
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1
The three major branches of Christianity in the world today are
Lutheran, Roman Catholic, and Methodist
Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Sunni
Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant
Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, and Pentecostal
2
Which of the following is currently a major global migration flow
Asia to North America
South America to East Asia
Europe to East Asia
North America to South America
3
The type of culture that emphasizes artifacts is called
material culture
a culture hearth
a culture system
a culture trait
4
The phenomenon of distance decay helps to explain the tendency for people to
stay fairly close to home when they migrate
reject intervening opportunities when presented
choose cities as their destinations
make international moves when they are young
5
Which of the following areas of the world currently have net in-migration?
Australia and Africa
North America and Australia
Latin America and Asia
Latin America and Europe
6
form of relocation diffusion in which the spread of culture traits is slow enough to weaken
hierarchical diffusion
contagious diffusion
stimulus diffusion
migrant diffusion
7
Which of the following religions have direct roots in Judaism
Christianity and Buddhism
Islam and Christianity
Sikhism and Islam
Hinduism and Eastern Orthodoxy
8
The gravity model describes an inverse relationship between the
volume of migration distance between source and destination
step migration and intervening opportunities
intervening obstacles and intervening opportunities
flows and counterflows of migration
9
Which of the following is a disadvantage of a map based on the Mercator projection
Size , especially the North and South Poles are exaggerated
South America and Africa appear to be much larger
True direction is difficult to determine
Land masses in the southern hemisphere appear to be smaller
10
Place names may also be called
perceptual regions
isoglosses
Toponyms
site factors
11
Culture complexes are made up of many culture
regions
hearths
traits
systems
12
a country has an arithmetic density of 78 and a physiological density of 3500, it likely has
little arable land
a very large population
a high carrying capacity
a very small population
13
Meridians and parallels are most helpful in determining
absolute location
spatial organization
physical site characteristics
the "why and where"
14
The art and science of mapmaking is called
topography
epidemiology
cartography
ecology
15
Which of the following is generally encouraged by folk cultures
cultural diversity
increased demand for natural resources
uniform landscapes
increased pollution
16
Examples of modern lingua franco languages are
Russian, Hindustani, and Mandarin Chinese
Russian, English, and Swahili
Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, and French
Hindustani, German, and French
17
Which of following are areas that people believe to exist as part of their cultural identity
functional regions
perceptual regions
uniform regions
formal regions
18
one of the first geographers to accurately calculate the circumference of the earth
Idrisi
Ptolemy
George Perkins Marsh
Eratosthenes
19
During the late 1800s, an important pull factor for immigrants to the United States was
political persecution in Russia
a potato famine in Ireland
the Industrial Revolution in the U.S.
political unrest of Germany and Eastern Europe
20
Which of the following religions has the largest number of adherents
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Buddhism
21
Push and Pull factors explain reasons why people?
adopt cultural beliefs
migrate
try to promote sustainable development
cultural landscapes
22
Religion distinguishes itself from other belief systems by its emphasis on
supernatural intervention
the sacred and divine
the ability of human beings to guide their on lives
the existence of gods
23
Which of the following is least likely to have a high population density
sea level altitudes in North America
interior areas of Australia
coastal areas of South America
river valleys in Africa
24
If people believe that a devastating flood was caused by the displeasure of the gods.
environmental perception
possibilism
cultural determinism
environmental determinism
25
Demographic transition theory is concerned with which of the following concepts
core-periphery relations
migration patterns
economic development
population growth
26
If it is 9 A.M. in New York City, what time would it be in Los Angeles
1 P.M.
noon
6 A.M.
10 A.M.
27
Sunni and Shiite are two major branches of
Islam
Buddhism
Daoism
Hinduism
28
first critic to note that the population was increasing faster than the food supplies was
Thomas Malthus
Tyler Malthus
Tobey Malthus
Timothy Malthus
29
The practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture is called
syncretism
acculturation
cultural relativism
ethnocentrism
30
All of the following are correct statements about time zones EXCEPT
China has more time zones than the US because its larger
The local time in neighboring zones is 1 hour
Many areas have adopted daylight savings time
Times zones are geometrically subdivided by 15' of longitude
31
measures the position of an object on earth and stores information about it in layers is called
GPS
map projection
GIS
physical landscape
32
Which of the following countries has the largest percentage of Roman Catholics
Great Britain
Brazil
Indonesia
the United States
33
Branch of Christianity with the largest number of adherents
Lutheranism
Protestantism
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
34
of the ten major languages has the highest number of people who speak it as a first language
Spanish
Chinese
Hindi
English
35
An advantage of the Peters map projection is that it
does not exaggerate the size of areas to the north and south
represents lines of constant compass bearing
does not distort shapes
accurately compares land masses in terms of area
36
which of the following countries will surpass China as the most populous country by 2050
Russia
India
the United States
Japan
37
Buddhism and Confucianism continued to be important forces, with a more or less equal exchange
cultural transmission
assimilation
acculturation
transculturation
38
combination of natural change and net migration to summarize population change over time is
demographic momentum
demographic equation
the gravity model
the epidemiologic transition
39
Which of the following is a language sub-family
Romance languages
Indo-European language
American Indian language
Afro-Asiatic language
40
The branch of Buddhism with the largest number of adherents is
Mahayana
Baha'i
Tantrayana
Theraveda
41
Mahayana, Theraveda, and Tantrayana are three branches of
Hinduism
Islam
Sikhism
Buddhism
42
Which of the following is an economic pull factor that encourages migration
similar cultural practices in the land of origin
religious persecution in the land of origin
plentiful jobs in the destination area
lack of job opportunities in the land of orgin
43
Which of the following is an example of the spatial analysis tradition in geography
natural vegetation on hillsides
the number of ships constructed in New England
the size of major oceans
a checkerboard pattern created by agricultural use of land
44
Which of the following is an accurate statement about the population of China
the western part of the country is sparsely populated
population on the coastline has no large cities
population is more concentrated in the south of the country
population is spread out fairly evenly across the country
45
Mathematical calculations using latitude and longitude allow us to determine the
physical site characteristics of all places on earth
arrangement of objects on earths surface
toponym of a particular place
absolute location of a particular place
46
The field that studies the relationship between the natural environment and culture is called
environmental determinism
cultural ecology
syncretism
linguistic geography
47
Which of following were cultural hearths
Kansas Valley, Choctaw, River Valley, Sleeping Canyon
Bulgaria, pakistan, africa, guam
Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, Indus Valley, East Asia
Korea, East Russia, Siberia, Morocco
48
transition theory, which stages in a country's development is population increasing
stages 1 and 2
stages 3 and 4
stages 1 and 4
stages 2 and 3
49
Brazil's moving its capital from Rio de Janeiro to to Brazilia reflects the country's desire to
world city
primate city
urban hierarchy
forward capital
50
As Islam spread to Sub-Saharan Africa, its first converts were the elites then natives
hierarchical diffusion
relocation diffusion
time-distance decay
stimulus diffusion
51
region categorization that emphasizes the relationship between core and peripheral areas
perceptual regions
formal regions
uniform regions
functional regions
52
Which of the following countries are majority Shiite
Iraq and Iran
Turkey and Syria
Iran and Saudi Arabia
Iraq and Jordan
53
Which of the following would be a large scale map be most helpful
navigating terrain with significant changes in altitude
determining which way to turn on a small street
mapping a route to circumvent traffic in a large city
showing the relationship between to continents
54
A condition in which many languages are spoken, each by a relatively small number of people
bilingualism
linguistic relativism
diasporas
linguistic fragmentation
55
Which of the following churches is most prominent in the southern United States
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church
Episcopalian Church
56
Which of the following is NOT a region of high population concentration
South Africa
Southeast Asia
South Asia
East Asia
57
Which of the following is NOT a physical site characteristic
type of soil
amount of rainfall
type of vegetation
location of a smaller street in relation to a main street
58
The largest branch of Islam is
Sikhism
Muslim
Shiite
Sunni
59
The pressure people put on the land to produce enough food is measured by
population concentrations
arithmetic density
physiological population
the stationary population level
60
Which of the following best describes demographic momentum
the difference between births and deaths
drop in infant mortality rate, drop in death rate
birth rate rates decline, elderly people increase
Despite falling fertility rate, population still grows
61
Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape
terraced fields of crops up a mountainside
a coral reef
tropical jungle
a stand of pine trees
62
A hybrid that serves as a second language for everyone who uses it is called a
creole
pidgin
lingua franco
isoglosses
63
Refugees fleeing from Balkans during the 1990's were mostly reacting to
cultural pull factors
cultural push factors
economic pull factors
economic push factors
64
Linguistic geographers map the area in which particular words are spoken, marking their limits
dialects
dialect
isoglosses
toponyms
65
U.S. government agency directly responsible for counting and collecting information on people
Office of Adminstartion
Department of Health and Human Services
Census Bureau
Office of Management and Budget
66
The country where the Industrial Revolution first began was
Germany
the United States
Great Britian
Italy
67
Which is computed by subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate
life expectancy
natural increase
mortality rate
total fertility rate
68
A special type of map designed to reveal the nature of local topography is called a
reference map
contour map
Robinson Projection
local-global continuum map
69
populous countries in the world that have actively applied restrictive population policies are
China and Indonesia
the United States and Japan
India and China
Russia and China
70
The phenomenon of space-time compression has been most directly promoted by
globalization
value added productivity
modernization
social development
71
The theory that population patterns vary according to levels of technological development is
the gravity model
demographic transition theory
the demographic equation
stationary population theory
72
traveler crosses the International Date Line from America to Asia, (s)he will set the time
48 hours ahead
24 hours ahead
12 hours back
24 hours back
73
Which of the following is NOT an ethnic religion
Shintoism
Hinduism
Sikhism
Judaism
74
Which of the following is a dialect
Romance
Indo-European
Latin
southern United States
75
concept distance decay best illustrates which of the following Ravenstein's laws of migration
Each migration produces a counterflow
The majority of immigrants only move a short distance
Migrants who move longer distances tend to choose cities
Families are less likely to make international moves