HWRS Human Geography Test Review

Which type of economic system does the United States have?

Advanced societies tend to have less younger people & more older people. How does this impact the shape of the pyramid?

Which of the following is NOT an element of culture?

Government in which a small group of people holds the ruling power

Economy in which goods and services are exchanged without money

What are people called who are EXITING their home country to move somewhere else?

Absence of government

Someone who seeks safety by going to another country

Government in which one person has complete control

What is the difference between a refugee and an immigrant?

Belief in only one god

Which of the following is an example of a pull factors?

Someone moving permanently INTO a new country

Which term best explains reasons for people MOVING INTO the United States?

What do Judaism, Islam, and Christianity all have in common?

Taking existing technology and resources and creating something new to meet a need

Economy in which the production of goods & services is determined by the demand of consumers.

What religion was the country Israel founded for?

Religion is best described as a:

Which of the following is an example of a push factors?

Why might geographers use population pyramids?

Government in which the people hold the ruling power

Belief in more than one god

Which of the following best describes how a geographer might define culture?

Spread of ideas, inventions, patterns, or patterns of behavior

Who shapes one's culture?

Someone EXITING their homeland to move somewhere else

Which of the following terms describes reasons for people EXITING their country to move somewhere else?

Government in which a king or queen rules

Economy in which the production of goods & services are determined by the government

When a society changes because it accepts or adopts an innovation

Economic system that combines aspects of a market economy & a command economy.