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Duplicate of Mr. Dobbs Trimester 1 APHG Review
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This contains almost EVERY SINGLE QUESTION from unit 1 and 2 exams to review for the Trimester Exam
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1
Which characteristic applies to more-developed countries?
High total fertility rates
Rapid population growth
Long life expectancies
Early stages of epidemiological transition
2
Which factors are contributing to aging populations within the global core/MDCs?
Decreased TFRs
Women's Empowerment
Concerns over sustainability & the earth's carrying capacity.
All of the above
3
Which population pyramid shows where people are more likely to die of infectious disease than degenerative disease?
C
A
B
D
4
The US bringing in large numbers of Indian guest workers for IT & computer programming positions demonstrates ___.
improvements in education within India over the past few decades
voluntary migration
"brain gain" for major US cities & "brain drain" for India
All of the above
5
Which scale of analysis is represented in the map above?
Local, showing the towns & township areas in a county
Local, showing neighborhoods & streets within a community
National, showing the states or provinces in an entire country
Regional, showing the states or provinces in one part of a country
6
Which population pyramid shows a country with that is most likely at Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition Model?
C
D
A
B
7
Repatriation is defined as ___.
Returning refugees to their homeland as soon as it is safe
None of the above
The money immigrants & guest workers send back to their homeland.
Political protection for people fleeing authoritarian governments.
8
Which describes a concern for a country with an aging population?
the life expectancy for the younger population of the country decreases
the sex ratio becomes disproportionally skewed toward males.
less young workers can support programs that provide services for elderly
the infant mortality rate decreases
9
In terms of ___, the US is "closer" to China than it is to Cuba.
Relative Location
Absolute Location
Absolute Distance
Relative Distance
10
___ is largely based upon connectivity & accessibility than the actual number of miles or kilometers between places.
Spatial Perspective
Relative Distance
Relative Location
Absolute Distance
11
Protestant Christianity, Orthodox Christianity & Catholic Christianity were all introduced to modern US by ___.
Hierarchical Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
Independent Innovation
12
Place each country at the appropriate stage of the Demographic Transition Model
United States--Stage 5; Central African Republic--Stage 2; Japan--Stage 4
United States--Stage 4; Central African Republic--Stage 2; Japan--Stage 5
United States--Stage 1; Central African Republic--Stage 2; Japan--Stage 5
United States--Stage 4; Central African Republic-Stage 5; Japan--Stage 2
13
Which factor allows the typical American's activity spaces to have the greatest degree of spatial separation on earth?
High per capita (per person) incomes
Widespread ownership of cars
All of the answers are correct
Excellent highway & road infrastructure.
14
From oldest to youngest, which is the proper chronological order for generation cohorts in the US?
Baby Boomers -> GI Gen -> X -> Y -> Z
GI Gen -> X -> Baby Boomers -> Millenials -> Z
GI Gen -> Baby Boomers -> X -> Millenials -> Z
Z -> Millenials -> X -> Baby Boomers -> GI Gen
15
Which population pyramid shows a country with a high elder dependency ratio & a population decline.
C
B
A
D
16
Various plant & animal species were domesticated at different times in different places across earth. This is ___.
Globalization
Distance Decay
Independent Invention
Stimulus Diffusion
17
Anti-Malthusians, such as Boserup & Simon, believe that ___ will allow humanity to avoid the "Malthusian Collapse."
Famine & pandemic disease
Innovations in food production & agricultural technology
Climate change & environmental degradation
Improved contraceptives & increased access to them.
18
___ can be described as the art & science of mapmaking.
Perception of Place
Radiography
Cartography
GIS
19
Metacities, such as Tokyo, Mexico City & Cairo, Egypt, are those with populations ___.
over 20 million
of at least 1 million
between 1 million & 5 million
over 10 million
20
The ___ is used to represent the changeover from high CBR & CDR to low CBR & CDR as a country develops.
Malthusian Model
Natural Increase Model
Von Thunen Model
Demographic Transition Model
21
Which region is currently experiencing the fastest population growth?
East Asia
South Asia
Europe
Sub-saharan Africa
22
The “West”, the “South”, or the “Middle East” are ___
Formal Regions
Physical Regions
Perceptual Regions
Functional Regions
23
The map of German-speaking European states is best described as a ___.
Perceptual Region
Census Tract
Functional Region
Formal Region
24
Places, such as home & work/school, that people regularly visit as part of daily routines are ___.
Culture Hearths
Regions of Activity
Mental Maps
Activity Spaces
25
___ is the study of the interactions between cultures & their local environments.
Possibilism
Sustainability
Cultural Ecology
Gentrification
26
In the early 21st Century, the largest number of refugees is located in ___.
The Caribbean
Africa
Australia & Oceania
Latin America
27
Which profile characterizes the group most likely to migrate internationally?
Single, 25-years old
Married, 50-years old
Single, 50-years old
Married, 25-years old
28
Countries in ___ would likely have antinatalist policies, while ___ countries are likely to promote pronatalist policies
Africa; Europe
Europe; North America
North America; Europe
Europe; Latin America
29
Which is the primary assumption of environmental determinism?
The physical environment has little influence over humans.
Human destiny is controlled by the cultural environment
Humans have complete control over the physical environment.
The physical environment controls human culture
30
GPS technology allows the determination of ___.
The weather forecast for any region on earth
Spatial data to be collected, recorded, stored, retrieved & manipulated.
Distances from radio towers & subsidiary satellite receivers.
Absolute location on the earth's surface
31
The data in the table can be used to support the lowest level of female empowerment for which country?
India
Egypt
Mexico
Nigeria
32
How does immigration positively impact the economies of core countries with high levels of economic development?
Recent immigrants often receive taxpayer-funded assistance.
None of the above
Immigrants can provide needed labor at relatively low wages
Immigrants tend to invest heavily in stocks & form corporations.
33
The infographic above suggests that ___.
The US & China are economically interdependent
China is a major source area for immigrants to the US
American fashion trends diffuse hierarchically in China.
The US & China are the main sources of greenhouse gasses.
34
Which country is most likely at stage two of the demographic transition model?
United States
China
Italy
Nigeria
35
Migration streams are all actually a series of smaller movements. This is ___.
Step Migration
Cyclic Movement
Chain Migration
Transhumance
36
Observing changes across space requires geographers to use ___.
Spatial Perspective
Remote Sensing Technology
Global Positioning System
Sense of Place
37
Longitude is ___.
The angular distance east or west of the equator
The angular distance north or south of the equator
The angular distance east or west of the prime meridians
The angular distance north or south of the prime meridian.
38
___ is the study of how human activity affects or is influenced by the Earth's surface.
Environmental Determinism
Human Geography
Expansion Diffusion
Domestication
39
___ is the idea of meeting the world's current needs while not endangering the future's ability to meet theirs
Conservation
Sustainability
Environmental Determinism
Environmentalism
40
China's Great Wall & the United States' offering 65,000 H1B visas per year are examples of ___.
Complex global cultural patterns
Non-selective immigration
How governments affect migration
Isolationism
41
Changes in the social roles, lifestyles, and employment patterns of women have affected the population through ___.
Increased TFRs
Decreased death rates
Decreased TFRs
Increased death rates
42
Every map projection has some degree of distortion because ___.
The grid system is 2D, while the real world is 3D
Earth is not a perfect sphere
A curved surface cannot be represented on a flat surface without distortion
Parallels & meridians never cross at right angles on a globe.
43
Renewable resources include __.
Wind Energy
Hydropower
All of the answers are correct
Geothermal Power
44
Thomas Malthus based his work on population on which premise?
Food increases arithmetically; population increases exponentially
Food increases exponentially; population increases arithmetically.
Both food & population increase exponentially.
Both food & population increase arithmetically.
45
Cultural preference for males is known as ___.
Androcentrism
Eugenics
Misogyny
Miscegenation
46
Which migration stream is best classified as voluntary internal migration
Gulag/Exile System in the USSR (1920's-~1960)
Atlantic Slave Trade (1526-1888)
White Flight in the US (Late 1940's-1970's)
Jewish Migration to Modern Israel (Since 1945)
47
Which best describes regions that make up the political divisions, such as US states & counties, within a country?
Perceptual Regions
Cultural Regions
Formal Regions
Physical Regions
48
Which is an example of a cultural landscape?
Native American Burial Mound
Mangrove Swamp Along a Subtropical Coastline
Shoreline Eroded by Tidal Flows
Coastal Wetland
49
Environmental determinism posits that ___
Equatorial regions produce the most successful societies.
Temperate regions produce the most successful societies
The natural environment impacts societies, but so do other factors
Societies originating in desert areas become the most efficient farmers
50
Geographers might use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to ___.
Map wildfires in California.
Map lawyers showing voters, their race & their income.
All of the answers are correct
Map earthquake damage in Chile.
51
Areas of high arithmetic population density are ___.
All of the above
typically centers of economic & educational opportunity & access.
highly urbanized
often more prone to the spread of infectious disease such as COVID
52
The dependency ratio is most useful for indicating the ___.
Relationship between TFR & IMR
Degree of gender equality within a country
Relationship between the labor force & the country's population
Reliance of a country on imported fossil fuels
53
Columbus' voyage took nearly 40 days in 1492. Today this trip is only 8 hours by air. This is an example of ___.
Time-Space Compression
Uneven Development
Distance Decay
Glocalization
54
Which best identifies the scale of analysis for the map shown?
Regional Scale
Local Scale
Global Scale
National Scale
55
Ravenstein's laws of migration include all of the following except ___.
Most migrants only move short distances.
Urban residents are among the most migratory people within a country
Migrants who move long distances tend to settle in major urban areas.
Families are less likely to make international moves than young adults.
56
The Demographic Transition Model posits that
Pre-industrial countries will have both low birth & death rates
Countries with high economic production will have lower birth rates
Underdeveloped countries cannot become developed
Advanced industrialized countries will have rapid population growth.
57
Distorts the size & shape of areas to demonstrate the extent to which a variable is present
Cartograms
Choropleth Maps
Proportional Maps
Isoline Maps
58
___ is a term describing the increase in interdependence between groups across international boundaries.
Cultural Landscape
Globalization
Regionalization
Sequent Occupance
59
Which would most likely diffuse in the method depicted above?
American-style fast food introduced into India.
Ethnic food recipes brought by immigrants.
Fashion trends introduced by a celebrity
COVID-19 or other pandemic diseases.
60
A map is ___
A method of scientific inquiry meant to explain the real world.
An artistic fabrication of the real world
A scale model of the real world
A very accurate & specific model of the real world
61
The metropolitan area that surrounds a major city, such as Chicago, is best described as a ___.
Perceptual Region
Vernacular Region
Formal Region
Functional Region
62
Which country would likely have the lowest physiologic population density?
Iceland
China
United States
Japan
63
The type of diffusion depicted above is ___.
Stimulus Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
64
Which of the data could be used in a GIS to increase sales?
Number of Transactions
ZIP Code Area
Total Transaction Amount
Number of Customers
65
The map above is best described as a ___.
Perceptual Region
Thematic Map
Cartogram
None of the answers are correct
66
Which migration stream represents voluntary migration primarily motivated by economic opportunities?
Contemporary Immigration into the US
Trail of Tears
Jewish Immigration into Modern Israel
Atlantic Slave Trade
67
A country's Total Fertility Rate (TFR) measures
Amount of farmland devoted to cash crop agriculture
Number of babies born to each woman of childbearing age
Amount of staple crops produced on the country's farmland.
Amount of women of childbearing age within the total female population.
68
Which global trend best exemplifies the concept of sustainability?
A decrease in the amount of polar sea ice, because it opens more sea lanes
An increase in the use of agricultural pesticides to produce more food
More people living in coastal areas to feel more connected to nature
An increase in the use of electric vehicles to reduce emissions
69
Throughout human history, world population has ___.
Grown at a steady, manageable rate
Been confined to countries in the southern hemisphere
Grown most rapidly over the past 200 years
Experienced extended & regular periods of significant decline
70
Based on the data collected in the Census survey, which could be shown across a map?
How voters stand on current issues
How residents voted in the last election
The number of voting-age residents per household
The political party affiliation of the average resident
71
The map shown above best fits which of the following map types?
Isoline
Cartogram
Choropleth
Dot Symbol
72
___ maps are for navigating between places, while ___ maps display variables across space.
Isoline; Cartogram
Thematic; Reference
Reference; Thematic
Cartogram; Isoline
73
Which part of the cultural landscape would a geographer use to define Franklin, KY as a place?
Kentucky Downs
Wal-Mart Supercenter
McDonalds at Exit 2
The English Language
74
A geographic evaluation of the COVID-19 pandemic requires the use of ___.
Global Scale Analysis
Local Scale Analysis
Time-Space Compression
National Scale Analysis
75
Spatial interaction between places depends upon ___, ___ & ___.
Diffusion, scale & GIS
Region, movement & human-environment interaction
Diffusion, connectivity & movement
Distance, connectivity & accessibility
76
Which is not a consequence of China's One-Child Law of 1979-2015?
Increased economic development
Sex-selective abortion & female infanticide
China's current population is lower than when the policy was implemented
Skewed sex ratios with men heavily outnumbering women.
77
The infant mortality rate in the United States
Varies by region, ethnicity, and social class
Does not vary by state
Is lower than anywhere else in the world
Is the same as the rates in Italy and France
78
Which best describes the data presented in the image?
Series of GIS layers
Coordinates for a satellite navigation system
Remote sensing satellite image of land use
Political map of a region
79
The number of live births per one thousand people per year is called the ___.
Natural increase rate
Infant growth rate
Crude birth rate
Total fertility rate
80
McDonalds operating restaurants in India and Japanese country music are all examples of ___ diffusion.
Contagious
Hierarchical
Stimulus
Relocation
81
Which spatial pattern accurately describes the data presented in the map above?
The secondary school enrollment is proportional to population density
There are no countries in Africa with above 90%
The majority of countries with less than 70% are in sub-Saharan Africa
Most continents have countries with below 75%
82
Which US region has seen the most population growth since 1945?
The Bible Belt
The Rust Belt
The Black Belt
The Sun Belt
83
Which is a consequence of the increased migration of Muslims to Europe in recent decades?
Rise in anti-immigrant & anti-Islamic violence & political movements
Increased incomes & living standards for citizens of those countries.
All of the above
Aging European populations & potential labor shortages
84
The map above suggests that ___.
South Asia is a primary destination for Southeast Asian immigrants.
North Africa includes numerous pull factors
People tend to immigrate into economically prosperous regions
The US is experiencing negative net migration
85
___ are produced through forced international migration.
Internally Displaced Persons
Nomads
Transnational Migrants
Refugees
