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A mix of 5 APHG chapters designed to GET YOU READY for the exam!
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1
International migration into Mexico has been from
Central America
North America
Africa
South America
2
Human geography is defined as the study of
human interactions with the physical landscape.
human interactions with the cultural and physical landscape.
human interactions with the cultural environment.
human interactions within the natural landscape.
3
This geographer stated that humans would always create new ways of feeding themselves.
Esther Boserup
Ernst Raventstein
Carl Sauer
Thomas Malthus
4
Basque is a good example of a(n)
isolated language.
lingua franca.
globalizing language.
language family.
5
China’s birthrate has fallen due to its strict ______ policies
pro-natalist
anti-natalist
progressive
economic
6
A map with a scale of 1:1,000,000 could be described as-
Small-scale
Equal Value
Large-scale
Conformal
7
Agricultural density is
the number of farmers per unit of land
the number of people per unit of land
the number of people per unit of farmland
the number of farmers per unit of farmland
8
In which 1/3 is China's population clustered?
South
West
East
North
9
Terroir refers to
effects of local environment on a food’s flavor/character
a group's food taboos.
an act of violence against globalization.
a group's sense of place.
10
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of
groups living in isolated rural areas
large and heterogeneous groups
groups that have little interaction with other groups
large and homogeneous groups
11
Population pressure on an agricultural land is typically expressed as the
crude density
population density
arithmetic density
physiological density
12
Which European country has a division between Flemish speakers and Walloon speakers?
Belgium
Netherlands
France
Denmark
13
A geographic area which shares a cultural tradition. Commonly found in cities.
Ethnic enclave
Ethnic colony
Ethnic region
Ethnic exclave
14
This dialect was the language that Romance languages emerged from.
Provincial Dialects
Street Latins
Roman Parlances
Vulgar Latin
15
Since 1950, this part of the developing world has seen a continuing increase in population.
Rural areas
Urban areas
Non-Industrial zones
Agricultural areas
16
The carrying capacity of land
is high in slash & burn societies.
is high in many Sub-Saharan African countries.
directly correlates with conditions of life there.
is the number of people a piece of land can support.
17
A geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs is called a/an
sound shift
isogloss
functional region
dialect
18
The 3 largest population clusters in the world are in
East Asia, South Asia, South America
Australia, South Asia, East Asia
Africa, South Asia, East Asia
East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia
19
Stage 3 of the DTM is most directly characterized by-
Falling CBR, Low CDR, High NIR
High CDR, High CBR, Low NIR
Low CDR, Low CBR, Low NIR
Falling CDR, High CBR, High NIR
20
British and American English differ in all but which of the following?
spelling
vocabulary
pronunciation
literary tradition
21
The best activity that is associated best with transhumanance is
cattle drives
slash & burn agriculture
crop farming
nomadic herding
22
All of the following factors directly influence the birth rate of a country EXCEPT
the age composition of its population
government population policies
the customs and family size expectations of its residents.
government economic policies
23
The study of
causes
and
treatments
of diseases/sicknesses is called-
Modern medicine
Traditional medicine
Epidemiology
Plague study
24
Migration to the United States declined during the 1920s primarily because of
forced migration after World War I.
economic depression in the United States.
increasing dislike of immigrants by Americans.
imposition of quota laws.
25
Guest workers temporarily migrate for jobs and send _______ to their home communities
Money Transfers
Goods
Remittances
Gifts
26
Which one of the following is not usually a reason why people move from rural to urban areas?
Jobs
Better healthcare
Schools
Cheaper land
27
The medical revolution was characterized by
increased agricultural productivity.
invention of new medicines.
development of new medical procedures
diffusion of medical practices.
28
Generally, Amish refrain from engaging with any form of technology. This prohibition is
taboo
tendency
custom
habit
29
A country in stage 1 of the DTM will also display this migration transition.
Blah
High int'l immigration and intraregional migration from cities to suburbs.
High int'l emigration & interregional migration from rural areas to cities.
High daily or seasonal mobility.
30
According to the gravity model, distance may not greatly affect level of interaction if:
Blah
populations are extremely large
distance is extremely large
populations are extremely small
31
A large group of related languages that share a common lingual ancestor is a
Branch
Dialect
Group
Family
32
One significant impact of popular culture is to
spread through relocation diffusion.
promote the diffusion of folk culture.
create a more varied and less uniform landscape
create a more uniform and less varied landscape.
33
Which one of the following is the best example of a vernacular region?
a shopping center.
Bible Belt
New Hampshire
Little Italy
34
The production of popular music in
nodes of innovation
reflects its tendency to spread through
Hierarchical diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
35
Which policy would a Neo-Malthusian support?
Adoption
Growth of food technology
Free contraceptives.
Abstinence
36
The contemporary reason for the role of English as global lingua franca is
The use of English as a second language.
the U.S. involvement in foreign relations.
The dominance of American culture & economy
The spread of the English Empire.
37
A taboo against pork is a general characteristic of these two religions:
Judaism and Islam.
Judaism and Buddhism.
Islam and Hinduism.
Christianity and Buddhism.
38
International voluntary migration
is a combination of all of the above.
is usually coordinated by the United Nations.
is done typically for religious reasons.
is most likely to be from LDCs to MDCs.
39
A person moves from the suburbs into the city. This is-
Interurban movement
Interregional movement
Intraregional Movement
International movement
40
Which best describes an impact of large, young, single migrant pop. on its destination country?
A decline in the carrying capacity of the host country.
An increase in births
A general increase in death rates.
An increase in the aging pop.
41
Dishes, knives, axes, and toys are examples of
tools
artifacts
material culture
built environment
42
Stage 4 of the ETM is characterized by
Delayed degenerative diseases
Widespread pandemic death
Receding deaths by pandemic
Degenerative diseases
43
Elements of ___ change over time but not space, elements of ___ change little over time & space
Folk culture...pop culture
dialect....language
stimulus diffusion...relocation diffusion
pop culture...folk culture
44
The most common reason why illegal immigrants enter a country is because
they are seeking employment/economic opportunity.
they are seeking political refuge.
they want access to centers of higher learning.
they want access to the host country’s social programs.
45
Indigenous (Folk) cultures are spread primarily by
relocation diffusion.
stimulus diffusion.
hierarchical diffusion.
contagious diffusion.
46
The idea that spatial interaction declines as distance increases is known as
the gravity model
distance decay
migration transition
time-space compression
47
Where something resides relative to other things is called
Toponym
Site
Situation
Place
48
A form of a language spoken in a local area or region is a
Branch
Group
Family
Dialect
49
A person migrates to a country; over time, his family follows. This is-
Chain Migration
Pull Factors
Family Migration
Migration Transition
50
People who quickly flee their country because of violence or fear of persecution are considered
migrants
asylum seekers
internally displaced persons
refugees
51
All of the following are preferences for admission into the US that Congress has set EXCEPT
Skilled Workers
Diversity Lottery
Family Reunification
Refugee-status
52
One of the things population pyramids can visually depict is
a country's population density.
a population's age and economic composition.
a country's dependency ratio.
the ethnic composition of a population.
53
In what stage of the DTM are most LDCs?
Third
Second
First
Fourth
54
The attachments we have to a specific location and is characteristics is called
cultural landscape
sense of place
placelessness
connectivity
55
This was historically responsible for the propulsion of the developing world into Stage 2 of the DTM
Green Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Rise of urbanization
Medical Revolution
56
Social media memes
reflect
Stimulus diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Relocation diffusion
57
How does access to popular culture threaten indigenous (folk) culture?
Threatens traditional practices
All of the above
Threatens character of culture
Threatens to draw away adherents
58
Which of the following is NOT a generally accepted method for reducing birthrates?
Healthcare
Education
Marriage
Contraceptives
59
The belief that environmental factors dictate exactly how a society will develop is called-
Environmentalism
Possibilism
Environmental Determinism
Ecology
60
A physical landscape feature or political policy that hinders migration is
a migratory barrier
an intervening opportunity
an intervening obstacle
a natural barrier
61
developing countries with skewed sex ratios usually display what imbalance
More women than men
More men than women
More workers than non-workers
More old than young
62
Which one of the following factors has NOT contributed to the spread of infectious disease?
World trade expansion
investment in sanitation
Rapid population growth
Migration
63
Which of the following is an example of counter-urbanization?
Urban to rural migration
Rural to urban migration
Suburban to urban migration
Rural to suburban migration
64
Over time, the US population center has moved in which of the following ways?
stayed constant
north & east
west & south
south & east
65
A TFR of 2.0 would land a country in what DTM zone?
3
2
4
5
66
If everyone here switched seats, there would be a different distribution but the same overall
Nodes
Density
Space
Pattern
67
This geographer said population would outstrip food supply resulting in devastating effects.
Ravenstein
Malthus
Ortelius
Zalinsky
68
Which of the following is not a Romance language?
Romanian
Spanish
French
Polish
69
A computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data
GIScience
GIS
GPS
Remote Sensing
70
Physiological density is
the number of farmers per unit of land
the number of people per unit of land
the number of farmers per unit of farmland
the number of people per unit of farmland
71
This country has become one of the most striking examples of DTM Stage 5 population decline-
Uganda
India
Japan
Mexico
72
This projection is famous for its straight grid lines and distortion of Greenland's size
Robinson
Goode-Homolosine
Mercator
Molleweide
73
Unlike folk culture, popular culture is generally ____________ the surrounding environment
Imposed on
Influenced by
Attentive to
Reflective of
74
One of the “laws” of migration as derived by Ravenstein states that
rural inhabitants hardly ever migrate.
urban residents are more migratory than rural.
urban residents are less migratory than rural.
rural residents are less migratory than suburban.
75
Which of the following pairs of languages are not mutually intelligible?
Russian and Ukrainian
Spanish and Portuguese
Japanese and Korean
Turkish and Uzbek
76
The Earth's surface as modified by humans is called
folk culture
cultural landscape
physical envioronment
carrying capacity
77
A mental map best tells us
everything that someone knows about the place they live
the absolute location of features in the landscape
the relative location of the landscape
what someone believes and thinks is important about a place
78
A map of the entire world is also knows as a
Projection
Globe
Simulation
Earth System
79
The birth rate of any country is greatly influenced by all the factors EXCEPT
level of education
Mobility of the population
social and religious beliefs
age structure of population
80
Reasons why a migrant is attracted to a specific destination are called
Intervening Opportunities
Push Factors
Pull Factors
Intervening Obstacles