1st Semester Review

In which region of the US is infant mortality rate the highest?

When African colonies became independent, many new governments' first acts was to

Cultural appropriation for purpose of profit is referred to as:

"The greater the distance from the hearth the less likely an innovation will be adopted"

Parts of South Africa and Zimbabwe have become demographically feminized due to

The visible imprint of human activity on the landscape is known as:

Which of the following is NOT one of Ernst Raventein's laws of migration?

In the 21st century, world population doubling time is _____.

Government efforts to discourage native practices in the US and Canada were attempts to ___ __

Which form of diffusion cannot be transmitted by media?

The practice of excluding people with criminal record health problems etc. from immigrating is:

Latin octo became Italian otto, Spanish ocho, and French huit.

Statistics that report the number of deaths per thousand people in a given year is called:

In New York, Puerto Ricans moved into the Jewish neighborhood of Harlem and became dominant:

Buying a Native American-styled dream catcher at a Wal-Mart store in Ohio is an example of:

The arithmetic density population for a country is determined by dividing the total:

All of the following are examples of periodic movements EXCEPT

Not all countries with aging populations resort to immigration to offset economic problems.

The spread of ideas from their place of origin to another where they are adopted is called:

In terms of total # of refugees, ____ is the geographic realm most affected by refugee problems

Globalized pop culture reproduced in the context of a local culture is referred to as:

Countries with aging populations attempt to stimulate economic growth by:

In recent years, the largest numbers of internally displaced persons in SE Asia are from where?

Which economic activity is not counted in Gross National Income?

Chain migration occurs when the migrant

Almost everywhere on Earth, Total Fertility Rates are:

The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:

Highest rates of infant mortality are found in this region.

19th Century American English contains words that are from foreign languages. Why?

A good example of a formal region would be a:

Births and ____ add to the population growth of a particular country.

Which development helped with the rise of national languages beginning in the 14th century?

A person who fears persecution because of race, religion, nationality, etc. is officially a:

The spread of disease where nearly all adjacent individuals are affected is an example of:

Food production has grown exponentially. Which one of the following is NOT one of the reasons.

_____ culture is conceived as small, incorporating a homogeneous population & typically rural

Which of the following is NOT an example of a form of expansion diffusion?

What society typically calls "race" is in fact

The changes in local culture brought about by the onslaught of popular culture tend to disrupt:

The importance of the spatial approach that geographers use in their studies is that it shows:

The study of the origin and meaning of place names

Many former African colonies have taken as their official language...

The most widely distributed language family is

Nigeria chose ________ as its official language upon independence.

One of the "laws" of migration as derived by Ravenstein states that

Population of a country, city, or other region is a function of 3 variables. Which is NOT one?

Dave Matthews Band created a ___ in Virginia and got popularity through ___ among college towns

The language tree diagram of language divergence has branches with dead ends. These represent

The regional variation in the appearance of humans in clustered populations results from

In terms of popular culture, cities like Paris, NY, and Milan are referred to as:

Long-term relocation of a person or group to a new place outside the original community is

Latitude and longitude are most useful in determining:

David Harvey refers to the increasing speed by which innovations in popular culture diffuse as

High birth and death rates is stage ___ of the demographic transition model.

A geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs is

Which region of the world is largely below replacement level

The type of movement that involves journeys that begin at and bring us back home is called

Which model states that spatial interaction relates to population size and inverse distance?

A good example of a functional region would be:

The lack of penetration of alcohol in Islamic regions illustrates the effect of what?

Diffusion of the idea of the hamburger with a vegetable patty to India:

Which is NOT an example of a fortified barrier to migration?

The mental map you have of places you routinely visit is a map of your:

Trend in pop culture (eg fashion) from global centers spreads to smaller and smaller cities

A vectored infectious disease is

Term which captures the quality of the American landscape linked with popular culture's spread

A developed country that's reached it's most stable population will have a pyramid that's _____

Malthus said that population increased at a geometric rate but the rate of subsistence grew at:

The problem with using arithmetic density is that it doesn't take what into consideration?

Since Sept. 2001, the US has had a greater concern about immigration control to:

Which is NOT an aspect of cultural landscape convergence?

Clusters of French toponyms in Louisiana and Dutch toponyms in Michigan reflect

In technically advanced societies, there is likely to be

Replacement level requires a total fertility of:

The two theories of Proto-Indo-European language dispersal are the conquest theory and

Population growth rates are ____ in southern India, where women have higher literacy rates.

Type of process: increases interactions and heightens interdependence regardless of boundaries

Internal migration in Peru is fairly simple with the majority of migrants moving to

Notion that cultural factors are the product of environmental conditions is an example of:

A language that began with convergence and allows speakers of diverse languages to communicate

A population pyramid with a wide base and narrow top is indicative of _______.

In the Western Hemisphere, which of the following countries has a TFR below replacement level?

The ______ of a group of people includes the things they construct