Fall Semester Exam Review Human Geography

Which language family has the most speakers across the globe?

Which of the following is a good example of a functional region?

In the 1990's, the United States _____.

Latitude is ______.

In the world systems model, the core nations of the world are ___.

Zelinsky's theory of migration predicts that __migration occurs in stage 2 countries of the DTM

_____ is an Islamic group that has strongly resisted Western values in Afghanistan.

In 1066, French was made the official language of England, but was only spoken by the rulers.

On September 11, 2001 ____.

Which of the following is most likely an occupation for a woman in an LDC?

Which two advances brought stage 1 countries into stage 2 of the DTM?

Two countries have the same net in migration.  One is a stage 1 country, one is in stage 2. 

Which religion is distributed primarily in India?

UNLIKE administrative regions; perceptual (cognitive) regions ______.

Which of the following is not a core nation?

Zelinsky's theory of migration also says __migration occurs in stages 3 and 4 of the DTM.

The greatest concentration of linguistic diversity on earth is _______.

On a Mercator projection map, where would you find the landmasses more exaggerated in size?

The colonizing states of Europe and N.America and the colonized states of Africa and S.America

Which is a pull factor for immigrants moving to  Western Europe from Stage 2 countries?

Three primary reasons for European colonialism can be described as ___.

Voting districts that have been redrawn to purposely favor a political party are called ___.

The only country with a majority of Shi'ite (Shia) Muslims.

Native American and African religions that teach a belief in a natural world of spirits are __.

Which of the following is an example of folk culture?

A simple trade language is called ____.

The Kurds are an example of an ethnic group that ____.

The ethnic cleansing of Tutsi's by Hutu's took place in the country of ___.

Religion that originated in India, diffused across central and southeast Asia, Indonesia &Japan

South Africa is the hearth of a type of racial oppression where a minority oppresses a majority

States with a federal form of government must also have ___.

Which of the following countries would be in stage 2 of the DTM?

Which of the following areas is LEAST developed?

Refugees are produced through ________.

Three important parts of ethnicity are ____.

According to the DTM, a stage 4 country usually has which of the following?

A group of people, all the same ethnicity, live in the same area of a city in a poor section.

Folk music differs from most pop music in that ________.

When ideas diffuse, ______ areas are more likely to be affected than _____ areas.

How do ethnic religions usually diffuse?

Which is true about modern global patterns since the end of the Cold War?

The former Yugoslavia's breakup into smaller ethnic countries is a result of ___.

Cities, states, and countries as formal regions are examples of ______ boundaries.

All of the following are Romance languages EXCEPT _____.

When Buddhism syncretized with Daoism and Confucianism in China, it was an example of ____.

The location from which an innovation begins to spread is ___. The weakening of diffusion is __

What is most responsible for 'Hierarchical' diffusion as opposed to 'contagious' diffusion?

The hearth and spiritual center of Islam is at _____.

Judaism is ____.

Ethnic culture most closely resembles ____.

Pop culture diffuses _____, while folk culture diffuses ______.

__ changes rapidly over time, but not space.___ changes little over time, but a lot over space.

The language family spoken in the most locations across the globe is ___.

U. S census affects the political process by ____.

All evangelizing religions are also____.

Thomas Malthus predicted that _________.

With its system of regional provinces, Canada is an example of a ____.

Literacy rates vary by ______.

If I say someone is unemployed and lazy because of where they grew up, what am I being?

______involves the economic and political domination of one state by another.

In political geography, the term 'state' is synonyms with what other term?

Which of the following projections places the North or South Pole at the center of the view?

______is official, institutionalized government rule.

Which of the following does NOT qualify as a protestant denomination?

What is the difference between Universalizing and Ethnic religions?

Which of the following is an example of relocation diffusion?

College grads and young people move to large cities because of, nightlife, jobs, and low crime.

Which 3 religions have their hearths in Southwest Asia?

Which of the following is NOT a reliable stat for separating core/ periphery countries?

Which stage of the DTM lasted the longest period of time?

The decrease in the amount of time it takes for information to travel great distances is _____.