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Semester PreTest Unit I,II,III
Semester PreTest Unit I,II,III
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1
Which of the following is an accurate statement about the population of China
the western part of the country is sparsely populated
population is more concentrated in the south of the country
population on the coastline has no large cities
population is spread out fairly evenly across the country
2
Which of the following is generally encouraged by folk cultures
increased pollution
cultural diversity
uniform landscapes
increased demand for natural resources
3
Which of the following churches is most prominent in the southern United States
Episcopalian Church
Baptist Church
Presbyterian Church
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
4
Linguistic geographers map the area in which particular words are spoken, marking their limits
dialects
dialect
toponyms
isoglosses
5
All of the following are correct statements about time zones EXCEPT
Times zones are geometrically subdivided by 15' of longitude
Many areas have adopted daylight savings time
China has more time zones than the US because its larger
The local time in neighboring zones is 1 hour
6
transition theory, which stages in a country's development is population increasing
stages 2 and 3
stages 1 and 4
stages 1 and 2
stages 3 and 4
7
Refugees fleeing from Balkans during the 1990's were mostly reacting to
cultural push factors
cultural pull factors
economic pull factors
economic push factors
8
Which of the following is a dialect
Indo-European
Romance
southern United States
Latin
9
The largest branch of Islam is
Muslim
Sunni
Sikhism
Shiite
10
Sunni and Shiite are two major branches of
Hinduism
Buddhism
Islam
Daoism
11
Which of the following countries has the largest percentage of Roman Catholics
the United States
Great Britain
Indonesia
Brazil
12
one of the first geographers to accurately calculate the circumference of the earth
Eratosthenes
Idrisi
Ptolemy
George Perkins Marsh
13
Meridians and parallels are most helpful in determining
absolute location
spatial organization
physical site characteristics
the "why and where"
14
Which of the following is currently a major global migration flow
North America to South America
Europe to East Asia
Asia to North America
South America to East Asia
15
The three major branches of Christianity in the world today are
Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Sunni
Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant
Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, and Pentecostal
Lutheran, Roman Catholic, and Methodist
16
Which of the following areas of the world currently have net in-migration?
North America and Australia
Australia and Africa
Latin America and Asia
Latin America and Europe
17
measures the position of an object on earth and stores information about it in layers is called
physical landscape
map projection
GPS
GIS
18
Brazil's moving its capital from Rio de Janeiro to to Brazilia reflects the country's desire to
primate city
urban hierarchy
forward capital
world city
19
Which of following are areas that people believe to exist as part of their cultural identity
formal regions
functional regions
uniform regions
perceptual regions
20
Which of the following is least likely to have a high population density
river valleys in Africa
coastal areas of South America
interior areas of Australia
sea level altitudes in North America
21
The phenomenon of space-time compression has been most directly promoted by
globalization
social development
value added productivity
modernization
22
A special type of map designed to reveal the nature of local topography is called a
local-global continuum map
Robinson Projection
contour map
reference map
23
The country where the Industrial Revolution first began was
Great Britian
Germany
the United States
Italy
24
Which of the following is a language sub-family
Indo-European language
American Indian language
Romance languages
Afro-Asiatic language
25
Which of following were cultural hearths
Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, Indus Valley, East Asia
Kansas Valley, Choctaw, River Valley, Sleeping Canyon
Korea, East Russia, Siberia, Morocco
Bulgaria, pakistan, africa, guam
26
The type of culture that emphasizes artifacts is called
a culture system
a culture hearth
a culture trait
material culture
27
of the ten major languages has the highest number of people who speak it as a first language
Hindi
English
Spanish
Chinese
28
Which of the following is an economic pull factor that encourages migration
religious persecution in the land of origin
similar cultural practices in the land of origin
lack of job opportunities in the land of orgin
plentiful jobs in the destination area
29
Demographic transition theory is concerned with which of the following concepts
economic development
core-periphery relations
population growth
migration patterns
30
Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape
tropical jungle
a stand of pine trees
terraced fields of crops up a mountainside
a coral reef
31
U.S. government agency directly responsible for counting and collecting information on people
Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Management and Budget
Census Bureau
Office of Adminstartion
32
Which is computed by subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate
life expectancy
mortality rate
total fertility rate
natural increase
33
Place names may also be called
site factors
perceptual regions
isoglosses
Toponyms
34
Push and Pull factors explain reasons why people?
try to promote sustainable development
cultural landscapes
adopt cultural beliefs
migrate
35
Culture complexes are made up of many culture
regions
traits
hearths
systems
36
concept distance decay best illustrates which of the following Ravenstein's laws of migration
Each migration produces a counterflow
Migrants who move longer distances tend to choose cities
The majority of immigrants only move a short distance
Families are less likely to make international moves
37
The art and science of mapmaking is called
ecology
epidemiology
topography
cartography
38
Branch of Christianity with the largest number of adherents
Roman Catholic
Eastern Orthodox
Lutheranism
Protestantism
39
A condition in which many languages are spoken, each by a relatively small number of people
bilingualism
linguistic fragmentation
linguistic relativism
diasporas
40
The theory that population patterns vary according to levels of technological development is
the gravity model
demographic transition theory
the demographic equation
stationary population theory
41
combination of natural change and net migration to summarize population change over time is
the epidemiologic transition
demographic momentum
the gravity model
demographic equation
42
An advantage of the Peters map projection is that it
accurately compares land masses in terms of area
does not exaggerate the size of areas to the north and south
represents lines of constant compass bearing
does not distort shapes
43
Religion distinguishes itself from other belief systems by its emphasis on
the existence of gods
the sacred and divine
supernatural intervention
the ability of human beings to guide their on lives
44
form of relocation diffusion in which the spread of culture traits is slow enough to weaken
migrant diffusion
contagious diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
stimulus diffusion
45
The pressure people put on the land to produce enough food is measured by
physiological population
arithmetic density
population concentrations
the stationary population level
46
populous countries in the world that have actively applied restrictive population policies are
Russia and China
India and China
China and Indonesia
the United States and Japan
47
Which of the following is an example of the spatial analysis tradition in geography
a checkerboard pattern created by agricultural use of land
the number of ships constructed in New England
the size of major oceans
natural vegetation on hillsides
48
A hybrid that serves as a second language for everyone who uses it is called a
lingua franco
pidgin
creole
isoglosses
49
If it is 9 A.M. in New York City, what time would it be in Los Angeles
10 A.M.
1 P.M.
6 A.M.
noon
50
The practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture is called
syncretism
acculturation
cultural relativism
ethnocentrism
51
Examples of modern lingua franco languages are
Russian, Hindustani, and Mandarin Chinese
Russian, English, and Swahili
Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, and French
Hindustani, German, and French
52
Mathematical calculations using latitude and longitude allow us to determine the
physical site characteristics of all places on earth
arrangement of objects on earths surface
toponym of a particular place
absolute location of a particular place
53
Which of the following is NOT a region of high population concentration
East Asia
Southeast Asia
South Asia
South Africa
54
traveler crosses the International Date Line from America to Asia, (s)he will set the time
12 hours back
24 hours ahead
48 hours ahead
24 hours back
55
region categorization that emphasizes the relationship between core and peripheral areas
perceptual regions
formal regions
functional regions
uniform regions
56
Which of the following religions has the largest number of adherents
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
Judaism
57
Which of the following religions have direct roots in Judaism
Christianity and Buddhism
Hinduism and Eastern Orthodoxy
Sikhism and Islam
Islam and Christianity
58
Which of the following best describes demographic momentum
Despite falling fertility rate, population still grows
drop in infant mortality rate, drop in death rate
the difference between births and deaths
birth rate rates decline, elderly people increase
59
The gravity model describes an inverse relationship between the
volume of migration distance between source and destination
intervening obstacles and intervening opportunities
step migration and intervening opportunities
flows and counterflows of migration
60
The phenomenon of distance decay helps to explain the tendency for people to
make international moves when they are young
stay fairly close to home when they migrate
reject intervening opportunities when presented
choose cities as their destinations
61
The field that studies the relationship between the natural environment and culture is called
cultural ecology
environmental determinism
syncretism
linguistic geography
62
The branch of Buddhism with the largest number of adherents is
Mahayana
Baha'i
Theraveda
Tantrayana
63
Mahayana, Theraveda, and Tantrayana are three branches of
Islam
Sikhism
Buddhism
Hinduism
64
Which of the following would be a large scale map be most helpful
showing the relationship between to continents
navigating terrain with significant changes in altitude
determining which way to turn on a small street
mapping a route to circumvent traffic in a large city
65
first critic to note that the population was increasing faster than the food supplies was
Tobey Malthus
Tyler Malthus
Timothy Malthus
Thomas Malthus
66
a country has an arithmetic density of 78 and a physiological density of 3500, it likely has
a high carrying capacity
little arable land
a very small population
a very large population
67
Which of the following is NOT an ethnic religion
Hinduism
Sikhism
Judaism
Shintoism
68
During the late 1800s, an important pull factor for immigrants to the United States was
a potato famine in Ireland
the Industrial Revolution in the U.S.
political persecution in Russia
political unrest of Germany and Eastern Europe
69
which of the following countries will surpass China as the most populous country by 2050
the United States
Russia
India
Japan
70
Buddhism and Confucianism continued to be important forces, with a more or less equal exchange
transculturation
cultural transmission
assimilation
acculturation
71
Which of the following countries are majority Shiite
Iran and Saudi Arabia
Turkey and Syria
Iraq and Jordan
Iraq and Iran
72
If people believe that a devastating flood was caused by the displeasure of the gods.
cultural determinism
environmental determinism
environmental perception
possibilism
73
As Islam spread to Sub-Saharan Africa, its first converts were the elites then natives
time-distance decay
relocation diffusion
stimulus diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
74
Which of the following is a disadvantage of a map based on the Mercator projection
Land masses in the southern hemisphere appear to be smaller
True direction is difficult to determine
South America and Africa appear to be much larger
Size , especially the North and South Poles are exaggerated
75
Which of the following is NOT a physical site characteristic
type of vegetation
location of a smaller street in relation to a main street
type of soil
amount of rainfall