Human and Cultural Geography

Question 1

One forced to leave their home for a variety of different reasons.

Accepted Answer

refugee

Question 2

What percentage of those living in the U.S. live in cities?

Accepted Answer

82%

Question 3

True or false: Average world life expectancies are getting longer by the year.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

The world's hotspot latitudes are where?

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20-40N

Question 5

When innovation and modern technologies are rejected.

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traditionalism

Question 6

Shared attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors of a group is defined as what?

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culture

Question 7

Which country has the highest population density in the world?

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Monaco

Question 8

The perspective of coming into a country to live.

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immigration

Question 9

Moving from place to place to live.

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migration

Question 10

Those within a society between the ages of 15 and 64.

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productive

Question 11

Approximately what percentage of the people in the world live in cities?

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60%

Question 12

One who studies culture.

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anthropologist

Question 13

True or false: There are more illiterate men in this world, than there are illiterate women.

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False

Question 14

What is the least densely populated country in the world?

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Greenland

Question 15

Includes migration statistics and differences in birth and death rates.

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population growth rate

Question 16

When did world population growth rate peak?

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1963

Question 17

In what year did the population of the world hit 8 billion?

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2022

Question 18

Something that is new and introduced for the first time.

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innovation

Question 19

The number of children being born in an area, usually measured over the course of a year.

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birth rate

Question 20

Which U.S. state has the lowest population?

Accepted Answer

Wyoming

Question 21

What is the population density of a city with 1,000 people living in an area of 10 sq. miles?

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100 people per square mile

Question 22

True or False: The U.S. is more urban than Europe.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

The Industrial Revolution resulted in moving away from technology to a more agricultural world.

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False

Question 24

A region that includes a central city and its surrounding suburbs is known as what?

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metropolitan area

Question 25

Weather can be considered either a PUSH or PULL factor within a society.

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True

Question 26

What is the most populated urban area in the world?

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Toyko, Japan

Question 27

Countries with the highest fertility rates are part of which continent?

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Africa

Question 28

How many monotheistic religions are there in the world today?

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3

Question 29

Which continent is the fastest-growing?

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Africa

Question 30

The statistical study of human populations is known as what?

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demography

Question 31

The pracitce of judging one culture based on the standards of another is defined as what?

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ethnocentrism

Question 32

Which continent contributes the most to population growth?

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Asia

Question 33

To raise or tend plants and animals for human use.

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domestication

Question 34

The term "edge city" is often used to describe what?

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suburbs

Question 35

In the United States, women are expected to live longer than men on average.

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Yes

Question 36

Which of the following is the biggest reason why world fertility rates are declining?

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Education of women

Question 37

Language fluently spoken in the most countries worldwide.

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English

Question 38

When an individual or group adopts traits from another culture.

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acculturation

Question 39

Attitudes that oppose the cultural norm and look to change it.

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counterculture

Question 40

Primary language spoken by the most people in the world.

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Mandarin Chinese

Question 41

Someone that spreads faith in distant lands.

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missionary

Question 42

The Concentric Zone Model looked at social groups within urban areas. What city was it modeled after?

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Chicago, IL

Question 43

What is the approximate population of the United States?

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330 million

Question 44

Which country has the highest births-per-minute rate in the world?

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India

Question 45

Which U.S. state has the highest population density?

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New Jersey

Question 46

Average births per woman, per lifetime. Often measured for women between 15 and 49.

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fertility rate

Question 47

Approximately what percentage of the world lives in the southern hemisphere?

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10%

Question 48

Which continent has the highest population density?

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Asia

Question 49

In what year did the population of the world reach one billion?

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1804

Question 50

What is the most basic unit of a culture?

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family

Question 51

Which world religion has the most followers?

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 52

What was the life expectancy of the world when population reached 1B?

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30

Question 53

Literacy rate is defined as the ability to read and write fluently by what age?

Accepted Answer

15

Question 54

True or false: Suburbs are a result of urban sprawl.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 55

The 3rd most populated country on the planet.

Accepted Answer

U.S

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