Geography Finals Review:

An unintended effect of a society's preference for boys over girls can be:

A shortage of marriageable women

Developing nations are usually characterized by __________________ economies, while developed nations are usually characterized by the presence of ______________________ industries.

Agricultural; service

Which of the following is NOT an extractive resource?

Automobiles

Which of the following is NOT a positive "ripple effect" of developing countries investing more resources in the education of females?

Educated women have fewer children, which helps the family financially.

All of the following are sectors of the economy EXCEPT for:

Education

Most regions, as defined by geographers, have well-defined boundaries.

False

Subsistence economies are more likely to have good health care than cash economies.

False

Development may decrease human well-being by:

Having negative effects on the environment

A country is undergoing a demographic transition. This mean that the country:

Is moving from high birth and death rates to much lower birth and death rates

In some of the countries of Central Europe, the population is aging and declining due to:

Low birth and death rates

A country is moving from a subsistence economy to a cash economy. This movement is most likely accompanied by all of the following, EXCEPT:

Lower costs of education

The leading cause of death among girls between the ages of 15-19 worldwide is:

Pregnancy

The leading cause of death among girls between the ages of 15-19 worldwide is:

Pregnancy

______ refers to the biological category of male or female, while ____ refers to the differences between the sexes as defined by a particular social group.

Sex; gender

Which of the following is NOT an example of a human resource?

Steel

Gender roles that designate females as second-class citizens are rare in societies outside of North America.

True

Geographers like to use "region" as a conceptual model because it offers a reasonable way to divide the world into manageable parts.

True

In general, people tend to live where resources such as food and water are available.

True

In most societies for most of history, men have been expected to play public roles and women have been expected to play private roles.

True

On average, males start work at a younger age than females and work longer hours than females.

True

Regions with slow population growth tend to be more affluent

True

Sex refers to the biological category of male or female, while gender indicates how a particular social group defines the differences between the sexes.

True

The birth rates in societies that have experienced a shift from a subsistence-based to cash-based economy tend to rise because couples in the latter economy are able to generate sufficient wealth to support more children.

True

The shift from high reproductive rates to low reproductive rates in a country's population is known as the demographic transition.

True

Which of the following typically occurs with the shift from a subsistence to a cash economy?

Young children become an economic drain on the family

In nearly all societies, families prefer boys over girls. This is true for all of the following reasons EXCEPT boys:

are easier to raise and are considered more easy-going

The study of the growth and decline of the numbers of people on Earth, their distribution across Earth's surface, age and sex distributions, and migration patterns is the study of:

population

Between 1945 and 2009, Earth's population:

roughly doubled