Combined practice questions
According to ancient social hierarchy in Indian society, your place in life is set at birth. Even though this system has been outlawed it still affects politics, economics, and marriage. What is this system called? a. Caste system b. Mysticism c. Dalits d. Elitism e. Khap Panchayats System
A
Which is true of the license plate pictured here? Has circle with stars a. The owner of the vehicle lives in a country that is part of the European Union b. The "D" stands for Denmark c. This is the new license plate for Maryland d. "M" is for Macedonia e. Bayern is a region in Finland
A
Which of the following represents the most widely diffused language in the world? a. English b. Spanish c. German d. Mandarin e. French
A
English and Dutch come from which language branch? a. Sino Tibetan b. Germanic c. Indo Iranian d. Balto Slavic e. Romance
B
India is a linguistically diverse state. The majority of the languages spoken in the southern tip of the state come from what language family? a. Hindi b. Dravidian c. Sino-Tibetan d. Indo-European e. Austro-Asiatic
B
The place of worship shown above is associated with which of the following religions? a. Eastern Orthodox b. Islam c. Lutheran d. Hinduism e. Judaism
B
What U.S. state and Canadian province are similar due to religion, language, and code of laws? a. Colorado and Manitoba b. Georgia and Newfoundland c. Washington and British Columbia d. Louisiana and Quebec e. New York and Alberta
D
. Which language is recognized as an official language of more countries than any other? a. Spanish b. French c. Mandarin d. Arabic e. English
E
A type of map that shows the quantity of particular data or phenomena by color of areal units is a: a. chloropleth b. dot c. proportional symbol d. isopleth e. topographic
a
An economic consequence resulting from population policies that reduce fertility rates is: a. A high proportion of working age adults b. An increase in migration to compensate for reduced population growth c. An increase in the unemployment rate among adults d. An increase in urbanization due to growth in manufacturing e. Rapid aging of the overall population
a
Comparing migration to the United States in 1910 and 2010, where did the majority of migrants come from then and now? a. Germany; Mexico b. England; Japan c. Italy; Canada d. Sweden; India e. Germany; China
a
Country A has a birth rate of 35 per 1,000 and a death rate of 15 per 1,000. What is happening to the population of Country A? a. Rapidly growing b. Slowly declining c. Rapidly declining d. Stabilizing e. Slowly growing
a
If a leader adopts a certain way of find something, perhaps a faith or a hobby, and the people following the leaders begin to of the same thing, that type go diffusion would you be seeing? a. hierarchical b. expansion c. contagious d. relocation e. stimulus
a
National Football League players wear pink accessories during the month of October to raise awareness for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In the following years, middle and high school players have begun wearing pink accessories also. This is an example of: a. Hierarchical diffusion b. Stimulus diffusion c. Contagious diffusion d. Relocation diffusion e. Expansion diffusion
a
Of the following, which region contains the smallest percentage of the world's population? a. The southern and western hemispheres b. The northern and eastern hemispheres c. The southern and eastern hemispheres d. There are similar population percentages in all four noted regions e. The northern and western hemispheres
a
The DTM was created to understand the stages of development Western European countries went through to get to their current level of development. It took these countries 100-150 years to reach their current development level. The DTM continues to be used today to measure and track the development of countries around the world. However, due to technological advances and the interconnectedness of the world, countries are expected to go through the stages of the DTM in approximately how many years? a. 50 b. 100 c. 75 d. 125 e. 25
a
The concept of a country's population continuing to grow for a generation or two after significant drops in birth rates is called: a. Demographic momentum b. Demographic concentration c. Demographic transition d. Demographic density e. Demographic decay
a
Use these data and the graph shown here to answer the following question. Country Y is most likely to be in which stage of the DTM? a. Stage V b. Stage IV c. Stage I d. Stage II e. Stage III
a
What is NOT a good explanation for the immigration pattern in the figure below? (Arrow from Mexico to US and US to Mexico) a. A new boom in the U.S. economy which is pulling Latin American immigrants to the U.S. b. The effect of deindustrialization and the creative destruction of jobs c. The effect of globalization and the new international division of labor d. Mexico's relative location next to large U.S. markets e. The abundance of unskilled labor opportunities found in maquiladoras
a
Which of the following BEST accounts for a country's rapid population growth during Stage II of the DTM? a. A sharp decrease in the Crude Death Rate b. A sharp increase in the Crude Birth Rate while the Crude Death Rate remains the same c. A sharp increase in the Crude Birth Rate d. A decrease in the Crude Death Rate coupled with a decrease in the Crude Birth Rate e. A decrease in the Crude Death Rate coupled with an increase in the Crude Birth Rate
a
Which of the following is NOT an example of intervening obstacle to the flow of goods? a. Interstate highways b. Mountains c. Desert d. Ethnic conflict e. Political boundaries
a
Which of the following is an example of relative location? a. I live next door to FPM b. Mercator project map c. My adess is 123 Tulip Ave d. The northwest corner of 34th street and 7th Ave e. GPS coordinates
a
Which of the following was a positive impact of the physical modification of the land via the use of polders in the Netherlands? a. Increased agricultural land and decreased the dependence on food imports b. Decreased food exports and increased food production c. Increased fishing industry production d. Decreased water pollution e. Increased available residential space
a
Which of the following would be considered an example of a migration push factor? a. A natural disaster b. Chain migration c. An edge city d. Decrease in taxes e. A new factory
a
Your grandparent went to Texas for college, your mother went to Texas, your older siblings went to Texas, and you were encouraged to go to Texas as well. What phenomena is this describing? a. Chain migration b. Internal migration c. Step migration d. Illegal migration e. Circular mobility
a
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Illinois population increased from 2000 to 2010 with a large percentage of the increase coming from migration from Mexico. Despite this, Illinois lost one seat in the House of Representatives. Which of the following BEST explains this loss? a. The Illinois map was gerrymandered to exclude a district for Mexican Americans b. Other states' populations grew more than Illinois causing lower proportional representation c. Illinois growth only happened in the Chicago area and not throughout the state d. NAFTA mentions that Mexican migration to the U.S. will count against a state e. Mexican immigrants are never counted in the census because they are not U.S. citizens
b
According to the UN High Commission of Refugees, forced migration happens for many different reasons including political, economic, and social. An aspect of forced migration is known as "seeking asylum" whereas the migrant looks for protection from a different nation than the one in which they live. Where do most of the world's asylum seekers go according to the UN? a. U.S. b. Germany c. Sweden d. France e. Turkey
b
According to the data above, the natural increase rate for both Niger and China are: **Niger CBR- 51.1/1000 CDR- 14.5/1000 NIR- 36.6/1000 **China CBR- 12.2/1000 CDR- 6.9/1000 NIR- 5.3/1000 (Doubling Time Formula= 70/NIR) a. 363.66% and 5.3% b. 3.66% and .53% c. .366% and .53% d. 3.66% and 53.0% e. 36.6% and 5.3%
b
All things are related. However, all other things being equal, those that are closest together are more related- Tobler's First Law of Geography. This quote is most closely related to which geographic concept? a. friction of distance b. distance decay c. space time compression d. diffusion e. globalization
b
Chain migration is likely to result in which of the following? a. Increased labor costs in the destination country b. An increase in remittances (payments) to the source country c. Hierarchical diffusion in the destination country d. Changes in population policies in the source country e. A decrease in rural to urban migration in the source country
b
Countries entering stage II of the DTM in modern times experience declining death rates due to: a. Lifestyle changes b. Medical revolutions c. Social changes d. Industrial revolution e. Agricultural revolution
b
Environmental determinism is based on the assumption that: a. The environment is altered as preferred by human needs b. Human actions and cultures are ultimately shaped by the physical environment c. Environmental limitations on cultures is the primary focus of geography d. Environmental activists influence cultural change e. The environment prevails over all actions and inactions of human influence
b
In June 2012, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution which expressed regret for which of the following legislation acts restricting immigration? a. Asia Barred Zone Act - Exclusion of people from South Asia and Southeast Asia (1917) b. Exclusion Act - Exclusion of Chinese (1882) c. Tydings-McDuffie Act - Exclusion of Filipinos (1934) d. McCarren-Walter Act - Exclusion of people from Soviet bloc countries (1952) e. Immigrant Act - Exclusion of Japanese (1924)
b
Less developed countries have lower... a. Total fertility rates (TFR) b. Life expectancies c. Crude death rates (CDR) d. Infant mortality rates (IMR) e. Crude birth rates (CBR)
b
One's personal activity space is an example of a: a. Action region b. Functional region c. Formal region d. Territorial region e. Perceptual region
b
The increase in population seen in Stage II of the DTM is a result of which of the following processes? a. Decrease in the crude birth rate b. Decrease in the crude death rate c. Emigration d. Cultural lag e. Immigration
b
Which of the following 21st century global trend BEST illustrates the concept of time-space compression? a. Agglomeration b. Globalization c. Commodification d. Industrialization e. Balkanization
b
Which of the following is the BEST example of a perceptual region? a. France b. Dixie c. Puerto Rico d. texas d. Manitoba
b
Which of the following is typically not a reason for some migrants to seek asylum? a. Lack of freedom of press and expression b. Freedom of religion c. Imprisonment for political dissidents d. Forced military conscription e. Racial persecution
b
According to the charts below, will Country X or Country Z experience the fastest natural increase rate? **Country X CBR- 38 per 1000 people CDR- 18 per 1000 people **Country Y CBR- 9 per 1000 people CDR- 18 per 1000 people **Country Z CBR- 12 per 1000 people CDR- 18 per 1000 people a. Country Z will, because its crude death rate is lower b. Country X will, because its crude birth rate is higher c. Country X will, because its difference between the birth and death rates is greatest d. Neither of them will, because Country X has a natural increase rate below 2 e. Country Z will because its crude birth rate is higher
c
According to the data above, the approximate doubling times for Niger and China are: a. 9.5 years and 66 years b. 38 years and 132 years c. 19 years and 132 years d. 19 years and 66 years e. 9.5 years and 96 years
c
Arno Peters created this type of map? a. One in which Greenland is shown to be much larger than it really is b. One in which the entire former Soviet Union is shown as taking up all of the Asian continent c. One in which Africa is considered by Peters to be of equal area relative to the rest of the world d. One in which Asia looks much larger than it actually does in relation to the rest of the world e. One in which Africa looks much smaller than it actually is in relation to the rest of the world
c
Between 1950 and 2000, the state of Florida's population dramatically increased due to in-migration. Which is not a pull factor that caused this in-migration? a. Chain migration b. Disney World c. Expensive land values d. NASA e. Invention of air conditioning
c
Comparing home values at a neighborhood level versus the state or national level is an example of what geographic principle? a. diffusion b. density c. scale d. ecumene e. cultural landscape
c
Fresno, California is known as the raisin capital of the world. This is known as what type of region? a. functional b. valley c. formal d. vernacular e. perceptual
c
Geographers examine interactions across __________ and between __________. a. Sites; peripheries b. Phenomena; attributes c. Space; places d. Locations; directions e. Domains; regions
c
Regarding the historical immigration pattern of the U.S., which of the following is LEAST correct? a. Most of the immigrants between 1880-1920 were southern and eastern Europeans b. Hispanics accounted for many of the immigrants into the U.S. from the 1960s-present c. Between 1940-1960, the great majority of immigrants to the U.S. were from Asia d. U.S. immigration decreased sharply in the 1920s and 1930s due to restrictive legislation e. Germans, Swedes, and Irish accounted for many of the immigrants from 1820-1880
c
Respectively, which set of countries below BEST represent the idea of being a core, semi-periphery, and periphery country based on the World Systems/Wallerstein model? a. Bangladesh, Canada, Lesotho b. China, Brazil, Sweden c. U.S., India, Botswana d. Sudan, Germany, Nigeria e. Japan, Australia, Sudan
c
The interregional migration trend around the world is rural to urban. Of the following countries, which has the highest rural population? a. Germany b. U.S. c. China d. Australia e. Canada
c
The spread of Ebola in western Africa is an example of: a. hierarchical diffusion b. stimulus diffusion c. contagious diffusion d. environmental diffusion e. political ecology
c
Vernacular regions are: a. spatial areas defined by its linguistic dialect b. the hearth of a characteristic c. spatial areas recognized by their inhabitants with gradual decay away from the core d. derived areal units without ethnic, folk, or culture identities e. officially recognized administrative units
c
Which of the following is a functional region? a. Koreatown b. Little Italy c. Federal Reserve District d. Sports team affiliations e. Deep south
c
Which of the following is not a descriptor for the region of Latin America? a. The majority of the population speak a Romance language b. Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru are all countries found in this region c. The majority of the population are Protestant d. It includes Central America, Mexico, and South America e. The area was once part of the Spanish and Portuguese empires
c
Which of the following is the LEAST best example of a formal region? a. humid continental climate zone b. appalachian mountains c. philadelphia metropolitan area d. basque speaking region of spain e. south carolina
c
Which of the following situations would require the largest scaled map? a. A map to show the location of illegal immigrants in the state of California b. A map illustrating the diffusion of lacrosse from Canada to the U.S. c. A map used to pick out the BEST restaurants in Louisville, KY d. A map depicting the location of universities in the Pacific Northwest e. A map showing European explorers' routes around Africa, India, and North and South America
c
Which of the population pyramids shown here represent a country with slow population growth? a. a triangle b. an upside down trapezoid c. square d. an upside down triangle e. trapezoid
c
Which one of the following is the BEST example of the geographic term density? a. Islam spread from Southwest Asia, eventually to Spain b. AIDS spreads rapidly in some areas of Sub Saharan Africa c. The number of McDonald's restaurants in Manhattan, New York City has increased over time d. New land was created by New Yorkers from the East River e. English language spread from Great Britain due to colonization
c
With regards to migration between Mexico and the U.S., people are migrating for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: a. To escape conflict b. Higher standards of living c. Religious freedom d. Female educational opportunities e. Economic opportunity
c
Which of the following statements is most accurate? a. Dependency ratio is high when there is a high number of working age people in the country b. Infant mortality rate is positively correlated with wealth c. Total fertility rate is positively correlated with female literacy rate d. Population growth rate is negatively correlated with women's rights e. Life expectancy is negatively correlated with wealth
d
Which of the following statements regarding migration and the DTM is most accurate? a. Countries in stages II and III of the DTM often experience massive immigration from countries in stages IV and V b. Countries in stage I of the DTM often experience massive immigration from countries in stages II and III c. Countries in stages IV and V of the DTM often experience massive emigration to countries in stages II and III d. Countries in stages II and III of the DTM often experience massive emigration to countries in stages IV and V e. Countries in stage I of the DTM often experience massive emigration to countries in stages IV and V
d
Which of the population pyramids shown here represent a country with rapid population decline? a. a triangle b. an upside down trapezoid c. a square d. an upside down triangle e. a trapezoid
d
Which of these variables plays the most significant role in bringing down the TFR of women in the developing world? a. Narrowing of the dependency ratio b. Caloric intake c. GDP per capita d. Literacy rate e. Increase in agricultural productivity
d
A student wears a new outfit to school. Within weeks, the entire schools is wearing the same type of outfit. This is an example of: a. expansion diffusion b. hierarchical diffusion c. stimulus diffusion d. relocation diffusion e. contagious diffusion
e
A type of map that uses lines to connect points of equal value is a(an): a. Topographic map b. Proportional circle map c. Dot map d. Choropleth map e. Isoline map
e
Anna has decided to move to California from Boston for a better job. While driving from Boston to California for her new job, Anna stops in St. Louis and is offered a job with better benefits and higher wages than the job in California. Anna decided to stay in St. Louis. This is an example of which of the following? a. Friction of distance b. Gravity model c. Distance decay d. Space-time compression e. Intervening opportunity
e
Both coffin-makers and cradle-makers are very busy in one country. This would indicate which stage of the demographic transition model? a. Late stage III b. Early stage III c. Early stage IV d. Late stage II e. Early stage II
e
Country A has a birth rate of 40 per 1,000 and a death rate of 38 per 1,000. What stage of the Demographic Transition Model is Country A in? a. Stage V b. Stage III c. Stage IV d. Stage II e. Stage I
e
Families in MDCs began to have less children in Stage IV of the DTM for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: a. Women began to work outside the home b. They did not have the need for several children to work on the family farm c. Children's roles shifted from labors to liabilities d. They had smaller living quarters in urban dwellings e. A shift in religious practices
e
Fertility rates tend to decline as which variable increases? a. Religious fundamentalists b. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) c. Replacement rates d. Doubling time e. Female literacy rates
e
In addition to reducing total fertility rates, restrictive population policies have what other demographic consequence? a. Increasing life expectancy b. Increasing standard of living c. Increasing child mortality d. Increasing percentage of children e. Increasing percentage of elderly
e
Measuring change over time and transport route planning would be completed most effectively using: a. Solar time b. Acculturation c. A local-global continuum d. U.S. census data e. Global information systems
e
Since 1800, the global population has grown from one billion to seven billion; what two processes have accelerated this growth? a. Global finance and transportation technologies b. Urbanization and the spread of democracy c. Agricultural improvements and international migration d. Improved medicine and urbanization e. Improved agriculture and medicine
e
The iconic Palm trees in Los Angeles, California demonstrate the concept of: a. Hierarchical diffusion b. Contagious diffusion c. Expansion diffusion d. Stimulus diffusion e. Relocation diffusion
e
The presence of Starbucks, KFC, and McDonalds in Seoul, South Korea is an example of: a. Interdependence b. Situation c. Site d. Density e. Globalization
e
What stage of the DTM would be characterized by more economic opportunities for women, a declining rate of natural increase, and the stage of the DTM that most Central and South American countries are characterized at? a. Stage IV b. Stage V c. Stage I d. Stage II e. Stage III
e
The spread of pop culture often associated with globalization can BEST be defined as which type of diffusion? a. Contagious b. Relocation c. Migrant d. Hierarchical e. Stimulus
D
Russian, Czech, and Polish come from which language branch? a. Sino Tibetan b. Germanic c. Indo Iranian d. Balto Slavic e. Romance
D
The picture here was taken in which U.S. state? Picture says: Enter Caldwell Parish a. Arizona b. Utah c. Tennessee d. Louisiana e. California
D
From the Tower Hill Station in London you can see a section of the Roman Wall, the fortress of the Tower of London, and modern glass and steel skyscrapers. This would be an example of: a. Time-distance decay b. Absolute location c. Expansion diffusion d. Sequent occupance e. Physical landscape
D
Geographic place names are of cultural and social importance because: a. The names are descriptive of the natural landscape b. The names reflect the importance of globalization on a place c. The names are used to promote tourism d. The names make up part of linguistic and local identity e. The names establish ownership of territory
D
A map drawn at which of the following scales would show the LEAST detail? a. 1:24,000 b. 1: 63,350 c. 1: 250,000 d. 1: 500,000 e. 0.111111111
d
A pizza delivery area is what type of region? a. relative b. intermediate c. formal d. functional e. absolute
d
According to Thomas Malthus, what keeps population under control? a. Birth control b. Migration c. Natural checks d. Natural infertility e. Government policy
d
As projected population of the world is expected to level off in the next 30 years, which country is expected to become the most populated, surpassing China? a. United States b. Nigeria c. Germany d. India e. Bangladesh
d
Bodhran music is classic in Irish folk songs. The Bodhran is also played throughout Newfoundland in areas settled by Irish immigrants. What BEST describes this phenomena? a. stimulus diffusion b. expansion diffusion c. hierarchical diffusion d. relocation diffusion e. vernacular diffusion
d
In order to determine environmental stress in an area, a geographer would most likely require which of the following pieces of information regarding density? a. Arithmetic density b. Agricultural density c. Area density d. Physiological density e. Mathematical density
d
More developed countries moved roughly from Stage II to Stage III of the DTM about 250 years ago. This is most likely due to the: a. Development of permanent settlements b. Migration from rural to urban areas c. Cultivation of plants and crops d. Invention of industrial technology e. Decreasing of crude death rates
d
Only a fraction of the Earth's surface is actually livable and farmable land. This land is called: a. Anodized b. Available c. Alluvial d. Arable e. Augmented
d
People in Papua New Guinea plant and harvest the taro root, which is labor intensive and provides little protein. The tropical landscape of Papua New Guinea is not conducive to cereal crops and they have generally not moved beyond a hunting-gathering society. Which of the following concepts is BEST described above? a. Spatial association b. Globalization c. Region d. Site e. Situation
d
The Lou Gehrig's Disease, ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is an example of: a. stimulus diffusion b. relocation diffusion c. migrant diffusion d. hierarchical diffusion e. contagious diffusion
d
The early diffusion of hip-hop music among largely African American, urban communities before widespread adoption by mostly Caucasian, suburban communities is an illustration of: a. Migrant diffusion b. Stimulus diffusion c. Maladaptive diffusion d. Hierarchical diffusion e. Relocation diffusion
d
The largest internal migration in history is: a. The migration of Native Americans to reservations in the late 1800s b. The migration of Mexican workers to maquiladora factory towns from 1980-present c. The migration of Muslims from India to Pakistan after WWII d. The rural to urban migration in China from 1970-present e. The migration of Europeans to North America from 1600-1900
d
When considering the spatial distribution of the world population, the fewest people would live in... a. The tropics b. The northern hemisphere c. The low latitudes d. The high latitudes e. The mid latitudes
d
Which of the following is the BEST example of a functional region? a. Midwest b. Chinatown c. rustbelt d. Houston and its suburbs
d
Which of the following map projections was often used by the U.S. CIA and Soviet KGB as a way to identify areas of control and a means of propaganda during the Cold War era? a. Robinson b. Equal area c. Fuller d. Azimuthal e. Mercator
d
Which of the following maps would have the largest scale? a. Los Angeles County b. Manhattan in New York City c. Jacksonville, Florida d. University of Tennessee, Knoxville Campus e. Virginia
d
Which of the following BEST fits Ravenstein's Laws of Migration? a. A family with two children where the parents are in their twenties relocate from rural Georgia to Los Angeles as the husband just got a new job in the film industry b. An unmarried woman in her twenties with no children travels from Hartford, CT to New York City by train every day to attend classes at New York University c. A family with one child where the parents are in their twenties relocate from rural Arkansas to rural Texas to manage a small family farm d. A family with three children where the parents are in their twenties relocate from St. Louis, MO to Chicago wanting to be closer to the husband's elderly parents e. An unmarried man in his twenties with no children relocates from the Atlanta suburbs to downtown Atlanta as he would rather take the train to work than drive every day
e
Which of the following types of map projections maintains directional integrity? a. Equal area projection b. Gall-Peters projection c. Robinson projection d. Conformal projection e. Azimuthal projection
e
Which of the following would NOT be considered part of a state's expansive population policy? a. An extensive advertising campaign which promotes the virtues of having multiple children b. Limiting access to birth control c. Providing extended paternity leave d. Giving tax breaks to couples with two or more children e. Encouraging women to continue their education via post graduate programs
e
