Ap Human Geo Final Practice

The average number of births women bear in their lifetimes is a. total birth rate. b. crude birth rate. c. total fertility rate d. total increase rate. e. crude fertility rate.

C

Which of the following types of maps would have the largest numeric scale? a. world b. continent c. city. d. state e. country

C

Groups living in close proximity to one another yet practicing uniquely different social customs suggests a. refusal to teach other customs in schools. b. inability to set up telephone service. c. refusal to share other customs in religious ceremonies. d. limited connections due to topographic, linguistic or ethnic barriers. e. military confrontation.

D

It may sound strange to hear that the ________ is generally lower for less developed countries than for more developed countries, but the difference is correlated to the average age of each population. a. total growth rate b. natural increase rate c. crude birth rate d. crude death rate e. infant mortality rate

D

Mexico provides the United States with its largest numbers of a. laborers. b. voluntary immigrants and political refugees. c. European and Asian migrants, excepting those who have entered from Guatemala. d. both legal and undocumented immigrants. e. refugees from natural disasters.

D

Scale is a. the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map. b. the spread of a phenomenon over a given area. c. the difference in elevation between two points in an area. d. the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape. e. the ratio of the largest to smallest areas on a map.

D

The arrangement of a phenomenon across Earth's surface is a. dispersal. b. spatial analysis. c. regional dissociation. d. distribution. e. spatial association.

D

A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom is a a. tariff. b. folk culture. c. habit. d. popular culture. e. taboo.

E

Some features of U.S. material culture such as gas stations, supermarkets, and motels a. promote diffusion of folk culture. b. show high regional variation. c. provide diversity on the U.S. landscape. d. reflect the preservation of folk culture. e. promote a uniform landscape.

E

The frequency of something within a given unit of area is a. distribution. b. concentration. c. dispersion. d. pattern. e. density.

E

Zero population growth is best represented by a a. CDR greater than CBR. b. negative NIR. c. CBR equal to the CDR. d. doubling rate of 2.1 e. TFR of 2.1 percent.

E

Europe and North America entered stage 2 of the demographic transition as a result of a. the industrial revolution. b. the computer revolution. c. the medical revolution. d. the agricultural revolution. e. the scientific revolution.

A

Given your understanding of regions, the nine regions that the Census Bureau has established within the United States are examples of a. formal regions. b. nodal regions. c. governmental regions. d. functional regions. e. vernacular regions.

A

In this type of map, an area represented as darker represents a higher concentration of a variable a. choropleth map. b. isoline map. c. dot distribution map. d. graduated symbol map. e. punctuated distribution map.

A

Jeans provide a good example of material culture that is adopted by a number of different societies. They are also an example of a. popular culture. b. folk culture. c. white-collar culture. d. punk culture.

A

Most Asian migration to the United States is through the process of a. chain migration. b. brain drain. c. global circulation. d. undocumented immigration. e. expansion diffusion.

A

Moving toward the southwestern border of the United States, Spanish is increasingly spoken in addition to English. What type of region does this gradual change of language reflect? a. functional b. geo-linguistic c. bilingual d. vernacular e. formal

A

Stages 1 and 4 of the Demographic Transition are similar in that a. both have low growth rates b. both have low death rates. c. both have low dependency ratios. d. both have low life expectancies. e. both have high dependency ratios.

A

The difference in the time it took to send (and have the recipient receive) a letter in 1985 and the time it takes to send and receive an email is an example of a. space-time compression. b. establishing longitude as part of the grid. c. better geographic knowledge. d. establishing a prime meridian. e. better time measurement.

A

The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people, is a a. custom. b. character trait. c. habit. d. taboo. e. popular culture.

A

The largest number of both legal and undocumented immigrants to the United States come from what country? a. Mexico b. Dominican Republic c. South Korea d. the Philippines e. Cuba

A

The relationship among people and objects across space is defined as a. connecton. b. density c. location d. diffusion e. scale

A

Which of the following are forms of expansion diffusion? a. contagious and hierarchical b. economic and relocation c. contagious and eponymous d. hierarchical and formal e. relocation and stimulus

A

Which of the following is NOT correct? a. Society's values are consistently held by all members of society. b. Humans deplete nonrenewable resources. c. Consumer choices can support sustainability. d. Humans pollute and degrade renewable resources. e. Society's values are the basis for choosing which resources to use.

A

Which of the following is NOT true? a. Countries with slow population growth but strong economies commonly experience out-migration. b. Most migration occurs because of a combination of push and pull factors. c. The three major kinds of push factors are political, economic, and environmental. d. The most common environmental threat to people comes from too much or too little water. e. A family has migrated from the south side of Chicago to a town beyond the suburban ring because they like the schools and housing prices there. This is an example of counterurbanization.

A

Which of the following people would you predict to be most likely to engage in voluntary migration in the near future? a. a teenaged girl in China whose rural family would like to plan to send a younger sibling to college in the future b. the dictator of a nation-state whose corruption was instrumental in winning another election c. a youth whose village has been targeted by anti-rebel groups in a civil war d. a youth whose parents have just been murdered because they helped form a labor union in a traditionally exploited province of a developing country Selected: e. a teenaged girl whose family's home has just been destroyed by a volcanic eruption, which has also rendered the entire valley uninhabitable

A

Which three demographic measures most closely parallel each other in terms of global distribution? a. natural increase rate, crude birth rate, total fertility rate b. life expectancy, crude death rate, total fertility rate c. life expectancy, crude birth rate, crude death rate d. crude death rate, crude birth rate, total fertility rate e. natural increase rate, crude birth rate, crude death rate

A

Match the term in the left column with its definition, synonym, explanation in the right column (diffusion) 1. Contagious diffusionSelected: c. Almost all individuals and areas adjacent to the source region are affected. Direct contact between those in the source region and those in outlying areas is important.This answer is correct.2. Hierarchical diffusionSelected: d. Ideas and artifacts spread first between larger places or prominent people and only later to smaller places or less prominent peopleThis answer is correct.3. Stimulus diffusionSelected: b. Occurs when a basic idea, but not the specific traits, spreads to another area or region. It stimulates imitative behaviorThis answer is correct.4. Relocation diffusionSelected: a. Individuals or populations migrating from the source areas physically carry the innovation or idea to new areasThis answer is correct.5. Time-distance decaySelected: f. The influence of the cultural traits weakens as time and distance increaseThis answer is correct.6. Expansion diffusionSelected: e. Occurs when an innovation or idea develops in a source area and remains strong there while spreading outward. This is a more general term that includes other, more specific types of diffusion

All correct

A physical feature, such as a body of water, might actually aid transportation and migration because ocean travel may be easier than overland travel. However, if that physical feature hinders migration, it is an example of a. an environmental incentive. b. an intervening obstacle. c. a cultural pull factor. d. an environmental push factor. e. a forced migration.

B

An increase in a country's physiological density would suggest a(n) a. increase in the amount of agricultural land. b. increase in the size of its population. c. limit to the number of farmers. d. limit to the number of farm animals. e. increase in the amount of irrigated land.

B

Country A has a crude birth rate of 60 and a crude death rate of 15, while Country B has a CBR of 27 and a CDR of 9. Which country has a higher natural increase rate? a. The CDR has no direct correlation to the CBR, so it cannot help determine the NIR. b. Country A c. The NIR is the same in both countries. d. Country B e. The rate depends on total population, so it can't be computed from this information.

B

Polders are most closely associated with which country? a. Luxembourg b. The Netherlands c. Belgium d. Germany e. Greece

B

The art and science of mapmaking iS a. cardemoography b. cartography c. geography d. topography e. geomorphology

B

The diffusion of social media has threatened a. popular culture and folk culture relatively equally. : b. folk culture more than popular culture.. c. the folk customs of only a few isolated communities. d. folk culture, but only in the largest cities on each continent. e. the spread of the international banking system.

B

The study of how humans and the environment interact is called a. natural science. b. cultural ecology. c. environmental determinism. d. cultural possibilism. e. cultural diffusion.

B

The world's annual ________ is currently approximately 1.2 percent, at which rate the world's population is projected to double in about 54 years. a. natural expectancy rate (NER) b. natural increase rate (NIR) c. life expectancy rate (LER) d. life increase rate (LIR) e. crude birth rate (CBR)

B

These two photos of the same young man who was indiancthen looked civilized illustrate: a. taboo b. assimilation c. custom d. acculturation e. possibilism

B

Using the above map observe that a. China's wages are more equal than those of neighboring Mongolia. Selected: b. the average income earned by women is less than that of men in every country of the world.This answer is correct. c. the most equality in income is found in North Africa. d. men and women are equally paid in the United States. e. Scandinavia demonstrates less equality in income than Western Europe.

B

What is NOT a way that Bhutan has tried to protect its culture? a. a quota on tourism b. removal of pop culture clothing options. c. a ban on TV d. a policy of Gross Domestic Happiness e. a ban on the internet

B

What is NOT a way the Amish try to protect their culture? a. they have a strong sense of community b. they require all Amish children to be baptized in infancy c. the Amish children are educated at Amish schools d. they exclude the outside world and practice non-conformity to the outside world e. they create and live in self sufficient communities

B

Which of the following pairs of resources and renewability is incorrect? a. Natural Gas - Nonrenewable b. Petroleum - Renewable c. Bamboo - Renewable d. Coal - Nonrenewable e. Solar - Renewable

B

Which of the following represents voluntary migration? a. Myanmar's persecution of its Rohingya Muslim population b. Vietnamese secondary relocation from Bismarck, North Dakota to Westminster, California c. Syrian flight from civil war d. human trafficking in Bangkok, Thailand e. Sudanese refugee camps in Chad protecting Darfurian refugees

B

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Florida Everglades? a. The northern part of Lake Okeechobee was drained to provide farmland for sugar cane. b. Despite human actions much of the wetlands have been self-regenerating and self-restoring. c. The Everglades were once a shallow, 50-mile wide river. d. The waterways are heavily contaminated with fertilizer runoff. e. Canals and levees constructed in the 1950s allowed for urban expansion of Miami and Fort Lauderdale.

B

According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in 2014, the largest number of refugees were forced to migrate from ________, which have seen a great deal of armed conflict in recent years. a. Mexico and Colombia b. Sudan, South Africa, and Colombia c. Afghanistan and Syria d. Vietnam and Indonesia e. Ethiopia, Nicaragua, and Somalia

C

According to the video, Language the Heart of Our Culture, why do some native speakers choose NOT to teach their children the native language? a. they do not see value in the native language b. there is no support in their folk culture to continue these traditions c. they don't know how to teach it d. they had been persecuted for speaking the native language earlier in their lives

C

An example of ________ is the migration of doctors and engineers to the United States after they have received years of government-financed schooling and training in Colombia. a. chain drain b. cohort migration c. brain drain d. chain migration e. net migration

C

Between 1900-1940 a. oil towns of Houston and Los Angeles grew exponentially. b. high numbers of Asian immigrants arrived on the West Coast. c. the Great Plains became a destination for immigrants. d. immigrants bypassed the plains going directly to the West Coast. e. coastal Atlantic cities, especially southern cities, began to grow rapidly.

C

Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 and a crude death rate of 15. In what stage of the demographic transition is this country? a. Stage 4 b. Stage 3 c. Stage 2 d. Stage 5 e. Stage 1

C

Globalization of the economy has a. leveled economic differences between places. b. decreased investment in less developed countries. c. heightened economic differences among places. d. decreased regional specialization of production. e. drained resources from more developed countries.

C

Migration policy disputes in the United States tend to represent a social divide on all but which of the following? a. verification of legal status versus the appearance of profiling b. augmenting border patrol personnel versus paying higher taxes to fund it c. complete closure of U.S. borders versus allowing only women to immigrate d. federal immigration legislation versus state immigration legislation e. workplace raids and deportation versus a path to citizenship

C

Mormonism is most concentrated in the counties surrounding Salt Lake City, Utah, and the population of Mormons as a percentage of total county population begins to decline the further away from Salt Lake City. This is an example of a. syncretism. b. time space compression. c. distance decay. d. acculturation. e. assimilation.

C

Pioneer farmers settling the grasslands of the American West often built houses of sod, while early settlers of the eastern forest built wooden structures like log cabins. This suggests that building materials a. are a uniform feature of folk culture. b. are commonly imported over long distances because of local folk culture. c. are strongly influenced by local resources. d. are chosen because of the diffusion of popular culture. e. are elements of popular culture.

C

The body of customary beliefs, social forms and material traits that constitute a group's distinct traditions would best describe a specific population's a. education system. b. political agenda. c. culture. d. folklore. e. religious organization.

C

The mantle and crust are associated with a. the biosphere. b. the hydrosphere. c. the lithosphere. d. the atmosphere. e. the geosphere.

C

The state of Texas is BEST considered a formal region because a. only one language is spoken in most of the cities of the region. b. it is a part of the United States. c. the same state laws apply everywhere in the region. d. transportation systems converge in the major highways of the region. e. religion is the same everywhere in the region.

C

To geographers, the spread of McDonald's around the world represents a. economic proliferation. b. economic globalization but not cultural globalization. c. economic and cultural globalization. d. a unique taste in nearly every location. e. the relocation diffusion of restaurants.

C

Which of the following does NOT distinguish Geographers from Historians according to Immanuel Kant? a. Geographers identify the location and explain why human activities are there while historians focus on chronological events at a particular location. b. Geographers ask "where and why" and historians ask "when and why." c. Geographers examine the world as a whole while historians segment the world into regions for easier examination. d. Geographers organize material spatially while historians organize material chronologically. e. Geographers recognize actions at one location can influence conditions elsewhere while historians examine past actions to explain future actions.

C

Which of the following pairs is incorrect? a. Water rationing - Conservation b. Restrictions on oil drilling in the arctic - Preservation c. Recycling - Preservation d. Fuel efficiency mandates - Conservation e. Yosemite National Park - Preservation

C

You see the coordinates 5 E longitude, 10 N latitude. You do not need to look at a map in order to deduce that this location is a. near the International Date Line and the prime meridian. b. near both the equator and the International Date Line. c. near both the equator and the prime meridian. d. near the equator but quite far from the prime meridian. e. near the International Date Line as well as the North Pole.

C

Identify the order of languages 1. language family 2. language branch 3. language group 4. language

Correct order of languages

A country has net in-migration if immigration numbers a. equal emigration numbers. b. correlate with phase 4 of the population transition. c. are less than net migration numbers. d. exceed emigration numbers. e. correlate with stage 3 of the epidemiological transition.

D

A map projection may distort a continent, making it appear stretched in some areas and smashed in others in order to a. distort the shapes of other continents. b. distort the distances and relative sizes of countries and continents. c. depict a map that accurately represents a globe in every detail. d. depict accurately the physical area of a country or continent. e. depict accurately the shape of that same continent

D

A mathematical process for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is a(n) a. scale. b. distribution. c. rendition d. projection e. interruption

D

Africa, Asia, and Latin America entered stage 2 of the demographic transition as a result of a. the industrial revolution. b. the agricultural revolution. c. the scientific revolution. D. the medical revolution. e. the computer revolution.

D

An area distinguished by one or more unique characteristics is a(n) a. biome b. ecosystem c. uniform unit d. region e. landscape

D

By analyzing the map above, which East Asian nation-state has the highest life expectancy? a. North Korea b. China c. Taiwan d. Japan e. Mongolia

D

Situation identifies a place by its a. mathematical location on Earth's surface. b. unique, internal physical and cultural characteristics. c. primary dimensions. d. location relative to other objects or places. e. nominal location.

D

We can calculate that a country would lower its arithmetic density by a. increasing the size of its population. b. increasing the amount of agricultural land. c. limiting the number of farmers. d. limiting the size of its population. e. increasing the areas of its urban centers.

D

Which is NOT likely true about the large number of Syrian migrants arriving in Europe? a. This movement is challenged by the intervening obstacle of European hostility to migrants. b. This movement is evidence of political push factor. c. This movement is evidence of a brain drain. d. This movement is evidence of counter-urbanization. e. This movement is evidence of an economic pull factor.

D

Which of the following could be a vernacular region? a. the market area of a supermarket b. a sports "conference" or area within which sports teams compete with one another c. the area of dominance of a television station d. the area of dominance of a certain worldview or philosophy e. the area served by a pizza delivery person

D

Which of the following is TRUE? a. The United States no longer legally recognized birth on American soil as legal citizenship. b. California and Florida have the largest number of unauthorized immigrants. c. The number of unauthorized immigrants is less than the number leaving. d. Given the improvements in Mexico's standard of living, less than 25 percent of those entering the United States come from Mexico. e. Unauthorized immigrants are more likely to be employed in white collar jobs.

D

Which of the following statements about the physical environment is NOT true? a. A stable lithosphere provides humans with materials for building and fuel for energy. b. A people's level of wealth can influence social attitudes toward modifying the environment c. Due to technology, humans represent the most significant change agents on earth. d. The physical environment is the key factor in social development. e. The physical environment is not always the pivotal concern in human decisions.

D

You might propose a(n) ________ program for your country if you wanted to hire a large number of manual laborers from neighboring countries to build a large dam or canal, with the understanding that they would not be granted any other privileges or legal status in your country, after the project is finished. a. unauthorized hiring b. engineering obstacle c. unauthorized worker d. guest worker e. chain migration

D

A hearth is a. the process by which a feature or trend spreads. b. an area defined by one or more distinctive features or trends. c. the perimeter or boundary marked by a regional feature. d. the modification of a culture as a result of contact with a more powerful one. e. a region from which a phenomenon originates.

E

Among the elements of globalization of culture are tendencies toward a. maintaining local traditions along with uniformity of cultural beliefs and forms. b. enhanced communications, heterogeneity, and equal access to resources. c. uniform consumption preferences, slower communications, unequal access to resources, greater access to entertainment, and a mixture of uniformity and variety in cultural forms. d. maintaining local traditions. e. uniform consumption preferences, enhanced communications, unequal access to resources, and uniformity in cultural forms.

E

Geographers might characterize a country as overpopulated when a. the population numbers more than 100 million and while there is concern about the finite limits of natural resources, they have been adequate historically. b. the population numbers more than 100 million and migration contributes 1 million annually. c. the population numbers more than one million, and there is an average distribution of population to resources. d. there are too many people according to a standard economic measure of poverty. e. the population numbers less than one million, but there is concern that the country's natural resources are adequate for only half that number.

E

India and the United Kingdom have approximately the same arithmetic density although their landscapes and sizes are quite different. From this we can conclude that the two countries have roughly the same a. level of output per farmer. b. pressure placed by people on the land to produce food. c. number of people per area of arable land. d. number of farmers per area of land. e. number of people per area of land.

E

Leading approaches to reducing birth rates emphasize the long-term benefits of a. school programs that ignore contraceptive techniques and teach "abstinence only." b. teaching people to become more active consumers. c. information about sexually transmitted diseases. d. improving men's educational attainment in conjunction with small loans to businesses owned by men in small communities. e. improving local economic conditions in conjunction with improving women's educational attainment.

E

Many less developed countries fear the loss of folk culture because a. Western clothing styles are less comfortable. b. popular culture devalues women. c. they want to avoid political disputes. d. they do not want to preserve traditional values. : e. Western perspectives may become more dominant.

E

Rapidly declining crude death rates are found in which stage of the demographic transition? a. Stage 3 b. Stage 1 c. Stage 5 d. Stage 4 e. Stage 2

E

Site identifies a place by its a. primary dimensions. b. nominal location. c. location relative to other objects and places. d. mathematical location on Earth's surface. e. unique physical characteristics.

E

Syrian family migrated from Syria through Turkey to Greece without immigration documents. Although Greece does not grant the family refugee status and they face the risk of deportation, theirs is a case of international and ________ migration. a. voluntary b. economic c. transitional d. human rights e. forced

E

The City of Cape Town nearly ran out of water in 2018 because of a. mismanagement by local government. b. leaky pipes and swimming pools owned by the wealthy. c. the doubling of the city's population at the end of apartheid beginning in 1990. d. failure of the city's desalination plant. e. three years of drought connected to climate change.

E

The South is established as a vernacular region of the United States by a. climate, low educational attainment, cotton production, and the prevalence of talk radio stations. b. climate, low high-school graduation rates, and the Roman Catholic and Baptist churches. c. low high school graduation rates, climate, cotton and corn (maize) production, and abuses of the rights of voters and minorities. d. high cotton production, high church attendance, the prevalence of right-wing talk radio stations, and limits placed on the civil rights of ethnic and racial minorities. e. climate, low educational attainment, cotton production, and the prevalence of Baptist churches.

E

The Trail of Tears represented for America's indigenous population a. voluntary relocation fraught with high death tolls. b. legally mandated forced relocation of children to new schools in the west. c. forced relocation of male family members. d. voluntary relocation of male family members. e. legally mandated forced migration.

E

The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite, spacecraft, or specially equipped high-altitude balloon is a. GPS b. USGS c. aerial photographhy d. GIS e. remote sensing

E

The concept that the distribution of one phenomenon is related to the location of other phenomena is a. spatial distribution. b. spatial analysis. c. geographic analysis. d. regional association. e. spatial association.

E

The highest crude death rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition? a. Stage 2 b. Stage 4 c. Stage 5 d. Stage 3 e. Stage 1

E

The most common environmental push factor worldwide is a. mosquito borne diseases. b. earthquakes. c. brush fires. d. volcanoes. e. availability of water.

E

There are various schools of thought regarding the impact of geography on culture. The beleif that the physical environment, especially the climate and terrain, activitly shape cultures is: a. cultural determinism b. environmental perception c. cultural perception d. possibilism e. environmental determinism

E

Under U.S. immigration policies a. economic migrants are expedited across borders to ensure their skills contribute quickly to the economy. b. economic migrants are allowed only if they don't send remittances. c. refugees and economic migrants are treated the same. d. economic migrants are allowed only if they can prove there were no jobs available in their country of origin. e. refugees receive special priority over economic migrants.

E

Which is NOT a nation in the United Kingdom? a. Wales b. Scotland c. Northern Ireland d. England e. Republic of Ireland

E

Which of the following are fundamental elements of culture? a. customary beliefs, volcanic mountain ranges, and river settlements b. physical environments and material traits c. social forms, material traits, customary beliefs, and physical environments d. material beliefs, customary forms, physical norms, and material social traits e. customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms

E

Which of the following is NOT correct? a. An analysis of maps indicates that, historically, the center of population in the United States has moved a long distance to the west but not a long distance to the south. b. Refugees have engaged in forced migration. c. In recent decades, the most important type of internal migration within the United States is from urban to suburban areas. d. Forced migration can be caused by "cultural" factors such as ethnic cleansing, warfare, or persecution. e. Migration from rural to urban areas is called counterurbanization.

E

Match the term in the left column with its definition, synonym, explanation or example in the right column (culture LD) 1. cultural landscape- d. the modification of the natural landscape by human activities 2. cultural ecology- f. the field that studies the relationship between the natural environment and culture 3. non-material culture- e. consists of abstract concepts of values, beliefs, and behaviors 4. material culture- c. includes concrete human creations called artifacts 5. artifacts- b. human made objects .6. culture trait- a. a single attribute of a culture .7. culture complex- g. the combination of all culture traits 8. culture regions- h. are created around places and peoples with similarities in their culture systems

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