my ap midterm

Which of the following scales of analysis would provide demographic data that could be used to compare one urban neighborhood to other urban neighborhoods across a country?

Census tract or enumeration area

Which of the following explains a significant positive impact that the immigration of large populations of Chinese people had on places like Vancouver and Los Angeles?

Chinese immigrants established businesses and religious centers that provided their new cities with greater access to elements of Chinese culture such as arts, cuisine, and religion.

Which of the following explains the pattern of growth in City B relative to City A ?

City BB is located in a less developed country and has high rates of rural-to-urban migration, whereas City AA is located in a more developed country and has low rates of rural-to-urban migration.

Which of the following geographic concepts can be identified using information evident in the image?

Cultural diffusion

Which of the following describes the most likely cause of death for a citizen of a country in stages 4 and 5 of the demographic transition model?

Degenerative diseases due to old age and lifestyle

In 2018, a large number of migrants from Afghanistan and Iraq applied for asylum in the European Union. Which of the following is a pull factor that explains this migration?

Economic growth and employment opportunities in Europe, attracting immigrant workers

Which of the following terms best describes regions that make up the political geographic divisions within a country?

Formal

Which term best describes the majority of voluntary migrants from South Asia to the Persian Gulf countries of Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait during the 1990s and 2000s?

Guest workers

Which of the following explains the major effect of migration flow to Southwest Asia from other regions in Asia?

Guest workers migrate to the region for jobs in construction and the oil fields, increasing the volume of exports from the region.

Based on the data provided, which of the following best describes how changing roles for women influence patterns of social values?

Higher birth rates in African countries suggest that women in African countries have less access to education and employment than European women.

Which of the following language-location pairs best exemplifies the process of relocation diffusion of language in the twentieth century?

Hmong in the United States

Which of the following best explains how immigration affects the cultural landscape of religion?

Immigrants often retain their religion during the process of acculturation, contributing to religious diversity within the cultural landscape of the receiving country.

Which of the following would be most likely to increase life expectancy in a less developed country, resulting in an aging population in that country?

Improvements in access to health care and sanitation

Which of the following types of migration are correctly explained by the example given?

International migration and voluntary migration: Family A from Mumbai has convinced their close friends Family B to emigrate to London as they did in order help start up their business.

Which of the following statements about the Robinson projection is correct?

It is more accurate than the Mercator projection in showing the sizes of countries in higher latitudes.

Which of the following types of countries are most likely challenged with the problems associated with a large youth-dependent population, such as providing public primary education for all children?

Less developed countries

Which of the following best explains why, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Thomas Malthus proposed his population theory?

Malthus theorized that, if left unchecked by regular cycles of famine and misery, population would increase beyond the ability to feed itself.

Which of the following concepts could best be explained by the theory of possibilism?

Modification of landscapes by human cultures

Which of the following describes information a geographer could identify from the map of urban populations in Brazil?

Patterns of arithmetic density within specific regions

Country A is a more developed country with a low birth rate, a low total fertility rate, a high life expectancy, and a high percentage of urban population. Based on this information, which of the following outcomes is most likely to occur in Country A?

Pressures on pension and social security programs are at critical levels as the number of elderly increases.

The state of California, often considered a hearth of environmental laws, will be the first state to ban plastic straws. Which of the following statements best describes the likely spread of this environmental practice?

Similar environmental laws will likely spread through stimulus diffusion to other states via political activism.

Which of the following best describes a country with a rate of natural increase of 0.4 ?

Slow population growth

A refugee enters the European Union in Italy and is temporarily housed in Germany. He is then granted asylum and is permanently settled in Sweden. Which of the following describes this type of migration that is facilitated by the European Union's open border policies?

Step migration across member states to a final destination

This new porcelain was viewed as having similar quality to Chinese porcelain, and the new methods continued to be used in Europe. This example describes what type of diffusion?

Stimulus diffusion, because the Europeans adapted a Chinese concept to fit their own needs

An international company is looking to expand its network of factories, which use labor-intensive production methods, in a region of the world experiencing significant growth in the working-age population. Based on the data in the table, which of the following regions should the company choose?

Sub-Saharan Africa, which will have the fastest working-age growth rate among world regions from 2015 to 2030

The concept of environmental sustainability is best explained by which of the following examples?

Terracing rice paddies on hillsides, to prevent soil erosion and provide gravity-fed irrigation

Which of the following are the best examples of vernacular regions?

The American West and the American Midwest

Which scenario best explains the process of assimilation?

The American government educated Native American children in American-style boarding schools. All of the children were taught English, and girls were taught how to be homemakers.

Which of the following statements best explains why English is the most widely spoken language in North America?

The English language initially diffused to North America through the process of relocation diffusion. A number of colonies were established and settled by people from Great Britain.

Which of the following best explains how the English language diffused to the location shown in the image?

The English language was imposed on this location through a process of economic and political domination.

Which of the following statements explains the regional location in the United States where the figures shown in the image are most likely part of the cultural landscape?

The Southwest, because residents are influenced by Spanish Catholicism.

Which of the following describes the spatial pattern shown in the map of total fertility rates?

The lowest total fertility rates are shown in Europe, Russia, East Asia, Australia, and Canada.

Why would a town planner use a map at the 1:24,000 scale rather than a map at the 1:250,000 scale?

The map at the 1:24,000 scale shows the town close-up in more detail.

The map shows the distribution of the language family that has the largest number of speakers in the world. Which statement correctly identifies the language family shown and the method of diffusion that best explains the pattern?

The map shows the distribution of the Indo-European language family, which diffused from its hearth in the Caucasus Mountains and spread throughout Eurasia through contagious diffusion and into the Americas, Africa, and Australia through colonialism and relocation diffusion.

A political polling company wants to use census data to collect information on voters in a city by neighborhood. Based on the types of information collected in the survey form, which of the following could be mapped using census data?

The number of voting-age residents per household

Which of the following explains why a country with a high physiological density (e.g., Japan, Egypt, or the Netherlands) risks exceeding its carrying capacity?

The population places a large amount of pressure on the arable land to produce enough food without risking severe environmental degradation.

Which of the following statements best explains how the Industrial Revolution reduced the threats forecast by Malthus?

The resulting rural-to-urban migration for jobs in factories led to a decline in birth rates and lowered population growth rates below what Malthus predicted.

Which of the following best exemplifies the diffusion of popular culture throughout the world in contemporary society?

The spread of an Internet meme via social media applications

The images show a topographic map and a geographic information systems (GIS) representation of Mount Shasta in California. Which of the following statements best explains why these printed images are geometrically distorted representations of Earth's surface?

The three dimensions of Earth's surface are displayed on a two-dimensional page.

Which of the following best explains a likely effect of Brazil's population distribution?

Uneven economic development as eastern Brazil experiences more growth than the sparsely inhabited western regions

The map shows the number of people per unit of land. Which of the following types of data are shown in the map?

arithmetic density

Identify which of the following concepts or processes is symbolized by the pagoda in the image.

cultural trait

Which of the following best describes the spatial pattern of ethnicity in Singapore's neighborhoods?

ethnic Chinese residents are in the majority across most of the city, while ethnic Malay and ethnic Indian residents are concentrated in the peripheral neighborhoods.

The increasing percentage of urban dwellers in more-developed countries is best explained by

greater access to job opportunities, resources, and facilities

Which of the following best identifies the data for the Eastern Great Rift Valley, shown on the map?

high arithmetic density

In many less developed countries, only a small percentage of school-aged youth attend school regularly. In some cases, fewer females than males are enrolled in schools. Which of the following patterns is a concern in less developed countries with low school enrollment?

lack of qualified males and females to develop a workforce that will improve economic growth

Which of the following scales is represented in the map shown? (Denmark, new Denmark, Morrison, Holland)

local, showing the towns and township areas in a county

The low birth and death rates for a country in stage 4 of the demographic transition model are best explained by

the level of urbanization and technological advancement of a more developed country

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Mercator projection?

the size and shape of countries in the higher latitudes are greatly exaggerated.

The table shows the types of information collected by a store regarding customer purchases. Which of the following data could be used in a geographical information system (GIS) to increase sales?

zip code

Which of the following explains an unintended consequence of China's antinatalist one-child policy?

A projected shortage of working-age people to care for the rising elderly population, resulting in an increase in the cost of living for older people.

Which of the following countries is best described as being at Stage 3 of the demographic transition model?

Bolivia: birth rate = 24 , death rate = 7

There has been an increase in asylum seekers from Syria to the European Union in recent years. Which of the following best describes the reason for this migration?

A continuing issue of conflict and political unrest within Syria

Which of the following country demographics would be used to explain the need for the pronatalist policies shown?

A country with a birth rate of 1111, a death rate of 1313, and a rate of natural increase of −0.2−0.2 , legislates tax credits for working parents

In which of the following contexts could a neo-Malthusian perspective most successfully explain population characteristics?

A country with a high rate of natural population increase, where food supplies are at risk

The maps show residential neighborhoods in the Republic of Singapore. Which of the following individuals or organizations would be most likely to make a decision based on the spatial pattern shown on the maps?

A government agency seeking to promote equal opportunities across ethnicities

The international Syrian refugee crisis that started in 2011 is best explained by which of the following migration factors?

A political push factor from Syria, where armed conflict imperils personal safety

Based on the graph, predicted population growth in which of the following regions is explained by a high total fertility rate?

Africa

The satellite images show changes to a portion of the Louisiana coast between 1984 and 2017. The table shows the changes in land acreage. Which of the following best describes the changes and a consequence of the changes?

An increase in the acreage of coastal land, which will be added to navigational charts for shipping

Which of the following global trends best exemplifies the concept of sustainability?

An increase in the use of electric vehicles, because their reduced emissions result in less environmental pollution.

Country X has a high youth-dependency ratio. Country Z has fears of running out of agricultural resources. Which of the following explains why Countries X and Z would implement anti-natalist policies?

Antinatalist policies promote family planning and education of women to reduce fertility rates.