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Buddhism is a reformation of which of the following religions:

Hinduism

The belief in the existence of only one god is

Monotheism

Which of the following texts is the holiest book in Islam? a.Torah b. Analects c. Qur'an d.Mahabharata

Qur'an

Most humans get most of their kilocalories from which of the following food sources?

cereal grain

Which of the following state shapes most easily fosters effective internal communications?

compact

There has been a strong global trend toward which of the following systems of government?

federal

An American restaurant chain moves into a neighborhood in East Asia and eventually a local restaurant serving traditional Asian cuisine goes out of business. What is this the best example of?

globalization

Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, wears a particular dress and the dress then becomes so popular, it is sold out with a months-long back order. What is this an example of?

hierarchical diffusion

Denmark is a good example of a nation-state because

nearly all Danes speak Danish and live in Denmark.

What is one effect of feeding cows corn?

They are more likely to be contaminated with E. coli bacteria

The process by which a more powerful group forcibly removes a less powerful group is called

ethnic cleansing.

Which of the following is one of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals?

Zero Hunger

Farming for the primary purpose of feeding one's family is known as

subsistence agriculture.

What was apartheid?

the geographic separation of races in South Africa

Scale is

the relationship between a feature's size on a map to its actual size on Earth.

In manufacturing, the ________ is the gross value of the product minus the costs of raw materials and energy.

value added

Which of the following is NOT one of the five principle features that distinguishes commercial agriculture from subsistence agriculture? a.Average retirement age of farmers b.Purpose of farming c. Percentage of farmers in the labor force d. Use of machinery

Average retirement age of farmers

As Sudan's religion-based civil war was winding down, an ethnic war erupted in the region of

Darfur.

Which of the following statements regarding Fair Trade is most accurate?

Fair trade workers are permitted to organize a union and have a right to adequate wages.

A country has an HDI of .357. What can we assume about this country?

It has a relatively low level of development

Which of the following criticisms of the Mercator projection is most accurate?

It under-represents the size of Africa compared to North America and Europe.

Which of the following countries is considered a perforated state?

Italy

Which is a characteristic of shifting cultivation?

Land is cleared by slashing the vegetation.

The largest ethnicity in the United States is

Latinos/Hispanics.

Which of the following statements regarding the branches of Islam is correct? a.Shi'a Muslims are the majority in Iran and Iraq b.Sunni Muslims are a minority in the United States but a majority worldwide. c.Saudi Arabia is predominantly Shi'a. d. Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq as part of a Shi'a government

Shi'a Muslims are the majority in Iran and Iraq

In which of the following regions of the world do we find primarily subsistence agriculture practiced?

South America

The dominant branch of Islam is

Sunni

Which of the following statements regarding gender-related development is correct?

The status of women is lower than that of men in every country.

Why would the Taliban ban leisure activities such as watching TV and surfing the Internet? a.They believe the Quran does not allow leisure activities b. They believe the Quran identifies only six possible leisure activities. c. They believe leisure activities need to be sanctioned by the government d.These activities were considered Western, or non-Islamic.

These activities were considered Western, or non-Islamic.

Which ethnic group was the primary target of ethnic cleansing in Rwanda in the 1990s?

Tutsis

Asian Americans are clustered in what area of the United States?

West

The UN computes the Human Development Index (HDI) by considering which of the following main factors:

a decent standard of living, a long and healthy life, access to knowledge

The world's largest ethnic religion is

a. Hinduism

Which of the following statements regarding language in China is correct? a. Mandarin the official language of China b.There is a single Chinese language c.The Chinese alphabet is phonetic d. Cantonese is spoken by most people in China.

a. Mandarin the official language of China

How has the gender and family status of migrants to the United States changed? a. Most migrants are now female b. Most migrants are now children c. Most migrants are now elderly d. Most migrants are now male.

a. Most migrants are now female

Alzheimer's disease, found in societies with high life expectancies, is indicative of which stage of the epidemiologic transition? a. Stage 4 b. stage 1 c. stage 2 d. stage 3

a. Stage 4

In comparing Malthus's theory to actual world food production and population growth during the past half-century, the principal difference is that a. actual food production has been much higher than Malthus predicted. b. Malthus's theory predicted more famines and wars than have actually occurred. c. Malthus's theory predicted much higher food production than has actually occurred d. actual population growth has been much lower than Malthus predicted.

a. actual food production has been much higher than Malthus predicted

Which of the following beliefs is NOT a key feature of Hinduism? a. adherence to the Hindu creed b.importance of individual worship c.belief in karma d. belief in reincarnation

a. adherence to the Hindu creed

A regional variation of a language distinguished by a distinctive vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation is a a. dialect b. language branch. c.language family. d.language group.

a. dialect

The most important pull factor for migrants into North America is a. economic. b. forced c. environmental. d. political.

a. economic

Which of the following pillars of Islam refers to a pilgrimage to Mecca a. hajj b. salat c. zakat d. shahada

a. hajj

Which of the following events would be considered a migration pull factor? a.opening of a new factory b.revolutionary takeover of a government c.failed harvest d. civil war

a. opening of a new factory

What is one important future implication of the world's current population pattern? a. The most rapid growth is occurring in the less developed countries. b. The natural increase rate is larger every year c. There are fewer people in the world now than at the peak in the middle of the twentieth century. d. The more developed countries have the highest combined crude birth rate.

a. the most rapid growth is occurring in the less developed countries

The Flemings and Walloons live in which of the following countries? a.Belgium b.France c.South Africa d. Switzerland

a.Belgium

Which of the following is NOT a Romance language? a.Bulgarian b.Italian c.Portuguese d.French

a.Bulgarian

English is part of which of the following language branches? a.Germanic b.Celtic c. Romance d. Indo-European

a.Germanic

Which of the following statements regarding popular music is correct? a.It is typically produced by MDCs. b. The purpose of popular music is generally to convey information c.It is often the product of LDCs d. It is typically written by an anonymous author

a.It is typically produced by MDCs.

The language spoken by the greatest number of native speakers in the world is a.Mandarin. b. Cantonese c. Cantonese (not a mistake) d. Hindi

a.Mandarin.

Which of the following statements regarding undocumented migrants in the United States is correct? a. Undocumented migrants often owe large loans to smugglers. b.Undocumented migrants are generally paid a fair wage and treated well by their employers. c.Immigration raids generally improve a city's economy by removing undocumented workers. d. The number of unaccompanied child migrants has steadily declined over the past decade.

a.Undocumented migrants often owe large loans to smugglers.

A lingua franca is a.a language that is mutually understood by people who have different native languages b.an English word that has entered the French language. c.an extinct language that has been revived d.an official language in a region of the world different from where the language originated

a.a language that is mutually understood by people who have different native languages

Hebrew is an example of a.a revived language. b.an isolated language. c.an extinct language. d.an Altaic language.

a.a revived language.

Which of the following is a religion that has a relatively concentrated spatial distribution and has principles that are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of its particular location? a.an ethnic religion b.a sect c.a hierarchical religion d.a universalizing religion

a.an ethnic religion

A Jewish immigrant from Eastern Europe moves to an area of the northeastern United States where his uncle moved several years earlier and there is a cluster of Kosher shops. This is called a.chain migration. b.net migration. c. emigration. d. brain drain.

a.chain migration.

Migration away from a location is called a.emigration. b.mobility. c. net migration. d. immigration.

a.emigration.

In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of a.large heterogeneous groups. b.groups living in isolated rural areas c. groups that have little interaction with other groups d. small homogeneous groups.

a.large heterogeneous groups.

An example of a primary sector activity is

agriculture.

Which of the following statements describes a place's location using its situation? a. I am from Alexandria, VA. b. The Eagle's Nest is on the way to the library. c. The average high temperature in February in Fredericksburg is 48 degrees Fahrenheit.

b. The Eagle's Nest is on the way to the library.

A taboo against pork is a characteristic of a.Christianity and Buddhism. b.Judaism and Islam. c.Judaism and Buddhism d.Islam and Hinduism.

b.Judaism and Islam.

Which of the following policies is most likely to decrease the birth rate the fastest? a. Limit women's access to education b. Improve access to contraceptives c. Place restrictions on women entering the workforce d. Invest in economic development

b. improve access to contraceptives

Which of the following is an outcome of globalization? a. greater diversity of cultural beliefs and forms b. more uniform and interdependent world c. decreased investment in LDCs d. more varied consumption preferences.

b. more uniform and interdependent world

Which of the following statements regarding the Kurds is most accurate? a.They are ethnically Turkish. b.They have a large population but are divided among enough countries that they are a minority in every one. c.They have no wish to become a nationality, only to remain an ethnicity. d. They are living in a new country created for them between Iraq, Iran, and Turkey.

b.They have a large population but are divided among enough countries that they are a minority in every one.

The current distribution of ice hockey demonstrates that a. all sports are examples of folk culture. b.a folk custom can become part of a popular culture. c. all folk sports eventually become part of popular culture d. folk sports only become popular sports in particular geographic environments.

b.a folk custom can become part of a popular culture.

Golf serves as a good example of a. the relocation diffusion of popular sports b.popular cultural preferences imposing a particular landscape without regard to environment. c. a sport with more courses in warm, sunny places than cool or wet locations d. a folk sport requiring relatively little equipment

b.popular cultural preferences imposing a particular landscape without regard to environment.

How did television impact the spread of popular culture? a. It spread folk culture at a rapid rate. b. It slowed the spread of popular culture by exposing more people to folk culture c. It spread popular culture across the globe. d.It had no impact.

c. It spread popular culture across the globe.

Which of the following is an example of intraregional migration? a.Migration from central Virginia to a farm in Oregon b. Early settlement of the American West c. Migration from an urban area to its surrounding suburbs d. Temporary movement from Boston to Fredericksburg

c. Migration from an urban area to its surrounding suburbs

The use of a horse and buggy by the Amish in the United States is an example of a a.habit. b.taboo. c. folk culture. d. popular culture.

c. folk culture.

A system for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is a. rendition b. scale c. projection d. distribution

c. projection

Folk music differs from popular music in which of the following ways? a.Folk music is generally transmitted through written texts and is of practical importance. b. Geographers can pinpoint exactly when a particular folk song was written. c.Folk music is generally composed anonymously and transmitted orally. d. Folk music originates in more developed areas and diffuses through technology

c.Folk music is generally composed anonymously and transmitted orally.

The preference for quick frying in Southern Europe and slow stewing in Northern Europe reflects a. religious-based food taboos. b. differences in the types of meat available. c.differences between available fuel for cooking and heating. d. entirely cultural differences.

c.differences between available fuel for cooking and heating.

A sovereign state that comprises an urban area and the surrounding countryside is a:

city-state.

The attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory is:

colonialism

Most cookies, yogurts, toothpastes, and diapers are all made using which of the following ingredients?

corn

Which of the following statements regarding the origin and diffusion of pizza is correct? a.Pizza originally came to the United States through expansion diffusion as immigrants settled here. b.New York style pizza traditionally has a thick crust. c.Pizza originated in New York in the 18th century. d. Chicago-style pizza became popular during World War II when money was tight.

d. Chicago-style pizza became popular during World War II when money was tight.

Which of the following statements is true of the United States' quota system today? a. Our current quotas allow for more immigrants from Western Europe than from Africa. b. Quotas apply to refugees, spouses, and children along with other migrants. c. There are specific quotas for each country. d. We now have a global quota with a maximum number of total immigrants.

d. We now have a global quota with a maximum number of total immigrants.

In Djibouti, located on the horn of East Africa, the arithmetic density is 21 people per square kilometer. However, the physiological density in Djibouti is 51,861 per square kilometer. The implication of this data is that Djibouti has a. a large number of farmers. b. inefficient farmers c. too few farmers for the large area of land suitable for agriculture d. a small percentage of land suitable for agriculture.

d. a small percentage off land suitable for agriculture

Country A has 49 live births per 1,000 people. This describes the a. total fertility rate. b. life expectancy rate. c. natural increase rate. d. crude birth rate.

d. crude birth rate

In Afghanistan, for every 100 working-aged adult, there are around 90 people younger than 15 or older than 64. This is known as the a. life expectancy b. demographic ratio. c. population pyramid d. dependency ratio.

d. dependency ratio.

Countries that are in stage 4 of the demographic transition model are most likely to experience which type of migration? a. international b. out migration c. intercontinental d. internal

d. internal

The highest natural increase rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition model? a. Stage 3 b. Stage 1 c. Stage 4 d. Stage 2

d. stage 2

I am from "the South." Which of the following terms best describes this statement? a. representation b. expansion diffusion c. globalization d. vernacular region

d. vernacular region

The ability to move from one location to another is a. net migration b.variable migration. c. migration d.mobility.

d.mobility.

In Japan, there are 336 people per square kilometer whereas in the United States, there are only 33 people per square kilometer. This information describes

density

In recent years, countries such as India have

embraced the international trade approach

Development refers to the

improvement in material conditions through diffusion of knowledge and technology.

Compared to 1914, colonies today tend to be

islands

Which of the following types of agriculture is found primarily in less developed countries?

plantation

What do critics charge are some effects of Structural Adjustment Programs for refinancing loans to LDCs?

rise in unemployment and cuts in spending for health, education, and social services

A person who works fields rented from a landowner and pays the rent and repays loans by turning over to the landowner a share of the crops is a

sharecropper.

In contrast to practitioners of agriculture, hunters and gatherers

travel frequently.

A state which places most power in the hands of a central government is a:

unitary state.