Wild Card I
What factors affect the shape of a country’s population pyramid?
a. Economic development
b. Cultural values
c. Availability of birth control
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
What best titles this list: 1. Soviet government denies rights to Soviet Jews. 2. Severe droughts in Ethiopia. 3. Fighting between Muslims and Christians in Bosnia. 2. Widespread unemployment in Haiti.?
A. Warfare causes migration.
B. Increased ethnic violence.
C. Reasons for migration.
D. World environmental disasters.
C. Reasons for migration.
True or False: Technological innovation has led to rapid changes in society.
True
Which conclusion is best supported by these examples: 1. The fertile soil of river valleys allowed the first civilization to develop. 2. Because Japan is mountainous, most of its people live in areas near the coast.?
A. Major urban centers are found only along rivers.
B. Without mountains and rivers, people cannot become civilized.
C. The physical geography of a region influences its human development.
D. The spread of new ideas is often limited by political conflict.
C. The physical geography of a region influences its human development.
Do people tend to settle along coastlines or far inland?
Along coastlines
Which was a direct result of the initial contact between European cultures and Native American cultures in the 1490s?
A. Most Spaniards migrated to the New World.
B. Spanish settlers rejected Christianity for Native American religious beliefs.
C. New diseases arrived in the Americas from which Native Americans lacked immunity.
D. Native Americans used Spanish settlers as a source of cheap labor.
C. New diseases arrived in the Americas from which Native Americans lacked immunity.
Increasing numbers of people from Latin America have migrated to the United States over the last three decades. What has been the primary reason for this increased migration?
A. to escape from the threat of Communism
B. to obtain religious freedom
C. to avoid natural disasters
D. to find new economic opportunities
D. to find new economic opportunities
The spread of Buddhism is an example of?
A. the Columbian Exchange
B. the movement of goods
C. cultural diffusion
D. cultural divergence
C. cultural diffusion
Physical features often influence where people live. Which type of environment typically has the highest population density?
A. hills, mountains, and plateaus
B. flat, fertile plains and river valleys
D. wet bogs and swamps
D. dry and barren desert regions
B. flat, fertile plains and river valleys
Groups that move between pastoral areas during the dry and wet seasons are most likely to participate in which activity: farming or herding?
Herding
Which of the following statements is true?
A. Alaska and Siberia were once connected by land.
B. Alaska and Siberia are colder now than during the Ice Age.
C. Alaska and Siberia are now covered by water.
D. The Bering Sea is smaller now than during the Ice Age.
A. Alaska and Siberia were once connected by land.
In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Predicted that rising sea levels, caused by glacial and ice cap melting, will contribute to greater erosion and the gradual disappearance of some island nations in the South Pacific and Caribbean. Which is the best conclusion from this information?
A. Sea levels will drop in Asia due to ice cap melting.
B. People should live close to a coastline.
C. Climate changes may result in massive worldwide migration.
D. Migration has led to global environmental change.
C. Climate changes may result in massive worldwide migration.
Hindu scholars contributed to mathematics by developing the decimal system and the concept of zero. Arab mathematicians transmitted these ideas to Western Europe. Which conclusion is best drawn from these facts?
A. Hindus and Arabs developed the first civilizations.
B. The study of mathematics first began in Europe.
C. New ideas are often spread through contacts between cultures.
D. Europeans had no ideas to share with Hindus and Arabs.
C. New ideas are often spread through contacts between cultures.
Which characteristic is common to the Siberian Plains, Sahara Desert, Amazon Rainforest, and Russian steppes?
A. They are all sparsely populated.
B. They are all found on the continent of Asia.
C. They are all located near the equator.
D. They are all in mountainous areas.
A. They are all sparsely populated.
Migration to new pastures during the wet and dry seasons is an example of a migration due to which type of factor: political, social, or environmental?
Environmental
What major change occurred around 1750 that impacted population growth?
a. Agricultural Revolution
b. The Renaissance
c. The Enlightenment
d. Industrial Revolution
d. Industrial Revolution
Which of the following is an example of human migration caused by an economic pull factor?
A. Puritans migrated to Massachusetts to freely practice their religion.
B. Afghan refugees fled to Pakistan to escape war involving Taliban and US forces.
C. Turkish workers migrated to Germany after 1945 to fill jobs in that nation.
D. East Berliners crossed into West Berlin in the 1960s to escape Communist rule.
C. Turkish workers migrated to Germany after 1945 to fill jobs in that nation.
The establishment of democracy in India and the establishment of Portuguese as the official language of Brazil indicated that European colonizers…
A. influenced the cultures of the regions under their control.
B. respected the governments of the native peoples.
C. promoted the Christian religion over native religions.
D. favored local traditions over their own policies.
A. influenced the cultures of the regions under their control.
Which of the following is the most likely effect of building a railroad to reach an area rich in natural resources?
A. Railroad owners take control of the area.
B. The number of people that settle in the area increases.
C. There is a sharp increase in movement away from the area.
D. Government leaders close the area to future settlement.
B. The number of people that settle in the area increases.
What type of map shows the location of major towns and cities or the concentration of where people live?
Dot population map
Which conclusion can best be drawn from these statements: 1. The division of India in 1947 into two nations forced Hindus from Muslim Pakistan. 2. An economic recession in China forced workers to move out of cities to the rural countryside?
A. Few people in the world still live in poverty.
B. Many people in China now live in urban areas.
C. A variety of push-and-pull factors may cause people to migrate.
D. Religion is the principal reason why most people migrate.
C. A variety of push-and-pull factors may cause people to migrate.
What conclusion can be drawn from these examples: 1. In the 1990s, many people in Somalia and Ethiopia moved to avoid civil war, drought, and famine. 2. In the mid-1990s, millions of Hutus fled to avoid retaliation after earlier massacres of Tutsis?
A. Wars in Africa are particularly violent.
B. Political, economic, and social factors can lead to human migration.
C. Ethnic wars no longer trouble the world.
D. Internal migration of people is important in shifting populations.
B. Political, economic, and social factors can lead to human migration.
Which of the following is the best example of cultural convergence?
A. Different countries in Europe today have similar standards of living and systems of government.
B. Some Turkish guest workers in Germany cannot read or write in German.
C. People in the Sahel region of Africa are moving to nearby regions to escape dry conditions from drought.
D. Some universities do not require students to study a foreign language.
A. Different countries in Europe today have similar standards of living and systems of government.
Which of the following statements is true?
A. The average size of cities has remained unchanged since 1900.
B. Cities of less than one million are growing faster than larger cities.
C. Since 1985, the world’s population has almost tripled.
D. The proportion of people in rural areas has declined over the last century.
D. The proportion of people in rural areas has declined over the last century.
Which visual representation of population composition do demographers use to assess needs and issues of the present and future?
Population pyramids