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100

  1. Which of the following is the belief that one’s own culture is the best or better than other cultures?

  1. Ethos

  2. Prejudice

  3. Ethnocentrism

  4. Stereotyping

  5. Acculturation

100

The township and range land survey system in the United States contributed to which of the following?

  1. A dispersed rural settlement pattern

  2. A clustered rural settlement pattern

  3. A rural long-lot pattern

  4. An urban agglomeration pattern

  5. An urban daily system pattern

100

  1. Which of the following is most characteristic of societies currently in the last stage of demographic transition?

  1. Hyperinflation

  2. Unemployment

  3. Youth dependency

  4. Aging population

  5. Overpopulation

100

Production of agricultural products destined primarily for direct consumption by the producer rather than for market is called

  1. plantation farming

  2. hunting and gathering

  3. subsistence agriculture

  4. sedentary cultivation

  5. shifting-field agriculture

100

Swahili in East Africa and English in global commerce are examples of

  1. pidgin languages

  2. lingua franca

  3. standard language

  4. creole language

  5. official language

200

  1. Cultural differences within a country’s population, such as different religions, languages, and ethnicities, have political impacts and can best be described as

centripetal forces within a state

centrifugal forces within a state

the effects of diffusion on the state

the effects of imperialism on the state

globalizing forces within a state

200

 Corn (maize) was first domesticated in…

  1. Northern Argentina

  2. the Tibetan plateau

  3. the Canadian prairie

  4. Central Mexico

  5. Central Australia

200

  1. The dependency ratio is most useful for indicating the

  1. reliance of a country on imported fossil fuels

  2. degree of gender equality within a country

  3. relationship between the total fertility rate and the infant mortality rate

  4. between the total fertility rate and the infant mortality rate

  5. percentage of foreign ownership within the secondary sector of a country’s economy

  6. relationship between the potential labor force and the remainder of a country’s population

200

Which of the following is a subsistence crop?

  1. Corn

  2. Cotton

  3. Rubber

  4. Cocoa

  5. Timber

200

The Gullah language is spoken in African-American communities of the coastal southeastern United States, particularly in South Carolina, Georgia, and northeastern Florida. It is a combination of Elizabethan English and African dialects. One can describe Gullah as a


  1. creolized language

  2. lingua franca

  3. Sino-Tibetan dialect

  4. language family

  5. linguistic branch of the Niger-Congo family

300

The term “cultural diffusion” refers to the

  1. modification of Earth’s surface by human actions

  2. integration of behavioral traits within a group

  3. spread of an idea or innovation from its source

  4. relationship between human cultures and their physical environment

  5. assimilation of a minority culture into the host society

300

Which of the following includes the world's earliest centers of plant domestication?

  1. British Isles, Scandinavia, United States

  2. Northeast Asia, Eastern Europe, South Africa

  3. Australia, New Zealand, China

  4. Southeast Asia, Mesoamerica, Middle East

300

  1. Since 2000 the global pattern of international migration has resulted in most migrants seeking destinations that are best described as

  1. rural agricultural regions

  2. urban and suburban areas

  3. less developed countries

  4. protected environmental zones

  5. tourism and pilgrimage sites

300

The industrialization and mechanization of agriculture in the United States during the past 70 years have resulted in

  1. a decrease in the number of farms and an increase in the size of farms

  2. an increase in the number of farms and a decrease in the size of farm fields

  3. an increase in the diversity of crops and animals grown on individual farms

  4. an increase in the economic viability of small towns in the agricultural regions

  5. a decrease in the tonnage of pesticides and herbicides used on cropland

300

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

  1. The increasing popularity of a fashion trend that originates in a large city, such as New York, and spreads to small rural towns

  2. The spread of an Internet meme via social media applications

  3. The spread of a religion through the migration of adherents of the religion

  4. The increasing popularity of a new band that spends a year touring cities around the world

  5. The spread of new slang that becomes widely used in government-funded schools

400

10. Which of the following scenarios best exemplifies the concept of hierarchical diffusion?

  1. he practice of selling pizza by the slice in America, whereas pizzas in Italy were traditionally sold as whole pies

  2. The addition of hands-free driving features to cars manufactured by companies headquartered throughout the world

  3. The migration of asylum seekers from Syria to Europe

  4. The increasing popularity of Korean pop music around the world because of social media

  5. The increasing sales of clothing brands endorsed by professional athletes to customers in Europe

400

Dramatic increases in global grain production since 1950 have been made possible by

  1. substantial increases in the amount of land under cultivation

  2. global warming

  3. an increase in the urban workforce

  4. an increase in the agricultural workforce

  5. an increase in the use of energy and technology

400

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

  1. A country with a birth rate of  43 , a death rate of  12 , and a rate of natural increase of  3.1 , passes a law that requires paid maternity leave.

  2. A country with a birth rate of  11 , a death rate of  13 , and a rate of natural increase of  −0.2  , legislates tax credits for working parents

  3. A country with a birth rate of  16 , a death rate of  4 , and a rate of natural increase of  1.2 , establishes long maternity leave periods from work

  4. A country with a birth rate of  12 , a death rate of  10 , and a rate of natural increase of  0.2 , requires full-day kindergarten.

  5. A country with a birth rate of  20 , a death rate of  10 , and a rate of natural increase of  1.0  , provides state-subsidized day care centers.

400

 A set of economic and political relationships that organizes food production from the development of seed to marketing the products is known as

  1. food processing

  2. mechanized farming

  3. mixed crop and livestock farming

  4. agribusiness

  5. commercial farming

400

Which of the following terms best describes the spatial effects of the Internet on the global diffusion of culture?

  1. Time-space convergence

  2. Complementarity

  3. Cultural divergence

  4. Push factors

  5. Pull factors

500

12. Which of the following describes the process of creolization?

  1. The mix of Native American, African, and European influences to create new cultural forms

  2. The representations of Spanish, Portuguese, and French linguistic culture on the landscape of Latin America

  3. The layering of the European cultural landscape over the Native American landscape

  4. The exchange of crops and animals between the Old World and the New World

  5. The adoption of Native American toponyms for place-names of European settlements

500

 In which of the following world regions has the Green Revolution had the least impact on agriculture?

  1. East Asia

  2. South Asia

  3. Southeast Asia

  4. Central America

  5. Sub-Saharan Africa

500

  1. Physiological population density is viewed as a superior measure of population density for which of the following reasons?

  1. It is more reflective of population pressure on arable land.

  2. It yields the average population density.

  3. It is more reflective of the world’s largest population concentrations.

  4. It measures the average by dividing total land area by total number of people.

  5. It best reflects the percentage of a country’s population that is urbanized.

500

 Von Thünen emphasized which of the following factors in his model of agricultural land use?

  1. Labor cost

  2. Transportation cost

  3. Fertilizer cost

  4. Machinery cost

  5. Seasonal fluctuations in prices of farm products

500

Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion?

  1.  Islam

  2. Mormonism

  3. Buddhism

  4. Judaism

  5. Roman Catholicism