Population and Migration
Geography Skills
Political/Culture
Misc.
100
Based on the population pyramid above, which of the following will pose the greatest demographic challenge to China beginning in 2029?
A: Providing for the needs of its aging population
B: Finding enough teachers to educate the young
C: Limiting out-migration of the 60- to 64-year-old age cohort
A: Providing for the needs of its aging population
100
Environmental determinism theory states that
The physical environment controls human culture
100
Which of the following is the belief that one’s own culture is the best or better than other cultures?
A: Prejudice
B: Ethnocentrism
C: Stereotype
B: Ethnocentrism
100
Christianity, Islam and Buddhism are all classified as what?
What are universalizing religions?
200
Which of the following characteristics is currently shared by Switzerland, Canada, and New Zealand?
A: High infant-mortality rates
B: Membership in the European Union (EU)
C: Low population-growth rates
C: Low population-growth rates
200
Which of the following terms best describes regions that make up the political geographic divisions within a country?
A: Perceptual
B: Vernacular
C: Formal
C: Formal
200
Which of the following describes typical characteristics of federal states?
A: A small land area and high population density
B: A compact shape and a primate city
C: A large land area and multiple ethnic groups
C: A large land area and multiple ethnic groups
200
Spanish became the language of South America via this phenomenon.
What is relocation diffusion?
300
Source: NASA, Columbia University, Natural Earth GIS
The map shows the number of people per unit of land. Which of the following types of data are shown in the map?
A: Arithmetic
B: Agriculture
C: Physiological
A: Arithmetic
300
Milkshed: A region in which fresh milk is produced and can be delivered without spoilage for sale and consumption. A dairy farm sits at the center of an area, the size of which is determined by how far fresh milk can be shipped and still maintain shelf-life for consumers.
Given the definition, milksheds can best be classified as what type of region?
A: Formal
B: Functional
C: Vernacular
B: Functional
300
Loyalty and devotion to a state that represents a particular group's culture is
A)
nationalism.
B)
nation.
C)
ethnic cleansing.
D)
racism.
E)
multiculturalism.
Nationalism
300
This can be defined as the form of one language that is spoken in different areas based on their culture.
What is Dialect?
400
This is the demographic stage that the United states, Canada, Germany, Britain and other MDC's are in.
Stage 4
400
The map above represents what kind of projection?
Mercator projection
400
Which of the following is an example of Balkanization?
A: Greece
B: Hungary
C: Yugoslavia
C: Yugoslavia
400
This is something that combines two languages and is used internationally to help multiple parties communicate.
What is Lingua Franca
500
This geographer had the theory that the population will eventually outrun food supply.
Thomas Malthus
500
The map shown above best fits which of the following map types?
Choropleth
500
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of
A: large heterogeneous groups
B: indigenous groups
C: groups that have little interaction with other groups
A: large heterogeneous groups
500
Name a country, their stage in the demographic transition model, and what their population pyramid would look like plus a consequence of their demographics
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