Vocab
The practice of analyzing or judging a culture by the standards of one's own culture is what?
Ethnocentrism
Which of the following statements best describes how the epidemiologic transition affects the demographic transition?
(A) The epidemiologic transition occurs in stage 1 of the demographic transition, causing a fluctuation in birth and death rates.
(B) Improvements in nutrition, sanitation, and health care cause death rates to fall in stage 2 of the demographic transition.
(C) Improvements in nutrition, sanitation, and health care cause birth rates to fall in stage 3 of the demographic transition.
(D) The epidemiologic transition occurs in stage 4 of the demographic transition, causing a slowing of the rate of natural increase.
(E) The epidemiologic transition occurs in stage 5 of the demographic transition as famines and wars cause a total population decline.
B
What is it called when the skilled labor leaves the geographical area in favor of another area that offers more opportunities?
Brain Drain
What of these best describes when the largest city in a state is double the size of the second-largest.
A) Rank-size rule
B) Megacity
C) Central Place theory
D) Primate City rule
E) Edge City
D) Primate City rule
As Buddhism diffused through East Asia, Buddhist traditions blended with local cultural customs to create distinct religious practices, such as Daoism in China and Shinto in Japan. Which of the following terms best describes this blending of cultural traditions?
(A) Assimilation
(B) Acculturation
(C) Possibilism
(D) Multiculturalism
(E) Syncretism
E
When an idea, trait, or innovation spreads from one culture or place to another, but the original idea or trait is adapted to better fit the local culture is called?
Stimulus Diffusion
What changes could local governments, businesses, and corporations make to reverse Japan's national birth patterns?
(A) Decreasing transportation costs to allow workers to commute from locations farther outside of densely populated urban centers
(B) Adding low-cost or zero-cost infant day care and preschool centers to allow mothers to return to the workforce
(C) Reducing the time off allowed for maternity leave and incentivizing working mothers to return to the workforce
(D) Enforcing a two-child policy for all families, requiring a minimum of two children per family to become eligible to receive school services and work benefit
(E) Increasing access to family planning clinics and making doctor's office visits free for women patients
B
What is it called when people lose their original cultural traits when they join a new culture?
Assimilation
Saif permanently moves to America(Legally) to live a better life. After moving to America, he sponsors his little sister, and she also comes to America. Which of the following terms best describes what Saif just did?
A) Chain Migration
B) A Vacation
C) Intraregional Migration
D) Transhumance Migration
E) Interregional Migration
A) Chain Migration
What is Self-Detemination?
The right or desire for a nation, or group of people, to govern themselves.
What is Distance Decay?
The effect of distance on cultural or spatial interaction, the larger the distance the less interaction.
Which of the following is a likely outcome of gerrymandering?
(A) Splitting areas of majority group voters across a number of legislative representatives' districts
(B) Packing areas of minority group voters into a single legislative representative's district
(C) Disrupting electronic polling machines or the data networks run by elections officials
(D) Placing a legislative representative's districts in a row pattern while drawing a new electoral map
(E) Supporting political party candidates with campaign funds intended to be used in particular geographic areas
A or B
Option A refers to a process often referred to as “Cracking,” where majority group voters' areas are split into numerous districts to dilute their votes.
B on the other hand illustrates "Packing," where areas with minority group voters are packed into one district to minimize their overall representation over multiple districts.
What is it called when people retain their original culture while also adapting aspects of the new culture?
Acculturation
Izzah is selling drugs in a back alley for prices that are way too high. Izzah doesn't have any other job, and the government doesn't know he has this job. He also was given temporary legal status to work in America, but no longer has it. Which of the following best describes what this is an example of?
A) A Scam
B) The Formal Economy
C) The Underground Economy
D) The Tertiary Sector
E) The Informal Economy
C) The Underground Economy or E) The Informal Economy
What are 2 types of gerrymandering?
Packing and Cracking
What are Centrifugal forces?
Aspects of society that divide a group of people and push them apart.
What is a common impact of urbanization regardless of a country's level of economic development?
(A) Urbanization means a loss of agricultural production due to the loss of farmland and farmworkers.
(B) Urbanization leads to a more egalitarian society as the difference between urban and rural lifestyles is reduced.
(C) Urbanization creates a larger cultural and economic gap between urban and rural areas.
(D) Urbanization creates a labor force with a diversity of job skills and compensation levels.
(E) Urbanization creates socially and economically diverse cities that have little social conflict.
D
What is a Stateless Nation?
A nation that has a history of self-determination but does not have a recognized state.
A new country, Logania, created an area in which goods can be stored, manufactured, or handled without paying extra fees, like tariffs. Which of the following best describes the area that Logania created?
A) A Special Economic Zone
B) A Green Belt
C) An Autonomous Region'
D) An Export Processing Zone
E) A Free Trade Zone
E) A Free Trade Zone
What is packing?(Hint: gerrymandering)
The process of stacking like-minded voters into just a few districts to reduce the impact of their vote in other districts.
What is the dispersion of any people from their original homeland(Often because of forced migration) called?
Diaspora
If Greece and Turkey adopted the UNCLOS system and expanded their territorial seas to 12 nautical miles, as shown in Map 2, which of the following scenarios best explains the resulting geographic pattern?
(A) Greece would be required to guarantee the right of passage for ships transiting from the Dardanelles to the Mediterranean Sea.
(B) International ships transiting from the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea would only be able to sail in Turkey's coastal waters.
(C) Black Sea countries like Bulgaria would have to ship goods by land through Europe or Russia to participate in international trade.
(D) Greece would only guarantee right of passage to ships from other European Union countries due to the open border policy.
(E) Turkey would be forced to join the European Union in order to participate in international trade and benefit from the open border policy.
A
What is Creolization?
The process of 2 cultures/languages coming together to create a new 3rd culture/language (traditionally due to colonialism.)
Me, Logan, and Hasan both started businesses, my business deals with ammo, Logan's deals with scopes, and Hasan's deals with guns. Our businesses are in the same area, which reduces company costs. Which of the following terms best describes the clustering of similar industries in one area to lower costs?
A) Just-In-Time Delivery
B) Agglomeration
C) New Urbanism
D) Multiculturalism
E) Special Economic Zone
B) Agglomeration
Logan is researching the standard of living in Namibia. Which of the following indexes would be most useful to him?
A) Gross Domestic Product(GDP)
B) Gender Inequality Index(GII)
C) Gross National Income Per Capita(GNI)
D) Human Development Index(HDI)
E) GINI
C) Gross National Income Per Capita(GNI)