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Unit 1: Geo Basics
Unit 2: Population and Migration
Unit 3: Culture
Unit 4: Political Geo
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Spatial coordinates of latitude and longitude express. a. Relative Location b. Absolute Location c. Relative direction d. Absolute direction E. Relative distance
What is B. Absolute Location
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An example of a country with a population pyramid that has a large base is.. a. Japan b. Germany c. Nigeria d. United States e. Russia
What is c. Nigeria
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Historically, cultural diffusion patterns in the United States have tended to flow in which general direction? a. East to West b. West to East C. North to South d. South to North e. Northwest to Southeast
What is a. East to West
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Many borders act to create cultural distance between people of the same ethnic group, a phenomenon that most often leads to a. the militarization of that ethnic group b. the fragmentation of that ethnic group c. the unification of that ethnic group d. the blending of that ethnic with at least two other ethnic groups e. the political rise of that ethnic group
What is b. the fragmentation of that ethnic group
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A highly simplifed language developed between two different groups for the purposes of basic communication is known as which of the following? a. Creole b. Pidgin c. Lingua franca d. bilingualism e. standard dialect
What is b. Pidgin
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Which of the following concepts refers to the spatial arrangement of items or features within a given area? a. Distribution b. Direction c. Accessibility d. Trajectory e. Scale
What is a. Distribution
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The demographic transition model suggests that as countries industrialize a. In-migration increases over time b. migration increases from rural to urban areas c. birth and death rates decrease over time d. life expectancy decreases over time e. fertility rates increase over time
What is c. birth and death rates decrease over time
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A mormon church located in a rural area of northwestern Colorado is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion? a. Expansion b. relocation c. hierarchical d. maladaptive e. Stimulus
What is A. Expansion
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Most of the world's unitary states can be found on the continents of a. north america and south america b. Africa and Asia c. Australia and Europe d. Antartica and North America e. Australia and South America
What is b. Africa and Asia
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Which of the following is a consequence of zero population growth? a. Higher rates of malnutrition b. Reduced strain on available resources c. A larger workforce d. Increased fertility rates e. Decreased progress toward development in least developed countries
What is b. Reduced strain on available resources
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Which of the following U.S. cities is a site along the Mississippi River and is situated as a major port for offshore petroleum production in the Gulf of Mexico? a. St.Louis b. Houston c. Mobile d. New Orleans e. Minneapolis
What is d. New Orleans
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Which of the following is NOT a contributing factor to the low birth rates in stage four of the demographic transition model? a. Less dependence on child labor b. reliance on subsistence agriculture c. the education of women d. availability of health care e. increases sanitation
What is b. reliance on subsistence agriculture
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Which of the following regions is characterized as a zone of conflict between Muslim and HIndu ethnic groups? a. Kurdistan b. Chechnya c. Kashmir d. East Timor e. The West Bank
What is c. Kashmir
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Although the United Kingdom is divided into several countries- England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland- it constitutes a. a puppet state b. a communist state c. a federal state d. a single-party state e. a unitary state
What is c. a federal state
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The forced disperion of Jews from their ethnic homeland, which took place across many centuries, is a prominent example of a. Stimulus diffusion b. Diaspora c. Pilgrimage d. Globalization e. Receptivity
What is b. Diaspora
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The notion that they physical environment offers certain contraints and opportunites that influence cultural practices without entirely determing them is known as... a. assimilation b. possbilism c. diffusion d. determinism e. divergence
What is b. possbilism
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Which of the following is NOT a result of overpopulation? a. Squatter settlements in Rio de Janerio b. Low unemployment rates in Tokyo c. Deforestation in Madagascar d. Overcrowding in Mumbai e. Lack of access to food in Manila
What is b. Low unemployment rates in Tokyo
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All of the following belong to the Indo-European language family EXCEPT.. a. Hindi b. Bengali c. Farsi d. Mandarin e. Dutch
What is d. Mandarin
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Some countries, such as India and Nepal, have treaties that allow citizens to live, work, and travel freely in both lands, a practice that typically leads to the development of a. opposing national identites b. fluid national identites c. rigid national identites d. postindustrial national identites e. Communist national identites
What is b. Fluid national identites
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Lesotho, an independent state whose territorial borders are entirely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa, is an example of a a. Urban ghetto b. Exclave c. city-state d. Enclave e. Province
What is d. Enclave
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A method for representing the three-dimensional surgace of the earth on the two-dimensional surface of a map is known as... a. scale b. globalization c. proximity d. ethnography e. projection
What is e. projection
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In general, which of the following is true about carrying capacity and population? a. Above carrying capacity, population size increases b. Above carrying capacity, population size decreases c. Above carrying capacity, population size remains constant d. Below carrying capacity, population size decreases e. Below carrying capacity, population size remains constant.
What is B. Above carrying capacity, population size decreases
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The Sunbelt and New England are two examples of which kind of culture region? a. Functional b. Formal c. Vernacular d. Municipal e. Transnational
What is c. Vernacular
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People divide a continent into regional trade blocs primarily to a. increase the amount of fair trade b. promote the goal of global free trade c. strengthen economic ties between member states d. form cultural links between formal military enemies e. weaken the influence of communism
What is c. stengthen economic ties between member states
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Which of the following sacred places is most closely associated with animism? a. Hagia Sophia b. Ayers Rock c. Sistine Chapel d. Mecca e. The Western Wall
What is b. Ayers Rock