Human Geography - Exam 1

An area of Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics is referred to by Geographers as a:

Region

Which of the following historical figures was NOT mentioned in Chapter 1 as making a contribution to Geography?

Socrates

A system that captures, stores, queries, and displays geographic data is known as a

Geographic Information System

Map scale is:

The relationship of a feature’s size on a map to its actual size on Earth

The Prime Meridian is:

The meridian that passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England and is 0° longitude

An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity is known as a:

Vernacular region

Globalization is defined in the text as:

A force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope

Which approach to cultural identity and space examines how the powerful in a society dominate, or seek to control less powerful groups, how the dominated groups occupy space, and confrontations that result from the domination?

Postructuralist geography

Which of the following is NOT one of Earth’s four physical systems or spheres?

Troposphere

The best definition of cultural ecology is:

The geographic study of human-environment relationships

On a world population cartogram:

a country’s size is proportional to its population

Of the following, which is NOT one of the major population clusters mentioned in the text?

Subsaharan Africa

The portion of Earth occupied by permanent human settlement is known as the:

ecumene

The percentage by which a population grows in a year, minus immigration, is referred to as:

Natural increase rate

Exceptionally high total fertility rates, natural increase rates, and crude birth rates can all be found in which realms?

Africa and Southwest Asia

The Demographic Transition is:

The process of change in a society’s birth and death rates charted in various stages

Which of the following is NOT one of the stages of the Epidemiologic Transition?

Rapidly declining CBR & disease evolution

18^th century English economist Thomas Malthus believed that:

Population will grow faster than food supply

China reports the highest rates of family planning. The lowest rates of family planning are found in:

  Sub-Saharan Africa

Agricultural Density is:

The number of farmers per unit of arable land

Net migration is:

immigration minus emigration

Wilbur Zelinsky’s model that explains how migration changes with stages of the demographic transition is known as the:

migration transition

With approximately 42 million in 2015 and growing by 1 million each year, which country has more immigrants than any other on Earth?

United States

While international migration can be either voluntary or forced, internal migration (movement within one country), can be either:

interregional or intraregional

Which of the following statements regarding changing US immigration is/are true?

Mexico has sent the most immigrants to US

In what stage of the Demographic Transition do migrants usually leave home?

stage 2

Regarding intraregional migration, while rural to urban migration is most common in developing countries, in developed countries, the most common pattern is:

urban to suburban

While the US, Russia, & New Zealand are the largest source countries for remittances, the largest recipients countries are:

India and China

Of the following statements regarding migration, which is/are true?

1. Just over ½ of migrants to developed countries are female

2. Migrants to South Asia are more likely male

3. International migrants to the US are disproportionately between ages 20 and 39

Which of the following is/are true regarding unauthorized immigration to the US?

Texas and California have the largest numbers of unauthorized immigrants

Regarding the general definition of culture… “the body of material traits, customary beliefs, & social forms that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people”… which part of this definition is addressed in the text Chapter 4 on Folk and Popular Culture?

the visible, material traits of groups of people

Of the following, which best describes folk culture?

small, homogenous groups, relative isolation

Which form of culture has an often-anonymous origin, sometimes from multiple hearths, slow diffusion through migration, and is often spatially isolated and influenced by local factors?

Folk

Which cultural trait originated as an English folk custom and is described in the text as the world’s most popular sport?

Soccer

The three most important necessities of life, clothing, food, and shelter, are collectively referred to in the text as:

Material culture

Which of the following is NOT an example of folk clothing?

Original designs for women’s dresses from Milan

Terroir is:

The influence of soil, climate, and topography on the taste of food

The most popular leisure activity in the world and the most important mechanism by which popular culture has diffused across Earth is:

Watching TV

In which two countries is Facebook not the most popular social media network?

China and Russia

According to the text, in which two countries has internet freedom suffered the most severe declines in recent years?

China and Iran