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The evolution of human geography has been affected by the progress of what?

Technology and scientific research

Which of the following is NOT a type of spatial data?

a. Maps

b. Satellite images

c. land use

d. GPS coordinates

C. There are two types of geographic data: spatial data and non-spatial data. Spatial data is physical information about a location attained from references, including maps, satellite images, and GPS coordinates. Non-spatial data describes characteristics of a location such as population, income, or land use. Both types of data are important for addressing different geographic questions [15,2]

What component of culture would the beliefs of Islam fall into?

Mentifact

The wording, food choice, and fashion presentations of a wedding are an example of what?

Cultural complex

Little Italy in Manhattan, New York City is an example of what?

Toponym

What is a universalizing religion?

Faiths that seek global appeal and actively convert regardless of ethnicity or culture

Varanasi, India is the most scared city in Hinduism, where ghats (steps) lead to where?

Ganges River

Which of the following regions has high birth rates and agricultural, developing countries?

South Asia

What does a swell in the middle of a pyramid show?

Economic boom

What does Crude Birth Rate (CBR) measure?

Amount of births per 1000 people in a population

In the United States, maternal death was most concentrated in what state?

Louisiana

In 2015, what did the Association of Female Indigenous Warriors from Rondônia (AGIR) fight against?

Destruction of indigenous lands for mining

According to the World Economic Forum, the world’s population of people over age 65 is expected to do what by 2050?

Double

In 2024, how many people did the United Nations estimate that lived outside their country of origin?

304 million

All migrants moving from a place of origin to a destination during a specific time period form what?

Migration stream

If all factors that influence migration are equal, people are more likely to do what?

Move to nearby areas instead of moving further away

Some immigrants may frequently travel back and forth between their new country and origin for business or for family. What is the name of this phenomenon?

Transnational migration

In Beijing, there were once several clusters of migrants from what Chinese province?

Zhejiang

In the United States, who can sponsor family in other countries to join them?

Citizens and permanent residents

One of the earliest attempts to summarize the characteristics of migration was done by which of the following?

Ernst Georg Ravenstein

Who developed the dual labor market theory?

Michael Piore

At the end of 2024, approximately how many internally displaced people were there worldwide?

83.4 million

In 2024, what country had the most internally displaced persons?

Sudan

In 2024, UNHCR estimated how many refugees returned to their home countries?

1.6 million

Christopher Columbus's ship, the Santa María, wrecked off the coast of what is now:

Haiti

France offered to sell its entire North American territory to the U.S for how much?

$15 million

What position was Merrwether Lewis given for his accomplishments?

Governor of Louisiana Territory

Approximately how many concentration camp survivors did the Allies liberate in 1945?

700,000

What role was Earl G. Harrison appointed to by Franklin D. Roosevelt?

U.S representative for Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees

What organization was in charge of the repatriation of Soviet DPs?

APRA

How many Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs fled from their homes in the months around August 1947?

15 million

What port did Cuban authorities open for people to leave for Florida?

Camarioca

Following the closing of Camarioca, the U.S and Cuba negotiated for an airbridge to Miami from which Cuban city?

Varadero

How many Cubans moved to the United States during the 1970s?

38,000

What Florida governor mobilized the Florida National Guard to detain Cuban refugees?

Lawton Chiles

Between 1995 and 2015, how many Cubans were admitted into the United States?

650,000

Earth's geoid form means it is

slightly flattened at the poles

Which EU countries are cited as having built fences or physical barriers along their external borders?

Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, and Spain

Which region of origin received the largest share of United States green cards issued in 1990?

Latin America

Which postwar accord authorized the expulsion of roughly ten million ethnic Germans from Eastern European countries?

the Potsdam Agreement

Which president ended the United State’s policy of welcoming all Cubans fleeing Castro?

Bill ClintonHow did the Bracero Program shape later

Mexican migration to the United States?

How did the Bracero Program shape later Mexican migration to the United States?

by building networks between Mexican villages and American farms

Judging another culture by the standards and values of one’s own culture is called…

Ethnocentrism

What are ethnic religions?

Religions that are linked to an ethnic group, culture, or geographic location, does not actively seek global conversion

Examples of ethnic religions:

Hinduism, Judaism, and Shinto

Before France’s surprise offer, the US had primarily hoped to purchase

New Orleans and the Florida panhandle

Which meeting opened formal negotiations toward Indian independence in June 1945?

The Simla Conference

Castro’s transformation of Cuba’s economy and society included

Establishing a one-party state

After the Berlin Wall cut off labor flows from Poland and East Germany, West Germany first recruited guest workers from

Italy

Compared with acculturation, assimilation…

Absorbs minority traits into the majority culture

Why is crude birth rates less accurate than total fertility rate?

It does not adjust for women’s age structure

Which of the following countries is currently in epidemiological transition model state three?

Egypt, Turkey, Philippines

Which organization, founded in November 1943, was created to aid refugees fleeing Axis forces and to provide economic support to European countries after the war?

The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)

What was generally true for people living in post-World War II displaced persons camps?

They established school, newspapers, and sports teams

After Lord Louis Mountbatten arrived in India in March 1947, he

Moved up the date for British withdrawal by almost a year, to August 1947

Florida Governer Lawton Chiles declared a state of emergency on August 18, 1994, primarily so that he could

Temporarily detain Cubans being moved from detention camps in Key West to Miami

All of the following are examples of reference maps EXCEPT

a. political maps

b. physical maps

c. road maps

d. graduated symbol maps

Graduated symbol maps

Which of the following was both a top ten refugee and IDP source country in 2024?

Syria

Host countries are obligated to provide all of the following to refugees EXCEPT

a. citizenship

b. medical care

c. schooling

d. basic civil rights

Citizenship

The two-nation theory proposed that India could be divided along the lines of

Religion

According to the USAD Social Science Resource Guide, all of the following are examples of adaptive strategies EXCEPT

a. foraging

b. agriculture

c. migration

d. industrialization

Migration

Which individual stringently opposed the plan to partition India?

Mohandas Gandhi

Which of the following European countries colonized Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia?

France

Which of the following is NOT true of both admitted refugees and asylees in the US?

a. they are not authorized to work

b. they may apply for citizenship after four years of permanent residency

c. they are legible for Refugee Medical Assistance

d. They can apply for green card status after one year

They are not authorized to work

Which type of diffusion occurs when a factor is adapted to a new location?

Stimulus

How do geographers calculate a population’s NIR?

CBR - CDR

At which stage in Zelinsky’s mobility transition model does emigration and rural-urban migration decrease, but circulation continues to increase?

Late transitional societies

Latin American music exemplifies which of the following?

Transculturation

Since the 1980s, internal migration in the US have

decreased steadily

Freedom Flights constituted the largest resettlement program between the US and which country?

Cuba

As of mid-2023, which of the following countries has hosted the greatest number of refugees?

Iran

Roughly what percentage of refugees flee to neighboring countries?

70%

Which of the following is a typical characteristic of a population pyramid?

Distributions are separated by gender

All of the following countries were signatories on the Schengen Agreement

Belgium

France

Germany

Luxembourg

Netherlands

The Cuban Revolution occurred in which decade?

1950s

Prallel lines demonstrate relative distance north and south of equator called

Latitude lines

Signatories to Halle Agreement

Great Britain

Soviet Union

US

Which map shows relartive size but alters shape of landmasses

Peters

The primary motivation for intraurban mobility is related to

Housing

Starting in 1830, immigration to US accelerated from all of the following

Germany

England

Ireland

Ethnic religions

Judaism

Hinduism

Sikhism

US Census declared Western frontier closed in the year

1890