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The concern of geography with space puts
_________ at the center of its agenda.
scale
A good example of a formal region would
be a:
region of similar language
Cultural geographers identify a single element of normal practice as
a cultural trait
The notion that cultural factors are the
product of environmental conditions (e.g. the ancient Greek idea that Europeans were fierce and brutish because of the cold
climate), is an example of
environmental determinism
Which of the following regions generally receives the most precipitation
Southeast Asia
The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called
relative location
The cultural landscape of Dar es Salaam is
a composite of several different culture
groups which have administered the place.
British policy stimulated the development of
a district of 3 to 4 story apartments
reminiscent of
Bombay
Which of the following countries has the lowest percentage of arable land
Norway
Much of Kenya’s income comes from
coffee and tea production
Most of the one billion malnourished people in the world
have little power, money, are women or children
Replacement level, the number of births needed to keep a population at a stable level without immigration, requires a total fertility rate of ____
2.1
Not all countries with aging populations resort to immigration to offset economic problems. An example is
Japan
It has been estimated that 98 percent of Egypt’s population occupies only ___ percent of the country’s total area
3
The world’s three largest population concentrations are all found on the same landmass, which is ____
Eurasia
Births and _____ add to the population growth of a country
immigration
In the 1970’s, the government of India used this method to reduce the population growth rates in certain areas of the country
forced sterilization of males
The statistics that report the number of deaths per thousand people in a given year is called
the crude death or mortality rate
In Europe the marked decline of the birth rate was the result of _____
the effects of Industrialization, urbanization, and general modernization
More than half of the world’s entire population is concentrated in East Asia
false
A developed country that has reached a stage where the population is most stable will develop a population pyramid that is ____
rectangular shaped
Today, an estimated _____ unauthorized migrants live in the US
10.7 million
In both the US and Canada, agricultural workers primarily come from
Mexico and Central America
Among the migrants in the US, authorized and unauthorized, migrants from Mexico account for ____ percent
26 percent
A cyclic movement practiced in the mountain areas when ranchers move livestock vertically during the summer months and to lowlands during winter months is called
transhumance
In 1901, this country approved the Immigration Restriction Act, which ended all nonwhite immigration to the country
Australia
Hutterites differ from the Amish in that they
accept modern technology
A group of people in a particular place see themselves as a community and who share experience, customs, and traits are referred to as a ____
local culture
In terms of popular culture, cities like Paris, New York, and Milan are referred to as ___
hearths
“Little Sweden” in Lindeborg, Kansas is a good example of
neo localism
The Makah of Washington State reinstitute ______ as a means of solidifying their culture and reconnecting with their past
whaling
A culture’s assumptions about the differences between men and women, their character, roles and divisions of
labor are referred to as
gender
What society typically calls a “race” is in fact
a combination of physical attributes
residential segregation in the US today is
decreasing
We think of the border region between the United States and Mexico as being an Anglo-Hispanic meeting
point, but one of the largest groups of _____________ in Mexico can be found just outside the city of Mexicali
Chinese
Which African country was the first to have over 50% of its Parliament seats held by women
Rwanda
Hawaii is an example of state with
official bilingual policies
The language most widely used as a second language by hundreds of millions of people in India, Africa and elsewhere is
English
A language that us used among speakers of different languages for the purposes of trade and commerce is
a lingua franca
The greatest concentration of streets memorializing MLK is found in
the South, especially Georgia
The predominantly French-speaking capital city of Belgium (Brussels) is located in the Flemish-speaking northern area of the country.
True
