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aphg chapter 1-7
review of quizzes for chapter 1-7 rubenstein
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the Following Countries represents a country that has reached Stage 4 of the Demographic Transition? | Norway |
| A country at the end of the Demographic Transition usually has which of the following? | low birth and death rates |
| The low rate of contraceptive use in Africa reflects the region's | low status of women |
| The Stages of the Epidemiologic Transition are based on | causes of death at varying stages of the demographic transition causes of death at varying stages of the demographic transition |
| Thomas Mathus concluded that | the world's rate of population increase was higher than the development of food supplies |
| The lowest crude birth rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic Transition | Stage 4 |
| The annual natural increase rate currently is approximately | 1.2% |
| Life Expectancy is lowest on average in | Africa |
| For every 1,000 babies born in Burundi in 2008, an estimated 120 of them will have died before reaching their first birthday. The rate of 120 deaths per 1,000 births is known as the | infant mortality rate |
| To study fertility, geographers most frequently use the | crude birth rate |
| Japan is dealing with economic concerns about an aging population by | encouraging older people and women to work |
| In comparing Malthus's theory to actual world food production and population growth during the past half-century, the principal difference is that | actual food production has been much higher than Malthus predicted. |
| A possible stage five epidemiological transition is the stage of | reemergence of infectious and parasitic diseases. |
| The most lethal epidemic in recent years has been | AIDS |
| Dr. John Snow found that cholera cases in London were | spatially associated with a certain public wells. |
| Which of the following is a problematic result of China's population policy? | There is an imbalance in the ratio of boys to girls |
| The population pyramid of Naples, Florida, is "upside down," because the city has a large percentage of | elderly people |
| The shape of a country's population pyramid is determined primarily by its | crude birth rate |
| The number of people who are too young or too old to work in a society compared to the number of working age people is the | dependency ratio |
| What was the first effect of the Industrial Revolution on population? | it decreased the death rate |
| The destination for most undocumented immigrants entering Mexico is | the U.S. border |
| The United States has received the lowest number of refugees from which of these countries? | Ethiopia |
| Norwegians were most likely to immigrate to the United States | during the 1880s and 1890s. |
| The Brazilian government encouraged interregional migration by | moving the capital to Brasilia. |
| Which statement most accurately describes the motivations of the historic European and current Latin American immigrants to the United States? | Both were and are motivated primarily by economic factors. |
| Refugees migrate primarily because of which type of push factor? | cultural |
| The largest level of interregional migration in the United States was caused by the | opening up of the western territories. |
| Which of the following events would be considered a migration pull factor? | opening of a new factory |
| According to the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, undocumented immigrants were | permitted to become legal residents. |
| Many Argentinians who fled the country in the 1970s, when the country was ruled by a military regime, returned to the country after democratic elections were held in 1983. This is an example of | a push factor changing to a pull factor. |
| Counterurbanization is | migration to rural areas and small towns. |
| Wilbur Zelinsky's model of migration predicted | migration characteristics vary with the demographic transition. |
| The highest rates of immigration are to | some Middle Eastern countries. |
| Most European guest workers come from which part of Europe? | south and east |
| Many of the first Europeans to settle in Australia migrated to serve jail sentences which is the combination of which push and pull factors? | cultural push, economic pull |
| A permanent move to a new location is | migration |
| Several million Irish migrated in the 1840s primarily because | disastrous economic conditions pushed them out of the country. |
| Why has Russia's program to attract migrants faced difficulty in recent years? | They are targeting ethnic Russians who speak Russian and most are not interested. |
| Many of the refugees from Vietnam became known as the | boat people. |
| The largest number of legal immigrants to the United States come from what country? | Mexico |
| The most important house style in the United States since the 1960s is known as | neo-eclectic. |
| Folk songs are distinguished from popular songs because they | tell a story about daily activities. |
| As they have more contact with popular culture, women in less developed countries are more likely to | gain more opportunities outside the home. |
| Pioneer farmers settling the grasslands of the American West often built houses of sod, while early settlers of the eastern forest built wooden structures like log cabins. This suggests that building materials | are strongly influenced by local resources. |
| Little wine is produced in Asia primarily because | the people do not have a tradition of wine making |
| A taboo against pork is a characteristic of | Judaism and Islam |
| Popular customs most frequently originate in | more developed countries. |
| Some features of U.S. material culture such as gas stations, supermarkets, and motels, | promote a uniform landscape. |
| A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom is a | taboo |
| Today, house types in the United States are distinguished by what? | They display few regional distinctions. They are usually mass-produced. Alternative styles have diffused throughout the country. They demonstrate how popular customs vary more in time than in place. |
| A repetitive act performed by an individual is a | habit |
| Which element of the local physical environment is important for wine production? | soil, proximity to lakes or a river, climate, topography |
| Popular culture and folk culture can both result in a higher level of | environmental degradation, extinction of animal species, demand for raw materials, consumption of animal products |
| The geographer Vidal de la Blache regarded food supply as | less subject to modification than the clothing and weapons, the best available example of a folk custom, the folk custom most closely tied to a particular climate |
| Folk customs usually originate from | familiar events in daily life |
| The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people is a | custom |
| In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of | large heterogeneous groups. |
| The distribution of the subjects of art in the Himalayas shows how folk cultures | are influenced by distinctive vegetation, climate, and religion. |
| Which of the following statements reflect the environmental impact of culture? | Solid waste is the most visible of wastes generated from culture, Environments can withstand and adapt to some level of pollution generated by human activity, Popular culture may cause a rapid increase in demand for certain natural resources. |
| People maintain their folk culture despite familiarity with popular culture primarily because of | strong desire to preserve unique customs. |
| The Flemings and Walloons live in what country? | Belgium |
| A literary tradition is | the written form of a language |
| The Flemings and Walloons speak languages belonging to different | language branches. |
| Australia and New Zealand's language policies differ today in that Australia | regards English as a way to promote cultural diversity while New Zealand gives greater support to other languages |
| British and American English differ in which of the following ways? | prevalent dialects, pronunciation,spelling, and vocabulary |
| A creolized language is | a mix of indigenous and colonial languages. |
| Marija Gimbutas' theory points to the first speakers of the Indo-European language as the ancient | Kurgans |
| Basque is a good example of a(n) | isolated language |
| The most important language family in Sub-Saharan Africa is | Niger-Congo |
| A form of a language spoken in a local area is a | dialect |
| ________ is to Canada as ________ is to the United States. | French; Spanish |
| Germanic invaders of England included which tribe? | Saxons, Angles, and Jutes |
| The main difference between languages in the same family, branch, or group is how | recently in time the languages were once the same. |
| Which are true about the English language? | Recent growth in use is due to expansion diffusion, It is a lingua franca, It is an Indo-European language |
| The most widely spoken language in Brazil is | Portuguese |
| Both the Angles and the Normans contributed to the development of the English language, because they | invaded England. |
| English is part of which language branch? | Germanic |
| Basque is spoken primarily in | the Pyrenees Mountains. |
| The two largest language families in the world are | Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European. |
| English has achieved unprecedented acceptance globally due to | its role as the common language of a global economy and culture |
| The United Nations partition plan dividing Palestine placed Jerusalem under | United Nations administration. |
| For most of the past 2,000 years, most Jews have been | dispersed around the world |
| Worship in Hinduism is most likely to take place | at home |
| Which ethnic religion follows a lunar calendar? | Judaism |
| The world's largest ethnic religion is | Hinduism |
| Beliefs concerning the origin of the universe are | cosmogony |
| Animists believe that | inanimate objects and natural events have spirits. |
| Which is a branch of Christianity? | Eastern Orthodox |
| Almost 90 percent of people in the Western Hemisphere claim adherence to | Christianity |
| A mosque differs from a church, because a mosque | is not a sanctified place. |
| Israel has controlled all of Jerusalem since | the Six-Day War in 1967. |
| Especially important in Confucianism is to | perform public service |
| Which of the following is a universalizing religion? | Sikhism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity |
| Followers of which religious branch trace their origin to Abraham? | Shiite, Eastern Orthodox, Judaism, Sunni |
| Baptists are clustered in the ________ United States. | southern |
| Which is a characteristic of a hierarchical religion? | It organizes territory into local administrative units, It fosters interaction among different congregations, It has a well-defined hierarchical structure, Regional administration is located in large cities |
| Muslims are clustered in | the Middle East |
| Protestants in Ireland are | highly clustered in one part of the island |
| A universalizing religion | appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations |
| Roman Catholics are clustered in the ________ United States. | northeastern and southwestern |
| The former Soviet Union used which as the primary centripetal device? | language |
| Which describes the nationality of someone who gives allegiance to the United Kingdom? | British |
| The largest proportion of Asian Americans are from | China |
| Loyalty and devotion to a state that represents a particular group's culture is | nationalism |
| Native Americans and Alaska Natives together make up what percentage of the total United States population? | 1% |
| What was apartheid? | the geographic separation of races in South Africa |
| The Kurds | have a large population but are divided among enough countries that they are a minority in every one. |
| The "separate but equal" doctrine was legally established by | Plessy vs. Ferguson |
| An examination of the distribution of ethnicities in the U.S. reveals | ethnicities are clustered in urban areas and different ethnicities cluster in different U.S. regions |
| Which of the following is a strong centripetal force in the United States? | network television, baseball, the flag |
| The most numerous ethnicity in the United States is | Latinos/Hispanics |
| Asian Americans are clustered in what area of the United States? | West |
| Large-scale migration occurred in South Asia after 1947 primarily because of the | separation of religious groups |
| After World War II ended, millions of people were forced to migrate because of | changes in the boundaries of states. |
| The Lebanese civil war resulted when the country broke down because of | changes in the majority between religious groups. |
| Elements of nationalism include | state symbols, shared attitudes, shared emotions, common culture |
| Denmark is a good example of a nation-state because | nearly all Danes speak Danish and live in Denmark. |
| African Americans migrated out of the American South as a consequence of | increased farm mechanization leading to a decreased demand for farm labor. |
| African Americans are clustered in what area of the United States? | southeast |
| The largest Hispanic/Latino groups in the United States are from which two countries? | Puerto Rico and Mexico |
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