Geography of Population Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Geography of Population examines the spatial distribution, density, and movement of human populations across the globe. The course explores demographic concepts such as fertility, mortality, and migration, and analyzes how these factors interact with cultural, economic, and environmental variables. Students will investigate patterns and trends in population growth, urbanization, and settlement, and consider the implications for resource use, policy planning, and sustainable development. Through regional case studies, the course highlights the dynamic relationship between population processes and geographical changes in different parts of the world.
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Visualizing Human Geography 2nd Edition by Alyson L. Greiner
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Chapter 1: What Is Human Geography?
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Q1) The difference between place and space is:
A) places are bigger than spaces.
B) spaces are bigger than places.
C) a place may have many spaces.
D) there can be absolute space, but not absolute locations.
E) only spaces can have a situation.
Answer: B
Q2) A geographer found that environmental constraints made it impossible to grow rice in a community, so farmers generally planted wheat in that area. The geographer saw this as:
A) an example of environmental determinism at work.
B) a situation where possiblism might apply.
C) an example of political ecology affecting decisions.
D) a modified cultural landscape.
E) an example of regional analysis.
Answer: B
Q3) The borders of both formal and perceptual regions tend to be very precise.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Globalization and Cultural Geography
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Q1) Modern globalization has changed relationships in world because:
A) places are connected to more places, but with weak connections.
B) expanded flows of goods, people, and ideas are supported by stronger linkages.
C) more extensive formal linkages exist, but with fewer places.
D) past trade relationships have expanded to include new places.
E) the World Trade Organization's primary purpose is globalization.
Answer: B
Q2) Most parent companies of MNCs are located in North America, Europe, or Japan.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Geographers study vernacular architecture to provide insights on human knowledge of and use of space.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Population and Migration
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Q1) The demographic transition model describes a common demographic shift from ____________ to ____________ over time.
A) low birth and death rates, high birth and death rates
B) high sex ratio, low sex ratio
C) high birth and death rates, low birth and death rates
D) high dependency ratio, low dependency ratio
E) low dependency ratio, high dependency ratio
Answer: C
Q2) Rural out-migration, as a type of migration, is:
A) common all around the world today
B) most commonly associated with the development of new agricultural settlements
C) associated with agricultural modernization and urban growth in low income countries
D) dominated by more rural-rural migrants than rural-urban migrants today
E) largely driven by unfavorable environmental conditions in rural areas
Answer: C
Q3) A country with a high crude death rate is less developed.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Geographies of Language
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Q1) Many African countries along with India and Pakistan have linguistic diversity index scores of over .75. This means that:
A) there is a high likelihood that two randomly selected residents could not speak to each other.
B) more than 75% of the people speak the standard dialect.
C) creolization has occurred.
D) there are relatively few languages used in the country.
E) more than one language family is present in the country.
Q2) An isogloss is a line that marks a boundary of word usage.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A dialect is a variety of a language with a distinctive vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A language that is used to facilitate trade or business between people who speak different languages is a lingua franca.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Geographies of Religion
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Q1) Of the religions that developed in the Indic hearth, the oldest is probably:
A) Buddhism.
B) Sikhism.
C) Islam.
D) Hinduism.
E) Protestantism.
Q2) If there is a difference in the location of the hearth area of a religion as compared to the area of its current practice, a geographer might conclude:
A) this is clear evidence of an ethnic religion.
B) this could be associated with a new universalizing religion.
C) a diaspora may have taken place centuries ago.
D) the hearth area was incorrectly identified.
E) there were barriers to the diffusion of the religion.
Q3) Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam all developed in the same Semitic hearth area.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Based on number of believers, Hinduism is the world's largest ethnic religion.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Geographies of Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Sexuality,
and Gender
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Q1) People who do not fit the heterosexual norm often have difficulty in public spaces because:
A) people are either male or female in their identity and biology.
B) public spaces are open to everyone, but heterosexual norms may dominate.
C) the gender gap is widening.
D) more women are active in the labor force in the United States.
E) gender roles have changed in many countries.
Q2) Racism is an ideology that believes genetic differences among people produce a hierarchy of people.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An ethnic group is likely made up a people who share: A) at least two languages.
B) a common religion.
C) a similar economic status.
D) a history of migrating at the same time.
E) ties to a group of countries.
Q4) Ethnicity is both subjective and flexible.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Political Geography
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Q1) Since the boundary between Bulgaria and Romania follows the Danube River, this boundary is described as:
A) a physiographic boundary.
B) a geometric boundary.
C) an ethnographic boundary.
D) a relic boundary.
E) a territorial sea boundary.
Q2) Following the 2000 census, Arizona's congressional districts were redistricted because:
A) redistricting was needed to eliminate gerrymandering.
B) correction of errors in the census required redistricting.
C) the political parties saw an opportunity to gerrymander the state.
D) all states must redistrict following the census of population.
E) redistricting assures that minority voters are evenly distributed among the districts.
Q3) In the United States, it is constitutional to deliberately create majority-minority electoral districts.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Urban Geographies
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Q1) A metropolitan area in the United States includes all but:
A) central city.
B) central business district.
C) suburbs.
D) urbanized area.
E) megalopolis.
Q2) Eminent domain is:
A) when affluent people purchase deteriorated buildings in low-income neighborhoods in order to restore or renovate them.
B) the biased practice of refusing to offer a home loan on the basis of the characteristics of a neighborhood instead of the actual conditions of the property being mortgaged.
C) using scare tactics and panic selling to promote the rapid transition of a neighborhood from one ethnic or racial group to another.
D) the process of renovating a section of the city by destroying dilapidated structures and rebuilding on the site.
E) the authority of a government to take private property when doing so serves the public's interests.
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Chapter 9: Geographies of Development
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Q1) Dependency theory is based on Rostow's Stages of Development.
A)True
B)False
Q2) All of the following are examples of policy-related factors affecting income distribution except for ____________.
A) taxation.
B) labor.
C) slavery.
D) international trade.
E) immigration.
Q3) Most geographers no longer use sociodemographic and environmental measures of development because:
A) economic measures are more accurate.
B) the literacy rate has little impact on future development.
C) almost everyone now has access to safe drinking water already.
D) sustainable development is no longer a U.N. goal.
E) actually, socio demographic and environmental measures can help identify development challenges.
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Chapter 10: Changing Geographies of Industry and Services
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Q1) One of the worst indicators of a knowledge-based economy is the amount spent on research and development (R&D).
A)True
B)False
Q2) By the 1970's, emerging NIE's were located primarily in:
A) Europe.
B) Asia.
C) South America.
D) North America.
E) Africa.
Q3) The Industrial Revolution describes the development of the first manufacturing in the world.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The Fordist production model is used today to create vertically integrated multinational firms.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Agricultural Geographies
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Q1) An agricultural system characterized by high inputs such as labor, capita, or equipment per unit area of land is called:
A) intensive agriculture.
B) smallholder agriculture.
C) wet rice farming.
D) pastoralism.
E) slash and burn agriculture.
Q2) Globalization of agriculture has affected your diet by offering new products and products that would not be available at certain times of the year.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Domesticated livestock form the centerpiece of pastoralism.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The focus of mixed crop and livestock farming is animal production, increasingly with the use of feedlots.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Environmental Challenges
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Q1) Nuclear energy produced with uranium is probably not a solution to long-term energy issues since:
A) uranium cannot be stockpiled.
B) nuclear energy does generate significant air pollution.
C) nuclear energy cannot effectively replace oil used in transportation.
D) military needs will limit supplies of uranium for energy purposes.
E) mountain top removal is opposed by regulators.
Q2) The Kyoto Protocol was designed to reduce pollution of the oceans, and has led to an improvement in the quality of ocean waters.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources is that:
A) nonrenewable resources can be depleted, but renewable resources cannot be depleted.
B) renewable resources are replenished naturally, or with human intervention.
C) nonrenewable resources can now be manufactured as well as mined.
D) only renewable resources are subject to economic depletion.
E) sustainable yield applies to nonrenewable resources.
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