Midterm Review Number 1 - 20

1) The arrangement of a phenomenon across Earth’s surface is A) distribution B) regional dissociation C) spatial analysis D) spatial association E) regional analysis

2) The spread of something over a given study area is A) diffusion B) concentration C) density D) pattern E) space-time compression

3) Which map would have the largest scale? A) state B) world C) city D) continent E) county

4) Few people live at high elevations, but there are significant exceptions, especially in A) Asia B) North America C) Latin America D) Europe E) Africa

5) The highest natural increase rates are found in countries in which state of the demographic transition? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) Both 1 and 4

6) Which of the following is a good indicator of a country’s level of development? A) arithmetic density B) agricultural density C) physiological density D) Both A and B

7) Two-thirds of the world’s population is clustered in four regions 7) Two-thirds of the world’s population is clustered in four regions. Which of the following is NOT one of these four regions? A) East Asia B) Southeast Asia C) Sub-saharan Africa D) Europe E) South Asia

8) The most populous country in South Asia is A) China B) Indonesia C) India D) Japan E) Pakistan

9) Most people live in cities in which of these regions? A) East Asia B) South Asia C) Southeast Asia D) Europe E) South Asia

10) Country X has a crude birth rate of 39 and a crude death rate of 21. What stage of the demographic transition is this country in? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 5

11) The shape of a country’s population pyramid is determined primarily by its A) CBR B) CDR C) dependency rate D) sex ratio E) demographic ratio

12) Refugees migrate primarily because of which type of push factor? A) environmental B) economic C) natural D) cultural E) Both B and C

13) The migration transition model predicts that international out-migration reaches a peak at ______________ of the demographic transition. A) Stage 1 B) Stage 2 C) Stage 3 D) Stage 4 E) Stage 5

14) Which of the following is NOT presently one of the three largest migration flows in the world? A) to Europe from Asia B) to Europe from Africa C) to North America From Asia D) to North America from Latin America

15) Most migrants to the United States during the peak of the 1840s and 1850s came from which part of Europe? A) Norway and England B) Italy and Poland C) Spain and Portugal D) Ireland and Germany E) Russia and Bulgaria

16) The greatest number of foreign-born residents can be found in A) China B) Australia C) the United States D) Saudi Arabia E) Australia

17) Most Asians are currently migrating to the United States through the process of A) expansion diffusion B) brain drain C) chain migration D) illegal immigration E) guest worker programs

18) Migration to the United States increased from Europe after 1800 in part because of A) deteriorating public health, medicine and food supply B) expanded economic opportunities during the Industrial Revolution C) plague and famine D) rapid increase in the crude death rate. E) higher natural increase rates in Europe

19) In contrast to popular culture, folk cultures are more likely to vary A) from place to place at a given time. B) with rapid change C) neither from place to place nor from time to time. D) from time to time at a given place E) both from place to place and from time to time.

20) The US center of population has moved steadily to the A) north B) south C) east D) west E) Both B and C

1) The arrangement of a phenomenon across Earth’s surface is A) distribution B) regional dissociation C) spatial analysis D) spatial association E) regional analysis

2) The spread of something over a given study area is A) diffusion B) concentration C) density D) pattern E) space-time compression

3) Which map would have the largest scale? A) state B) world C) city D) continent E) county

4) Few people live at high elevations, but there are significant exceptions, especially in A) Asia B) North America C) Latin America D) Europe E) Africa

5) The highest natural increase rates are found in countries in which state of the demographic transition? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) Both 1 and 4

6) Which of the following is a good indicator of a country’s level of development? A) arithmetic density B) agricultural density C) physiological density D) Both A and B

7) Two-thirds of the world’s population is clustered in four regions 7) Two-thirds of the world’s population is clustered in four regions. Which of the following is NOT one of these four regions? A) East Asia B) Southeast Asia C) Sub-saharan Africa D) Europe E) South Asia

8) The most populous country in South Asia is A) China B) Indonesia C) India D) Japan E) Pakistan

9) Most people live in cities in which of these regions? A) East Asia B) South Asia C) Southeast Asia D) Europe E) South Asia

10) Country X has a crude birth rate of 39 and a crude death rate of 21. What stage of the demographic transition is this country in? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 5

11) The shape of a country’s population pyramid is determined primarily by its A) CBR B) CDR C) dependency rate D) sex ratio E) demographic ratio

12) Refugees migrate primarily because of which type of push factor? A) environmental B) economic C) natural D) cultural E) Both B and C

13) The migration transition model predicts that international out-migration reaches a peak at ______________ of the demographic transition. A) Stage 1 B) Stage 2 C) Stage 3 D) Stage 4 E) Stage 5

14) Which of the following is NOT presently one of the three largest migration flows in the world? A) to Europe from Asia B) to Europe from Africa C) to North America From Asia D) to North America from Latin America

15) Most migrants to the United States during the peak of the 1840s and 1850s came from which part of Europe? A) Norway and England B) Italy and Poland C) Spain and Portugal D) Ireland and Germany E) Russia and Bulgaria

16) The greatest number of foreign-born residents can be found in A) China B) Australia C) the United States D) Saudi Arabia E) Australia

17) Most Asians are currently migrating to the United States through the process of A) expansion diffusion B) brain drain C) chain migration D) illegal immigration E) guest worker programs

18) Migration to the United States increased from Europe after 1800 in part because of A) deteriorating public health, medicine and food supply B) expanded economic opportunities during the Industrial Revolution C) plague and famine D) rapid increase in the crude death rate. E) higher natural increase rates in Europe

19) In contrast to popular culture, folk cultures are more likely to vary A) from place to place at a given time. B) with rapid change C) neither from place to place nor from time to time. D) from time to time at a given place E) both from place to place and from time to time.

20) The US center of population has moved steadily to the A) north B) south C) east D) west E) Both B and C