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1
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What is globalization?

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A set of processes that are increasing interactions, deepening relationships, and heightening interdependence without regard to country borders.

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2
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Globalization occurs at which scale?

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Local, regional, and global

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3
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Geographers are most interested in analyzing:

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Spatial patterns

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4
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What is a pandemic?

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A worldwide outbreak of a disease.

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5
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Dr. John Snow was able to correlate cholera deaths with:

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Water pumps

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6
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What are the five themes of geography?

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I. Location: Position on Earth’s surface
II. Place: Physical and human characteristics
III. Human/Environment Interaction: Shaping the landscape
IV. Movement: Humans interacting on the earth
V. Regions: How they form and change

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7
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The art and science of making maps is referred to as:

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Cartography

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8
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GPS stands for:

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Global Positioning System

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9
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GIS

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Geographic Information Systems

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10
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What is a cultural hearth?

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An area where cultural traits develop and from which the cultural traits diffuse.

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11
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The way the common cold spreads is an example of which type of diffusion?

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Contagious

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12
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The spread of fashion is typically an example of which type of diffusion?

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Hierarchical

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13
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What is a fundamental of the theory of possibilism?

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The natural environment,not merely serves to limit the range of choices available to a culture.

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Who is the vast majority of the 1 billion malnourished people on the earth?

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Women and children

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15
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Global food distribution is usually distributed evenly. (T/F)

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False

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16
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The best-fed countries have the most arable land. (T/F)

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False

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17
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Absolute and relative location are interchangeable terms. (T/F)

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False

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18
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A functional region is the product of interactions, of movement of various kinds. (T/F)

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True

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19
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What is physiologic population density?

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It relates the total population of a country or region to the area of arable land it contains.

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20
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Where are the three largest population clusters in the world?

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East Asia, South Asia, Europe

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21
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What term do urban geographers use to refer to huge agglomerations such as the Northeastern section of the United States?

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Megalopolis

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22
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What did Malthus believe regarding population growth?

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Population grew exponentially and food resources grew arithmetically.

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23
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Which continent has the highest rate of natural increase?

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Africa

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24
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Which of the following countries is in Stage 4 of the DTM?

Mexico
Kenya
Japan
Laos

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Japan

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25
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Which of the following countries would most likely have a population pyramid with a wide bottom and narrow top?

Uganda
U.S.
Australia
Canada

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Uganda

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26
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The lowest infant mortality rate among larger populations has long been reported by which country?

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Japan

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27
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Which country has the longest life expectancy?

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Japan

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28
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Most undeveloped countries will be in which stage of the DTM?

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2nd

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29
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There are more than 60 countries with populations levels that had fallen below the replacement level. (T/F)

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True

30
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Every country’s population doubles in approximately 14 years. (T/F)

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False

31
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Every country goes through all four stages of the DTM.

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False

32
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Infant mortality rate and child mortality rate are the same measurement.

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False

33
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China once encourages expansive population policies, but now encourages restrictive population policies. (T/F)

A

True

34
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Fraction of the world that is malnourished

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1/6

35
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What is an example of cyclic movement?

A

Commuting to work

36
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What are activity spaces?

A

The local areas in which people have a daily routine.

37
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What is an example of periodic movement?

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Migrant labor and transhumance.

38
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When is movement considered migration?

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When it results in a permanent relocation

39
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When a migrant LEAVES the home country’s he or she is classified as a/an ___________ of the home country

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Emigrant

40
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Moving from California to New York would be considered what type of migration?

A

Internal

41
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According to Ernst Ravenstein, what is the law of migration?

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Every migration flow generates a return or counter migration.

The majority of migrants move a short distance.

Migrants who move longer distances tend to choose big-city destinations.

42
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The gravity model predicts interaction between places on the basis of:

A

Their population size and distance between them

43
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A refugee can be identified by which characteristics?

A

They move without any more tangible property than they can carry.

They make their first step on foot, by bicycle, wagon, or open boat.

They move without official documentation.

44
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Which continent is most severely afflicted by dislocation?

A

Africa

45
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Nomadism is a type of cyclic movement. (T/F)

A

True

46
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The largest voluntary migration in history was the Atlantic slave trade.

A

False

47
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Prospective migrants are likely to have more complete perceptions of nearer places than of farther ones, which confirms the notion that the intensity of human activity, process, or function declines as distance from its source increases. This is the principle of distance decay.

A

True

48
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Immigration waves are swells in migration from various origins to the same destination.

A

False

49
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Islands of development are often coastal cities because their establishment was based on access to trade.

A

True

50
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The birth place of a civilization is call a/an:

A

Culture hearth

51
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Which of the following is NOT an element of popular culture?

Large
Incorporates heterogeneous populations
Typically urban
Experiences cultural traits that do not often change

A

Experiences cultural traits that do not often change

52
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Which of the following would be considered material culture?

Art
Houses
Clothing
All of the above

A

All of the above

53
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Which of the following would be considered non-material culture?

Sports
Dance
Foods
Beliefs

A

Beliefs

54
Q

Which of the following best describes a group of people in a particular place who seem themselves as a collective or a community, who share experiences, customs, and traits, and who work to preserve those trips and customs in order to claim uniqueness and to distinguish themes levels from others?

Material culture
Local culture
Popular culture
Folk culture

A

Local culture

55
Q

Fashion trends tend to diffuse quite quickly through which type of diffusion process?

A

Hierarchical

56
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In terms of diffusion, what us a hearth?

A

The point of origin

57
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What is a practice that a group of people routinely follows?

A

Custom

58
Q

What is the process by which other countries adopt customs and knowledge and use them for their own benefit?

A

Cultural appropriation

59
Q

What did the Makah American Indians so that was considered unthinkable by environmentalists?

A

Reinstated the whale hunt

60
Q

Cultural landscapes usually vary from one country to another. (T/F)

A

True

61
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Little Sweden, U.S.A is an example of neolocalism. (T/F)

A

True

62
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Commodification usually does not have a big impact on culture. ( T/F)

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False

63
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Hip Hop is an example of reterritorialization.

A

True

64
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Time-space compression explains how quickly innovations diffuse and refers to how interlinked two places are through transportation and communication technologies.

A

True

65
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In peripheral countries, families often see the role of young women as:

A

One of support- financial support for their families.

66
Q

One of the clearest ways in which societies are gendered are through:

A

Divisions of labor

67
Q

In American society, which of the following do we typically assume is not a task that should be completed by men?

A

Cooking and cleaning

68
Q

Many women in peripheral countries migrates to EPZs for work. What is an EPZ?

A

Export Production Zone

69
Q

One of the most powerful ways to construct an identity is by identifying against to identify against we:

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First define the “other” and then define ourselves as “not the other.”

70
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What is residential segregation?

A

The degree to which two or more groups live separately from one another, in different parts of the the an environment.

71
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Invasion and succession is a process involving

A

Chechens

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