Human Geography Quiz
Quiz about human geography. Practice for real exam.
- 1.Sometimes when a person is standing in front of youand talking to you, you feel the need to back away. You step back and the other person steps forward. You keep jockeying for a comfortable distance to continuethe conversation. This illustrates:
- A.
Conversational space.
- B.
Neighborhood space.
- C.
Sense of place.
- D.
Personal space.
- E.
Personality.
- 2.The violent and deadly removal of unwanted minorities in nation-states is known as:
- A.
Apartheid.
- B.
Transhumance.
- C.
Ethnic cleansing.
- D.
Ethnographic relocation.
- E.
None of the above.
- 3.Farm villages are the most important form of settlement in all of the following EXCEPT:
- A.
North America.
- B.
Latin America.
- C.
East Asia.
- D.
South Asia.
- E.
Africa.
- 4.Mormon settlements are typically:
- A.
Loose irregular villages.
- B.
Row villages.
- C.
Dry-point villages.
- D.
Checkerboard villages.
- E.
Hamlets.
- 5.Which of the following is NOT a condition favoring dispersed settlement?
- A.
Need for defense.
- B.
Colonization by individual families.
- C.
Private enterprise.
- D.
Unit-block farm.
- E.
Readily available water.
- 6.A major cause of high death rates in poorer countries is:
- A.
AIDS and other contagious diseases.
- B.
Lack of adequate healthcare services.
- C.
Warfare.
- D.
All the above.
- E.
A and b only.
- 7.There is a strong correlation in both developed and less-developed countries between lower total fertility rate and:
- A.
AIDS.
- B.
Improved health care.
- C.
Increased education of females.
- D.
Providing clean drinking water.
- E.
All of the above.
- 8.Infant mortality rates are:
- A.
Slightly higher for boys than girls.
- B.
Measured in number of deaths per thousand per year.
- C.
A good index of living standards.
- D.
All the above.
- E.
B and c only.
- 9.The human population of the earth:
- A.
Reached one billion around the year 1800.
- B.
Has changed only slowly throughout human recorded history.
- C.
Is doubling in ever shorter time intervals.
- D.
All the above.
- E.
A and c.
- 10.Environmental pull factors that currently influence inter-regional migration in the United states are:
- A.
Mild winters.
- B.
Forested regions with mild winters.
- C.
Coasts and lakes.
- D.
All the above.
- E.
A and c only.
- 11.China, the world’s most populous country, contains more than _____ of the world’s population.
- A.
Half, 50%
- B.
One-third, 33%
- C.
One-quarter, 25%
- D.
One-fifth, 20%
- E.
One-eighth, 12%
- 12.The population of a country divided by its area determines its:
- A.
Birth/death rate
- B.
Rate of natural increase
- C.
Population density
- D.
Population doubling time
- E.
Gravity factor
- 13.Which of these is not an influence on the population size of a country?
- A.
Population density
- B.
Births
- C.
Deaths
- D.
Immigration
- E.
Emigration
- 14.Countries with a high rate of natural increase will also have a:
- A.
Long doubling time.
- B.
Negative population growth.
- C.
Short doubling time.
- D.
Inversed, pyramid-shaped population pyramid.
- E.
All of the above.
- 15.The stage of the demographic transition in which there is declining fertility, but, as a result of already low mortality, continuing significant growth is:
- A.
One
- B.
Two
- C.
Three
- D.
Four
- E.
Five
- 16.The population explosion of the past ____ years has increased the world's population from under 1 billion to more than 6 billion.
- A.
10
- B.
25
- C.
50
- D.
100
- E.
500
- 17.An age-sex pyramid shows:
- A.
The spatial distribution of a population.
- B.
The migration patterns within a country.
- C.
The population structure of a country.
- D.
The fertility rate among women in the 20-30 age group.
- E.
The life expectancy of males and females at birth.
- 18.The world's population is currently growing by about 90 million per year; the bulk of this growth is occurring in:
- A.
Countries north of the equator.
- B.
Countries south of the equator.
- C.
Countries with larger area.
- D.
Poorer countries.
- E.
Richer countries.
- 19.China once encouraged expansive population policies, but now encourages restrictive population policies
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.A central geographic fact is that people are evenly distributed over the earth.
- A.
T
- B.
F
- 21.Geodemographers confine their attention to population density because that is the only spatial aspect of population.
- A.
T
- B.
F
- 22.Close to one-fifth of the world’s population lives in China.
- A.
T
- B.
F
- 23.A region is not considered to be in a density category of “thickly populated” until it has at least 250 persons per square mile (100 per square kilometer).
- A.
T
- B.
F
- 24.The three most important population clusters globally are East Asia, South Asia, and Europe.
- A.
T
- B.
F
- 25.Densely populated regions are generally associated with poor living standards
- A.
T
- B.
F
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