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Question 1 of 261

1

The name given to a portion of Earth's surface is called

Select one of the following:

  • location

  • site

  • situation

  • toponym

Explanation

Question 2 of 261

1

Situation identifies a place by its

Select one of the following:

  • location relative to other objects

  • mathematical location on the Earth's surface

  • nominal location

  • unique physical characteristics

Explanation

Question 3 of 261

1

New York City's _________ is on the Hudson River, approximately 100 miles northeast of Philadelphia and 100 miles southwest of Boston.

Select one of the following:

  • location

  • site

  • situation

  • toponym

Explanation

Question 4 of 261

1

Which is true?

Select one of the following:

  • Every meridian is actually a circle rather than a line

  • Every meridian is the same length and has the same beginning and end

  • Every parallel begins and ends at the poles

  • Every parallel is the same length

Explanation

Question 5 of 261

1

A ship's position is given at 0 degrees latitude and 27 degrees west longitude. We can conclude from this information that the ship is located

Select one of the following:

  • on the equator

  • at the North or South Pole

  • on the Prime Meridian

  • astride the International Date Line

Explanation

Question 6 of 261

1

According to environmental determinism,

Select one of the following:

  • the physical environment causes social development

  • the physical environment sets limits on human actions

  • people can adjust to the physical environment

  • people can choose a course of action from many alternatives offered by the physical environment

  • people determine their physical environmnent

Explanation

Question 7 of 261

1

A hearth is

Select one of the following:

  • a region from which a phenomenon

  • the process in which a feature or trend spreads

  • an area defined by one or more distinctive features or trends

  • the modification of a culture as the result of contact with a more powerful one

Explanation

Question 8 of 261

1

A system for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is

Select one of the following:

  • distribution

  • interruption

  • scale

  • projection

Explanation

Question 9 of 261

1

Culture means to

Select one of the following:

  • care about something

  • take care of something

  • develop new variations

  • both A and B

Explanation

Question 10 of 261

1

Which of the following is most correct regarding the origins of geography?

Select one of the following:

  • Geography was invented as a science in the late 18th century

  • Geography owes its existence to the Renaissance period in Western Europe

  • Humans have practiced geography at least since the ancient Greek civilization

  • Human geography was not practiced until powerful computers capable of mapping

Explanation

Question 11 of 261

1

Scale is

Select one of the following:

  • the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to map

  • the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area

  • the difference in elevation between 2 points in an area

  • the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape

Explanation

Question 12 of 261

1

What elements of study do human and physical geography have in common?

Select one of the following:

  • They are sometimes found as part of the same department in major universities

  • They are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do

  • They are trying to solve the problem of how to manage the natural environment

  • They are trying to solve the problem of how to manage the human population

Explanation

Question 13 of 261

1

What map would have the largest scale?

Select one of the following:

  • World

  • continent

  • state

  • city

Explanation

Question 14 of 261

1

The acquisition of data about Earth's surface orbiting the planet or from another long-distance method

Select one of the following:

  • GIS

  • GPS

  • remote sensing

  • aerial photography

Explanation

Question 15 of 261

1

Global Position Systems references what type of location?

Select one of the following:

  • relative

  • situation

  • mathematical

  • toponym

Explanation

Question 16 of 261

1

Which is not an example of a functioning region?

Select one of the following:

  • the circulation area of a newspaper

  • the are of dominance of a television station

  • the market area of a supermarket

  • the area dominated by a particular crop

  • area served by a sports franchise

Explanation

Question 17 of 261

1

The state of Texas is considered a formal region because

Select one of the following:

  • only one language is spoken everywhere in the region

  • the same state laws apply everywhere in the region

  • the climate is the same everywhere in the region

  • it is a part of the US

Explanation

Question 18 of 261

1

For each 15 degree in longitude, time changes by one hour

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 19 of 261

1

Regions are found only where physical and economic characteristics are strongly related

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 20 of 261

1

The Land Ordinance of 1785 divided each townships into 36 one by one mile sections

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 21 of 261

1

The signal area of radio station WOXY is an example of a vernacular region?

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 22 of 261

1

If the scale of a map is 1:100,000, then I cm on the map represents ____ on Earth's surface

Select one of the following:

  • 1 kilometer

  • 10 kilometers

  • 10,000 kilometers

  • 100,000 kilometers

  • it depends on the size of the map

Explanation

Question 23 of 261

1

Which is a form of expansion diffusion?

Select one of the following:

  • contagious

  • hierarchical

  • stimulus

  • relocation

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 24 of 261

1

Distortion is especially severe on

Select one of the following:

  • globes

  • small scale maps

  • large-scale maps

  • topographic maps

  • all maps

Explanation

Question 25 of 261

1

The science of map making is

Select one of the following:

  • demography

  • cartography

  • topography

  • geomorphology

  • meteorology

Explanation

Question 26 of 261

1

To geographers, the spread of McDonald's across the world represents

Select one of the following:

  • a popular fad

  • a unique taste in every location

  • the relocation diffusion of restaurants

  • economic and cultural globalization

  • on a global scale everyone loves to eat big macs

Explanation

Question 27 of 261

1

The study of how humans and the environment interact is called

Select one of the following:

  • environmental determinism

  • cultural ecology

  • cultural diffusion

  • natural science

Explanation

Question 28 of 261

1

The concept that the distribution of one phenomenon is related to the location of other phenomena is

Select one of the following:

  • regional analysis

  • spatial analsis

  • spatial association

  • spatial distribution

  • regional dissociation

Explanation

Question 29 of 261

1

The arrangement of a phenomenon across Earth's surface is

Select one of the following:

  • regional analysis

  • spatial analysis

  • spatial association

  • distribution

  • regional dissociation

Explanation

Question 30 of 261

1

An area distinguished by one or more unique characteristics is a

Select one of the following:

  • biome

  • landscape

  • region

  • uniform unit

Explanation

Question 31 of 261

1

The South is established as a vernacular region of the United States by

Select one of the following:

  • climate

  • the Baptist Church

  • low high school graduation rates

  • high cotton production

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 32 of 261

1

The division of the United States into nine regions by the Census Bureau is an example of a

Select one of the following:

  • vernacular region

  • functional region

  • nodal region

  • formal region

Explanation

Question 33 of 261

1

Which of the following BEST describes the idea of a cultural landscape

Select one of the following:

  • a landscape that is so modified that it is no longer, like a city center

  • a landscape set aside for historical preservation, like a Civil War battlefield

  • a landscape where human activity has modified the natural environment in any way

  • a landscape untouched by human activity, featuring mountains, rivers, and plants

Explanation

Question 34 of 261

1

The frequency of something within a given unit of area is

Select one of the following:

  • concentration

  • density

  • distribution

  • pattern

  • diffusion

Explanation

Question 35 of 261

1

The spread of something over a given study area is

Select one of the following:

  • concentration

  • density

  • distribution

  • pattern

  • diffusion

Explanation

Question 36 of 261

1

The spatial distribution created by the U.S. Land Ordinance of 1785 is an example

Select one of the following:

  • concentration

  • density

  • distribution

  • category

  • pattern

Explanation

Question 37 of 261

1

A hearth is

Select one of the following:

  • a region from which a phenomenon originates

  • the process by which a feature or trend spreads

  • an area defined by one or more distinctive features or trends

  • the modification of a culture as a result of contact with a more powerful one

  • perimeter of a regional feature

Explanation

Question 38 of 261

1

The historic diffusion of HIV/AIDS on the United States is an example of which type of diffusion?

Select one of the following:

  • contagious

  • hierarchical

  • relocation

  • stimulus

  • osmosis

Explanation

Question 39 of 261

1

Elements of globalization of culture include all but

Select one of the following:

  • uniform consumption preferences

  • enhanced communications

  • unequal access to cultural elements

  • maintaining local traditions

  • uniformity of cultural beliefs and forms

Explanation

Question 40 of 261

1

The global movement of money has been enhanced primarily by

Select one of the following:

  • establishment of new stock exchanges in London, New York, and Tokyo

  • improvements in electronic communications

  • relocation of production from core to peripheral regions

  • uneven developments

  • a proliferation of currencies

Explanation

Question 41 of 261

1

Globalization of the economy has

Select one of the following:

  • leveled economic differences between places

  • heightened economic differences among places

  • decreased investment in less developed countries

  • drained resources from more developed countries

  • decreased regional specialization of production

Explanation

Question 42 of 261

1

The International Date Line is measured approximately from

Select one of the following:

  • 0 degrees latitude

  • 0 degrees longitude

  • 90 latitude

  • 180 degrees longitude

  • 90 degrees longitude

Explanation

Question 43 of 261

1

Moving toward the Southern border of the United States, English becomes less common and Spanish is more often spoken. What type of region does this gradual change of language reflect?

Select one of the following:

  • formal

  • functional

  • vernacular

  • bilingual

Explanation

Question 44 of 261

1

Hurricane Katrina's landfall on the United States is an interesting geographic case study because

Select one of the following:

  • the effects are an intersection of human and physical geography

  • the winds reached incredible speeds near the eye of the hurricane

  • the damage was largely a result of flooding from rivers and a storm surge, not the winds

  • people of all races were equally devastated by the storm

Explanation

Question 45 of 261

1

A high degree of dispersion withing an area high density

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 46 of 261

1

The idea that the physical environment limits human actions but that people have the ability to adjust to that environment is called possibilism

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 47 of 261

1

A functional region can exhibit the distance decay phenomenon

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 48 of 261

1

The spread of an idea through the movement of people is known as stimulus diffusion

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 49 of 261

1

the spread of a new fashion first in large cities, and later to smaller towns is an example diffusion

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 50 of 261

1

The lowest crude birth rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition

Select one of the following:

  • stage 1

  • stage 2

  • stage 3

  • stage 4

Explanation

Question 51 of 261

1

The highest crude death rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?

Select one of the following:

  • stage 1

  • stage 2

  • stage 3

  • stage 4

Explanation

Question 52 of 261

1

Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 and crude death rate of 15, while Country Y has a crude birth rate of 20 and a crude death rate of 9. Which country has a higher NIR?

Select one of the following:

  • Country X

  • Country Y

  • the rate is the same in both countries

  • the rate can't be computed

Explanation

Question 53 of 261

1

For every 1,000 babies born in Mozambique this year, nearly 150 of them will die before they reach their first birthday. The rate of 150 deaths per 1,000 births is known as the

Select one of the following:

  • crude death rate

  • infant mortality rate

  • life expectancy

  • total fertility rate

Explanation

Question 54 of 261

1

More developed countries moved from Stage 1 to Stage 2 of the demographic transition 200 years ago in part because of

Select one of the following:

  • the agricultural revolution

  • invention of new technology

  • people moving to cities

  • women choosing to enter the labor force

Explanation

Question 55 of 261

1

The population pyramid of Naples, Florida is "upside-down" because the city has a large percentage of

Select one of the following:

  • elderly people

  • young people

  • immigrants

  • females

Explanation

Question 56 of 261

1

The annual population growth rate increased approximately 200 years ago because of

Select one of the following:

  • Agricultural Revolution

  • Demographic Transition

  • Industrial Revolution

  • Medical Revolution

Explanation

Question 57 of 261

1

Of the following countries, the highest NIR is found in

Select one of the following:

  • China

  • Colombia

  • Denmark

  • Uganda

Explanation

Question 58 of 261

1

Of the following countries, the lowest crude birth is found in

Select one of the following:

  • China

  • Cololmbia

  • Denmark

  • Uganda

Explanation

Question 59 of 261

1

One important feature of the world's population with the most significant future implications is that

Select one of the following:

  • it is increasing more slowly than in the past

  • there are more people alive in the world now than at any time in the past

  • the most rapid growth is occurring in the less developed countries

  • people are uniformly distributed across Earth

Explanation

Question 60 of 261

1

the most populous country in the world is

Select one of the following:

  • China

  • India

  • Russia

  • United States

Explanation

Question 61 of 261

1

A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number of farmers will have a

Select one of the following:

  • high physiological density

  • low physiological density

  • high agricultural density

  • low agricultural density

Explanation

Question 62 of 261

1

India and the United Kingdom have approximately the same arithmetic density. From this, we can conclude that the 2 countries have the same

Select one of the following:

  • level of output per farmer

  • number of people per area of land

  • pressure placed by people on the land to produce food

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 63 of 261

1

Most people live in cities in which of these regions

Select one of the following:

  • East Asia

  • South Asia

  • Southeast Asia

  • Western Europe

Explanation

Question 64 of 261

1

A country in stage 2 of the Demographic Transition is likely to have higher crude birth and crude death rates than a country in stage 4

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 65 of 261

1

Nearly half of the people in the world live in East and South Asia

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 66 of 261

1

A country in stage 4 of the demographic transition is likely to have a population pyramid with a flatter base than a country in stage 2

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 67 of 261

1

A country in stage 4 of the demographic transition is likely to have a population pyramid with a flatter base than a country in stage 2

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 68 of 261

1

Geographers define overpopulation as

Select one of the following:

  • too many people in the world

  • too many compared to resources

  • too many in a region

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 69 of 261

1

The world's largest concentration of people is located in

Select one of the following:

  • East Asia

  • SW Asia

  • SE Asia

  • Western Europe

Explanation

Question 70 of 261

1

Physiological density is the number of

Select one of the following:

  • acres of farmland

  • farmers per area of farmland

  • people per area of land

  • persons per area suitable for agriculture

Explanation

Question 71 of 261

1

If the physiological density is much larger than the arithmetic density, then a country has

Select one of the following:

  • insufficient farmers

  • a large number of farmers

  • a small percentage of land suitable for farming

  • too many people for the available resources

Explanation

Question 72 of 261

1

The most populous country in Southeast Asia is

Select one of the following:

  • Singapore

  • Indonesia

  • China

  • Bangladesh

Explanation

Question 73 of 261

1

The annual global population growth rate increased approximately ten thousand years ago because of the

Select one of the following:

  • Agricultural Revolution

  • Demographic Transition

  • Industrial Revolution

  • Medical Revolution

Explanation

Question 74 of 261

1

The average number of births women bear in their lifetimes is

Select one of the following:

  • CBR

  • CDR

  • TFR

  • NIR

Explanation

Question 75 of 261

1

The global annual NIR is currently approximately

Select one of the following:

  • 1.25%

  • 12%

  • 1.25 million

  • 125 million

Explanation

Question 76 of 261

1

Of the following four countries, the highest NIR is found in

Select one of the following:

  • China

  • COlombia

  • Denmark

  • Uganda

Explanation

Question 77 of 261

1

The world's population in 1995 was approximately 6 billion and was expected to reach 12 billion in 45 years. The period of 45 years is known as

Select one of the following:

  • Overpulation

  • NIR

  • Life Expectancy

  • Doubling Time

Explanation

Question 78 of 261

1

Which of the following rates are NOT typically found to be low in LDCs?

Select one of the following:

  • CBR

  • CDR

  • IMR

  • NIR

Explanation

Question 79 of 261

1

Life expectancy is lowest in

Select one of the following:

  • Asia

  • North America

  • Africa

  • Western Europe

Explanation

Question 80 of 261

1

The total number of live births per 1,000 people in a society is the

Select one of the following:

  • NIR

  • CBR

  • CDR

  • TFR

Explanation

Question 81 of 261

1

The percentage of people who are too young or too old to work is the

Select one of the following:

  • Life expectancy

  • Dependency ratio

  • Sex ratio

  • Population pyramid

Explanation

Question 82 of 261

1

In contrast to the MDCs, LDCs entered stage 2 of the demographic transition through

Select one of the following:

  • Creation of higher levels of wealth

  • Diffusion of the Industrial Revolution

  • Diffusion of medial technology from other countries

  • Profound changes in their economy and social systems

Explanation

Question 83 of 261

1

Thomas Malthus concluded that

Select one of the following:

  • Population increased arithmetically while food production increased geomeetrically

  • The world's rate of population increase was higher than the development of food supplies

  • Moral restraint was producing lower CDRs

  • Population growth was outpacing available resources in every country

Explanation

Question 84 of 261

1

the principle reason for declining NIRs in LDCs today is

Select one of the following:

  • Increasing CBRs

  • Declining CDRs

  • Increasing CDRs

  • Declining CBRs

Explanation

Question 85 of 261

1

India's most controversial family planning program today has been to

Select one of the following:

  • Allocate housing on the basis of one child per family

  • Sterilize people

  • Legalize abortions

  • Prohibit marriages until age 27 for men and 25 for women

Explanation

Question 86 of 261

1

According to Malthus, population increased geometrically, while food supply increases arithmetically

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 87 of 261

1

As the wealth of a country increases the NIRs decrease

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 88 of 261

1

A country of 30,000,000 people has a CBR of 10. This means that in one year, 3,000,000 babies were born

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 89 of 261

1

More people are alive now than at any time in the past

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 90 of 261

1

The ability to move from one location to another is

Select one of the following:

  • Migration

  • Mobility

  • Net migration

  • Voluntary migration

  • Variable migration

Explanation

Question 91 of 261

1

A permanent move to another location is

Select one of the following:

  • Migration

  • Mobility

  • Net migration

  • Net in migration

  • Net out migration

Explanation

Question 92 of 261

1

A country has net in migration if emigration__________ immigration

Select one of the following:

  • Equals

  • Exceeds

  • Is closer to net migration than

  • Is less than

  • Varies more than

Explanation

Question 93 of 261

1

Which of the following would be considered a migration pull factor?

Select one of the following:

  • Revolutionary takeover of a government

  • Failed harvest

  • Flooding of a river

  • Opening of a new factory

  • Civil war

Explanation

Question 94 of 261

1

The most important pull factor for migrants to north America today is

Select one of the following:

  • Economic

  • Environmental

  • Forced

  • Cultural

  • Geomagnetic

Explanation

Question 95 of 261

1

A physical feature, such as a body of water, which hinders migration, is an example of

Select one of the following:

  • An environmental push factor

  • A forced migration

  • An intervening obstacle

  • A cultural pull factor

  • An environmental incentive

Explanation

Question 96 of 261

1

People are forced to migrate primarily because of which factor?

Select one of the following:

  • Economic

  • Environmental

  • International

  • Cultural

  • Mobility

Explanation

Question 97 of 261

1

Which of the following is not presently one of the three largest migration flows in the world?

Select one of the following:

  • To Europe from Asia

  • To Europe from Africa

  • To North America from Asia

  • To North America from Latin america

Explanation

Question 98 of 261

1

The greatest total number of foreign born residents can be found in

Select one of the following:

  • China

  • Australia

  • Germany

  • United states

Explanation

Question 99 of 261

1

Most Asians are currently migrating to the U.S. througj the process of

Select one of the following:

  • Expansion diffusion

  • Brain drain

  • Chain migration

  • Illegal immigration

  • Global relocation

Explanation

Question 100 of 261

1

Wilbur Zelinsky's model of migration predicted

Select one of the following:

  • Women are more likely to migrate than men

  • Long migration distances are more likely than short

  • Migration characteristic vary with the demographic transition

  • Nitrate goons migration is more important than international

  • Migrants move most frequently for economic reasons

Explanation

Question 101 of 261

1

The largest level of interregional migration in the U.S. was caused by the

Select one of the following:

  • Arrival of the Europeans beginning in the 1600s

  • Illegal immigration from Latin america

  • Immigration of Asians beginning in the early 20th century

  • Opening of western territories

  • Industrial development in the northeast

Explanation

Question 102 of 261

1

Which is a current intraregional migration trend in the U.S.?

Select one of the following:

  • Rural to urban

  • Urban to suburban

  • Metropolitan to no metropolitan

  • Net emigration from the northeast

  • All of the above

Explanation

Question 103 of 261

1

Most migrants to the U.S. during the 1840s and 1850s came from

Select one of the following:

  • Europe

  • Latin America

  • Africa

  • Australia

  • Middle East

Explanation

Question 104 of 261

1

Human geographers use the 11 migration law from

Select one of the following:

  • Brettel

  • Rashman

  • Carvenstein

  • Ravenstein

  • Zelinsky

Explanation

Question 105 of 261

1

Europeans migrated to the U.S. primarily because of

Select one of the following:

  • Decreased economic opportunities as European countries experienced rapid population growth

  • Decreased political stability as European countries were wracked by revolutions

  • Religious freedom in the us as European countries oppressed their citizens

  • Discoveries of gold in California and Alaska

Explanation

Question 106 of 261

1

Most migrants to the U.S. during the early 20th century came from which part of Europe?

Select one of the following:

  • Central

  • North and west

  • South and east

  • South and west

  • North and east

Explanation

Question 107 of 261

1

The difference between people migrating to a place and the number leaving is called net migration

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 108 of 261

1

Most migration occurs because a combination of push and pull factors

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 109 of 261

1

The most common environmental push factor comes from having too much or too little water

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 110 of 261

1

The major reason for illegal immigration to the u.s is to escape political prosecution

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 111 of 261

1

Refugees migrate primarily because of what type of push factor?

Select one of the following:

  • Economic

  • Environmental

  • Political

  • All of the above

Explanation

Question 112 of 261

1

Several killion Irish migrated in the 1840s primarily because of what push factor?

Select one of the following:

  • The English forced them to bece refugees

  • Disastrous economic conditions pushed them out of the country

  • Poor environmental conditions induced them to migrate

  • They were attracted to the U.S.

Explanation

Question 113 of 261

1

The most important pull factor for migrants to North America is

Select one of the following:

  • Economic

  • Environmental

  • Forced

  • Political

Explanation

Question 114 of 261

1

Which factor usually induces voluntary migration?

Select one of the following:

  • Economic

  • Environmental

  • International

  • Political

Explanation

Question 115 of 261

1

The most popular destination for voluntary migrants from Great Britain has been

Select one of the following:

  • Asia

  • Australia

  • North America

  • South America

Explanation

Question 116 of 261

1

Most migrants to the United states during the 1960/1979 came from

Select one of the following:

  • Africa

  • Asia

  • Europe

  • Latin America

Explanation

Question 117 of 261

1

Most migrants to the us during the 1980s came from

Select one of the following:

  • Africa

  • Asia

  • Europe

  • Latin America

Explanation

Question 118 of 261

1

The largest number of immigrants to the us are

Select one of the following:

  • Women

  • Political refugees

  • Relatives of us residents

  • Talented professionals

Explanation

Question 119 of 261

1

Brain drain is

Select one of the following:

  • the large-scale emigration of talented people

  • the process by which people are given reference for migration

  • people forced to migrate for political reasons

  • a cultural feature that hinders migration

Explanation

Question 120 of 261

1

The largest number of legal immigrants to the United States come from what country?

Select one of the following:

  • Cuba

  • Mexico

  • the Philippines

  • South Korea

Explanation

Question 121 of 261

1

Guest workers in Europe and the Middle East are

Select one of the following:

  • illegal immigrants

  • low status foreigners

  • Muslims

  • southern Europeans

Explanation

Question 122 of 261

1

The largest level of interregional migration in the United States was caused by the

Select one of the following:

  • arrival of Europeans beginning in the 1600s

  • illegal immigration from Latin America

  • immigration if Asians beginning in the early 20th century

  • opening of the western territories

Explanation

Question 123 of 261

1

U.S. Center of Population has moved steadily to the

Select one of the following:

  • east

  • north

  • south

  • west

Explanation

Question 124 of 261

1

Many of the refugees from Vietnam became known as the

Select one of the following:

  • boat people

  • communists

  • Hindus

  • Okies

Explanation

Question 125 of 261

1

The United States has received the lowest number of refugees from which of these countries?

Select one of the following:

  • Cuba

  • Ethiopia

  • Haiti

  • Vietnam

Explanation

Question 126 of 261

1

The Brazilian government encouraged interregional migration by

Select one of the following:

  • making Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo more attractive

  • dictating optimal locations for factories

  • clearing the rain forests for agricultural in the interior

  • moving the capital to Brasilia

Explanation

Question 127 of 261

1

The most prominent intraregional migration in the world is

Select one of the following:

  • rural to urban

  • region to region

  • urban to rural

  • city to city

Explanation

Question 128 of 261

1

Counterurbanization is

Select one of the following:

  • the move from urban core to suburban area

  • due to expanding suburbs

  • increased migration to rural areas and small towns

  • the trend of the elderly retiring to rural locations

Explanation

Question 129 of 261

1

Suburbanization of more developed societies is due primarily to

Select one of the following:

  • expanding urban territory

  • increasing employment opportunities

  • desire to change lifestyle

  • development

Explanation

Question 130 of 261

1

The main impact of the 1920's quota laws on the national origin of immigrants to the United States was to

Select one of the following:

  • encourage migration from Asia and Latin America

  • admit migrants mostly from Europe

  • permit migrants from all regions of the world

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 131 of 261

1

Why have in recent years Latino immigrants found other U.S. areas, notably the Midwest as popular places to immigrate to?

Select one of the following:

  • the Midwest has more Spanish speakers

  • the food is very diverse and is similar to Latino food

  • the availability of occupations that are similar to those found in Latin America

  • the prominence of Catholic Churches

Explanation

Question 132 of 261

1

According to the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, undocumented immigrants were

Select one of the following:

  • increasingly deported in the United States

  • permitted become legal immigrants

  • encouraged to remain because of shortages of workers

  • no longer eligible for public services in the United States

Explanation

Question 133 of 261

1

The three major kinds of push factors are cultural/political, economic, and environmental

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 134 of 261

1

During the 1990s most illegal immigrants to the United States were young Mexican men

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 135 of 261

1

Migration is more likely to be from rural to urban areas with less developed countries, but from rural to urban to rural in more developed countries

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 136 of 261

1

Positives towards immigrants in the United States are seen in new laws affording immigrants opportunities

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 137 of 261

1

The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people is called a

Select one of the following:

  • custom

  • popular culture

  • habit

  • taboo

Explanation

Question 138 of 261

1

A repetitive act performed by an individual is a

Select one of the following:

  • custom

  • popular culture

  • habit

  • taboo

Explanation

Question 139 of 261

1

Folk cultures are spread mainly by

Select one of the following:

  • contagious diffusion

  • hierarchical diffusion

  • relocation diffusion

  • stimulus diffusion

Explanation

Question 140 of 261

1

Rapid diffusion of pop culture

Select one of the following:

  • encourages people in different places to adopt different customs

  • Depends on modern communication systems

  • Is an example of relocation diffusion

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 141 of 261

1

In contrast to pop culture, folk cultures are more likely to vary

Select one of the following:

  • from place to place at a given time

  • from time to time at a given place

  • both from place to place and time to time

  • neither from place to place or time to time

Explanation

Question 142 of 261

1

Folk songs are distinguished from popular songs because they

Select one of the following:

  • tell a story about daily activities

  • can be understood by only one group

  • are never changed from one generation to the next

  • are only transmitted orally

Explanation

Question 143 of 261

1

The current distribution of soccer demonstrates that

Select one of the following:

  • a folk custom can become part of a pop culture

  • all sports are examples of folk culture

  • television has infused all sports into pop culture

  • american football is also an example of folk culture

Explanation

Question 144 of 261

1

A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom is a

Select one of the following:

  • folk culture

  • habit

  • pop culture

  • taboo

Explanation

Question 145 of 261

1

Which of the following is not an important source area for U.S. house types?

Select one of the following:

  • Lower Chesapeake

  • Middle Atlantic

  • Far Northeast

  • Upper New England

Explanation

Question 146 of 261

1

The main effect of modern communications on social customs has been to

Select one of the following:

  • preserve folk cultures, by increasing awareness of their uniqueness

  • stimulate the diffusion of folk cultures around the world

  • increase the similarity of social customs in different locations

  • have little effect on the diffusion of social customs

  • slow the rate of change

Explanation

Question 147 of 261

1

Folk cultures usually originate from

Select one of the following:

  • the availability of more leisure time

  • the application of industrial technology

  • familiar events in daily life

  • a famous historical event

  • global economic exchange

Explanation

Question 148 of 261

1

Pop culture

Select one of the following:

  • is transmitted from one location to another through small scale and local migration

  • diffuses through relocation diffusion

  • typically follows the process of hierarchical diffusion from nodes of innovation

  • is usually transmitted orally across time and location

Explanation

Question 149 of 261

1

Culture is promoted by

Select one of the following:

  • the relative isolation of a group from others

  • globalization

  • the movement of goods and services across borders

  • expansion diffusion

Explanation

Question 150 of 261

1

The diffusion of jeans is a good example primarily of the

Select one of the following:

  • diffusion of pop culture

  • adoption of unique folk culture

  • impact of high incomes on clothing habits

  • lack of barriers in communist countries

Explanation

Question 151 of 261

1

The choice of clothing Western countries is strongly influenced by

Select one of the following:

  • occupation

  • level

  • knowledge of fashion elsewhere

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 152 of 261

1

In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of

Select one of the following:

  • small heterogeneous groups

  • large heterogeneous groups

  • groups living in isolated rural areas

  • groups that have little interaction with other groups

  • groups of specialists

Explanation

Question 153 of 261

1

Popular customs most frequently originate in

Select one of the following:

  • more developed countries

  • less developed countries

  • former communist countries

  • countries with large rural populations

  • equally likely in all of the above

Explanation

Question 154 of 261

1

Popular customs are more likely than folk customs to

Select one of the following:

  • evolve from the isolation of different groups

  • rapidly diffuse through modern communications and transportation

  • reflect the unique characteristics of the landscape

  • have an unknown source of origin

  • vary from place to place

Explanation

Question 155 of 261

1

Typically, pop culture

Select one of the following:

  • originates in a number of locations at the same time

  • reflects the characteristics of a distinctive physical environment

  • experience frequent changes

  • is practiced by small heterogeneous groups

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 156 of 261

1

Collections of customs can be used to define a culture

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 157 of 261

1

The physical environment commonly plays an important role in the development of unique folk customs

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 158 of 261

1

Two social groups living in close proximity will retain unique social customs if there is limited interaction between them

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 159 of 261

1

Which of the following characteristics is more typical of a pop culture than a folk culture?

Select one of the following:

  • it has an anonymous origin

  • it diffuses slowly from its point of origin

  • it results in a more uniform landscapes

  • it is likely to be derived from physical conditions

Explanation

Question 160 of 261

1

The use of a horse and buggy by the Amish in the United States is an example of

Select one of the following:

  • folk culture

  • habit

  • pop culture

  • taboo

Explanation

Question 161 of 261

1

A taboo against pork is a characteristic

Select one of the following:

  • Judaism and Islam

  • Judaism and Buddhism

  • Christianity and Buddhism

  • Christianity and Hinduism

Explanation

Question 162 of 261

1

Which of the following is not an important factor in distinguishing different folk housing types in the United States?

Select one of the following:

  • choice of building materials

  • size of the building

  • form in which the structure is arranged

  • climate in which the structure is built

Explanation

Question 163 of 261

1

Today, housing types in the United States are distinguished by all but which of the following?

Select one of the following:

  • they can still be divided into three distinct regions

  • they display few regional fistinctions

  • they are usually mass produced

  • alternative styles have diffused throughout the country

Explanation

Question 164 of 261

1

In which state would alcohol consumption be relatively low?

Select one of the following:

  • Kentucky

  • Nevada

  • New York

  • Utah

Explanation

Question 165 of 261

1

Geographers are concerned with the distribution of which of the following aspects of T.V. service?

Select one of the following:

  • number of receivers per capita

  • method of government control

  • year service was adopted

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 166 of 261

1

Features of the U.S. landscape, such as gas stations, supermarkets, and motels,

Select one of the following:

  • promote a uniform landscape

  • reflect the preservation of folk culture

  • provide diversity on the United States landscape

  • promote diffusion of folk culture

Explanation

Question 167 of 261

1

Many less developed countries fear the loss of folk culture because

Select one of the following:

  • they do not want to preserve traditional values

  • Western perspectives may become more dominant

  • pop culture values can promote environmental damage

  • they want to avoid political disputes

Explanation

Question 168 of 261

1

Western dominance of the news media is feared in less developed countries for all but which of these reasons?

Select one of the following:

  • Western countries supply a large percentage of the television programs to less developed countries

  • western countries control most of the newspapers in less developed countries

  • western radio newscasts can be heard in most countries

  • western values control the media

Explanation

Question 169 of 261

1

People maintain their folk culture despite familiarity with pop culture because of

Select one of the following:

  • the high cost of pop customs

  • concern for the physical environment

  • strong desire to preserve unique customs

  • lack of exposure to media

Explanation

Question 170 of 261

1

Pop culture and folk culture can both result in a higher level of

Select one of the following:

  • extinction of animal species

  • demand for raw materials

  • consumption of animal products

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 171 of 261

1

As they have more contact with pop culture, women in less developed countries are more likely to

Select one of the following:

  • bear more children

  • obtain food for their family

  • gain more opportunities outside the home

  • reduce the practice of prostitution

Explanation

Question 172 of 261

1

One impact of large scale consumption if chicken in more developed countries is to

Select one of the following:

  • cause chickens to become an endangered species

  • make inefficient use of the world's grain supplies

  • diffuse agricultural products to the physical environment

  • encourage the development of a new food taboo

Explanation

Question 173 of 261

1

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

Select one of the following:

  • are strongly influenced by local resources

  • are commonly imported long distance because of folk sulture

  • are chosen because the diffusion of pop culture

  • are a uniform feature of folk culture

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 174 of 261

1

Terroir refers to

Select one of the following:

  • a group's sense of place

  • a group's food taboos

  • the relationship between the physical environment and culture

  • the sum of the effects of the local environment on a food item

Explanation

Question 175 of 261

1

The origin of pop music is a good example of how folk culture orginates

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 176 of 261

1

In general, folk culture is more likely to cause greater uniformity on the landscape than pop culture

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 177 of 261

1

Food taboos usually derive from unique elements of the physical environment

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 178 of 261

1

Leaders of many developing countries fear that the spread of American pop culture will destroy traditional social behavior

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 179 of 261

1

Adoption of Western pop culture seldom results in the elimination of traditional folk culture

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 180 of 261

1

The physical environment commonly plays an important role in the development of unique folk customs

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 181 of 261

1

The adoption of a pop custom depends primarily on the amount of disposable income

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 182 of 261

1

A literary tradition is

Select one of the following:

  • a form of a language used for official government business

  • a form of a language spoken in a particular area

  • a collection of languages related to another

  • the written form of a language

Explanation

Question 183 of 261

1

Which is the following is not a Romance language?

Select one of the following:

  • Bulgarian

  • Italian

  • Portuguese

  • Romanian

Explanation

Question 184 of 261

1

An isogloss is

Select one of the following:

  • a form of a language spoken in a local area

  • a collection of unique words

  • a boundary between language regions

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 185 of 261

1

Dialects developed within England primarily because

Select one of the following:

  • different Germanic invaders settled in different regions

  • the Normans invaded in the South

  • the Viking invaders did not remain long in England

  • BRP became the standard dialect

Explanation

Question 186 of 261

1

British and American English differ in all but which of the following?

Select one of the following:

  • alphabet

  • pronunciation

  • spelling

  • vocabulary

Explanation

Question 187 of 261

1

Major differences in U.S. dialects originated because

Select one of the following:

  • early settlers were isolated from each other

  • of differences in dialects among the original settlers

  • of similarities in dialects among the original settlers

  • the early settlers originated from the same location

Explanation

Question 188 of 261

1

English is part of which language branch?

Select one of the following:

  • Germanic

  • North Germanic

  • West Germanic

  • Ind-European

Explanation

Question 189 of 261

1

The language spoken by the greatest number of people in the world is

Select one of the following:

  • Cantonese

  • English

  • Hindu

  • Mandarin

Explanation

Question 190 of 261

1

Russia is part of which language branch?

Select one of the following:

  • Balto-Slavic

  • Germanic

  • Indo-Iranian

  • Romance

Explanation

Question 191 of 261

1

When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the trunk of the tree represents

Select one of the following:

  • dialects

  • language groups

  • language families

  • possible prehistoric superfamilies

Explanation

Question 192 of 261

1

A collection of languages through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago

Select one of the following:

  • dialect

  • language branch

  • language family

  • language group

Explanation

Question 193 of 261

1

A form of a language spoken in a local area is a

Select one of the following:

  • dialect

  • language branch

  • language family

  • language group

Explanation

Question 194 of 261

1

The geographic study of the distribution of languages provides a good example

Select one of the following:

  • the interplay between globalization and local diversity

  • the diffusion of folk culture in different areas of the world

  • the role and spread of religion across much of the world

  • political conflicts that arise due to ethnic tensions

Explanation

Question 195 of 261

1

When people who speak a given language migrate to a different location from other members of their group,

Select one of the following:

  • their language usually shows very little change even over a long period of time

  • they immediately develop a literary tradition

  • isolation usually results in the differentiation of one language into two

  • they lose their linguistic abilities

Explanation

Question 196 of 261

1

The main difference between languages in the same family, branch, or group is how

Select one of the following:

  • recently in time the languages were once the same

  • closely the speakers of each language live to each other

  • similar the cultures of the speakers of each language are

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 197 of 261

1

The uniform language of the Western U.S. can be credited to the mobility of Americans

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 198 of 261

1

The dominant language spoken in Southeastern Canada French

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 199 of 261

1

The language branch that makes up most of Eastern Europe is Balto-Slavic

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 200 of 261

1

The language branch makes up most of North Western Europe is Romance

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 201 of 261

1

A group languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history is a

Select one of the following:

  • dialect

  • language branch

  • language family

  • language group

Explanation

Question 202 of 261

1

A group of languages of languages that share a common origin but have since evolved into individual languages is a

Select one of the following:

  • dialect

  • language branch

  • language family

  • language group

Explanation

Question 203 of 261

1

The four most frequently spoken branches of Indo-European include all but

Select one of the following:

  • Balto-Slavic

  • Celtic

  • Indo-Iranian

  • Romance

Explanation

Question 204 of 261

1

The most widely spoken language in Brazil is

Select one of the following:

  • Creole

  • French

  • Portuguese

  • Spanish

Explanation

Question 205 of 261

1

Recent evidence points to the first speakers of the Indo-European language as the ancient

Select one of the following:

  • Celts

  • Germans

  • Kurgans

  • Russians

Explanation

Question 206 of 261

1

English is part of what language family?

Select one of the following:

  • Germanic

  • North-Germanic

  • West-Germanic

  • Indo-European

Explanation

Question 207 of 261

1

The Icelandic language has changed less than any other Germanic languages because of

Select one of the following:

  • Iceland's close contact with other people and activities

  • Migration by Germanic tribes

  • Iceland's relative isolation from other places

  • The extinction of the East Germanic group

Explanation

Question 208 of 261

1

A creolized language is

Select one of the following:

  • extinct

  • a mix of indigenous and colonial languages

  • an isolated language family

  • a possible prehistoric superfamily

Explanation

Question 209 of 261

1

The 2 most important languages in South America are

Select one of the following:

  • Dutch and English

  • English and Spanish

  • French and Spanish

  • Portuguese and Spanish

Explanation

Question 210 of 261

1

According to the Anotolian hearth theory, Indo-European languages diffused across Europe

Select one of the following:

  • entirely by sea

  • by way of the Kurgan homeland

  • by warriors on horseback

  • with the diffusion of agriculture

Explanation

Question 211 of 261

1

The two largest language families in the world are

Select one of the following:

  • Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic

  • Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European

  • Afro-Asiatic and Sino-Tibetan

  • Balto-Slavic and Sino-Tibetan

Explanation

Question 212 of 261

1

The language family encompassing the languages of the People's Republic of China is

Select one of the following:

  • Indo-European

  • Indo-Iranian

  • Mandarin

  • Sino-Tibetan

Explanation

Question 213 of 261

1

Hebrew is an example of

Select one of the following:

  • an isolated language

  • an extinct language

  • a revived language

  • a language family

Explanation

Question 214 of 261

1

The large number of individual languages documented in Africa has resulted primarily from

Select one of the following:

  • thousands of years of isolation between tribal groups

  • repeated invasions by outsiders

  • introduction of of many different languages by the colonial powers

  • frequent migration by the different tribal groups

Explanation

Question 215 of 261

1

A lingua franca is

Select one of the following:

  • an English word that has entered the French language

  • a language that is mutually understood by people who have 2 different native languages

  • an extinct language that has been revised

  • an official language in a region of the world different from where the language originated

Explanation

Question 216 of 261

1

Basque is spoken primarily in

Select one of the following:

  • Brittany

  • The Swiss Alps

  • The Pyrenees Mountains

  • Barcelona, Spain

Explanation

Question 217 of 261

1

An Indo-European language is spoken in which of these European countries?

Select one of the following:

  • France

  • Finland

  • Hungary

  • All of the above

Explanation

Question 218 of 261

1

Spanglish

Select one of the following:

  • the lingua franca of Spain

  • a dialect of Spanish

  • the standard language of Mexico

  • the use of English in the Spanish language

Explanation

Question 219 of 261

1

English has received unprecedented acceptance globally due to

Select one of the following:

  • the role of colonialism and imperialism

  • its role as the common language of a global economy and culture

  • the rise of popular culture and the decline of folk culture

  • the diffusion of religion from MDCs to LDCs

Explanation

Question 220 of 261

1

Germanic, Romance, and Latin are all branches of Indo-European

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 221 of 261

1

The most popular language in China is Cantonese

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 222 of 261

1

The most frequently spoken Afro-Asiatic is Arabic

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 223 of 261

1

Nearly half of the people in the world speak an Indo-European language

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 224 of 261

1

Ebonics is a dialect that developed from African Americans diffusing into the large the large northern cities

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 225 of 261

1

With respect to the relationship between culture, religion and the physical environment

Select one of the following:

  • few religions derive meaningful events from the physical environment

  • religious ideas may be responsible for some of the changes people make in the physical environment

  • religion is no longer an important source of identification for a distinct cultural group

  • all of the above are true

Explanation

Question 226 of 261

1

a universalizing religion

Select one of the following:

  • is based on the physical characteristics of a particular location on Earth

  • appeals to people living in a wide variety of locations on Earth

  • is rarely transmitted through missionaries

  • is intentionally developed to be a world religion

Explanation

Question 227 of 261

1

The world's largest universalizing religion is

Select one of the following:

  • Buddhism

  • Christianity

  • Hinduism

  • Islam

Explanation

Question 228 of 261

1

The world's largest ethnic religion is

Select one of the following:

  • Confucianism

  • Daoism

  • Hinduism

  • Shintoism

Explanation

Question 229 of 261

1

Christianity first diffused from its hearth through

Select one of the following:

  • contagious diffusion

  • hierarchical diffusion

  • relocation diffusion

  • all of the above are equally important

Explanation

Question 230 of 261

1

Which of the following is not a universalizing religion?

Select one of the following:

  • Buddhism

  • Christianity

  • Islam

  • Judaism

Explanation

Question 231 of 261

1

Muslims are clustered in

Select one of the following:

  • Sub-Saharan Africa

  • The Middle East

  • Eastern Europe

  • East Asia

Explanation

Question 232 of 261

1

What is the holiest book in Hinduism?

Select one of the following:

  • the Bible

  • the Old Testament

  • the Qu'ran

  • none of the above

Explanation

Question 233 of 261

1

Which of the following is the most important religion in the homeland of the man of the man who founded it?

Select one of the following:

  • Buddhism

  • Christianity

  • Hinduism

  • Islam

Explanation

Question 234 of 261

1

Animists believe that

Select one of the following:

  • people should compete God's creations of the Earth

  • inanimate objects and natural events have spirits

  • people should make complete use of the Earth's resources

  • natural disasters are preventable

Explanation

Question 235 of 261

1

Which is not an ethnic Asian religion?

Select one of the following:

  • Buddhism

  • Confucianism

  • Shintoism

  • Daoism

Explanation

Question 236 of 261

1

Especially important in Confucianism is to

Select one of the following:

  • perform public services

  • reflect on the mystical and magical aspects

  • respect forces of nature as divine

  • believe in one all-powerful God

Explanation

Question 237 of 261

1

Especially important in Daoism is to

Select one of the following:

  • perform public service

  • reflect on the mystical and magical aspects of life

  • respect forces of nature as divine

  • believe in one all-powerful God

Explanation

Question 238 of 261

1

Which is not a characteristic of a hierarchical religion?

Select one of the following:

  • It has a well-defined hierarchical stucture

  • It encourages each congregation to be self-sufficient

  • It organizes territory into local administrative units

  • It fosters interaction among different congregations

Explanation

Question 239 of 261

1

Jerusalem is a Holy City to all but which of these religions?

Select one of the following:

  • Christianity

  • Judaism

  • Hinduism

  • Islam

Explanation

Question 240 of 261

1

The Ganges is the most holy river for the Muslims

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 241 of 261

1

Jerusalem is a holy city to all three universalizing religions

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 242 of 261

1

Natural landscape features features are the holiest places in Islam

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 243 of 261

1

Pilgrimages play a significant role in ethnic religions but not in universalizing religions

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 244 of 261

1

Christianity has the most widespread geographic distribution of any religion

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 245 of 261

1

A large and fundamental division withing a religion is a

Select one of the following:

  • branch

  • denomination

  • sect

  • dialect

Explanation

Question 246 of 261

1

A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a

Select one of the following:

  • branch

  • denomination

  • sect

  • dialect

Explanation

Question 247 of 261

1

Protestants in Ireland are

Select one of the following:

  • dispersed throughout the island

  • recent immigrants from Great Britain

  • highly clustered in one part of the island

  • highly integrated with the Roman Catholic population

Explanation

Question 248 of 261

1

Lutheranism is an example of a Christian

Select one of the following:

  • branch

  • denomination

  • religion

  • sect

Explanation

Question 249 of 261

1

The dominant branch of Islam is

Select one of the following:

  • Druze

  • Eastern Orthodoxy

  • Shiite

  • Sunni

Explanation

Question 250 of 261

1

Hinduism's caste system

Select one of the following:

  • assigns everyone to a distinct calss

  • Decrees the pilgrimages which should be taken

  • is a substitute for the lack of a holy book

  • identifies a families' important deities

Explanation

Question 251 of 261

1

For most of the past 2,000 years, most Jews have been

Select one of the following:

  • highly clustered in present in present-day Israel

  • dispersed around the world

  • concentrated in the United States

  • forced to live in ghettos

Explanation

Question 252 of 261

1

A mosque differs from a church a church, because a mosque

Select one of the following:

  • is not a sanctified place

  • is not a place of worship

  • displays a variety of architectural styles

  • contains a relic of the founder

Explanation

Question 253 of 261

1

The situation in Northern Ireland is a result of

Select one of the following:

  • countries in Northern Ireland voting to remain in the UK

  • Catholic protests against discrimination by Protestants

  • British control which contributed to poor economic conditions

  • violence committed by extreme partisans on both sides

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 254 of 261

1

Palestinians include all but which of the following groups?

Select one of the following:

  • residents of refugee camps

  • residents of territories occupied by Israel

  • citizens of other states calling themselves Palestinians

  • Jewish citizens of Israel

  • Muslim citizens of Israel

Explanation

Question 255 of 261

1

Adherents of which region have controlled the Holy Land for most of the past 1,500 years?

Select one of the following:

  • Judaism

  • Hinduism

  • Islam

  • Christianity

Explanation

Question 256 of 261

1

Jerusalem's geography represents a particularly difficult religious conflict because

Select one of the following:

  • sacred sites to Jews and Muslims are literally built one on top of the other

  • the population of Jerusalem is majority Christian but surrounded by majority Jewish and Muslim populations

  • the Israeli government has separated the most sacred sites with a massive concrete wall

  • Israeli captured the Sinai peninsula from Egypt

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Question 257 of 261

1

Which of the following penalties were imposed by the Taliban?

Select one of the following:

  • Men were beaten for shaving their beards

  • Homosexuals were buried alive

  • Prostitute were hanged in public, and men were stoned for committing adultery

  • Thieves' hands were cut off, and women with nail polish had their fingers cut off

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 258 of 261

1

What policy did the British follow in India?

Select one of the following:

  • They divided India into 2 countries

  • They forced all of the Hindus to migrate

  • They turned the problem over to the United Nations

  • They encouraged the abolishment of the caste system

  • They required all education to be conducted in English

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Question 259 of 261

1

From the Russian Revolution to the fall of the communist government, what was the policy of the government towards religion?

Select one of the following:

  • All churches were closed

  • The old church was replaced by Eastern Orthodoxy

  • Churches remained open but played a limited role

  • Youth were encouraged to attend so that they could be indoctrinated into communism

  • All marriages were performed by clergy

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Question 260 of 261

1

Lutherans in the United States are concentrated in the southeast

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 261 of 261

1

The most troublesome religious boundary in Western Europe is in Ireland

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation