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THIS. IS. Geoparty !. Your. With. Host. Mr. Westerfeld. Geoparty !. Geography Basics. Population. Migration. Language. Culture. Ethnicity. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400.

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  1. THIS IS Geoparty!

  2. Your With Host... Mr. Westerfeld

  3. Geoparty! Geography Basics Population Migration Language Culture Ethnicity 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

  4. Would a world map have a large or small scale? A 100

  5. A small scale A 100

  6. Latitude and longitude may be used to determine which of the following characteristics of a place? • a. Its site features • b. Its absolute location • c. Its relative location • d. It situation • e. Its elevation A 200

  7. b. Its absolute location A 200

  8. Every map projection has some degree of distortion because • a. A curved surface cannot be represented on a flat surface without distortion • b. Parallels and meridians never cross at right angles on a globe • c. The grid system is two-dimensional, while the real world is three-dimensional • d. Earth is not a perfect sphere • e. Latitude lines are shorter than meridian lines A 300

  9. a. A curved surface cannot be represented on a flat surface without distortion A 300

  10. An example of an important physical site characteristic is a • Major airport • Grid street pattern • Major central park • Natural Harbor • Public sport facility A 400

  11. d. Natural Harbor A 400

  12. The “why of where” refers to • Geography’s emphasis on landscape features • Spatial patterns on the landscape • A definition of geography that is simply locational • The idea that the explanation of a spatial patter is crucial • The depiction of a region’s physical features A 500

  13. b. Spatial patterns on the landscape A 500

  14. During the last quarter of the twentieth century, the birth rate has fallen most significantly in which of the following? • The United States • India • Iran • China • France B 100

  15. d. China B 100

  16. Assuming a world population of 5,700,000,000 and an annual growth rate of 1.6 percent, how many people will be added to the world’s population in the next year? • 912,000 • 9,120,000 • 91,200,000 • 912,000,000 • 9,120,000,000 B 200

  17. c. 91,200,000 B 200

  18. In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the demographic transition in Europe was best characterized by • A shift in the composition of national populations toward greater ethnic balances • A net population decline resulting from an excess of deaths over births • Migration between European countries • Large-scale population movements following periods of war or widespread civil unrest • Urbanization and falling birth rates B 300

  19. e. Urbanization and falling birth rates B 300

  20. What is name for the average children a mother has in her life time called? Infant Mortality Rate Birth Rate Crude Birth Rate Fertility Rate Average Family Size B 400

  21. d. Fertility Rate B 400

  22. A country at the end of the demographic transition usually has which of the following? • High birth and low death rates • A high infant mortality rate • A high crude birth rate • Low birth and death rates • High population density B 500

  23. d. Low birth and death rates B 500

  24. In recent decades, all of the following have played a major role in the rapid growth of Sun Belt cities of the United States EXCEPT • Immigration from Latin America • High levels of per capita federal spending in the South and West • Cheap land and labor • Climatic changes leading to colder northern winters • The increasing demand for retirement and resort centers. C 100

  25. d. Climatic changes leading to colder northern winters C 100

  26. The nineteenth-century emigration of a large number of Swedes from a particular region of Sweden to Istanti County, Minnesota, as a result of communications from friends and relatives who preceded them there is an example of • Brain drain • Chain migration • Net migration • Internal migration • Counterurbanization C 200

  27. b. Chain migration C 200

  28. A physical feature, such as a body of water, which hinders migration is an example of a. an intervening obstacle. b. an environmental incentive. c. an environmental push factor. d. a forced migration. e. a political pull factor. C 300

  29. a. an intervening obstacle. C 300

  30. DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400

  31. The largest number of legal immigrants to the United States come from what country? England China Mexico Cuba Canada C 400

  32. c. Mexico C 400

  33. The geographic center of US population has steadily moved ________ throughout its history. North South East West Towards Europe C 500

  34. d. West C 500

  35. Swahili in East Africa and English in global commerce are examples of • Pidgin languages • Lingua franca • Standard language • Creole language • Official language D 100

  36. b. Lingua Franca D 100

  37. Which of the following correctly sequences the continuum from language family to dialect • Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Arabic, Berber • Sino-Tibetan, Sinitic, Mandarin, Chinese • Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Hindi, Bengali • Indo-European, Baltic-Slavic, Russian, Ukranian • Indo-European, Germanic, English, Mid-land Northern D 200

  38. e. Indo-European, Germanic, English, Mid-land Northern D 200

  39. Which of the following is not a Romance language? Bulgarian French Spanish Romanian Portuguese D 300

  40. a. Bulgarian D 300

  41. A creolized language is a mix of indigenous and colonial languages. a revived formerly extinct language. a possible prehistoric superfamily. an isolated language family. extinct. D 400

  42. a mix of indigenous and colonial languages. D 400

  43. The most widely spoken Indo-European language is Bengali. English Hindi Spanish None of the Above D 500

  44. English D 500

  45. A fundamental difference between folk culture and popular culture is that folk culture • Often sets a minority group apart from a region’s general population • Is adaptive to change over time • Tends to diffuse rapidly across geographic space • Loses some of its distinctive characteristics as it crosses national boundaries • Represents universal values E 100

  46. Often sets a minority group apart from a region’s general population E 100

  47. A world map of hog production per capita would reveal the lowest values in which of the following regions? • The United States Midwest • Southeast Asia • Western Europe • The Middle East • China E 200

  48. D. The Middle East E 200

  49. The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people is a popular culture. taboo. custom. character trait. habit. E 300

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