Practice Test Chapter 3 Migration

These quiz questions will test your knowledge of the basic concepts and ideas
offered in Chapter 3, "Migration." By successfully reviewing these questions, you
will reinforce your comprehension of these geographic ideas.
This activity contains 24 questions.
The most common environmental threat forcing
migration is __________.
water
deserts
earthquake
tornadoes
What event in the united states during
middle of the nineteenth century caused
significant internal migration
Dust Bowl
Great Depression
Gold Rush
deindustrialization in the Northeast
and Midwest
Mormon movement to Utah
Internal migration can be divided into which two types?
rural, urban
interregional, intraregional
international, national
permanent, temporary
none of the above
According to the text, what are three major kinds of
push-pull factors?
freedom, democracy, and economic
economic, political, and environmental
education, culture, and democracy
environmental, freedom, and nearness to coastal
areas
In which stage of demographic transition does

international migration typically occur?

stage 2
stage 1
stage 3
stage 4
Select the country that sent the largest
number of immigrants to the United
States.
Mexico
Ireland
England
Canada
Germany
During the third
peak of
immigration into
the United States
(19001915), from
which regions of
Europe did the
majority of the
immigrants come?
central Europe
northern Europe
southern and eastern Europe
western Europe
The four leading sources of
immigrants from Asia to the
United States were __________.
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia,
Thailand
China, Philippines, India,
and Vietnam
India, Pakistan,
Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka
China, India, Vietnam, and
Japan
Immigrants cluster in communities where people from
the same country previously settled. This type of

clustering is called __________.

cluster migration
chain migration
proximity settlement
all of the above
Citizens of poor countries who obtain temporary jobs in
Western Europe and the Middle East are known as
__________.
guest workers
time-contract workers
special workers
migrant workers
Opposition to immigration during the early twentieth
century intensified in the United States when the
majority of immigrants __________.
ceased to be British
did not have adequate job skills
took jobs from U.S. citizens
ceased to come from northern and western
Europe
The idea that the farther away a place is located, the
less likely that people will migrate to it is called
__________.
locality principle
urban syndrome
interregional reduction
distance-decay principle
The most famous, large-scale U.S. internal migration
was __________.
Indian resettlement onto reservations
the opening of the American West
relocation of returning U.S. soldiers after World
War II
California Gold Rush of 1849
Mexican immigration to the United States is greatest in
which of the following states?

Montana
New Mexico
California
Arizona
Most people migrate principally for cultural and
environmental reasons.
True
False
Forced international migration has historically occurred
because of slavery or political instability.
True
False
Most migrants relocate a long distance and
remain within the same country.
True
False
Currently, long-distance migrants to other
countries head for areas with limited
economic activities, like rural agricultural
areas.
True
False
Intraregional migration from cities to surrounding
suburbs occurs within countries in stages 3 and 4 of the
demographic transition.
True
False
Select the most correct statement.
Most immigrants to the United States in the late
twentieth and early twenty-first centuries have
come from Asia and Latin America.
About 1 million Africans were sent to the
American 13 colonies as slaves.
The two main sources of immigrants to the

American colonies in the eighteenth century were

Great Britain and Germany.
Immigration into the United States in the 1840s
and 1850s came mainly from Australia.
Immigration from southern and eastern
Europe to the United States was most
pronounced in __________.
1885
1905
1935
1975
1995
By the beginning of the twentieth
century, the geographic center of
population in the United States
was located in __________.
Ohio
Missouri
Indiana
Illinois
West Virginia
Which of the following statements is not accurate?
Undocumented United States immigrants have
given birth to about 4.5 million babies, who are
not legal citizens of the United States.
Approximately 8 million undocumented
immigrants are employed in the United States.
Undocumented United States immigrants have
declined in number because of the recession that
began in 2008.
Mexico accounts for 60 percent of undocumented
United States immigrants

Practice Test Chapter 4 Folk and Popular Culture

These test questions will test your knowledge of the basic concepts and ideas
offered in Chapter 4, "Folk and Popular Culture." By successfully answering these
questions, you will reinforce your comprehension of these geographic ideas.
This activity contains 22 questions.
Which of the following is an example of relocation diffusion?
Internet usage
Amish culture
rap music
television
American popular music originally diffused from which of the following urban hearths?
New Orleans
Miami
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York
none of the above
Soccer, or football as it is known outside of North America, originated in __________.
the United States
Brazil
France
Russia
England
Which statement is not true about popular culture?
Popular culture is found in large, heterogeneous societies.
Popular culture is usually practiced by small, homogenous groups.
Popular culture is usually the product of developed countries.
Rapid diffusion facilitates frequent changes in popular customs.
One of the strongest connections that tie people to a certain environment is __________.
clothing
weapons

food supply
building materials
These three places are major hearths (or nodes) of folk house forms in the United States:
__________.
Pennsylvania, Maine, and South Carolina
New York, Massachusetts, and Georgia
New England, Middle Atlantic, and Lower Chesapeake
Southwestern region, Midwest, and New England
Using the Wine production map, provide a single commonality among the various wine regions of
the world.
Most regions have similar soil.
Most regions have selected similar varietals of grapes.
Most regions in the Southern and Northern hemispheres are located between 30
and 40 degree latitudes.
Most of the people in those regions enjoy wine and demand a local product.

Folk cultures are threatened by the loss of traditional values and the imposition of popular
cultures.
True
False

According to the geographer Fred Kniffen, folk housing types found in the Ohio River
Valley region originated in __________.
New England
the Middle Atlantic
the Lower Chesapeake
the Mississippi Valley

Which statement is not true?

Traditional food preferences are more political than environmental in their

origins.
A taboo is a restriction on behavior imposed by custom.
Terroir is the sum of the effects of local environment on a particular food item.
The best wine tends to be produced from grapes grown in coarse, well-drained
soils.

A clothing style of popular culture that has diffused to much of the world is __________.
blue jeans
charika
kimono
sarong
The popularity of golf in the United States is greatest in __________.
north-central states
south-central states
northwestern states
southwestern states
Which of the following cultural components is generally not associated with folk culture?
music
television
architecture
food
The Muslim taboo against pork can be explained by the fact that __________.
pigs cannot survive in dry lands
pigs compete with humans for food
pork spoils quickly in hot climates
pigs require seasonal migrations in search of fresh pasture
The primary difference in the diffusion of the Internet and that of television is that
__________.
the Internet is diffusing faster
the Internet originally became popular in less developed countries
no country has Internet users of 300 or more per 1,000 inhabitants

as of 2005, the diffusion of televisions around the world was evenly spread
There are two dominant categories of material culture: folk and custom.
True
False
Landscapes dominated by a collection of folk customs change significantly over time.
True
False
Electronic communication facilitates frequent changes in popular customs.
True
False
Folk culture is more likely to vary from place to place at a given time, whereas popular
culture is more likely to vary from time to time at a given place.
True
False
We see diffusion in three time periods of the number of TV sets worldwide. Based on this
series of maps, select the most correct statement.
The ratio of TVs in Suriname and Paraguay in the 1970s was the lowest of all South
American countries.
Belize was the only Central American country during the 1970s to have a TVinhabitant ratio of below 1:1,000.
The 2005 map shows that the country of South Africa has the highest TV-inhabitant
ratio in Africa.
By 2005 Mexico had caught up with the United States in terms of a TV-inhabitant
ratio.
According to our maps, Saudi Arabia achieved the highest possible ratio of TVs to
inhabitants by 2005.

The largest concentrations of Amish settlements can be found in counties in __________.

Ohio
Michigan
Delaware

Wisconsin
Kentucky

On a continental scale, wine production is least important in

__________.
North America
South America
Africa
Australia
Eurasia