Mult. Choice 30 pts._____ Written 22 pts.____ Map 24pts.____ Total 66 pts._______________ HUMAN GEOGRAPHY-GEOG 142 EXAM 1 Benjamin, Instructor Name__________________________________ 1. Discuss the difference between زspaceس and زplaceس from a human geographic perspective. 3pts List the Five Themes of Human Geography and write a brief statement about the concept behind each themes. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 2. Define زcore areaس as it pertains to a culture region. 2pts 3. Draw the Demographic Transition using the framework below. Clearly label both axis, and each line drawn. (4pts) 4. Using a vertical line, mark and label the area of your graph where population growth is highest (1pt) 5. Using a vertical line, mark and label the area of your graph where population decline is greatest. 1pt 6. List characteristics (not examples) of Folk Culture. Give short statements of each characteristic. Up to 6 pts Page 1 Choose the best answer for the multiple-choice questions. Put your answer on the Scantron. 1. What type of region is represented within the borders of Canada? A ) Formal culture region defined by all French and English speakers. B ) Functional region of Canada, the country. C ) Diffusion limit of the French legal system in the Americas D ) Vernacular region of European culture E ) none of the above 2. Which type of diffusion requires that the idea moves but not the person? A) Contagious B) Hierarchical C) Expansion D) Relocation E) All except d. 3. A grouping of similar places, or of places with similar characteristics, is the concept of A) Cultural landscapes. B) Cultural diffusion. C) Environment D) Culture region. E) Cultural Interaction 4. What best describes culture? F) Instinctive behavior. G) Inherited, individual behavior. H) Genetically derived group behavior. I) A collection of beliefs. J) Learned collective behavior. 5. Cultural geographers are interested in Cultural Landscapes because they: A) Show population densities B) Reveal the governmental structure C) Mirror or reflect the culture which created them. D) Show how the physical environment controls cultural development. 6. Spatial models seek to show ________ of the human cultures and apply social scientific methods to the study of people. A) The Environment B) Basic patterns and regularities C) Continuity and blending D) Vastness 7. Formal regions typically exhibit A) A core-periphery pattern. B) Well-defined and distinct boundaries. C) Functional nodes. D) Channels of interaction. E) A set of culture traits with identical spatial patterns. 8.What type of region is perceived to exist by its inhabitants and gives a unique identity? a. Formal region. b. Functional region. c. Vernacular region. d. Cultural region. e. Psychological region. 9. What term is used when an innovation is developed separately at different places by different peoples? a. Relocation diffusion b. Independent innovation c. Expansion hierarchy d. Contagious placeslessness Page 2 10.American theater is usually staged first in New York City; later in Boston, San Francisco and Chicago; and eventually comes to Eugene, Peoria and Gainesville. This is an example ofة. A) Contagious diffusion B) Stimulus diffusion C) Hierarchical diffusion D) Permeable barrier 11. Television, videocassette recorders, and videotapes were not permitted in Afghanistan during the regime of the Taliban. This is an example of _________. a. Time-distance decay. b. Absorbing barrier to diffusion. c. Technology diffusion. d. Hierarchical diffusion. 12.The people of Siberia domesticated reindeer after learning about cattle being domesticated by people to their south. This is an example of which type of diffusion? a. Contagious b. Hierarchical c. Stimulus d. Vernacular e. Relocation 13.What theme of geography focuses on the interrelationships between people and their environments? a. Location b. Cultural iconography. c. Determinism. d. Cultural ecology 14. What do TWO identical physical environments manifesting different cultural landscapes and lifestyles demonstrate? a. invalidity of Environmental Determinism b. time distance decay c. lack of importance of زplaceس. d. none of the above 15. The Far West and the Deep South are a. Formal regions b. Physical regions c. Vernacular regions d. Functional regions 16. Which one of the following does NOT apply to popular cultures? a. Formal education is important b. Leisure time is expected c. Change is not important d. Stratification of society e. Order is maintained by institutions 17. An example of material culture is: a. Stories and oral histories b. Eating utensils. c. Facebook d. Songs e. Language 18. Thinly settled regions characterize a. Every continent. b. All continents except Europe. c. All continents except Asia. d. Only Australia and Antarctica. e. Only Africa, Australia, and Antarctica. 19. Population density is an excellent indicator of a. Overpopulation. c. Overcrowding b. Quality of life. d. None of the above. Page 3 20. Languages change whenة a. people travel through an established area. b. a written form is established. c. culture changes or evolves. d. Lingua Franca is established. 21. What conditions supports diversity of languages in an area? a. Low literacy rates b. Cultural Diffusion c. Cultural Interaction d. Common Religion e. Lots of trade 22. What is most critical to the stability of languages across a linguistic region? a. Internet access b. Literacy of the people c. Defeat of shatterbelts d. Religious integration e. Advanced technologies 23. What language family diffused from Malaysia to Madagascar to New Zealand and Easter Island (Easter Island is off the coast of South America)? a. Austronesian b. Afro-Asiatic c. Niger Congo d. Dravidian 24. Linguistic dominance through technological superiority is illustrated by the following examples? a. Trans-Siberian Railroad and the Alaska Highway transportation routes b. Cyber-Speech on the Internet and Smart Phones c. Expanding Empires in South America d. Development of an alphabet and written language. e. e. All the above. 25. What is a dialect? a. a border between two regional languages. b. a regional variation of a language. c. a language branch that is not mutually understood. d. a pidgin. 26. What is a pidgin language? a. a dialect of traditional language in the South Pacific b. a complex structured language that has become the lingua franca of an area. c. a simple language that is mixed from several languages for communication for business/trade. d. A Creole that has been elevated to an official language 27. Which language is considered to be a very direct and efficient language with an extremely large vocabualry? a. French c. English b. Japanese 28. About how many languages are in the world today? a. 10,000 c. 2,000 b. 6,000 d. about 650 29. What is the concept of Cultural Ecology a. Cultures will eventually become one in ideal environment b. Environment influences the culture more than we know c. Environment and culture are continuously in contact and influence behaviors and natural systems alike. d. Ecology of our natural environment is meant for human consumption and use. e. We are part of the natural environment 30. What two sets of information are needed to make a population pyramid? a. TFR and Death rates b. Ages and genders of a population c. Density and carrying capacity of a population d. total population and the age groups Page 4 MAP QUESTION RULES Do NOT use one country more than once for any answer. Do NOT use the UNITED STATES for any answer. ¥ زthe Americasس includes North, Middle and South America ¥ زAsiaس includes east of the Red Sea to the Pacific. ¥ DO NOT use multiple answers: 1 question = 1 answer ¥ Donصt leave a blank!! If you know where a country is located its still one point! Write a country name that fits the statement on the line (1 pt. each) Locate and write the country name on the map (1 pt. each) 24 points total 12 on the line and 12 on the map country in Asia that speaks an Indo-European Languageةة.ة______________________ country containing the hearth of Niger Congo language family._______________________ country that contains the hearth of the Afro-Asiatic ةةةة...________________________ country that speaks a Uralic Languageةةةةةةةةة...._________________________ country that speaks an Altaic Languageةةةةةةةةةة._______________________ country that is a hearth (origin) of the Indo-European languages ________________________ country in Asia with a very high TFRةةةةةةةةة..___________________________ country among the lowest of infant mortality ratesةةةةةة________________________ country in Asia with an exploding population growthةةةةة. ________________________ country having over 40% of her population under15 years of ageة________________________ Country speaks a Romance Language in North Americaةةة..___________________________ Country having population pyramid with a very wide bottom and narrow top_________________ Page 5