7th SS Mid Term Exam culture/population
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A.
What is a Cultural region?
- A group of people who move around together
- A group of people who have the same leader
- A group who share a similar language and customs
- A group who come from the same family
B.
Why is language one of the most important aspects of culture?
- Unlike other aspects of culture, laanguage does not change.
- When groups migrate, a shared language helps prevent conflict.
- Language allows people to communicate and provides a sense of identity.
- Languages can be classified into language families.
C.
Define the term Culture
- A people’s way of life, including beliefs, customs, food, dwellings, and clothing
- A vast, treeless plain in the Artic regions with very cold winters, cold summers, and little rain or snow.
- Useful material found in nature, including water, vegetation, animals, and minerals.
- Movement by people from one place to another with intentions of settling in new location.
D.
Spread of beliefs and social activities from one group to another
- Cultural-Differentials
- Cultural-Diffusion
- Cultural-Division
- Cultural-Difference
E.
Which of these is NOT part of a person's culture?
- height
- language
- foods
- holidays
F.
Although many religions are represented in both countries, the main religion in the United States and Canada is .
- Christianity
- Islam
- Free Market
- Buddhism
G.
A civilization is
- a large group of people
- highly developed culture
- process of spreading new knowledge or skills
- government by the people
H.
A government where citizens hold political power either directly or through elected representatives.
- theocracy
- democracy
- dictatorship
- monarchy
I.
A Monarchy and Dictatorship are different in that:
- Monarchy is ruled by someone who forces their way to power and Dictators come to power because their parent's were in power.
- Monarchy has a constitution and Dictatorships do not have a constitution.
- Monarchs are appointed by a higher power and Dictators are appointed through voting.
- Monarchy is ruled by a king or queen and Dictators take power by force.
J.
is a group of people who share a common history, language, religion and some physical characteristics.
- civilization
- culture region
- dialect
- ethnic group
K.
Which key term determines how crowded a country or region is?
- population distribution
- natural increase
- population density
- doubling timing
L.
Which trend best characterizes world population growth?
- People living in healthy nations have a higher mortality rate.
- The worldwide average fertility rate is too low to replace the current population.
- Men make up more of the population and live longer.
- The world's population continues to increase at a rapid rate.
M.
Zero population growth occurs when .
- The death rate is higher than the birth rate
- The birth rate is equal to the death rate
- The death rate is lower than the birth rate
- The birth rate is higher than the death rate
N.
How do you calculate population density?
- Add the number of people to its land area.
- Divide the number of people by its land area.
- Multiply the number of people per square mile by its land area.
- Divide the number of people by the number of its dwellings.
O.
People's movement to cities is known as...
- urban sprawl
- urbanization
- urban outfitters
- refugees
P.
The strongest unifying force in a culture is...
- food
- economic activity
- language
- religion
Q.
Immigrants leave their homelands to seek better opportunities but refugees leave because...
- they seek better natural resources
- they seek better food choices
- they seek to escape persecution or natural disaster
- they want to make the population density more evenly distributed
R.
The first four civilizations arose in...
- mountain ranges
- river valleys
- deserts
- rain forests
S.
Most people move to cities to...
- find jobs
- find friends
- attend college
- find better shopping choices
T.
Primary sources are
- written accounts by a first hand witness
- objects that have survived from the past
- accounts created by people some time after the event
- both a and b