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40 Cards in this Set
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Which of the Following Religions requires a long process of instruction before admission to the faith?
1)Islam 2)Christianity 3) Buddhism 4)Judaism |
Judaism
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In which country did commerecial agriculture first begin?
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The Netherlands
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Which of the following is an Indo-European Language?
1)Arabic 2)Mandarin 3)Basque 4)Hindu |
Hindu
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The spread and populatirty of English after WWII is primarily a result of _____?
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The Mass Media and Business
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French is from which language family?
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Romance
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In which city does the Islamic Hajj take place?
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Mecca
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When two people use the same language but use slightly different pronounciations they speak with different_____.
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Accents
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Which of the following is NOT an offical language of Switzerland?
1) French 2) German 3) English 4) Romansch |
english
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Which of the following religions is most likely to spread easily?
1) Shintoism 2) Judaism 3) Buddhism 4) Hinduism |
Buddhism
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The best example of an artifact that refleccts American mentifacts is _____.
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A Car
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Which of the following factors is not included in the calculation of the HDI?
1) Economic 2) Demographic 3) Political 4) Social |
Political
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At which stage of the Rostow model of industrial development is a country most likely to get stuck?
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The third
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Languages that are most closely related are members of the same language ____.
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group
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Which of the following religions does NOT have laws prohibiting certain typs of food or drink ?
1) Judaism 2) Islam 3) Hinduism 4) Buddhism |
Buddhism
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The plantation system of farming is a legacy of what type of historical power?
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colonization
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The partition of India and Pakistan was based on what ethnic trait?
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religion
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The first modern genocide occured in waht country in 1915?
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Turkey
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The civic and legal expression of an ethnic identity is called what?
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Nationalism
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Currently, which continent has the highest rates of population growth?
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Africa
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If a country has 30,000 live births and a population of 1 million, what is the Crude Death rate?
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30/1000
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Factors that make a person what to leave a place are called what?
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Push Factors
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The systematic method of flattening a globe onto a 2-dimensional map is called what?
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A projection
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Which age range on the population pyramid has the larges imbalance betwee men and women?
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75-90
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What is likely to happen to Ukraine's population in the future?
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Slow increase
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The state of Arkansas is an example of what kind of region?
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Function
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What is the name of the type of geographical study developed by geographers like Ratzel, Semple, and Huntingdon in the 19th and early 20th centuries?
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Enviromental determinism
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After WWI the population increased because ___.
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Migration Increased
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The Equator is the longest line of ___.
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Latitude
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Which projection has the least distortion of shape and greatest distortion of size?
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Mercator
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What is the most common group of international migrants in the 21st century?
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Young Single Females
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In what part of the world has the life expectancy DECREASED in the 21st century?
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South Africa
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Which of the following countries has had the most successful anti-natal policy?
1)India 2)Singapore 3)Indonesia 4)Thailand |
Singapore
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The Oriental exclusion lasw were designed to stop migration from where?
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China
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Where did scientific (how and why) Geography begin?
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Germany
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What types of disease are re-emerging in the fifth stage of the epidermiological transition?
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Infectious disease
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Which population density measurment do we use to show simple number of people/are of land?
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Arithmetic
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At the end of the 19th century the origin of migrants to the US changed from North and West Europe to where?
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South and East Europe.
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Which is the only continent to have a smaller population in 1750 than in 1500?
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Asia or South America
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Modern agriculture is extremely efficient in terms of what resource?
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Labor
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The indo European languages probably originated where?
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Central Asia
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