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APHG Review Quiz – Units I, II, III 18. The gravity model predicts a. the number of people a city can support with available resources b. the rate at which intercontinental migration occurs c. the movement of people, goods, and ideas between two locations based on size and distance d. periods of population explosion in a certain geographic region 19. The gravity model predicts a. the number of people a city can support with available resources b. the rate at which intercontinental migration occurs c. the movement of people, goods, and ideas between two locations based on size and distance d. periods of population explosion in a certain geographic region 20. A refugee is defined a person a. who willingly left his or her homeland for better opportunities in another country b. who illegally resides in a country other than his/her homeland c. who works outside of his/her country d. who was forced to leave his/her homeland due to a well- founded fear of being persecuted 21. Which of the following trends matches the urban migration pattern of the 1880s noted by Ernst Ravenstein? a. the majority of migrants move long distances b. most migrants are young children following their parents c. migrants who move long distances tend to move to large city destinations d. rural dwellers tent to be less migratory than urban dwellers 22. Which of the following is not a goal of local cultures? A) Keeping other cultures out B) Keeping their own culture in C) Selling their culture for a profit D) None of the above 23. Which of the following is an example of cultural appropriation? A) Extreme sports becoming mainstream sports B) Japan’s adoption of Western technology in the late 1800s, but not the West’s cultural values C) An American rural community descended from Germans deciding to have an annual German festival D) Celebrities adopting some aspect of a local culture, resulting in that local culture becoming more accessible to popular culture trends. 24. The loss of uniqueness in a cultural landscape or when one place looks like the next is A) Commidification B) Neolocalism C) Placelessness D) Globalization 25. What US city has the greatest number and diversity of immigrants? A) Chicago B) Los Angeles C) Miami D) New York 26. In which of the following countries has conflict related to its multilinguism escalated to widespread threats of secession? A) United States B) Germany C) Japan D) Canada 27. Historically, cultural diffusion patterns in the United States have tended to flow in which general direction? A) East to west B) West to east C) North to south D) South to north 28. Compared to popular cultures, folk cultures A) More cosmopolitan B) More homogenous C) More contagious D) More transitory 29. Two prominent French ethnic islands in North America are historically located in which of the following areas A) Florida and Saskatchewan B) Utah and Ontario C) New Brunswick and California D) Louisiana and Quebec 30. The habit of evaluating other cultures’ customs, beliefs, and practices according to the limited perspective of one’s own culture is known as A) Anthropocentrism B) Ethnography C) Acculturation D) Ethnocentrism 31. A Hindu temple located in Texas is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion? a. Expansion b. Hierarchical c. Contagious d. Relocation 32. A Mormon church located in a rural area of northwestern Colorado is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion? a. Expansion b. Relocation c. Hierarchical d. Stimulus 33. A minaret is an architectural feature common to places of worship in which of the following religions? a. Buddhism b. Hinduism c. Christianity d. Islam 34. Which of the following toponyms best belongs in a formal culture region defined by common traits of Catholicism and Spanish language? a. Dar es Salaam b. Saint Paul c. San Jose d. Tel Aviv