Human Geography Final Exam Review

Which term best describes people from other countries who enter the United States to start new lives?

• consumers
• emigrants
• immigrants
• refugees

A factor that leaves one with no choice but to leave one's current home (especially parental home), country, region, organization, or religion.

• environmental
• distribution
• pull factor
• push factor

The lure of another home, country, region, organization, or religion. 

• migration
• routes
• push factor
• pull factor

Which from the following is NOT a push factor?

• Political instability
• Natural hazards
• Job opportunities
• Disease

What is life expectancy?

• The number of years needed for one to reach 60 years.
• The number of years that a person is expected to live on his/her own.
• The number of years that a person is expected to live.
• What one expects to face in life.

What does birth rate mean?

• The number of babies born per 1000 of the population.
• The number of babies that live in a country.
• The number of babies born per 100 of the population.
• The number of babies born per 1000 of the population per year.

What is a population pyramid?

• A type of graph showing the number of males and females in different age groups.
• A type of graph showing the number of males in different age groups.
• A type of graph showing the number of females  in different age groups.
• A type of graph showing the number of males and females in only one age group.

The spread of cultural traits from one culture to another is called...

• religion
• science
• cultural diffusion
• norms

Subsistence agriculture....

• only includes the herding of animals
• is becoming increasingly dominant in the world
• is characterized by production of food for consumption by the farmers and their families 
• is aimed at producing surplus crops for sale in the market

A part of a country that is separated from the main country by the territory of another country is 

• an enclave.
• an exclave.
• a peninsula. 
• a ghetto.