Geography and Society Quiz

Which term refers to the practice of farming and cultivation of the land?

• Urbanization

• Agriculture

• Migration

• Hierarchy

What is the term for a system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy?

• Democracy

• Bureaucracies

• Imperial

• Socialism

Which word describes the movement of people from one place to another?

• Emigration

• Filial Piety

• Urbanization

• Migration

What is the term for a belief system that involves the worship of spirits or deities?

• Animism

• Secular

• Philosophy

• Syncretism

Which term refers to the study of human populations and their characteristics?

• Demography

• Geography

• Economy

• Sociology

What is the term for a society's way of life, including its customs, beliefs, and arts?

• Culture

• Economy

• Empire

• Science

Which term refers to the spread of cultural elements from one area or group of people to others by contact?

• Diffusion

• Domestication

• Revolution

• Trade

What is the term for a large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, that controls many peoples or territories?

• Nation

• Empire

• State

• Urban

Which term describes a society ruled by women or where women hold power?

• Patriarchy

• Matriarchy

• Hierarchy

• Egalitarianism

What is the term for the belief in the importance of family loyalty and respect for one's parents and ancestors?

• Filial Piety

• Kinship

• Patriarchy

• Matrilineal