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1
Which of the following statements about mental maps is true?
A)As children grow older their mental maps become more spatially restrictive.
B)It is possible to reproduce on paper an exact replica of the mental image one has of an area.
C)People have no mental maps of the places they have not experienced.
D)They suggest that the more familiar we are with a locale, the better our mental map becomes.
2
According to the text, transnational corporations (TNCs) control about what percentage of the world's productive assets?
A)2%
B)10%
C)33%
D)70%
3
What percentage of the moves within the United States are return migration?
A)10%
B)20%
C)25%
D)30%
4
Which of the following statements is incorrect with respect to hierarchical diffusion?
A)It often occurs simultaneously with the other two methods of diffusion.
B)It occurs only after all lower levels in the hierarchy have received the information.
C)People near large innovation centers often benefit as information diffuses outward.
D)Small towns closer to high-level centers can receive the information before the more distant medium-sized centers.
5
Which of the following is the most common incentive for migration?
A)economics
B)famine
C)politics
D)religion
6
Which of the following would an American most likely not consider as a reason to migrate?
A)changes in life course
B)changes in political affiliation
C)changes in the career cycle
D)changes in the neighborhood in terms of crime
7
The value of a place as a migration destination is known as its:
A)critical distance
B)directional bias
C)place utility
D)spatial search
8
According to the United Nations Development Fund, one-quarter of the world's population lives on less than _____ per day.
A)$1
B)$10
C)$100
D)$1000
9
The initial stage in the process of contagious diffusion is best described as a:
A)rapid rate of spread confined to a small geographical area
B)rapid rate of spread that is geographically extensive
C)slow rate of spread that is geographically extensive
D)slow rate of spread confined to a small geographical area
10
Using mass media to sell a new product represents which type of diffusion?
A)hierarchical
B)channelized
C)relocation
D)contagious
11
A cultural barrier to the decision to migrate would exist when:
A)a Chinese person limits potential migration destinations to those cities that possess a "Chinatown"
B)a job offer requiring a move to another city does not pay enough money to offset the increased cost of living there
C)a nation imposes quotas on the number of migrants that it is willing to admit in any one year
D)a person doesn't want to assimilate into a new society
12
The spatial extent of individual activity spaces depends on all of the following except:
A)means of mobility
B)strength of territoriality
C)stage of the life course
D)opportunity for interaction
13
Of all types of trips taken by urban residents the most frequently occurring are:
A)personal business trips
B)school trips
C)shopping trips
D)job-related trips
14
Which of the following features does not constitute a barrier to diffusion?
A)The Internet
B)culture
C)physical features
D)political systems
15
In the majority of societies the most mobile segment of the population is:
A)retirees
B)young adults
C)the middle aged
D)teenagers
16
Innovation, the generation of new ideas and methods, occurs most often in:
A)densely populated urban centers
B)highly traditional societies
C)the original culture hearths
D)wherever there are telephone services and computer equipment
17
An example of a pull factor for migration is:
A)a desire to escape war and persecution
B)a high paying job in another city
C)overcrowding in major cities
D)reduction of rural farm workers
18
The greatest majority of migratory movements are:
A)forced
B)reluctant
C)voluntary
D)channelized
19
Which would most likely not be a push factor for migration?
A)an earthquake
B)religious persecution
C)inability to find suitable employment at home
D)a mild climate
20
Which of the following is not an example of forced migration?
A)Historic removal of Southeastern Native Americans to reservations in present-day Oklahoma.
B)Current movement of Mexican laborers into the United States.
C)Transfer of Africans to the Western Hemisphere in 1700s.
D)Soviet citizens sent to Siberia in the late 1920s.
21
Quotas on immigrants constitutes what kind of barrier to migration?
A)political
B)economic
C)cultural
D)ethnocentric
22
The migration of retirees to Florida and Arizona is an example of:
A)push factors
B)channelized flows
C)return migration
D)chain migration
23
Which region of the United States has not seen population growth due to net migration flows?
A)southwest
B)northeast
C)southeast
D)west
24
Which of the following is the best example of hierarchical diffusion?
A)A fashion being introduced in New York City and slowly becoming popular in smaller cities and towns.
B)Immigrants introducing native farming methods to their new homeland.
C)A flu epidemic moving through a country.
D)A political idea spread through television ads.
25
An example of worldwide cultural integration is:
A)nationalist movements in Europe
B)the resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism
C)the widespread use of English
D)folk music
26
In a country like the United States, which of the following age groups is most likely to have the most extensive activity space?
A)0-5 years of age
B)13-19 years of age
C)20-40 years of age
D)70-90 years of age
27
Immigrants who are unhappy with their new homeland and move back to their native land are engaging in what type of migration?
A)reluctant
B)return
C)relocation
D)involuntary
28
What term refers to migration movements within countries?
A)Intracontinental
B)Intercontinental
C)Intraregional
D)Interregional
29
What term refers to the emotional attachment to and the defense of home ground?
A)mental map
B)territoriality
C)public utility
D)ethnocentricity
30
The diffusion of Wal-Mart stores throughout the United States is an example of:
A)hierarchical diffusion
B)reverse hierarchical diffusion
C)reverse contagious diffusion
D)globalization
31
What type of migration describes the movement of refugees?
A)reluctant migration
B)involuntary migration
C)forced migration
D)voluntary migration
32
What type of migration refers to moving in a series of transitional relocation stages?
A)chain migration
B)step migration
C)hierarchical migration
D)serial migration
33
What term refers to the decline of an activity or function with increasing distance from the point of origin?
A)critical distance
B)friction of distance
C)distance decay
D)time-distance
34
What term refers to the flow of people, ideas or goods between places?
A)Spatial diffusion
B)Spatial migration
C)Spatial interaction
D)Spatial innovation
35
What is the type of migration that involves movers who are part of an established migrant flow from a common origin to a prepared destination?
A)chain
B)hierarchical
C)channelized
D)contagious





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