Ch. 5 Quiz
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. The belief in many gods is called _____.
a. an ethnic religion
c. Islam
b. polytheism
d. monotheism
2. The spread of an idea or innovation through a society is a _____.
a. hierarchical diffusion
c. language diffusion
b. expansion diffusion
d. relocation diffusion
3. Which of the following could be an example of a push factor?
a. a country-wide famine
c. an increase in average income
b. a good harvest
d. a single ethnic group
4. The increase in connections between cultures around the world is called _____.
a. fundamentalism
c. globalization
b. ethnic diversity
d. acculturation
5. Natural increase is based solely on _____.
a. immigration and emigration
c. births and deaths
b. emigration and diffusion
d. population density
6. The spread of new fashions from the big city to small towns is an example of _____.
a. relocation diffusion
c. acculturation
b. hierarchical diffusion
d. innovation
7. _____ is a movement in which people believe in strictly following certain established principles and
teachings.
a. Monotheism
c. Fundamentalism
b. Culture
d. Globalization
8. How is population density expressed?
a. persons per square mile
c. death rate minus birthrate
b. land area divided by population
d. birthrate minus migration
9. The English language can be traced to primarily what language?
a. Hebrew
c. Latin
b. Anglo-Saxon
d. Russian
10. Islamic houses of worship are called _____.
a. mosques
c. temples
b. Mecca
d. cathedrals
11. Which of the following religions is not an ethnic religion?
a. Hinduism
c. Catholicism
b. Shintoism
d. Taoism
____ 12. Which statement is true for Stage 1 in the graph?
a. Both birthrates and death rates are low.
b. Both birthrates and death rates are high.
c. The total population is relatively unstable.
d. The infant mortality rate is low.
____ 13. Compare Stages 1 and 3 in the graph. How are they the same?
a. The total population growth in both stages is relatively stable.
b. The total population in both stages is steadily decreasing.
c. The death rate in both stages is always lower.
d. The birthrate in both stages is high.
____ 14. According to the map above, on which three continents do most people speak Indo-European languages?
a. Europe, South America, and Africa
b. Asia, Africa, and North America
c. Australia, North America, and Europe
d. South America, North America, and Asia
____ 15. Based on British exploration and the countries that speak Indo-European languages, you could infer that —
a. there is a link between British exploration and the countries that now speak Indo-European
languages.
b. there is no link between British exploration and the countries that now speak IndoEuropean languages.
c. the British never explored nor colonized any of these countries.
d. these countries developed their Indo-European languages without any assistance from
British exploration.
Matching
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a. dialect
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b. innovation
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c. immigrants
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d. culture
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e. demography
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f. polytheism
l.
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the belief in one god
people who leave a country to live somewhere else
regional variety of a language
all the features of a people's way of life
the spread of an idea from one group to another
the average number of people living in an area
the statistical study of human populations
the adoption of some traits of another culture
new ideas accepted by a culture
a language of trade and communication
emigrants
acculturation
population density
diffusion
monotheism
lingua franca
Ch. 5 Quiz
Answer Section
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