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Introduction to Geography DANTES Practice Test
1) An individual who is forced to leave their home is a
A) Emigrant
B) Migrant
C) Immigrant
D) Refugee
The correct answer is D:) Refugee. Refugees may be forced to leave their homes by
war, persecution, natural disasters, or other factors.
2) Doubling time refers to
A) The number of years before a population will double in size.
B) The number of years it will take for a city to double in population.
C) The number of years until a city doubles in terms of geographic area.
D) The number of years that it has taken for a population to double in size.
The correct answer is A:) The number of years before a population will double in size.
For example, the doubling time of a population will a growth rate of 1 percent will
double in approximately 70 years.
3) A population with a growth rate of 5 percent would have a doubling time of
A) 35
B) 20
C) 14
D) 5
The correct answer is C:) 14. Doubling time can be approximated by the equation
n=70/r.
4) Which biome is most similar to a taiga?
A) Alpines
B) Tropical Rainforest
C) Savannas
D) Tundras
The correct answer is A:) Alpines. Alpines are essentially a taiga except in the mountains
instead of the Arctics.
5) In which of the following countries is the mongoose an important element both
to human populations and culture?
A) Egypt
B) United States
C) Argentina
D) Britain
The correct answer is A:) Egypt. The mongoose is found in Africa and areas of the
Middle East.
6) Push and pull factors are related to
A) Climate change
B) The spread of disease
C) Immigration
D) Ocean tides
The correct answer is C:) Immigration. Push and pull factors are things that motivate a
person to move to a different area.
7) An epidemic can be described as something that
A) Is found in a specific geographic region
B) Is a consistently recurring problem
C) Causes widespread panic and confusion
D) Spreads over a large space relatively quickly
The correct answer is D:) Spreads over a large space relatively quickly. Answers A and
B better describe the term endemic, and answer C describes pandemic.
8) The most widely used language family is the
A) Indo-European
B) Sino-Tibetan
C) Indo-Asiatic
D) Afro-Asiatic
The correct answer is A:) Indo-European. Approximately half of the world's population
speaks languages traced to the Indo-European language family.
9) Continental weather is _________ and _________ than maritime weather.
A) Less stable/less mild
B) Less stable/more mild
C) More stable/less mild
D) More stable/more mild
The correct answer is A:) Less stable/less mild. The temperatures in continental areas
tends to vary more between day and night, getting hotter and cooler than in maritime
areas.
10) The fact that continental areas tend to get warmer because the land absorbs heat
and therefore heats the air is referred to as
A) Negative feedback
B) Positive feedback
C) Heat feedback
D) Urban feedback
The correct answer is B:) Positive feedback. For this reason, maritime areas have a
milder climate.
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