Human Geography

Chapter 2 Population MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) One important feature of the world's population with the most significant future implications is that A) it is increasing more slowly than in the past. B) there are more people alive in the world now than at any time in the past. C) the most rapid growth is occurring in the less developed countries. D) people are uniformly distributed across Earth. Answer: C Diff: 2 2) Geographers define overpopulation as A) too many people in the world. B) too many people compared to resources. C) too many people in a region. D) all of the above Answer: B Diff: 1 3) The world's largest concentration of people is located in A) East Asia. B) South Asia.

CHAPTER 5 A group of languages that share a common origin but have since evolved into individual languages is a: A. dialect B. language family C. language group D. language branch A lingua franca is A. an English word that has entered the French language B.a language that is mutually understood by people who have different native languages C. an extinct language that has been revived an official language in a region of the world different from where the language originated A group of languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history is a: A. dialect B. language family C. language group D. language branch An isogloss is A. a form of a language spoken in a local area B. a collection of unique words C. a boundary between language regions D. all of the above