Which of the following economic effects is a result of a remittance?(1 point)

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Responses

targeted aid to families at home
targeted aid to families at home

lower wages due to seasonal migration
lower wages due to seasonal migration

brain drain
brain drain

an aging population
an aging population

What is the key difference between a reference map and a thematic map?(1 point)
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Reference maps do not have legends.
Reference maps do not have legends.

A reference map includes data on the characteristics of a location.
A reference map includes data on the characteristics of a location.

Thematic maps do not have titles.
Thematic maps do not have titles.

A thematic map includes data on the characteristics of a location.
A thematic map includes data on the characteristics of a location.

Why does public policy in the U.S. include an Oath of Allegiance for new immigrants wishing to become citizens?(1 point)
Responses

to enforce multiculturalism
to enforce multiculturalism

to lower immigration costs
to lower immigration costs

to encourage patriotism
to encourage patriotism

to reduce xenophobia

How does distance decay influence culture?(1 point)
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When a culture is farther away from its hearth, it will begin creating new elements of culture.
When a culture is farther away from its hearth, it will begin creating new elements of culture.

Distance decay creates a nomadic culture.
Distance decay creates a nomadic culture.

Distance decay is necessary for a language to change.
Distance decay is necessary for a language to change.

Distance decay ensures that a culture remains exactly like the hearth of that culture.

Which cultural trait most uniquely influences the general culture of the state of Utah, compared to the others?(1 point)
Responses

farming practices
farming practices

modes of dress
modes of dress

religion
religion

music preferences

What is cultural hybridity?(1 point)
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the increasing interconnectedness of the world’s regions since the 1980s in terms of trade and communication
the increasing interconnectedness of the world’s regions since the 1980s in terms of trade and communication

the forming of a new culture from mixing the meanings and practices of multiple groups
the forming of a new culture from mixing the meanings and practices of multiple groups

the official incorporation and protection of cultures from multiple ethnic groups
the official incorporation and protection of cultures from multiple ethnic groups

the spreading of a culture over space to other locations through communication, trade, and migration

Studying regions enables us to gain a better understanding of planet Earth’s physical and human characteristics. What else is true about studying regions?(1 point)
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Studying regions allows us to avoid recognizing that regions overlap.
Studying regions allows us to avoid recognizing that regions overlap.

Studying regions enables us to avoid generalization.
Studying regions enables us to avoid generalization.

Studying regions enables us to learn about the details of a place.
Studying regions enables us to learn about the details of a place.

Studying regions enables us to apply the concept of scales of analysis.

Which of the following statements is true of natural disasters?(1 point)
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They are defined by a potential for a geologic, hydrologic, atmospheric, or biological event to occur.
They are defined by a potential for a geologic, hydrologic, atmospheric, or biological event to occur.

They only occur in the Ring of Fire.
They only occur in the Ring of Fire.

They affect different regions in different ways.
They affect different regions in different ways.

They and their impacts cannot be lessened by laws, infrastructure, and communication.
They and their impacts cannot be lessened by laws, infrastructure, and communication.

Dust storms are associated with which natural hazard?(1 point)
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floods
floods

earthquakes
earthquakes

droughts
droughts

hurricanes

Which of the following region types is defined by how it is perceived by people, either those within the region or outside?(1 point)
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perceptual
perceptual

formal
formal

political
political

functional

Which of the following could be considered a cultural hearth for the reason given?(1 point)
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Los Angeles, because it is the largest city in California
Los Angeles, because it is the largest city in California

Mesopotamia, because that’s one of the places where agriculture first emerged
Mesopotamia, because that’s one of the places where agriculture first emerged

North Africa, because much of the region is desert
North Africa, because much of the region is desert

Japan, because it became an industrial nation in the late nineteenth century

Answer 1

Here are the answers to your questions:

1. Which of the following economic effects is a result of a remittance?

   • Response: targeted aid to families at home

2. What is the key difference between a reference map and a thematic map?

   • Response: A thematic map includes data on the characteristics of a location.

3. Why does public policy in the U.S. include an Oath of Allegiance for new immigrants wishing to become citizens?

   • Response: to encourage patriotism

4. How does distance decay influence culture?

   • Response: When a culture is farther away from its hearth, it will begin creating new elements of culture.

5. Which cultural trait most uniquely influences the general culture of the state of Utah, compared to the others?

   • Response: religion

6. What is cultural hybridity?

   • Response: the forming of a new culture from mixing the meanings and practices of multiple groups

7. Studying regions enables us to gain a better understanding of planet Earth’s physical and human characteristics. What else is true about studying regions?

   • Response: Studying regions enables us to learn about the details of a place.

8. Which of the following statements is true of natural disasters?

   • Response: They affect different regions in different ways.

9. Dust storms are associated with which natural hazard?

   • Response: droughts

10. Which of the following region types is defined by how it is perceived by people, either those within the region or outside?

    • Response: perceptual

11. Which of the following could be considered a cultural hearth for the reason given?

    • Response: Mesopotamia, because that’s one of the places where agriculture first emerged

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