WGU D199 Final Exam | Introduction to
Physical and Human Geography Exam
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What are the 6 major categories/reasons of push and pull factors? -
Correct Answer - economic conditions, political circumstances, armed
conflict and war, environmental conditions, culture and traditions,
technological advances
Money sent to a home country - Correct Answer - remittances
Why are remittances sent? - Correct Answer - because of family
Movement that involves crossing the borders of countries - Correct
Answer - international migration
Movement that occurs within a country, a state, a city... - Correct Answer
- internal migration
Movers have no choice of moving to another area - Correct Answer -
forced migration
,Movers have a choice of moving to another area - Correct Answer -
voluntary migration
Maps where one dot represents a certain number of phenomenon such
as population - Correct Answer - dot maps
Used to designate large coalescing super-cities that are forming in
diverse parts of the world - Correct Answer - megalopolis
A periodic and official count of a country's population - Correct Answer -
census
The time required for a population to double in size - Correct Answer -
doubling time
Is an actual number of population growth that is measured as the excess
of live births over deaths. DOESN'T REFLECT
EMIGRATION/IMMIGRATION MOVEMENTS. - Correct Answer -
natural increase
Same as natural increase but is showed as a PERCENTAGE (%) -
Correct Answer - natural increase rate
Number of live births yearly per thousand people in a population -
Correct Answer - birth rate
Number of deaths yearly per thousand people in a population - Correct
Answer - death rate
,Level at which a national population ceases to grow - Correct Answer -
stationary population level
SPL - Correct Answer - stationary population level
Structure of a population in terms of age, sex, and other properties like
education - Correct Answer - population composition
Describes the number of children that die between the 1st-5th year in
their lives in a population - Correct Answer - child mortality rate
How long an average a person may be expected to live - Correct Answer
- life expectancy
Government policies that encourage large families and raise the rate of
population growth - Correct Answer - expansive population policies
Government policies designed to favor one racial sector over others -
Correct Answer - eugenic population policies
Government policies designed to reduce the rate of natural increase -
Correct Answer - restrictive population policies
Movement among a definite set of places - often cyclic movement -
Correct Answer - nomadism
Common type of periodic movement involving millions of workers who
cross borders worldwide to find jobs - Correct Answer - migrant labor
, A seasonal periodic movement of pastoralists and their livestock
between high land and lowland pastures - Correct Answer -
transhumance
The five laws that predict the flow of migrants - Correct Answer - laws of
migration
Who developed the laws of migration? - Correct Answer - Ravenstein
A mathematical prediction of the interaction of places; population size of
the two places and the distance between two places (population (1) x
population (2)/distance) - Correct Answer - gravity model
Migration to a distant destination that occurs in stages - Correct Answer -
step migration
The presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly diminishes the
attractiveness of sites farther away - Correct Answer - intervening
opportunity
Types of push and pull factors that influence a migrant's decision to go
where family/friends have found success - Correct Answer - kinship
links
Pattern of migration that develops when migrants move along and
through kinship links - Correct Answer - chain migration
Physical and Human Geography Exam
| 100% Correctly Answered and Rated
A+ | Updated 2026/2027 Guide
What are the 6 major categories/reasons of push and pull factors? -
Correct Answer - economic conditions, political circumstances, armed
conflict and war, environmental conditions, culture and traditions,
technological advances
Money sent to a home country - Correct Answer - remittances
Why are remittances sent? - Correct Answer - because of family
Movement that involves crossing the borders of countries - Correct
Answer - international migration
Movement that occurs within a country, a state, a city... - Correct Answer
- internal migration
Movers have no choice of moving to another area - Correct Answer -
forced migration
,Movers have a choice of moving to another area - Correct Answer -
voluntary migration
Maps where one dot represents a certain number of phenomenon such
as population - Correct Answer - dot maps
Used to designate large coalescing super-cities that are forming in
diverse parts of the world - Correct Answer - megalopolis
A periodic and official count of a country's population - Correct Answer -
census
The time required for a population to double in size - Correct Answer -
doubling time
Is an actual number of population growth that is measured as the excess
of live births over deaths. DOESN'T REFLECT
EMIGRATION/IMMIGRATION MOVEMENTS. - Correct Answer -
natural increase
Same as natural increase but is showed as a PERCENTAGE (%) -
Correct Answer - natural increase rate
Number of live births yearly per thousand people in a population -
Correct Answer - birth rate
Number of deaths yearly per thousand people in a population - Correct
Answer - death rate
,Level at which a national population ceases to grow - Correct Answer -
stationary population level
SPL - Correct Answer - stationary population level
Structure of a population in terms of age, sex, and other properties like
education - Correct Answer - population composition
Describes the number of children that die between the 1st-5th year in
their lives in a population - Correct Answer - child mortality rate
How long an average a person may be expected to live - Correct Answer
- life expectancy
Government policies that encourage large families and raise the rate of
population growth - Correct Answer - expansive population policies
Government policies designed to favor one racial sector over others -
Correct Answer - eugenic population policies
Government policies designed to reduce the rate of natural increase -
Correct Answer - restrictive population policies
Movement among a definite set of places - often cyclic movement -
Correct Answer - nomadism
Common type of periodic movement involving millions of workers who
cross borders worldwide to find jobs - Correct Answer - migrant labor
, A seasonal periodic movement of pastoralists and their livestock
between high land and lowland pastures - Correct Answer -
transhumance
The five laws that predict the flow of migrants - Correct Answer - laws of
migration
Who developed the laws of migration? - Correct Answer - Ravenstein
A mathematical prediction of the interaction of places; population size of
the two places and the distance between two places (population (1) x
population (2)/distance) - Correct Answer - gravity model
Migration to a distant destination that occurs in stages - Correct Answer -
step migration
The presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly diminishes the
attractiveness of sites farther away - Correct Answer - intervening
opportunity
Types of push and pull factors that influence a migrant's decision to go
where family/friends have found success - Correct Answer - kinship
links
Pattern of migration that develops when migrants move along and
through kinship links - Correct Answer - chain migration
