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- 1. Multiple Choice
1) What elements of study do human and physical geography have in common?
They are taught or studied within the same department in major universities, but only rarely.
They are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do.
They are dedicated primarily to managing national park systems.
They are focused primarily on managing the world's growing human population.
They represent a network of academic professionals dedicated primarily to studying coal mining's effects on physical and human systems.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following does NOT distinguish Geographers from Historians according to Immanuel Kant?
Geographers organize material spatially while historians organize material chronologically.
Geographers identify the location and explain why human activities are there while historians focus on chronological events at a particular location.
Geographers ask "where and why" and historians ask "when and why."
Geographers examine the world as a whole while historians segment the world into regions for easier examination.
Geographers recognize actions at one location can influence conditions elsewhere while historians examine past actions to explain future actions.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The relationship among people and objects across space is defined as
scale
connection
diffusion
density
location
- 4. Multiple Choice
According to the surviving evidence, the first person to write the word geography was
Aristotle
Eratosthenes
Strabo
Thales of Miletus.
Thucydides
- 5. Multiple Choice
The art and science of making maps is
cardemography
cartography
topography
geomorphology
geography
- 6. Multiple Choice
The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite, spacecraft, or specially equipped high-altitude balloon is
GIS
GPS
remote sensing
aerial photography
USGS
- 7. Multiple Choice
Scale is
the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map.
the spread of a phenomenon over a given area.
the difference in elevation between two points in an area.
the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape.
the ratio of the largest to smallest areas on a map.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following types of maps would have the largest numeric scale?
world
continent
state
city
country
- 9. Multiple Choice
Greenwich Mean Time is measured from
0 degrees latitude
0 degrees longitude
90 degrees latitude
180 degrees longitude
90 degrees longitude
- 10. Multiple Choice
The International Date Line is measured approximately from
0 degrees latitude
0 degrees longitude
90 degrees latitude
180 degrees longitude
90 degrees longitude
- 11. Multiple Choice
The name of a location on Earth's surface is a
scale name
site
situation
toponym
geonym
- 12. Multiple Choice
The state of Texas is best considered a formal region because
only one language is spoken in most of the cities of the region.
the same state laws apply everywhere in the region.
religion is the same everywhere in the region.
transportation systems converge in the major highways of the region.
it is a part of the United States.
- 13. Multiple Choice
The coordinates 150 E longitude, 89 N latitude are
near both the International Date Line and the North Pole.
near the equator but quite far from the prime meridian.
near the International Date Line and the equator.
near the North Pole and the prime meridian.
near both the Tropic of Cancer and the International Date Line.
- 14. Multiple Choice
When geographers say that the South is partly defined as a region by the Baptist Church, they understand that
low educational attainment and economic factors are not as important as religion in determining the boundaries and characteristics of this region.
the Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Methodist, and other churches also attract adherents in the South, but to a lesser extent than do Baptist churches.
the Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Methodist, and other churches attract almost no adherents because the Baptist Church has obtained such a high amount of power and state support there.
the Presbyterian, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Methodist, and other churches are supported by the state governments of the South.
Christian legislators in state governments do not let religious convictions and related biases interfere with their work.
- 15. Multiple Choice
The largest consumer of California water is
car wash businesses
lawn watering and golf courses
agriculture
industry
water parks
- 16. Multiple Choice
Situation identifies a place by its
location relative to other objects or places.
mathematical location on Earth's surface.
nominal location.
unique, internal physical and cultural characteristics.
primary dimensions.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Given your understanding of regions, the nine regions that the Census Bureau has established within the United States are examples of
governmental regions.
functional regions.
nodal regions.
formal regions.
vernacular regions.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Sustainability
eliminates the use of nonrenewable resources.
curtails the use of nonrenewable resources and controlling the use of renewable resources to ensure availability in the future.
demands the elimination of fossil fuel use.
curtails the use of renewable resources and controls the use of nonrenewable resources to ensure availability in the future.
encourages wholesale dependence on wood products.
- 19. Multiple Choice
If we did not have a map handy, we would deduce that the coordinates 171 E longitude, 12 S latitude are likely
just east of the International Date Line and just north of the equator.
just south of the equator and just east of the prime meridian.
just west of the International Date Line and just south of the equator.
just west of the prime meridian and just south of the equator.
just south of the International Date Line and just east of the equator.
- 20. Multiple Choice
1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?
a bar line
a metric scale
a graphic scale
a written scale
a ratio or fraction
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