Deck 1: Introduction to Human Geography

Question 1

Geographer Carl O.Sauer is most closely connected with:

A)natural landscape
B)cultural landscape
C)regional geography
D)location theory

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which geographical theme would involve the study of the impact of the drainage of part of the Florida Everglades?

A)human-environment
B)movement
C)place
D)location

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The type of process increases interactions deepens relationships and heightens interdependence regardless of national boundaries.

A)spatial
B)nationalizing
C)ecological
D)globalization

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Most of the one billion malnourished people in the world:

A)have little power
B)have little money
C)are women or children
D)all of these choices are correct.

Question 5

In their study on students' perceptions of place,Gould and White found that

A)students would prefer to live near the Rocky Mountains.
B)students would prefer to live in Utah over California.
C)students have no place preferences.
D)students have a strong bias for their home region.

Question 6

Human geographers focus on:

A)how people make places.
B)how we organize space a society.
C)how we interact with each other in places and across space.
D)all of these choices are correct.

Question 7

By the time the last great cholera pandemic began in 1865,people knew to take precautions against _____ and ended the great waves of cholera)

A)traveling in groups
B)contaminated water
C)eating canned food
D)improper disposal of garbage

Question 8

Which of the following countries has the lowest percentage of arable land?

A)Bangladesh
B)India
C)Poland
D)Norway

Question 9

Outbreaks of cholera in 1990 and 2010 killed over 10,000 people in which region:

A)Latin America
B)Africa
C)Europe
D)South Asia

Question 10

Two countries with very high percentages of arable land are:

A)the United States and South Africa.
B)Colombia and Togo.
C)India and Ukraine
D)Egypt and Mongolia

Question 11

Cholera vaccines exist,but the problem is that:

A)they are costly and have limited effectiveness
B)they have serious side effects and can be deadly
C)many people refuse to take them
D)many people may not know the vaccine is available

Question 12

Much of Kenya's income comes from:

A)oil
B)coffee and tea production
C)iron ore
D)tourism

Question 13

Latitude and longitude are most useful in determining:

A)relative location
B)topography
C)absolute location
D)elevations

Question 14

The cultural landscape of Dares Salaam is a composite of several different culture groups which have administered the place.British policy stimulated the development of a district of 3 to 4 story apartments reminiscent of:

A)London
B)Bombay
C)Nairobi
D)Paris

Question 15

_________________ refers to the infusing of a locality with meaning and emotion.

A)Regionalization
B)Human-environment interaction
C)Sense of place
D)Location theory

Question 16

The importance of the spatial approach that geographers use in their studies is that it shows:

A)the arrangement and organization of things on the surface to the Earth
B)the history of an area
C)human activity only
D)the political impact of boundaries

Question 17

Which of these South American countries has the highest percent of undernourished population?

A)Argentina
B)Peru
C)Bolivia
D)Chile

Question 18

The degree of direct linkage between one particular location and other locations in a transport network is referred to as:

A)spatial interaction.
B)movement.
C)landscape.
D)connectivity.

Question 19

The branch of geography that focuses upon natural landforms,climate,soils and vegetation of the Earth is:

A)cultural geography
B)human geography
C)physical geography
D)biogeography

Question 20

Cholera is an ancient disease with its source area in:

A)China
B)India
C)Afghanistan
D)Indonesia

Question 21

The greater the distance from the hearth the less likely an innovation will be adopted.
This is referred to as:

A)inverse innovation rule.
B)adoption avoidance.
C)time-distance decay.
D)cultural repulsion.

Question 22

Which of the following is not an example of a form of expansion diffusion?

A)hierarchical
B)stimulus
C)contagions
D)independent invention (ancient agricultural hearths)

Question 23

The concern of geography with space puts _________ at the center of its agenda)

A)patterns
B)distance
C)scale
D)places

Question 24

A good example of a functional region would be:

A)a city and its surrounding region
B)region where everyone speaks French
C)region where farming practices are the same
D)region of a similar climate

Question 25

The spread of ideas,cultural traits,knowledge and skills from their place of origin to other areas where they are adopted is called:

A)diffusion.
B)adjustment.
C)spreading.
D)cultural invasion.

Question 26

The spread of disease where nearly all adjacent individuals are affected is an example of:

A)relocation diffusion.
B)independent infection.
C)contagious diffusion.
D)stimulus diffusion.

Question 27

Culture is a subject also studied by:

A)archaeologists.
B)anthropologists.
C)geologists.
D)psychologists.

Question 28

Cultural geographers identify a single element of normal practice (e.g.cattle herding)
As:

A)a culture trait.
B)a cultural peculiarity.
C)a culture region.
D)a cultural heritage.

Question 29

The mental map you have of places you routinely visit is a map of your:

A)neighborhood.
B)inner world.
C)region.
D)activity spaces.

Question 30

A good example of a formal region would be a:

A)region surrounding a manufacturing complex
B)city and its surrounding region
C)region of similar language
D)region showing the migration to a central location

Question 31

Which of the following regions generally receives the most precipitation?

A)North Africa
B)Southwest Asia
C)Eastern Europe
D)Southeast Asia

Question 32

The lack of penetration of alcoholic beverages in Islamic regions illustrates the effect of what on cultural diffusion?

A)cultural taste
B)poor transport systems
C)cultural barriers
D)psychological barriers

Question 33

The cultural geographer Wilbur Zelinsky approached the task of defining and delimiting the perceptual regions of the United States and southern Canada by analyzing:

A)results from thousands of personal interviews.
B)results of census data.
C)contents of hundreds of telephone directories of metropolitan areas.
D)data of social workers.

Question 34

Of the 12 major perceptual regions of the United States and southern Canada identified by Zelinsky,the one that has changed markedly since the Civil Rights era is:

A)Southwest.
B)New England.
C)Middle Atlantic)
D)the South.

Question 35

A cultural complex is defined as:

A)a single trait spread over a geographic region.
B)a discrete combination of traits, for example Masaai cattle herding.
C)several groups sharing the same trait.
D)several groups occupying the same region.

Question 36

Chicago's relative location has changed over time with:

A)the building of new railroads.
B)the opening of O'Hare international airport.
C)the construction of Interstate Highways system.
D)all of these choices are correct.

Question 37

The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:

A)absolute location
B)site
C)relative location
D)index of placeness

Question 38

The diffusion of the idea of the hamburger to India but with a vegetable patty instead of the religiously prohibited beef is an example of:

A)cultural mimicry.
B)cultural barrier.
C)stimulus diffusion.
D)independent invention.

Question 39

The diffusion of Under Armour is an example of:

A)independent adoption.
B)contagious diffusion.
C)hierarchical diffusion.
D)stimulus invention.

Question 40

Hagerstrand emphasized that culture hearths should be viewed in the context of space and:

A)time.
B)location.
C)innovations.
D)population.

Question 41

The cause of cholera was deduced by mapping the spatial relationship between the use of particular London public wells and the incidence of cholera infection.

Question 42

Which form of diffusion cannot be transmitted by media (television,internet,radio)?

A)relocation diffusion
B)hierarchical diffusion
C)stimulus diffusion
D)expansion diffusion

Question 43

Identify and explain problems that "geographic illiteracy" can present to a country such as the United States in the Twenty-First Century.Illustrate examples of the need for geographic knowledge in diverse areas such as international politics,domestic politics,economics,and popular culture.

Question 44

Migration of individuals is a form of diffusion.

Question 45

Describe the use of spatial analysis in the discovery of the cause of cholera)Give one or two examples of the spatial aspects of diseases,which are commonly in the news (e.g.AIDS,flu,etc.).

Question 46

Geographers study the spatial aspects of phenomena)

Question 47

A world map of Gross National Product would show details of wealth distribution across the United States.

Question 48

Analyze and explain perceptual geography from two personal perspectives: the mental map of your activity spaces and the map of your preferred place of residence in the United States.

Question 49

Functional regions are the product of interaction and movement.

Question 50

A city's relative location can change over time.

Question 51

The study of human cultures and their ability to adapt and exist within a particular physical environment is called:

A)possibilism.
B)cultural ecology.
C)culture history.
D)cultural determinism.

Question 52

Diffusion which proceeds through the levels of an urban hierarchy,from largest to smallest places,is hierarchical diffusion.

Question 53

Nineteenth Century American English contains words that are Dutch,Native American,Spanish,French and German.Most of this growth of the language was the product of:

A)multi-cultural curriculum in the schools.
B)international broadcast media.
C)a fashion for including exotic words.
D)relocation diffusion of various groups.

Question 54

The study of landforms,climates,and environmental change is referred to as physical geography.

Question 55

The world's cultures live in spatial isolation and show little change that is the result of interaction and diffusion.

Question 56

Cholera outbreaks have not occurred in the Twentieth Century and never in the Western Hemisphere.

Question 57

Baseball is a cultural trait adopted by the Japanese.

Question 58

Activity spaces refer to neighborhood playgrounds in large cities.

Question 59

The notion that cultural factors are the product of environmental conditions (e.g.the ancient Greek idea that Europeans were fierce and brutish because of the cold climate),is an example of:

A)environmental prejudice.
B)modern environmental psychology.
C)environmental determinism.
D)environmental possibilism.

Question 60

Examine the difference between absolute and relative location.Identify the absolute location of your school? How would you describe the relative location of the town or city where your school is located?

Question 61

The South has unique characteristics that differ from the rest of the United States.Identify some of the material and nonmaterial cultural attributes associated with this region.Discuss possible boundaries of the region and distinguish what you would use to establish the boundaries.In your opinion,is the South becoming more or less like the rest of the country? Give evidence for your opinion.

Question 62

Differentiate between a formal and functional region.Describe the functional region associated with a nearby metropolitan center.

Question 63

Contrast expansion and relocation diffusion,giving several examples of each.