Deck 1: Geography Matters

Question 1

Topographic maps are examples of

A) isopleth maps.
B) choropleth maps.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The prime meridian cuts through

A) Greenwich, England.
B) Quito, Ecuador.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Isopleth maps rely heavily on

A) lines.
B) dots.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Say that one has a series of maps of the same place but that they vary by scale.They are arranged from the largest scale map on the left to the smallest scale on the right.Thus,going left to right,the features on the map are getting

A) farther apart.
B) closer together.

Question 5

Those who study climate,weather patterns,soil formation,plant and animal ecology and other such topics related to Earth's natural processes and outcomes are called

A) regional geographers.
B) physical geographers.

Question 6

Geographers warn that GIS can be used to help create a surveillance society in which people are judged by

A) where they live.
B) lifestyle and beliefs.

Question 7

For data to be meaningful for GIS,it is critical that

A) the data's specific location in space can be identified.
B) the data can be seen in satellite images.

Question 8

The shared meanings that come from the lived experiences of daily life-those common & routine interactions that allow us to become familiar with one another's vocabulary,humor,dress codes,gestures,etc.-are known as

A) intersubjectivity.
B) spatial interaction.

Question 9

Small-scale maps cover a ________ portion of the Earth's surface on a page.

A) large
B) small

Question 10

The scale of social interaction-of personal relationships and daily routine-for most people is the scale of the

A) community.
B) national state.

Question 11

As socially constructed representations of the world around us,all maps are

A) subjective.
B) objective

Question 12

Representative fractions are ________ that indicate the ratio between linear distance on a map and actual distance on the Earth's surface.

A) map scales
B) proportional charts

Question 13

People's relationships with their environments are more likely to be studied by

A) physical geographers.
B) human geographers.

Question 14

Geographic information systems can be a powerful and controlling tool in a

A) surveillance society.
B) mundane society.

Question 15

Physical geographers study things like weather,soil formation and animal ecology.Human geographers are more likely to study

A) landscapes.
B) landforms.

Question 16

The Global Positioning System (GPS)used to help with location and navigation relies on information broadcast from

A) a series of U.S. satellites.
B) the Royal Observatory in London, England.

Question 17

In a cartogram,________ is distorted for effect.

A) space
B) location

Question 18

GPS has drastically increased the accuracy and efficiency of collecting ________ data.

A) spatial
B) temporal

Question 19

Agricultural production,food security,resource management,population change,ecology of human disease,environmental pollution and the symbolism of place and landscape are studied by

A) human geographers.
B) physical geographers.

Question 20

The prime meridian is a line of

A) latitude.
B) longitude.

Question 21

Which type of map projection is best for representing cultural,demographic,and economic data?

A) Peters projection
B) Robinson projection
C) Mollweide projection
D) Dymaxion projection
E) Mercator projection

Question 22

The Global Positioning System is based on the concept of

A) absolute location.
B) relative location.

Question 23

Windsor,Ontario's ________,on the Canadian border across the river from Detroit,Michigan,provides ideal access to the American automotive industry.

A) site
B) situation

Question 24

Which of the following two have higher transferability?

A) computer microchips
B) computer monitors

Question 25

The spread of gossip among students seated in a classroom would best be characterized as ________ diffusion.

A) expansion
B) hierarchical

Question 26

Location,distance,space,accessibility,and spatial interaction are five concepts that are key to ________ analysis.

A) time
B) spatial
C) aerial
D) locational
E) regional

Question 27

The observation that the railroad contributed to time-space convergence is an example of a

A) general outcome.
B) unique outcome.

Question 28

________ space is measured by the nature and degree of connectivity between locations,rather than in conventional measures of distance.

A) Cognitive
B) Topological

Question 29

Extreme devotion of people with different cultural backgrounds to regional interests and customs is known as

A) sectionalism.
B) irredentism.

Question 30

The ________ map projection presents the true shapes of landmasses but distorts their relative sizes.

A) Mercator
B) Xonk
C) Mollweide
D) Robinson
E) Peters

Question 31

The landscape(s)you pass every day on the way to school,the ones you do not give much thought to,are known as

A) vernacular landscapes.
B) symbolic landscapes.

Question 32

The diffusion of phenomena over space is very important in understanding geographical change and is one of the most important aspects of

A) spatial interaction.
B) relative location.

Question 33

Because of the difficulty of projecting a round,3-dimensional earth on a 2-dimensional piece of paper,maps of the world typically vary according to

A) shapes of the landmasses.
B) relative sizes of the landmasses.
C) relative altitude of the landmasses.
D) shapes and relative sizes of landmasses.
E) shapes and relative altitudes of landmasses.

Question 34

When we explain that New Orleans sits on a marshy delta,at and below sea level,and in a hurricane region,we are describing New Orleans' location in term of its

A) site.
B) situation.

Question 35

Mercator,Polyconic,Mollweide,Peters,and Azimuthal Equidistant are all examples of ________ projections.

A) equal-area
B) equivalent
C) map
D) area
E) distance

Question 36

The geographic concept of intervening opportunities refers to

A) alternative origins and destinations.
B) alternative spaces and scales.

Question 37

The ________ map projection deliberately emphasizes the true areas of countries.

A) Robinson
B) Peters
C) Notsram
D) Mollweide
E) Mercator

Question 38

By acting locally to ban genetically modified crops and food from the town,________,Germany has established itself as a "GM-free" zone.

A) Berlin
B) Unkel
C) Cologne
D) Überlingen
E) Bavaria

Question 39

Choropleth maps represent data with

A) tonal shadings.
B) dots.
C) special symbols.
D) arrows of varying lengths.
E) symbols of varying sizes.

Question 40

The transferability of coal is greater between places connected by

A) rail and navigable waterways.
B) interstate expressways and air routes.

Question 41

The concept of ________ suggests that the farther a person has to travel to Toronto,the less likely he or she is to attend a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game.

A) friction of distance
B) distance decay
C) cognitive distance
D) absolute distance
E) friction of utility

Question 42

To a business manager,the utility of a potential supermarket location will most likely be based on

A) prestige, convenience and feelings of community happiness.
B) projected costs and revenues.
C) environmental characteristics.
D) distance from sources of food and household goods.
E) its population characteristics.

Question 43

The declining fortunes of a potato farmer in Idaho due to a decline in North American cultural preferences for French fries demonstrates interdependence of

A) scale.
B) place.
C) situation.
D) site.
E) region.

Question 44

Global Positioning Systems (GPS)rely upon satellites orbiting the Earth to help us accurately identify the ________ location of a place on earth.

A) absolute
B) cognitive
C) nominal
D) spatial
E) relative

Question 45

In contrast to the suburbs on the far outskirts of a city,the location of a neighbourhood next to a downtown university has high ________ to the students.

A) utility
B) intersubjectivity
C) ubiquity
D) cognitive distance
E) time-space convergence

Question 46

For each person who makes the 1050 kilometre-mile trip from Calgary to Vancouver,which of the following varies the least from person to person?

A) absolute distance
B) relative distance
C) cognitive distance
D) aerial distance
E) topological distance

Question 47

Hawaii's tropical location,sandy beaches,volcanoes,volcanic soils,and plentiful moisture play an important role in its economic activities.In terms of its relative location,these characteristics refer to Hawaii's

A) site.
B) situation.
C) place.
D) space.
E) distance.

Question 48

Isolines,dots,and proportional symbols can appropriately and effectively be used in the creation of ________ maps.

A) choropleth
B) topographic
C) satellite
D) aerial
E) thematic

Question 49

When one expresses the distance between home and her favorite restaurant as "a $6.00 cab ride," she is referring to the ________ distance between them.

A) absolute
B) cognitive
C) relative
D) spatial
E) situational

Question 50

When driving from Ottawa to Winnipeg,the absolute distance between them is measured in terms of the number of

A) cups of coffee one might drink between them.
B) music compact disks one will listen to.
C) hours and minutes it takes to make the drive.
D) potty stops the children will require.
E) kilometres between them.

Question 51

Reference to "Downtown Eastside" as a neighbourhood in Vancouver or the "Mink Mile" shopping district in Toronto identifies these places in terms of their ________ location.

A) absolute
B) cognitive
C) nominal
D) spatial
E) relative

Question 52

The Robinson projection,which is used by the National Geographic Society in many of its publications,is a compromise projection that distorts both ________ and directional relationships but provides a general-purpose world map.

A) oceans
B) distance
C) area
D) direction
E) landmasses

Question 53

The statement,"Mexico's location next to the United States has had a great impact on its economic development," suggests that Mexico's economic development is related to its

A) site.
B) situation.
C) spatial interaction.
D) cognitive distance.
E) sense of place.

Question 54

The utility of a specific place to live is generally measured in terms of

A) access to things like work, school and leisure.
B) housing costs.
C) quality of life.
D) cost of living.
E) all of the above

Question 55

The distribution of dairy farms across the United States would most effectively and precisely be represented using a(n)

A) dot map.
B) isoline map.
C) choropleth map.
D) cartogram.
E) linear map.

Question 56

A rise in international oil prices associated with an outbreak of war in an oil producing country demonstrates the interdependence of geographic

A) scale.
B) situation.
C) site.
D) projection.
E) longitude.

Question 57

Though all of the following distort the shape of land masses and area,which of the following maps or map types does so most blatantly and intentionally?

A) cartograms
B) conformal projections.
C) polyconic
D) isoline
E) Peters

Question 58

Human Geography is best described as the

A) study of how activity is organized in space.
B) relationship between people and their environment(s).
C) location of places (capitals, rivers, countries, etc.) around the earth.
D) description of the world's environments in terms of its landforms.
E) unique combinations of environmental and human factors which produce territories with distinctive landscapes and cultural attributes.

Question 59

The study of natural events such as tornadoes,forest fires or landslides are explored within the ________ branch of geography.

A) physical
B) human
C) regional
D) spatial
E) natural

Question 60

In the grid of coordinates that cover the earth,lines of ________ intersect at the North and South Poles.

A) latitude
B) longitude
C) prime meridians
D) parallel
E) location

Question 61

Places are "social products," and are socially constructed.This refers to the

A) buildings & monuments humans have built in places.
B) meanings different groups give to different places.
C) relationships between the different social groups of a place.
D) interrelationships between places.
E) way cartographers organize places when making maps.

Question 62

The PRIZM C2 ® segmentation system,which identifies geodemographic classifications is increasingly being used by ________ and fundraisers to focus their efforts on the most promising neighbourhoods.

A) demographers
B) political campaigners
C) human geographers
D) religious leaders
E) epidemiologists

Question 63

Geographers characterize accessibility in terms of

A) absolute location.
B) relative location.
C) cognitive location.
D) friction of distance.
E) spatial interaction.

Question 64

Urban Young,Suburban Elite,and Rural Downscales are three examples of

A) popular Ottawa magazines.
B) the major sociogeographic groups outlined in the PRIZM C2 ® segmentation system.
C) restaurant types in Ottawa.
D) a comprehensive household classification system used in the U.S.
E) polling firms used in downtown Toronto.

Question 65

The best example of cascade (or hierarchical)diffusion is the spread of

A) fashion across the world's major urban centers.
B) an agricultural innovation across a farming region.
C) a disease from one side of a country to the other.
D) a rumour across a university campus.
E) a cold from one person to another.

Question 66

Regional geography is

A) the theoretical side of cartography.
B) the part of human geography that emphasizes landscapes.
C) a combination of elements from both human and physical geography.
D) a sub-category of physical geography.
E) what separates human from physical geography.

Question 67

Topological space is best exemplified by a

A) topographic map.
B) metro (subway) system map.
C) page from a road atlas.
D) weather map.
E) map of the trails and features in a provincial park.

Question 68

Based on all the songs and stories written about them,the Great Lakes carry a strong ________ for both those who have lived near them and those who have not.

A) sense of place
B) geographical imagination
C) mental map
D) social construction
E) regionalism

Question 69

Remote sensing is one of today's geographer's numerous tools.Fundamental to remote sensing are

A) aerial photographs and satellite imagery.
B) binoculars.
C) mental maps.
D) computerized library archives.
E) Global Positioning Systems.

Question 70

________ is the result of several factors,including physical environments,specialization and economies of scale,resource endowments,and the division of labour.

A) Infrastructure
B) Intervening opportunities
C) Diffusion
D) Complementarity
E) Accessibility

Question 71

The prime meridian is also known as (the)

A) international date line.
B) 0 (zero) degrees longitude.
C) 0 (zero) degrees latitude.
D) equator.
E) North Pole.

Question 72

The hierarchical (also known as cascade)diffusion pattern by which HIV/AIDS spread across the world is characterized by moving across the world's

A) lowest income countries.
B) major urban areas.
C) most popular tourist areas.
D) island countries.
E) tropical regions.

Question 73

"Everything is related to everything else,but near things are more related than distant things." This statement was once described as the ________ of geography.

A) goal
B) first law
C) main law
D) core
E) outcome

Question 74

A transportation map,such as a bus or subway map showing the routes and connections between places,is a representation of

A) relative space.
B) cognitive space.
C) topological space.
D) inner space.
E) contested space.

Question 75

Landscapes that represent the aspirations and/or values of the people that created them (such as Parliament Hill and other federal buildings in the centre of Ottawa)are referred to as ________ landscapes.

A) ordinary
B) vernacular
C) symbolic
D) patriotic
E) contested

Question 76

Of the following,which would probably be the most useful source of information for evaluating the loss of farmland to urban growth around the edges of the Greater Golden Horseshoe over a 20-year period?

A) geodemographic research
B) global positioning systems
C) remote sensing
D) mental maps
E) spatial diffusion

Question 77

The way that things spread through space and over time is known to geographers as

A) time-space convergence.
B) spatial diffusion.
C) globalization.
D) irredentism.
E) transferability.

Question 78

Despite great demand for fresh water in Saudi Arabia and the great availability of fresh water in Canada,spatial interdependence between the two countries is limited due to

A) high complementarity.
B) low complementarity.
C) high transferability.
D) low transferability.
E) medium transferability.

Question 79

Which of the following helps describe Niagara Falls' (Ontario)situation?

A) It lies at or below sea level.
B) It is in hurricane alley.
C) It is on the coast.
D) It has a subtropical climate.
E) It is located in close proximity to New York State.

Question 80

The transferability of a good is most likely to change over time with changes in

A) technology.
B) cultural preferences.
C) demand.
D) supply.
E) nation states.