Deck 3: Geography and Spatial Analysis

Question 1

The "geography of power" has run a straight line from north to south for 4,000 years.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The xenophobia often attributed to the Russian character results most directly from:

A) permafrost
B) northern latitude
C) having been invaded many times
D) having invaded many other countries
E) irredentism

Answer 2

having been invaded many times

Question 3

Approximately twelve billion humans live on the face of the Earth today.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

If the Ukraine is blessed in some ways geographically, it would have to be in its:

A) topography
B) location
C) natural resources
D) size
E) soil

Question 5

The English language was brought to Britain by the:

A) Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians
B) Angles, Saxons, Jutes
C) Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Georgians
D) French, Germans, Swiss
E) Irish, Celts, Scots

Question 6

Geopolitical theories accounting for state power suffered most severely from:

A) xenophobia
B) irredentism
C) fallacy of profligacy
D) reductionism
E) fallacy of geographic progression

Question 7

In most parts of the world, more than 100 inches of rainfall is generally required for agricultural success.

Question 8

Cases of domestic pets dying and cases of humans getting sick from bites by Bufo marinus have been reported for years in Florida.

Question 9

Nauru's source of ecological wealth consisted of:

A) monitor lizards
B) natural gas
C) oil
D) coral reefs
E) bird guano

Question 10

Which country has the biggest deposits of oil:

A) Ukraine
B) Libya
C) Russia
D) United States
E) Canada

Question 11

Of the various related bodies of knowledge, to which is geography closest in content?

A) natural sciences
B) humanities
C) business
D) education
E) fine arts

Question 12

From which discipline did geography most directly emerge in American universities?

A) anthropology
B) sociology
C) economics
D) physics
E) geology

Question 13

Which relies on satellite photographs?

A) Geosphere Project
B) Biosphere Project
C) Mercator Projection
D) Arability Projection
E) Irridescent Projection

Question 14

The Mercator Projection map works well as a navigational tool but has shortcomings as a symbolic representation of the size of the world's major land masses.

Question 15

Which statistic is correct concerning the Netherlands?

A) 55 million people
B) third-leading steel producer in Europe
C) third-leading computer chip producer in Europe
D) fourth in world on HDI
E) fourth in world in per capita GDP

Question 16

For what purpose was Bufo marinus introduced into rural Florida in the 1940s?

A) to mate with other similar toad species
B) to eat the growing mosquito pest problem
C) to eat the larvae of poisonous caterpillars
D) to provide food for Native Americans in the Everglades
E) to eat beetles devouring sugar cane

Question 17

Which culture was destroyed by the climatological and oceanic event known as El Nino?

A) Aztecs of Mesoamerica
B) Mecho Indians of Peru
C) Yanomamo Indians of Brazil
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 18

Identify those factors relevant as geographic contributors to national power:

A) size, topography, climate
B) location, natural resources, size
C) climate, topography, natural resources
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

Question 19

The foreign policy of which country best illustrates the effect of geography on policy?

A) Switzerland's neutrality
B) Sweden's aggression
C) Finland's isolation
D) Brazil's economy
E) Ireland's potato famine

Question 20

Which tool led to solving the spread of London's nineteenth-century cholera epidemic?

A) land management
B) social Darwinism
C) mapping
D) geopolitics
E) spatial sensing

Question 21

The last Ice Age occurred about 100,000 years ago. The next one is predicted for 100,000 years in the Earth's future.

Question 22

The status of geography as a discipline is considerably higher among fellow social scientists today than was the case at the end of World War II.

Question 23

De-colonization is the only significant reason for large increases in the number of countries in the world since World War II.

Question 24

Karl Haushofer is considered the father of geography.

Question 25

The case studies on the Netherlands and Russia reveal those nations to be extremely similar repositories of natural resources.