Deck 1: Introduction

Question 1

Physical systems in geography include

A)Landforms,primary activities
B)Weather and climate,landforms
C)Human interaction,urban
D)Natural resources,population

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The term "geography" was reportedly coined by which Greek scientist?

A)Pythagoras
B)Strabo
C)Aristotle
D)Eratosthenes

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Human systems in geography include

A)Population,political,cultural
B)Human impact on the environment,service activities,geographic techniques and skills
C)Human interaction,weather and climate,human impact on the environment
D)Primary activities,political,landforms

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following distance measures refers to absolute distance?

A)a 10-minute drive
B)a $10 taxi ride
C)a one-mile walk
D)a scary trip through a dangerous neighborhood at night

Question 5

Spatial interaction is affected by

A)mobility,economics,and anticipation.
B)the physical environment,the cultural landscape,and the interchange potential of places.
C)distance,accessibility,and connectivity.
D)absolute location,spatial parameters,and network design.

Question 6

An example of a formal region is

A)the hub and spoke network for a particular airline.
B)100,000 square kilometers.
C)Dixie.
D)the area of France where the Breton language is spoken.

Question 7

Which of the following is not true of the natural landscape?

A)It provides the setting for human action.
B)It is perceived,interpreted,and used in different ways by different cultures.
C)It determines how people live in a particular place.
D)It is shaped by human action into a cultural landscape.

Question 8

The relationship between the size of an area on a map and its actual size on the earth's surface is called the

A)map scale.
B)map key.
C)map projection.
D)relative location.

Question 9

Which one of the following best identifies the cultural landscape?

A)the natural resources of the earth
B)the natural landscape as modified by human occupancy
C)the landscape as modified by recent catastrophic events such as hurricanes,volcanic eruptions,and earthquakes
D)places where intense human activities have obliterated any trace of the natural landscape

Question 10

Absolute location

A)is an abstract concept unrelated to real-world circumstances.
B)is a temporary and changing characteristic of place.
C)cannot be defined with precision in a world of conflicting cultural perspectives.
D)is a precise position on the surface of the globe.

Question 11

The word geography is derived from Greek words meaning

A)human society and the earth.
B)the cultural landscape of the earth.
C)the description of the earth.
D)the measurement of the earth.

Question 12

When real estate agents say that "location matters," they are referring to

A)an absolute location.
B)a relative location.
C)the impact of distance decay.
D)site conditions alone.

Question 13

As geographers use the term,scale tells us

A)the weight of a given commodity.
B)the intrinsic character of the object or area studied.
C)the relationship between earth distance and map distance.
D)the length of a degree of longitude along different parallels.

Question 14

The location of Chicago at 41 ^$\circ$ 49' N latitude and 87 ^$\circ$ 37' W longitude is an example of

A)intensive location.
B)absolute location.
C)relative location.
D)remote location.

Question 15

Geography differs from disciplines such as geology,meteorology,and cultural anthropology in that it

A)involves greater accuracy of measurement of phenomena studied.
B)is more precisely defined in terms of the phenomena studied.
C)is concerned with more abstract concepts.
D)uses data from related disciplines to study spatial relationships.

Question 16

The attributes of a place

A)represent the current state of continuing processes of change and development.
B)are determined by natural processes and remain unchanged over time.
C)are not influenced by relationships with other places.
D)are primarily cultural,with little influence of the physical landscape.

Question 17

Geography is BEST described as

A)the location of countries,state and national capitals,major rivers,and continents.
B)the study of the origin and behavior of humans and the development of societies and cultures.
C)the study of how and why human and physical attributes vary from place to place on the surface of the earth.
D)the study of the choices made by individuals and societies with regard to the alternative uses of scarce resources.

Question 18

Since humans are the active agents in human-environmental interactions,people in general

A)have no contact with the physical landscape.
B)are frequently unmindful of the dangers of inappropriate environmental exploitation.
C)are immune from adverse natural events.
D)alter the physical environment so that any potential dangers it holds are made harmless or removed totally.

Question 19

A street address is an example of

A)relative position.
B)conformality.
C)absolute location.
D)situation.

Question 20

Geography as a discipline

A)originated in ancient Greek interest in the nature of the universe and the varying character of the known parts of the earth.
B)developed as an outgrowth of the "Age of Discovery," beginning in the 15^th century.
C)emerged in the 20^th Century with the development of geographic information systems (GIS).
D)was developed in response to a national need to map and describe the American West.

Question 21

Discuss the ways that changes in communications or transportation technology can change the friction of distance and thus change processes of spatial interaction.

Question 22

Geography may be described as the study of spatial variation.

Question 23

Because geographers deal with patterns of spatial interaction that remain constant,scale is not important.

Question 24

What are the two ways in which geographical location is described? Use them to describe the location of your campus.

Question 25

Scale implies the degree of generalization permissible or supportable.

Question 26

Between the Middle Ages and the revival of geography in the 17^th century,Muslim scholars were engaged in describing and analyzing their known world and its physical,cultural,and regional variation.

Question 27

Explain the concept of "friction of distance" and give an example of the friction of distance from everyday life.

Question 28

Absolute location is determined by reference to an agreed-upon system of coordinates.

Question 29

Geography means "measurement of the earth."

Question 30

Globalization refers to the increasing spatial interconnection of the world's social,cultural,and economic activities.

Question 31

The term cultural landscape suggests the visible imprint of human activity upon the natural environment.

Question 32

What do geographers call an area that throughout its extent possesses similar characteristics?

Question 33

Explain how perceptual (also known as vernacular or popular)regions are different from functional and formal regions.

Question 34

To a geographer,site and situation are interchangeable concepts.

Question 35

A place may be described by its physical or its cultural characteristics,but not by both.

Question 36

The only true formal geographic regions are recognized political entities such as states,provinces,and countries.