Question 1

Geography is concerned with the study of physical processes, although some geographic studies do not focus primarily on physical processes.

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Geography is a broad field that can include the study of physical, cultural, economic, and political processes. However, physical processes such as climate, landforms, and natural resources are often a significant focus in geographic research.

Question 2

The signal area of radio station WOXY is an example of which kind of region?

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Question 3

The spread of an idea through the movement of people is known as stimulus diffusion.

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The spread of an idea through the movement of people is known as relocation diffusion. Stimulus diffusion occurs when an underlying concept or idea spreads to another culture or region but is adapted or modified.

Question 4

If a cartographer approached you claiming that she had produced the world's most accurate and useful world map, with none of the shortcomings of previous maps, why would you need to doubt her claims? Give details or examples from this chapter to support your ideas.

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Question 5

Geographers generally reject environmental determinism for possibilism.

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Geographers reject environmental determinism, which suggests that physical geography and natural environment dictate human behavior and cultural development. Instead, they tend to support possibilism, which argues that humans have the ability to adapt to their environment and demonstrate agency in shaping their culture and development.

Question 6

Written scale and ratio or fraction scale are two ways to express map scale. What is the third way to indicate scale?

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Question 7

If someone said that human activities may be limited by intense heat, but that humans have adapted to living in the desert through the use of air conditioning, this would be an example of what geographic approach?

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Question 8

It has been said that "all maps lie" and that most maps include political biases. What types of biases or distortions might you suspect or imagine while looking at the maps in this chapter? What other ways might map boundaries, place names, or symbols have been used to either reduce biases or show other types of biases?

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Question 9

Geographers draw two types of lines (arcs) on maps to indicate location. The lines (or arcs) drawn between the North and South Poles are known as ________. The Equator and other circles north and south of it are known as ________.

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Question 10

The idea that the physical environment limits human actions but that people have the ability to adjust to or act counter to that environment is called possibilism.

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This statement accurately defines the concept of possibilism.

Question 11

The area where people have heard of the rising reputation of radio station WOXY is an example of which kind of region?

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Question 12

What force or trend is in opposition to the force of globalization?

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Question 13

Oxford, Ohio, is located five miles east of the Indiana state line and thirty-five miles northwest of Cincinnati. This is an example of which of the four ways of indicating location?

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Question 14

A new piece of land created by draining the area is called a polder.

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This statement is true. A polder is a piece of land that has been reclaimed from a body of water by draining it and building walls or dikes to keep out the water. Polders are commonly found in the Netherlands, where low-lying areas have been reclaimed from the sea and turned into productive farmland.

Question 15

If someone said that people living in the desert are lazy because of the intense heat, this would be an example of what geographic approach?

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Question 16

The frequency of a phenomenon in a given study area is known as density.

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Question 17

What are the three kinds of regions that geographers identify?

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Question 18

If, on a piece of scrap paper, you drew a quick map of your hometown, state, or native country, what kinds of mental connections or "invisible" information would this map reveal about you? What does your sketch map reveal about your biases, your knowledge of the larger world, and your attention to some types of details rather than others (for example, place names versus landmarks). Do you tend to organize your thoughts and memories in terms of maps, illustrations, words, songs, or in some other manner?

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Question 19

The frequency of a phenomenon over a given study area is defined as ________.

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Question 20

List the four ways to indicate location.

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Quiz 1: Basic Concepts