Chapter 2

True

The area in which common people refer to themselves as "Midwesterners" is a good example of a functional region.

True

A perceptual region is one defined by subjective perceptions that reflect feelings and images about a place.

True

A vernacular region can be defined by the geographic phrase or label with which its own inhabitants label it.

False

If the natural environments of two areas are exactly the same, it is likely that their cultural landscapes will look very similar.

True

Postcards are a way of projecting an area's cultural identity to the outside world.

True

The Corn Belt is a formal region

True

The Middle East is an area where agriculture, domestication of animals, and the urban life developed independently.

False

The Middle East is comprised entirely of Muslims.

False

The boundaries of perceptual regions are a matter of debate, but formal region boundaries are very clear-cut.

False

The dominant themes represented on postcards of an area usually represent the regional identity of the population subgroups with less economic and political power.

False

The term "Three Peoples" refers to the primary Southwest Native American tribes of the Navajo, Hopi, and Apache.

Which of these is not a formal region?

a. the area served by your local airport

An example of a perceptual region of a city would be;

a. the arts district

Which of the following was not given as one of the possible ways of defining the American Southwest in Activity 1?

a. the geographic extent of Spanish missionstyle churches

In order of decreasing dominance of a culture, what are the terms used to describe a culture area:

b. core, domain, sphere

The term geographers use to refer to modifications to the environment by humans that display aspects of their culture, often through symbols, is:

b. culture landscape

The area from which a movie theater draws its customers is an example of

c. a functional region

A feeling of being part of a place shared with the others who live there is called:

c. regional identity

Which of the following is not a distinctive feature of the Middle Eastern cultural landscape?

c.slashed-and-burned fields within forests

A distinctive item or behavior that can be used to identify the spatial extent of a culture region is called a:

d. culture trait

Syncretism is:

d. the emergence of a new cultural trait as a cultural hybrid

The cultural landscape is composed of:

e. all of the above

Which of the following culture traits is least distinctive to your subregion of North America?

e. mode of transportation