Geography Ch. 1

Which of the following is NOT an example of a geographic inquiry?

All of the above are examples of geographic inquiry.

All of the following describe GISc EXCEPT:

GISc is so highly specialized it's often criticized for having limited applicability to other disciplines.

All of the following are examples of religious beliefs reflected in the landscape EXCEPT:

a snow covered mosque

Developing nations are usually characterized by ___________ economies, while developed nations are usually characterized by the presence of ___________ industries.

agricultural; service

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the green revolution?

an emphasis on organic farming

Which of the following refers to the making of maps?

cartography

What institution initiated the expansion of long-distance trade?

colonial system

Where rivers meet the sea, floodplains often fan out roughly in the shape of a triangle, creating a:

delta

"Ethnic cleansing" is sometimes a euphemism for:

genocide

In some of the countries of Central Europe, the population is aging and declining due to:

low birth and death rates

Water is the third most valuable commodity in the world, after:

oil and electricity

Geography as a discipline links the ____________ with the ___________.

physical sciences; social sciences

Cartographers solve the problem of showing the spherical Earth on a flat piece of paper by using:

projections

Which of the following terms refers to the unit of Earth's surface that contains distinct patterns of physical features or of human activities?

region

Which of the following refers to the relationship between the distances shown on the map and the actual distances on Earth's surface?

scale

Greenhouse gases include all of the following, EXCEPT:

sodium chloride

Which of the following terms refers to the study of how people, objects, or ideas are, or are not, related to one another across space?

spatial analysis

To fit the spherical Earth onto a flat map, a Mercator projection:

stretches out the poles, depicting them with lines equal to the length of the equator

In a large city, wealthy residents are most likely to live in :

the outskirts

The "double day" refers to a situation in which:

women work a day job but retain their household duties