Chapter 1 Test

If the scale of a map is 1:100,000, then 1 centimeter on the map represents ________ on Earth's surface.

1 km

Given your understanding of regions, the nine regions that the Census Bureau has established within the United States are examples of

Formal regions

Moving toward the southwestern border of the United States, Spanish is increasingly spoken in addition to English. What type of region does this gradual change of language reflect?

Functional

Which of the following does NOT distinguish Geographers from Historians according to Immanuel Kant?

Geographers examine the world as a whole while historians segment the world into regions for easier examination.

Spatial organization by ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation are examples of cultural

Identity

A ship's position is given as 0 degrees latitude and 27 degrees west longitude. We can conclude from this information that the ship is located

On the equator and in the Atlantic Ocean

Which of the following is incorrect?

Oxygen is the major element of the atmosphere

The historic diffusion of HIV/AIDS in the United States is an example of which type of diffusion?

Relocation

A geographer would be primarily interested in determining or locating a suitable ________ if he were wishing to study a remote, rural valley in western Africa where diamonds are mined.

Site

New York City's ________ is approximately 100 miles northeast of Philadelphia and 100 miles southwest of Boston.

Situation

Which of the following is NOT true?

Space and place are the same thing

A development plan that uses the earth's resources prudently to ensure availability in the future is a(n)

Sustainability plan

Which of the following could be a vernacular region?

The area of dominance of a certain worldview or philosophy

Which of the following is most likely a functional region?

The area of dominance of a television station

Which of the following statements about the physical environment is NOT true?

The physical environment is the key factor in social development.

What elements of study do human and physical geography have in common?

They are concerned with where things occur and why they occur there.

Common practices of ________ include exploiting the distinctive economic assets of different countries and regions, organizing production according to a spatial division of labor, placing earnings in offshore bank accounts to avoid paying taxes, and moving factories from high wage regions to low wage regions.

Transnational corporation

Variations in ________ are responsible for producing weather conditions like monsoons.

Wind direction

Which of the following best describes the idea of a cultural landscape?

a landscape where human activity has modified the natural environment in some way

A hearth is

a region from which a phenomenon originates.

The South is established as a vernacular region of the United States by

climate, low educational attainment, cotton production, and the prevalence of Baptist churches.

Which of the following are fundamental elements of culture?

customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms

A map projection may distort a continent, making it appear stretched in some areas and smashed in others in order to

depict accurately the physical area of a country or continent.

The Dutch have responded to the challenge of global warming by

embracing alternative renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power.

A geographer's spatial analysis would entail

examining relationships and patterns across the physical distance between two objects.

A geographer might use a GPS to

find the best route to a store or log the locations where photographs were taken.

Without glancing at a map, we can guess that the coordinates 178 E longitude, 20 S latitude are likely

in the Pacific Ocean just west of the International Date Line.

Hurricane Katrina's landfall on the United States is an interesting geographic case study because

its effects are an intersection of human and physical geography.

Without looking at a map, we might deduce that the coordinates 170 W longitude, 11 S latitude are likely

just east of the International Date Line and just south of the equator.

If we did not have a map handy, we would deduce that the coordinates 171 E longitude, 12 S latitude are likely

just west of the International Date Line and just south of the equator.

Dating back to approximately 6000 BCE, we can judge that

maps have appeared in many forms in different societies and times, including modern paper maps, GPS in cars, and the urban maps of ancient Turkey.

The coordinates 150 E longitude, 89 N latitude are

near both the International Date Line and the North Pole.

You see the coordinates 5 E longitude, 10 N latitude. You do not need to look at a map in order to deduce that this location is

near both the equator and the prime meridian.

USGS Topographic maps reveal details

of both physical features and cultural landmarks of an area.

The spread of Christianity in Africa suggests

relocation diffusion followed by expansion diffusion.

If a geographer uses some of the components and applications of a computer system to organize and display maps, but she doesn't use it for other functions,

she is still using a GIS, although she may not be using all of its potential to store, organize, retrieve, and analyze data.

When geographers say that the South is partly defined as a region by the Baptist Church, they understand that

the Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Methodist, and other churches also attract adherents in the South, but to a lesser extent than do Baptist churches.

The mantle and crust are associated with

the lithosphere

If NASA sends a space probe into orbit around Mars, and that probe transmits images of the Martian surface back to Earth, we could say that

the space probe is engaging in remote sensing, although it is gathering data from a planet other than Earth.

Among the elements of globalization of culture are tendencies toward

uniform consumption preferences, enhanced communications, unequal access to resources, and uniformity in cultural forms.

The appearance of different people dressed in sarongs, saris, hijabs, business suits or blue jeans and t-shirts on the streets of New York City suggests

Acculturation

Which of the following does NOT represent an exchange value?

An orange picked and consumed.

Which of the following types of maps would have the largest numeric scale?

City

The diffusion of HIV/AIDS prevention methods and treatments in the United States is an example of which type of diffusion?

Contagious

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Florida Everglades?

Despite human actions much of the wetlands have been self-regenerating and self-restoring.

Mormonism is most concentrated in the counties surrounding Salt Lake City, Utah, and the population of Mormons as a percentage of total county population begins to decline the further away from Salt Lake City. This is an example of

Distance decay