Geography Quiz 1

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Mini Systems

A few remnant _________ _______ still remained at the start of the 21st century

Subjective

As socially constructed representations of the world around us, all maps are this

Islamic and Chinese

Between about AD 500 and AD 1400, geographic knowledge was preserved and expanded by these scholars

Greater

Given the convergence of time and space over the last century, our grandparents' general sense of the cognitive distance between places was most likely _________ than ours

Map Creators

Eckert IV, Bartholomew's Nordic and Mollweide are all examples of these

Tea, coco, coffee

One example that old colonial patterns persist comes from the fact that 48 of the 55 sub-Saharan countries earn more than half of their export earning from these

Nutritional Density

The ratio of total population and amount of land under civilization or farming

Death Rates

Across the world, population increases in the 20th century was the result of a phenomenal decline in these

Generation

Decade long cohort between baby boomers and their children

Natives

Despite the fact that the 2000 census over counted the US population by 1.3 million, it under counted this group of people

Accurate

For data to be meaningful for GIS, it is critical that data is this

Economic

Fundamental logic or driving force behind colonization of the late 19th century was this

Human activity and decision

Geographers warn that GIS can be used to help create a surveillance society in which people are judged by this

Quinquennial

In 1985, the United States introduced this kind of census to make sure population information is as current and accurate as possible

38 years

In 2005, the median age of the world's population was about 28 years, but by 2050, it is estimated to be this

Geometry

In a cartogram, this is distorted for effect

Cheap labor

In the international division of labor, the world's periphery provides this for growth on urban manufacturing

Immanuel Wallerstein

Introduced the concept of world system

Geographers

More likely than other scientists to study spatial patterns of human populations

Net Generations

Most likely to have baby boomer parents

Isopleth Maps

Rely heavily on equal average atmospheric pressure

Scale Factors

Representative fractions are _________ ____________ that indicate the ratio between linear distance on a map and actual distance on the Earth's surface

10 years

Since 1970, the United States has conducted a census every ____ _______

Large

Small-scale maps cover a ________ portion of the Earth's surface on a page

After

The baby bust refers to the cohorts immediately ________ the baby boomers

Hunting and gathering

The first agricultural revolution introduced this

Thousands

The first agricultural revolution started ____________ of years ago

Greeks

The first to appreciate the practical importance and usefulness of geography

Land Surface

Topographic maps are examples of this

Asia

Trade routes have connected the Europeans with this continent for over a thousand years


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