Exam Name MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) A branch of human geography that emphasizes the different ways that individuals form ideas about place and give those places symbolic meaning is A) Regulation Theory. B) Feminist Geography. C) Behavioral Geography. D) Poststructuralist Geography. E) Humanistic Geography. 1) 2) The study of how humans and the environment interact is called 2) A) cultural possibilism. B) natural science. C) environmental determinism. D) cultural diffusion. E) cultural ecology. 3) A is the spread of something over a given study area. 3) A) density B) concentration C) distribution D) pattern E) diffusion 4) Polders are most closely associated with which country? 4) A) Greece B) Luxembourg C) Belgium D) Germany E) The Netherlands 5) Which of the following does NOT represent an exchange value? 5) A) orange juice in the supermarket B) U-Pick strawberries for $4 C) apple pies for sale at a Farmers' Market D) an orange picked and consumed E) a salad eaten in a restaurant 6) Which of the following does NOT distinguish Geographers from Historians according to Immanuel Kant? A) Geographers organize material spatially while historians organize material chronologically. B) Geographers ask "where and why" and historians ask "when and why." C) Geographers identify the location and explain why human activities are there while historians focus on chronological events at a particular location. D) Geographers examine the world as a whole while historians segment the world into regions for easier examination. E) Geographers recognize actions at one location can influence conditions elsewhere while historians examine past actions to explain future actions. 6) 1
7) A geographer might use a GPS to 7) A) make a map but not to drive a car. B) find the best route to a store or log the locations where photographs were taken. C) make a map or find a route to a favorite store, but not to log the locations where photographs were taken over the course of a research project. D) log the locations where photographs were taken, but not to find the best route to a store. E) record toponyms and terracentric calculations. 8) The U.S. Land Ordinance of 1785 divided much of the country into a system of 8) A) ranges, distances, scales, projections, and map symbols. B) townships, towns, cities, municipalities, and major urban centers. C) town-county boundaries. D) townships, ranges, sections, and quarter sections. E) quarter sections, range sections, town land sections, and county sections. 9) Which of the following pairs is incorrect? 9) A) Restrictions on oil drilling in the arctic - Preservation B) Yosemite National Park - Preservation C) Water rationing - Conservation D) Fuel efficiency mandates - Conservation E) Recycling - Preservation 10) The relationship among people and objects across space is defined as 10) A) location. B) density. C) connection. D) scale. E) diffusion. 11) According to environmental determinism, 11) A) people cannot adjust to different physical environments because of cultural traditions. B) the physical environment causes different types of social and cultural development. C) people determine their physical environment. D) the physical environment sets loose limits on cultural and social actions. E) people can choose a course of action from many alternatives offered by the physical environment, and they can also engage in cultural behaviors that seem contradictory to the environment. 12) The diffusion of HIV/AIDS prevention methods and treatments in the United States is an example of which type of diffusion? A) relocation B) contagious C) geospatial D) hierarchical E) stimulus 12) 2
13) A geographer's spatial analysis would entail 13) A) examining only physical characteristics of the globe. B) restrictive examination of government control of territory. C) examining relationships and patterns across the physical distance between two objects. D) observing conditions only from a planetary and universal scale. E) confining the analysis to political boundaries. 14) 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 A) assimilation. B) distance decay. C) acculturation. D) time space compression. E) syncretism. 14) 15) Among the elements of globalization of culture are tendencies toward 15) A) uniform consumption preferences, enhanced communications, unequal access to resources, and uniformity in cultural forms. B) maintaining local traditions along with uniformity of cultural beliefs and forms. C) enhanced communications, heterogeneity, and equal access to resources. D) uniform consumption preferences, slower communications, unequal access to resources, greater access to entertainment, and a mixture of uniformity and variety in cultural forms. E) maintaining local traditions. 16) New York City's is approximately 100 miles northeast of Philadelphia and 100 miles southwest of Boston. A) site B) toponym C) location D) jurisdiction E) situation 16) 17) USGS Topographic maps reveal details 17) A) of an area's water resources. B) of an area's physical landscape. C) of both physical features and cultural landmarks of an area. D) of an area's elevation variation. E) of an area's cultural landscape. 18) Which of the following is most likely a functional region? 18) A) the area of dominance of a television station B) an area where new ideas seem to be circulating the fastest C) the area of dominance of a particular church or sect D) area where people tend to be fans of a particular professional football team E) the area that a person regards as a hometown 3
19) A map projection may distort a continent, making it appear stretched in some areas and smashed in others in order to A) distort the shapes of other continents. B) depict accurately the shape of that same continent. C) depict a map that accurately represents a globe in every detail. D) depict accurately the physical area of a country or continent. E) distort the distances and relative sizes of countries and continents. 20) 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, A) she is using only the components of a remote sensing system, because she is not storing, organizing, retrieving, or analyzing data. B) she is using only the topographic analysis functions, because she is not using all of its potential to store, organize, retrieve, and analyze data. C) she is still utilizing a GPS, although she may not be using all of its potential to store, organize, retrieve, and analyze data. D) she is not using a GIS, because she is not using all of the system's potential to store, organize, retrieve, and analyze data. E) she is still using a GIS, although she may not be using all of its potential to store, organize, retrieve, and analyze data. 19) 20) 21) Variations in are responsible for producing weather conditions like monsoons. 21) A) land use B) dew points C) topography D) population E) wind direction 22) A computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data is 22) A) GPS. B) remote sensing. C) USGS. D) topographic analysis. E) GIS. 23) The name of a location on Earth's surface is a 23) A) site. B) toponym. C) scale name. D) geonym. E) situation. 24) This mapping process has led to concerns about privacy. 24) A) citizen science B) remote sensing C) mashup production D) participatory GIS E) geotagging 4
25) Which of the following is NOT true? 25) A) Scale is the relationship between a portion of the earth being studied and the whole earth. B) Scale may be represented by a city block, a neighborhood, a city boundary or an entire metropolitan. area. C) Space refers to the physical gap between two objects. D) Place is a specific point on earth distinguished by specific qualities. E) Space and place are the same thing. 26) A mental map 26) A) requires that a person be in a particular location to draw the map. B) is a personal representation of a location. C) is a map created using a GIS. D) is the same thing as participatory GIS. E) is limited by citizen science. 27) The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite, spacecraft, or specially equipped high-altitude balloon is A) aerial photography. B) GPS. C) USGS. D) remote sensing. E) GIS. 27) 28) 1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale? 28) A) a metric scale B) a graphic scale C) a bar line D) a written scale E) a ratio or fraction 29) The coordinates 150 E longitude, 89 N latitude are 29) A) near the North Pole and the prime meridian. B) near both the International Date Line and the North Pole. C) near both the Tropic of Cancer and the International Date Line. D) near the equator but quite far from the prime meridian. E) near the International Date Line and the equator. 30) Which of the following statements about the physical environment is NOT true? 30) A) Due to technology, humans represent the most significant change agents on earth. B) A stable lithosphere provides humans with materials for building and fuel for energy. C) A people's level of wealth can influence social attitudes toward modifying the environment. D) The physical environment is not always the pivotal concern in human decisions. E) The physical environment is the key factor in social development. 5
31) Sustainability 31) A) eliminates the use of nonrenewable resources. B) demands the elimination of fossil fuel use. C) curtails the use of renewable resources and controls the use of nonrenewable resources to ensure availability in the future. D) curtails the use of nonrenewable resources and controlling the use of renewable resources to ensure availability in the future. E) encourages wholesale dependence on wood products. 32) Which statement is more accurate? 32) A) Every meridian is distorted by magnetic declination. B) Every meridian is actually a circle rather than a curved line. C) Every parallel is the same length. D) Every meridian is the same length and has the same beginning and end. E) Every parallel begins and ends at the poles. 33) The difference in time it took for Columbus to cross the Atlantic and John Glenn to cross the Atlantic is an example of A) better geographic knowledge. B) better time measurement. C) space-time compression. D) establishing a prime meridian. E) establishing longitude as part of the grid. 33) 34) California residents have been required to reduce water usage by 25 percent; this is an example of 34) A) environmental determinism. B) conservation. C) possibilism. D) distance decay. E) preservation. 35) The concept that the distribution of one phenomenon is related to the location of other phenomena is A) spatial analysis. B) geographic analysis. C) regional association. D) spatial distribution. E) spatial association. 36) If the scale of a map is 1:100,000, then 1 centimeter on the map represents on Earth's surface. A) 10,000 kilometers B) 1 kilometer C) 1,000 centimeters D) 100,000 kilometers E) 10 kilometers 35) 36) 6
37) The state of Texas is BEST considered a formal region because 37) A) it is a part of the United States. B) only one language is spoken in most of the cities of the region. C) transportation systems converge in the major highways of the region. D) religion is the same everywhere in the region. E) the same state laws apply everywhere in the region. 38) The increasing gap in economic conditions between regions is described as 38) A) uneven development. B) balance of power. C) resource exploitation. D) trade theory. E) capitalism. 39) The Dutch have responded to the challenge of global warming by 39) A) embracing alternative renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power. B) converting to food imports only. C) building extensive dams further from the shore to protect the coastline. D) converting to geothermal energy. E) building extensive seawalls. 40) You are given the coordinates 128 E longitude, 45 N latitude. This is an example of a 40) A) placename on the grid system. B) site-situation intersection. C) mathematical location. D) situation on the grid system. E) mathematical grid interchange. 41) Scale is 41) A) the ratio of the largest to smallest areas on a map. B) the difference in elevation between two points in an area. C) the spread of a phenomenon over a given area. D) the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map. E) the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape. 42) 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. A) locally owned corporations B) transnational corporations C) democratic governments D) nationalized corporations E) nonessential employees 42) 43) The arrangement of a phenomenon across Earth's surface is 43) A) dispersal. B) spatial analysis. C) regional dissociation. D) distribution. E) spatial association. 7
44) 44) Using the above map observe that A) Michigan's earning power improved overall. B) earning power declined in Mississippi and South Carolina. C) earning power increased significantly in Arizona and New Mexico. D) earning power declined in Wyoming. E) Nevada and Utah show significant declines in earning power. 45) Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Florida Everglades? 45) A) The waterways are heavily contaminated with fertilizer runoff. B) Canals and levees constructed in the 1950s allowed for urban expansion of Miami and Fort Lauderdale. C) The northern part of Lake Okeechobee was drained to provide farmland for sugar cane. D) Despite human actions much of the wetlands have been self-regenerating and self-restoring. E) The Everglades were once a shallow, 50-mile wide river. 46) Hurricane Katrina's landfall on the United States is an interesting geographic case study because 46) A) its winds reached incredible speeds near the eye of the hurricane. B) the damage was largely a result of flooding from rivers and a storm surge, not the winds. C) people of all ethnic and racial groups were equally devastated by the storm. D) the federal government was poorly prepared for the storm and its aftermath. E) its effects are an intersection of human and physical geography. 47) Which of the following is NOT correct? 47) A) Humans deplete nonrenewable resources. B) Society's values are consistently held by all members of society. C) Consumer choices can support sustainability. D) Society's values are the basis for choosing which resources to use. E) Humans pollute and degrade renewable resources. 8
48) The art and science of making maps is 48) A) geomorphology. B) cartography. C) geography. D) cardemography. E) topography. 49) What elements of study do human and physical geography have in common? 49) A) They represent a network of academic professionals dedicated primarily to studying coal mining's effects on physical and human systems. B) They are dedicated primarily to managing national park systems. C) They are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do. D) They are taught or studied within the same department in major universities, but only rarely. E) They are focused primarily on managing the world's growing human population. 50) Without looking at a map, we might deduce that the coordinates 170 W longitude, 11 S latitude are likely A) just west of the International Date Line and just north of the equator. B) just south of the International Date Line and just east of the equator. C) just south of the equator and just east of the prime meridian. D) just east of the International Date Line and just south of the equator. E) just east of the prime meridian and just south of the equator. 50) 9
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