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Course Title: TWT 5e
Chapter Number: 00
Question type: Multiple Choice
1. A large-scale map shows:
A) a small area
B) a large area
C) there is no relationship between the scale on a map and the size of the area shown
D) an unbalanced area
E) the entire world
Ans: A
Learning Objective: Apply the concept of scale to both maps and spatial levels of
generalization
Section Ref: Location and Distribution
Difficulty: Moderate
2. The ratio of distance on a map to actual ground distance is known as:
A) the map legend
B) the map scale
C) the map revolution
D) the cartographic rule
E) the purpose of the map
Ans: B
Learning Objective: Apply the concept of scale to both maps and spatial levels of
generalization
Section Ref: Location and Distribution
Difficulty: Moderate
3. Which of the following statements concerning map scale is false?
A) The fractional scale 1:1,000,000 means one inch on the map represents one million
inches on the ground.
B) If the linear scale of a map is twice another, its aerial representation is four times
larger.
C) To represent a large area on a small map, a small scale is used.
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E) A map with the fractional scale 1:103,000,000 has a larger scale than one of
1:1,000,000.
Ans: E
Learning Objective: Apply the concept of scale to both maps and spatial levels of
generalization
Section Ref: Location and Distribution
Difficulty: Hard
4. Which of the following is not a level of regional classification:
A) subregions, domains, districts
B) physical and human geography
C) landmasses and oceans
D) geographic realms
E) geographic regions
Ans: B
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Ref: Realms and Regions
Difficulty: Moderate
5. The area that surrounds and is served by a city is known as its __________.
A) periphery
B) formal region
C) hinterland
D) core
E) relative location
Ans: C
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Ref: Realms and Regions
Difficulty: Easy
6. In regional geography, relative location _______________.
A) is more meaningful and practical than absolute location
B) refers to the latitude of a place
C) refers to the longitudinal position of a place
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E) is a type of transition zone
Ans: A
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Ref: Realms and Regions
Difficulty: Hard
7. A functional region ______________.
A) is defined on the basis of some variable, such as the area where wheat is grown
B) is exemplified by a city and its hinterland
C) is also known as a formal region
D) has a transition zone at its center
E) is the same as a uniform region
Ans: B
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Ref: Realms and Regions
Difficulty: Moderate
8. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
A) Regions marked by internal homogeneity are classified as formal regions.
B) Regions conceptualized as “spatial systems” are collectively identified as functional
regions.
C) A country likely constitutes a formal political region because within its boundaries
certain conditions of nationality, law, and political tradition prevail.
D) Functional regions are generally more static and immobile than formal regions.
E) Functional regions have a core and a periphery.
Ans: D
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Ref: Realms and Regions
Difficulty: Hard
9. The difference between formal and functional regions is:
A) the nature of the unifying properties: static homogeneity vs. functional cohesion
B) the area involved: formal areas are very large, while functional areas are smaller
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D) the age of the regions: the functional region is normally much older than the formal
region
E) the formal region characterizes the non-Western world, the functional region is
typically European or North American
Ans: A
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Ref: Realms and Regions
Difficulty: Moderate
10. All regions possess all of the following except:
A) absolute location
B) area
C) homogeneity
D) boundaries
E) relative location
Ans: C
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Ref: Realms and Regions
Difficulty: Easy
11. Wegener's supercontinent is known as:
A) Tectonica
B) Atlantis
C) Eurasia
D) Pangaea
E) Wegneria
Ans: D
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Moderate
12. Which of the following is the process whereby the sun’s radiation is trapped in the
earth’s atmosphere:
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B) continental drift
C) interglaciation
D) greenhouse effect
E) there is no such effect
Ans: D
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Easy
13. The hypothesis of ________ involves the breakup of a supercontinent that existed
hundreds of millions of years ago:
A) volcanic eruption
B) earthquake formation
C) continental drift
D) tectonic ring firing
E) natural hazardification
Ans: C
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Easy
14. The current interglacial period is known as the:
A) Wisconsinan
B) Wegnerian
C) Pleistocene
D) Little Ice Age
E) Holocene
Ans: E
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Moderate
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A) the North American Great Lakes
B) the Arctic Ocean
C) the Atlantic Ocean
D) the Pacific Ocean
E) the Gulf of Mexico
Ans: D
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Easy
16. Which of the following statements is true?
A) Desertification occurs only on the Eurasian landmass.
B) Arid climates have large daily temperature ranges.
C) The term climate refers to the immediate state of the atmosphere.
D) Alfred Wegener derived the theory of climatic regions.
E) We are currently in the post-holocene geologic epoch.
Ans: B
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Hard
17. Which of the following statements about the A climates is incorrect?
A) They are referred to as humid equatorial climates.
B) They are characterized by heavy precipitation and high year-round temperatures.
C) In the Af climate, precipitation rates increase suddenly due to the arrival of the wet
monsoon
D) The Aw subtype is identified as savanna.
E) They include monsoon climates.
Ans: C
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general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Hard
18. Rainfall patterns in humid tropical (A) climates are characterized by all except:
A) substantial precipitation every month, year-round, in the Af (rainforest) subtype
B) a sudden increase in rainfall resulting from the arrival of the monsoon in the Am
(monsoon) subtype
C) a “double maximum” sometimes involving “long rains” and “short rains” in the
savanna (Aw) subtype
D) the specter of hunger in savanna areas because of comparatively infertile soils and
unreliable seasonal precipitation
E) higher annual rainfall totals in savanna than in rainforest areas
Ans: E
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Moderate
19. Savanna environments belong to the general climate type known as:
A) dry
B) humid cold
C) humid temperate
D) humid equatorial
E) polar
Ans: D
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Moderate
20. The Mediterranean climate is classified under which of the following Köppen-Geiger
letters?
A) B
B) H
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D) C
E) A
Ans: D
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Moderate
21. Which of the following statements about B climates is incorrect?
A) B climates only occur in the low latitudes.
B) B climates may be divided into BW (true desert) and BS (semiarid steppe) subtypes.
C) A pervasive characteristic of the world’s dry areas is a large daily temperature range.
D) An example of an area exhibiting the BW climate type is the central Sahara.
E) the driest B climates exhibit thin, poorly developed soils.
Ans: A
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Moderate
22. Which of the following statements about D climates is incorrect?
A) They are sometimes referred to as “snow climates.”
B) They are most frequently found within the interior of large landmasses.
C) D climates are more common in the Southern Hemisphere than the Northern
Hemisphere.
D) D climates are marked by large annual temperature ranges.
E) Parts of the United States, Russia, and China all possess D climates.
Ans: C
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Moderate
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Europe, southern Brazil and northern Argentina, and eastern China is the:
A) humid cold
B) semiarid moderate
C) humid temperate
D) dry winter tundra
E) dry summer savanna
Ans: C
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Moderate
24. Which of the following major rivers is not associated with one of the world’s great
population clusters?
A) Mississippi
B) Huang (Yellow)
C) Rhine
D) Ganges
E) Chang Jiang (Yangzi)
Ans: A
Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Ref: Realms of Population
Difficulty: Moderate
25. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
A) Although East Asia and South Asia have very large urban populations, both realms
are dominantly rural.
B) East Asia’s population is projected to remain larger than South Asia’s for the rest of
this century.
C) The Eastern North America population cluster is only about one-fourth the size of
Europe’s.
D) The world's three largest population clusters are all located on the Eurasian landmass.
E) China contains more people than India.
Ans: B
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Section Ref: Realms of Population
Difficulty: Moderate
26. The large cluster of population in South Asia is focused on the ______ River Basin.
A) Yellow
B) Amazon
C) Nile
D) Ganges
E) Yangzi
Ans: B
Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Ref: Realms of Population
Difficulty: Hard
27. Which country is not located within one of the world's three largest population
clusters:
A) South Korea
B) the United States
C) Pakistan
D) France
E) China
Ans: B
Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Ref: Realms of Population
Difficulty: Hard
28. States first began to develop:
A) In areas where cities could begin to command their hinterlands
B) In open areas between empires
C) In nineteenth-century Europe
D) In areas where boundaries had already been drawn by royal decree
E) They have always existed
Ans: A
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regions discussed in this book.
Section Ref: Realms, Regions, and States
Difficulty: Hard
29. The European state model includes all of the following except:
A) A population governed from a capital city
B) A clearly and legally defined territory
C) A representative government
D) A high level of urbanization
E) It prevails in the aftermath of the collapse of colonial empires
Ans: D
Learning Objective: How the global state boundary framework relates to the realms and
regions discussed in this book.
Section Ref: Realms, Regions, and States
Difficulty: Moderate
30. The World Bank ranks countries within four groups. Which of the following is not
one of those groups?
A) High-income countries
B) Upper-middle income countries
C) Lower-middle income countries
D) Middle-income countries
E) Low-income countries
Ans: D
Learning Objectives: Become generally familiar with the spatial dimensions of economic
development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Ref: Patterns of Economic Development
Difficulty: Easy
31. Which of the following statements about the core areas of the world is incorrect:
A) they are the most dominant globally
B) they are the most productive on earth
C) they need peripheries to remain dominant
D) they include the east and west coasts of the United States
E) they avoid utilizing the natural and labor resources of the global periphery
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Learning Objectives: Become generally familiar with the spatial dimensions of economic
development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Ref: Patterns of Economic Development
Difficulty: Moderate
32. An index of regional disparity would be useful for examining:
A) Economic differences between different regions of a country
B) Political differences between functional and formal regions
C) Climatic differences between core and periphery
D) Similarities among African and Asian countries
E) Differences between the Western and Eastern Hemispheres
Ans: A
Learning Objectives: Become generally familiar with the spatial dimensions of economic
development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Ref: Patterns of Economic Development
Difficulty: Moderate
33. Which of the following is not an example of globalization?
A) McDonald’s opening in France
B) NAFTA
C) The increasingly widespread usage of English
D) Japanese cars being made in Thailand
E) Tariffs imposed on automobiles
Ans: E
Section Ref: Globalization
Difficulty: Moderate
34. The gradual reduction of regional contrasts resulting from increasing cultural,
economic, political and other types of exchanges is known as:
A) Regional disparity
B) Regional equalization
C) Core-periphery widening
D) The European trade model
E) Globalization
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Section Ref: Globalization
Difficulty: Easy
35. Which of the following is a systematic subfield of geography?
A) Regional geography
B) Cartography
C) Geographic Information Science (GIS)
D) Cultural geography
E) Geology
Ans: D
Learning Objective: Understand geography’s spatial perspective as it applies to human
activity.
Section Ref: Geography’s Perspective
Difficulty: Easy
Question Type: True/False
36. Geography is concerned with providing a spatial perspective on the world.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: Understand geography’s spatial perspective as it applies to human
activity.
Section Ref: Geography’s Perspective
Difficulty: Easy
37. A world map is a small-scale map.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: Apply the concept of scale to both maps and spatial levels of
generalization
Section Ref: Location and Distribution
Difficulty: Moderate
38. Transition zones mark the places where geographic realms meet.
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Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Ref: Realms and Regions
Difficulty: Easy
39. A region marked by homogeneity is known as a functional region.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Ref: Realms and Regions
Difficulty: Moderate
40. Besides location, a region must also have area.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Ref: Realms and Regions
Difficulty: Easy
41. A region need not possess the geographic property of relative location.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Ref: Realms and Regions
Difficulty: Moderate
42. Relative location has far less relevance in human geography than absolute location.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Ref: Realms and Regions
Difficulty: Easy
43. A region organized around a central urban core is known as a functional region.
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Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Ref: Realms and Regions
Difficulty: Easy
44. Map scale is the ratio of the distance between two places on a map and the actual
distance between those two places on the earth’s surface.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: Apply the concept of scale to both maps and spatial levels of
generalization
Section Ref: Location and Distribution
Difficulty: Moderate
45. A mental map shows a large area.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: To become familiar with the importance of maps.
Section Ref: A World on Maps
Difficulty: Easy
46. Wladimir Köppen developed the hypothesis of continental drift.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Easy
47. Pangaea is the name of Wegener’s supercontinent.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Easy
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Ans: F
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Moderate
49. The D climates are humid cold climates.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Easy
50. The cold temperatures of the 1600s were part of the Little Ice Age.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Moderate
51. In the Köppen-Geiger scheme, the world's drier climates are largely grouped under
the letter A.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Easy
52. Weather is a momentary phenomenon, whereas climate refers to atmospheric
conditions over the entire period for which records are available.
Ans: T
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general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Easy
53. Cartography is the new science of making maps with computers.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: To become familiar with the importance of maps.
Section Ref: A World on Maps
Difficulty: Moderate
54. Population density refers to the numbers of persons per unit area.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Ref: Realms of Population
Difficulty: Moderate
55. The world’s population is currently estimated to be about 10 billion in total size..
Ans: F
Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Ref: Realms of Population
Difficulty: Easy
56. Subsaharan Africa does not rank among the world’s four largest population clusters.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Ref: Realms of Population
Difficulty: Moderate
57. The great majority of the people of East Asia are concentrated in cities, particularly
very large ones like Beijing, Shanghai, and Tokyo.
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Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Ref: Realms of Population
Difficulty: Moderate
58. The rate of population growth in the world has recently been slowing down.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Ref: Realms of Population
Difficulty: Easy
59. The rate of urbanization is the same the world over.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Ref: Realms of Population
Difficulty: Easy
60. Culture is predetermined by the natural environment.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: Explain the concept of cultural landscape.
Section Ref: Realms of Culture
Difficulty: Easy
61. Carl Sauer developed a school of cultural geography that had the concept of cultural
landscape as its focus.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: Explain the concept of cultural landscape.
Section Ref: Realms of Culture
Difficulty: Easy
62. A cultural landscape is created from a natural landscape by a cultural group.
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Learning Objective: Explain the concept of cultural landscape.
Section Ref: Realms of Culture
Difficulty: Easy
63. The European state model gained ground in the aftermath of the collapsed colonial
and communist empires.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: How the global state boundary framework relates to the realms and
regions discussed in this book.
Section Ref: Realms, Regions, and States
Difficulty: Moderate
64. The modern state has existed since the height of Greek Civilization.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: How the global state boundary framework relates to the realms and
regions discussed in this book.
Section Ref: Realms, Regions, and States
Difficulty: Moderate
65.Some observers argue that the differences between the global core and periphery is
diminishing..
Ans: T
Learning Objectives: Become generally familiar with the spatial dimensions of economic
development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Ref: Patterns of Economic Development
Difficulty: Easy
66. Colonies were places from which European powers obtained raw materials and to
which they sold finished products.
Ans: T
Learning Objectives: Become generally familiar with the spatial dimensions of economic
development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
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Difficulty: Easy
67. Globalization impacts only those in the periphery.
Ans: T
Section Ref: Globalization
Difficulty: Easy
68. External debt is a problem only for countries located in the global periphery.
Ans: F
Learning Objectives: Become generally familiar with the spatial dimensions of economic
development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Ref: Patterns of Economic Development
Difficulty: Easy
69. The goal of the World Trade Organization is to lower all remaining trade barriers.
Ans: T
Learning Objectives: Become generally familiar with the spatial dimensions of economic
development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Ref: Patterns of Economic Development
Difficulty: Easy
70. Topical and systematic geography are synonymous.
Ans: T
Section Ref: Regional Framework and Geographic Perspective
Difficulty: Easy
Question Type: Fill-in-the-blank
71. The ___________ region, also known as a spatial system, is marked not by an
internal sameness, but by its dynamic internal structuring.
Ans: Functional
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Section Ref: Realms and Regions
Difficulty: Moderate
72. Uniform cultural regions characterized by internal homogeneity are classified as
_____ regions.
Ans: Formal
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Ref: Realms and Regions
Difficulty: Moderate
73. The ratio of distance on a map to actual ground distance is known as that map’s
______.
Ans: Scale
Learning Objective: Apply the concept of scale to both maps and spatial levels of
generalization
Section Ref: Location and Distribution
Difficulty: Easy
74. Desert and steppe climates belong to the Köppen-Geiger climate type identified by
the letter ______.
Ans: B
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Easy
75. The world’s population is approximately _____ billion in size.
Ans: 7
Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Ref: Realms of Population
Difficulty: Easy
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language family.
Ans: Indo-European
Learning Objective: Explain the concept of cultural landscape.
Section Ref: Realms of Culture
Difficulty: Easy
77. Warm phases during an ice age, such as the ongoing Holocene, are known as ______.
Ans: Interglacials
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Easy
78. The Southern Hemisphere contains no areas with ____ climates.
Ans: D
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Moderate
79. ________ geography focuses on the discipline's topical fields of study.
Ans: Systematic
Learning Objective: Understand the major elements of the natural environment and their
general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Easy
80. The most recent glaciation to affect North America is named after the U.S. State of
______.
Ans: Wisconsin
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general geographic characteristics.
Section Ref: The Physical Setting
Difficulty: Moderate
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