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1. Which of geography's five themes examines the arrangement of road networks?
a. location
b. place
c. region
d. movement
e. human/environment interaction
2. Newspaper delivery areas are an example of which type of region?
a. Formal
b. Functional
c. Statistical
d. Graphical vernacular
3. Who coined the term geography?
a. Plato
b. Aristotle
c. Eratosthenes
d. Zheng He
e. Socrates
4. What geographical feature usually distinguishes time zones?
a. 5 degrees of latitude
b. 5 degrees of longitude
c. 15 degrees of latitude
d. 15 degrees of longitude
e. 30 degrees of longitude
5. The prime meridian is what degree of longitude?
a. 0 degrees
b. 45 degrees
c. 90 degrees
d. 120 degrees
e. 180 degrees
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6. The linking of places by common traits or characteristics is defined as
a. Place
b. Location
c. Region
d. Area
e. Zone
7. What type of map has all lines of latitude and longitude meeting at right angles, creating much distortion at both of the
polar regions?
a. Mercator projection
b. Robinson projection
c. Molleweide projection
d. Goodes-Homsoline projection
8. What geographical approach suggest that humans posses the ability to dominate their environment rather than that
they are defined by the environment?
a. Animistic approach
b. Temperate approach
c. Environmental determinist approach
d. Socioecology approach
e. Possibilist approach
9. What is the term for the phenomenon that the farther a feature moves from a hearth, the less dominant it is?
a. Central place
b. Concentric circle
c. Regional analysis
d. Distance decay
e. Sequent occupance
10. If an area has objects in it that are lightly arranged, it is said to be what?
a. Dense
b. Clustered
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c. Dispersed
d. Scattered
e. Regionalized
11. Environmental determinism was replaced by which approach to geography in the late 20th century?
a. Distribution approach
b. Hierarchical approach
c. Stimulus approach
d. Vernacular approach
e. Possibilist approach
12. Which type of map would have the smallest scale?
a. World map
b. Continent map
c. Country map
d. Regional map
e. City map
13. 1:100,000 is an example of what type of scale?
a. Word
b. Line statement
c. Fractional
d. Small scale
e. Large scale
14. What is the difference between GPS and GIS?
a. GPS uses GIS data.
b. GIS uses GPS data to determine location.
c. GPS is the layering of data, whereas GIS is the gathering of data.
d. GIS is the layering of data, whereas GPS is the gathering of data.
e. GPS correlates with GIS, but GIS does not correlate with GPS.
15. If you wanted to see the location of the city building in Seattle, Washington, you would need a
a. Large-scale map
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Small-scale map
Topographic map
Graduated circle map
Choropleth map
16. The spread of a new fashion first in large cities, and later to smaller towns is an example of expansion diffusion.
a. True
b. False
17. Density measures the amount of something per unit of area on Earth's surface.
a. True
b. False
18. The Christian religion in South America first spread by
a. Stimulus diffusion
b. Relocation diffusion
c. Contagious diffusion
d. Hierarchical diffusion
e. Force
19. Globalization of the economy has..
A. Drained resources from more developed countries
B. Leveled economic differences between places
C. Decreased regional specialization of production
D. Heightened economic differences among places
E. Decreased investment in LDCs.
20. Which of the following applies to all aspects of human geography?
a. Ethnicicty
b. Gender
c. Climate
d. Space
e. Desnity
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21. Which of the following maps would be most useful for demonstrating varying levels of oceanic elevation?
a. Dot density
b. Isoline topographic
c. Cartogram
d. Proportional symbol
e. Azimuthal
22. A map that uses a symbol to display frequency (the larger the symbol, the higher the frequency) is a(n)
a. Isoline thematic map
b. Choropleth thematic map
c. Proportional-symbol thematic map
d. Dot density map
e. Cartogram
23. Kentucky, Canada, the Ohio River Valley, a German-speaking region, and Northern Ireland are all classified as
a. Functional regions
b. Formal regions
c. Perceptual regions
d. Heterogeneous cultures
e. Shatter belts
24. Which of the following is NOT used by geographers to determine absolute location?
a. Equator
b. Distance from the ocean
c. Latitude
d. Prime meridian
e. Longitude
25. Which of the following map projections shows the relative sizes of earth’s landmasses most accurately?
a. Galls-Peters projection
b. Robinson projection
c. Mercator projection
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d. Molleweide projection
e. Buckminister Fuller projection
26. Which of the following best describes the site of Manhattan?
a. A regional transportation hub for the northeastern United Sates
b. A midway point along an urban corridor stretching from Boston to Washington D.C.
c. An island bordered by the Hudson and East Rivers
d. An important center for international trade and commerce
e. An urban center located two hours northeast of Philadelphia by train
27. New York City's ________ is approximately 100 miles northeast of Philadelphia and 100 miles southwest of Boston,
a. Location
b. Site
c. Situation
d. Toponym
e. Jurisdiction
28. 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.
a. Geocache
b. Situation
c. Site
d. Toponym
e. Jurisdiction
29. An area distinguished by one or more unique characteristics is a(n)
a. biome.
b. landscape.
c. region.
d. uniform unit.
e. ecosystem.
30. Which of the following could be a vernacular region?
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a sports "conference" or area within which sports teams compete with one another
the area of dominance of a television station
the market area of a supermarket
the area of dominance of a certain worldview or philosophy
the area served by a pizza delivery person
31. To geographers, the spread of McDonald's around the world represents
a. economic proliferation.
b. a unique taste in nearly every location.
c. the relocation diffusion of restaurants
d. economic globalization but not cultural globalization.
e. economic and cultural globalization.
32. The U.S. Land Ordinance of 1785 divided much of the country into a system of
a. townships, towns, cities, municipalities, and major urban centers.
b. ranges, distances, scales, projections, and map symbols.
c. town-county boundaries.
d. quarter sections, range sections, town land sections, and county sections.
e. townships, ranges, sections, and quarter sections.
33. The frequency of something within a given unit of area is
a. concentration.
b. density.
c. distribution.
d. pattern.
e. dispersion.
34. A ________ is the spread of something over a given study area.
a. Concentration
b. Density
c. Distribution
d. Pattern
e. diffusion
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35.
In this figure, which two boxes have the highest concentration of dots?
a. A, C
b. B, D
c. A, B
d. C, D
e. All of these boxes have the same concentration of dots.
36. In this figure, which two of the four boxes have the highest density of dots?
a. A, B
b. B, C
c. C, D
d. A, D
e. all of these boxes have equivalent density
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37. A hearth is
a. The process by which a feature or trend spreads
b. A region from which a phenomenon originates
c. An area defined by one or more distinctive features or trends
d. The modification of a culture as a result of contact with a more powerful one
e. The perimeter or boundary marked by a regional feature
38. The study of how humans and the environment interact is called
a. Environmental determinism
b. Cultural diffusion
c. Cultural ecology
d. Natural science
e. Cultural Possibilism
39. Which of the following are forms of expansion diffusion?
a. contagious and eponymous
b. hierarchical and formal
c. economic and relocation
d. contagious and hierarchical
e. relocation and stimulus
40. The concept that the physical environment sets broad limits on human actions, but that people have the ability to adjust to a
wide variety of physical environments is
a. climate.
b. environmental determinism.
c. possibilism.
d. spatial association.
e. cultural relativism.
41. According to environmental determinism,
a. the physical environment causes different types of social and cultural development.
b. the physical environment sets loose limits on cultural and social actions.
c. people cannot adjust to different physical environments because of cultural traditions.
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d. 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.
e. people determine their physical environment.
TRUE (A) FALSE (B)
42. Parallels converge at the North and South Poles.
43. The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians is called latitude.
44. For each 15° change in longitude, time changes by one hour.
45. Every map projection distorts the surface of Earth in some way.
46. A map displays in full detail what lies on Earth's surface.
47. Regions are found only where physical and economic characteristics are strongly related.
48. A functional region can exhibit the distance-decay phenomenon.
49. The spread of an idea through the movement of people is known as stimulus diffusion.
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71. verbal, representative fraction, and graphic are all forms of
a. maps
b. scales
c. geographic themes
d. cardinal directions
E. intermediate directions
72. The state of Texas is BEST considered a formal regions because
a. the climate is the same everywhere in the region.
b. transportation systems converge in the major highways of the region.
c. it is a part of the United States.
d. only one language is spoken in most of the cities of the region.
e. the same state laws apply everywhere in the region.
73. The name of a location on Earth’s surface is a
a. scale name.
b. site.
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c. Toponym
d. geonym
e. situation
74. A Computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data is
a. remote sensing
b. USGS
c. topographic analysis
d. GPS
E. GIS
75. Which of the following maps would have the smallest scale?
a. City of Gulfport
b. County
c. Region
d. Boca Ciega High School
e. World
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