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I-Score 5 2016
General Geography
1. The geographer who created the first modern world atlas was:
a. Eratosthenes
b. Ortelius
c. Socrates
d. Ptolemy
e. Aristotle
2. Comparing home values at a neighborhood level versus the state or national level is an example of what
geographic principle?
a. Diffusion
b. Density
c. Scale
d. Ecumene
e. Cultural landscape
3. A type of map that shows the quantity of particular data or phenomena by color of areal units is a:
a. Choropleth
b. Dot
c. Proportional circle
d. Isopleth
e. Topographic
4. Similar to National Geographic’s Five Themes of Geography, Pattison’s Four Traditions provide us with
broad topics to help us better organize our thoughts and understanding of the world. The Earth Science
Tradition deals with all of the following EXCEPT:
a. The lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere
b. Study of the Earth as home to humans
c. Description of regions or areas
d. Physical geography
e. Earth-sun interaction
5. Which of the following is an example of relative location?
a. I live next door to Floral Park High School
b. Mercator Projection Map
c. My address is 123 Tulip Ave.
d. The northwest corner of 34th Street and 7th Avenue
e. GPS coordinates
6. Which of the following is a functional region?
a. Koreatown
b. Little Italy
c. Federal Reserve Districts
d. Sports team affiliations
e. Deep South
7. Which of the following is the BEST example of a perceptual region?
a. France
b. Dixie
c. Puerto Rico
d. Texas
e. Manitoba
8. The presence of Starbucks, KFC, and McDonalds in Seoul, South Korea is an example of:
a. Interdependence
b. Situation
c. Site
d. Density
e. Globalization
9. All Californians are surfers. This perceptual region is also known as a:
a. Mental map
b. Formal region
c. Coastal region
d. Functional region
e. Vernacular region
10. The Lou Gehrig’s Disease, ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is an example of:
a. Stimulus diffusion
b. Relocation diffusion
c. Migrant diffusion
d. Hierarchical diffusion
e. Contagious diffusion
11. Which of the following is the LEAST best example of a formal region?
a. Humid Continental Climate Zone
b. Appalachian Mountains
c. Philadelphia Metropolitan Area
d. Basque speaking region of Spain
e. South Carolina
12. Bodhran music is classic in Irish folk songs. The Bodhran is also played throughout Newfoundland in areas
settled by Irish immigrants. What BEST describes this phenomena?
a. Stimulus diffusion
b. Expansion diffusion
c. Hierarchical diffusion
d. Relocation diffusion
e. Vernacular diffusion
13. A map drawn at which of the following scales would show the LEAST detail?
a. 1:24,000
b. 1:63,350
c. 1:250,000
d. 1:500,000
e. 0.111111111
14. The area surrounding Fresno, California is known as the raisin capital of the world. This is known as what
type of region?
a. Functional
b. Valley
c. Formal
d. Vernacular
e. Perceptual
15. A student wears a new outfit to school. Within weeks, the entire school is wearing the same type of outfit.
This is an example of:
a. Expansion diffusion
b. Hierarchical diffusion
c. Stimulus diffusion
d. Relocation diffusion
e. Contagious diffusion
16. The spread of Ebola in western Africa is an example of:
a. Hierarchical diffusion
b. Stimulus diffusion
c. Contagious diffusion
d. Environmental diffusion
e. Political ecology
17. A pizza delivery area is what type of region?
a. Relative
b. Intermediate
c. Formal
d. Functional
e. Absolute
18. All things are related. However, all other things being equal, those that are closest together are more
related – Tobler’s First Law of Geography. This quote is most closely related to which geographic concept?
a. Friction of distance
b. Distance decay
c. Space-time compression
d. Diffusion
e. Globalization
19. If a leader adopts a certain way of doing something, perhaps a faith or a hobby, and the people following
the leaders begin to do the same thing, what type of diffusion would you be seeing?
a. Hierarchical
b. Expansion
c. Contagious
d. Relocation
e. Stimulus
20. Which of the following is the BEST example of a functional region?
a. Midwest
b. Chinatown
c. Rustbelt
d. Houston and its suburbs
21. Vernacular regions are:
a. Spatial areas defined by its linguistic dialect
b. The hearth of a characteristic
c. Spatial areas recognized by their inhabitants with gradual decay away from the core
d. Derived areal units without ethnic, folk, or cultural identities
e. Officially recognized administrative units
22. People in Papua New Guinea plant and harvest the taro root, which is labor intensive and provides little
protein. The tropical landscape of Papua New Guinea is not conducive to cereal crops and they have
generally not moved beyond a hunting-gathering society. Which of the following concepts is BEST
described above?
a. Spatial association
b. Globalization
c. Region
d. Site
e. Situation
23. Which of the following is not a type of scale found on a map?
a. Verbal scale
b. Cognitive scale
c. Graphic scale
d. Spatial scale
e. Representative fraction
24. Which of the following generalizations best applies to all regions?
a. Regions define areas with similar functions
b. Regions have recognized political boundaries
c. Regions have shared human or physical attributes
d. Regions have few transitions zones
e. Regions have similar cultural connections
25. National Football League players wear pink accessories during the month of October to raise awareness for
Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In the following years, middle and high school players have begun
wearing pink accessories also. This is an example of:
a. Hierarchical diffusion
b. Stimulus diffusion
c. Contagious diffusion
d. Relocation diffusion
e. Expansion diffusion
26. Geographers examine interactions across __________ and between __________.
a. Sites; peripheries
b. Phenomena; attributes
c. Space; places
d. Locations; directions
e. Domains; regions
27. Which of the following maps would have the largest scale?
a. Los Angeles County
b. Manhattan in New York City
c. Jacksonville, Florida
d. University of Tennessee, Knoxville Campus
e. Virginia
28. Which of the following is not a descriptor for the region of Latin America?
a. The majority of the population speak a Romance language
b. Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru are all countries found in this region
c. The majority of the population are Protestant
d. It includes Central America, Mexico, and South America
e. The area was once part of the Spanish and Portuguese empires
29. Environmental determinism is based on the assumption that:
a. The environment is altered as preferred by human needs
b. Human actions and cultures are ultimately shaped by the physical environment
c. Environmental limitations on cultures is the primary focus of geography
d. Environmental activists influence cultural change
e. The environment prevails over all actions and inactions of human influence
30. A type of map that uses lines to connect points of equal value is a(an):
a. Topographic map
b. Proportional circle map
c. Dot map
d. Choropleth map
e. Isoline map
31. The iconic Palm trees in Los Angeles, California demonstrate the concept of:
a. Hierarchical diffusion
b. Contagious diffusion
c. Expansion diffusion
d. Stimulus diffusion
e. Relocation diffusion
32. Which is not true of the picture shown here?
a. Menomonee is an example of a toponym
b. The picture was most likely taken in Pennsylvania, Virginia, or Maryland
c. The picture, taken in the Midwest, shows an example of a perceptual or vernacular region
d. The temple could be the node for a functional region
e. The temple is an example of relocation diffusion
33. One’s personal activity space is an example of a:
a. Action region
b. Functional region
c. Formal region
d. Territorial region
e. Perceptual region
34. The early diffusion of hip-hop music among largely African American, urban communities before
widespread adoption by mostly Caucasian, suburban communities is an illustration of:
a. Migrant diffusion
b. Stimulus diffusion
c. Maladaptive diffusion
d. Hierarchical diffusion
e. Relocation diffusion
35. Which of the following was a positive impact of the physical modification of the land via the use of polders
in the Netherlands?
a. Increased agricultural land and decreased the dependence on food imports
b. Decreased food exports and increased food production
c. Increased fishing industry production
d. Decreased water pollution
e. Increased available residential space
36. Which of the following 21st century global trend BEST illustrates the concept of time-space compression?
a. Agglomeration
b. Globalization
c. Commodification
d. Industrialization
e. Balkanization
37. Which of the following situations would require the largest scaled map?
a. A map to show the location of illegal immigrants in the state of California
b. A map illustrating the diffusion of lacrosse from Canada to the U.S.
c. A map used to pick out the BEST restaurants in Louisville, KY
d. A map depicting the location of universities in the Pacific Northwest
e. A map showing European explorers’ routes around Africa, India, and North and South America
38. Denver, Colorado’s site and situation factors make it an advantageous location for satellite and cable TV
operations. Denver’s high altitude, its location in the middle of the continent, and its cloudless skies ensure
that satellite transmissions are clear and can reach both Tokyo and London with only one bounce from a
satellite. Which of the following statements regarding Denver’s site and situation is accurate?
a. Denver’s cloudless skies, altitude, and central location are all situation factors; none of the
characteristics listed is considered a site factor
b. Denver’s cloudless skies are a site factor; Denver’s central location and altitude are situation factors
c. Denver’s cloudless skies and altitude are site factors; Denver’s central location is a situation
factor
d. Denver’s altitude is a site factor; Denver’s central location and cloudless skies are situation factors
e. Denver’s cloudless skies, altitude, and central location are all site factors; none of the
characteristics listed is considered a situation factor
39. Respectively, which set of countries below BEST represent the idea of being a core, semi-periphery, and
periphery country based on the World Systems/Wallerstein model?
a. Bangladesh, Canada, Lesotho
b. China, Brazil, Sweden
c. U.S., India, Botswana
d. Sudan, Germany, Nigeria
e. Japan, Australia, Sudan
40. Which of the following map projections was often used by the U.S. CIA and Soviet KGB as a way to identify
areas of control and a means of propaganda during the Cold War era?
a. Robinson
b. Equal area
c. Fuller
d. Azimuthal
e. Mercator
41. A huge storm washes away part of the Nile delta near Cairo, Egypt. This would create a change in:
a. The relative location of Cairo
b. Neither the absolute nor relative location of Cairo
c. Both the absolute and relative location of Cairo
d. The relative direction of Cairo
e. The absolute location of Cairo
42. Which one of the following is the BEST example of the geographic term density?
a. Islam spread from Southwest Asia, eventually to Spain
b. AIDS spreads rapidly in some areas of Sub Saharan Africa
c. The number of McDonald’s restaurants in Manhattan, New York City has increased over time
d. New land was created by New Yorkers from the East River
e. English language spread from Great Britain due to colonization
43. Which of the following terms is BEST associated with the picture shown above?
a. Formal region
b. Functional region
c. Vernacular region
d. Perceptual region
e. Edge city
44. Which of the following types of map projections maintains directional integrity?
a. Equal area projection
b. Gall-Peters projection
c. Robinson projection
d. Conformal projection
e. Azimuthal projection
45. Measuring change over time and transport route planning would be completed most effectively using:
a. Solar time
b. Acculturation
c. A local-global continuum
d. U.S. census data
e. Global information systems
46. Japan was an inward-focused feudal society in 1854 when the United States “forced” open its doors to the
outside world. However, due to its rapid industrialization and its associated relationship with the outside
world by 1905, Japan was able to defeat the Russians in a war and by 1941, Japan attacked the United
States. Japan’s experience described above can BEST be described as:
a. Possibilism
b. Post-colonialism
c. Mercantilism
d. Environmental determinism
e. Social Darwinism
47. Maps have a tendency of revealing only some of the information and not the whole picture based on how
they are created. Which of these terms BEST reflects a concept that a skillful map reader considers when
gathering information from a map?
a. Space-time compression
b. Data aggregation
c. Globalization
d. Random pattern
e. Regionalization
48. Arno Peters created this type of map?
a. One in which Greenland is shown to be much larger than it really is
b. One in which the entire former Soviet Union is shown as taking up all of the Asian continent
c. One in which Africa is considered by Peters to be of equal area relative to the rest of the world
d. One in which Asia looks much larger than it actually does in relation to the rest of the world
e. One in which Africa looks much smaller than it actually is in relation to the rest of the world
49. The Brandt Line circles the globe at roughly 30 degrees north. Which of the following BEST represents the
purpose of what this line is supposed to show?
a. A shift from command style economics to free market economies
b. A shift from communism to democracy
c. A shift from manufacturing to service sector economies
d. A shift from subsistence to commercial agricultural processes
e. A shift from agriculture to manufacturing, exporting goods, and stable governments
50. Which of the following is least correct with regard to friction of distance?
a. Less people practice Islam in Beijing, China than in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
b. The number of customers needed to keep a particular urban function open
c. Fewer people speak Spanish in Lincoln, Nebraska than in Scottsdale, Arizona
d. There are more Atlanta Braves fans in Alabama and Tennessee than in Oregon
e. Braves fans in Alabama and Tennessee than in Oregon
f. The overall effect on the number of sales of ubiquitous products and services
51. The popularity of disco music in North Africa even though it is not popular anymore in the United States
BEST represents the concept of:
a. Stimulus diffusion
b. Relocation diffusion
c. Migrant diffusion
d. Contagious diffusion
e. Hierarchical diffusion
52. Gender discrimination occurs indirectly in the developed world when issues surrounding the house and
family fall mainly on women. Often times men will travel further for work than women thus having more
options to make more money. According to geographers, this ability means men have a more significant:
a. Intervening opportunity
b. Gendered boundary
c. Gendered space
d. Activity space
e. Activity break point
53. Which of the following pairs BEST represents respectively the ethnicities/regions that have had the largest
migration of people historically from the Maghreb to Western Europe?
a. Iraqi/SW Asia
b. Quebec/North America
c. French/North Africa
d. Nigerian/West Africa
e. Afrikaans/South Africa