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Part III: Practice Multiple Choice
1.
Which of the following terms refers to the science of making maps?
a. Demography
b. Cartography
c.
d.
Topography
Geomorphology
2.
Scale is:
a. The system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map
b. The extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area
c. The difference in elevation between two points in an area
d. The relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape
3.
What do geographers call the human imprint on the physical environment?
a. Cultural pattern
c.
b. Cultural scale
d.
Cultural landscape
Cultural distance
Situation identifies a place by its:
a. Location relative to other objects
b. Mathematical location on Earth’s surface
c.
d.
Nominal location
Unique physical characteristic
Site identifies a place by its:
a. Location relative to other objects
b. Mathematical location on Earth’s surface
c.
d.
Nominal location
Unique physical characteristic
An area distinguished by one or more unique characteristics is called a:
a. Biome
b. Landscape
c.
d.
Region
Uniform unit
c.
d.
The market area of a supermarket
The area dominated by a particular crop
c.
d.
A small area with great detail
An uninhabited area
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9.
Which is not an example of a functional region?
a. The circulation area of a newspaper
b. The area of dominance of a television
station
What does a large scale map show?
a. A large area with less detail
b. An unbalanced area
The concept that the physical environment limits human actions, but that people have the ability to adjust to the physical
environment is called?
a. Environmental determinism
c. Possibilism
b. Cultural landscape
d. Spatial association
10. The geographic study of human-environment relationships is known as:
a. Culture
b. Cultural ecology
c.
d.
Cultural scale
Built environment
11. A projection is:
a. The system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map
b. The extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area
c. The difference in elevation between two points in an area
d. The relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape
12. The degrees and minutes that are measured north and south of the equator are called lines of:
c. The Prime Meridian
a. Latitude
b. Longitude
d. Physical geography
13. The degrees and minutes that are measured east and west of the equator are called lines of:
a. Latitude
c. The Prime Meridian
d. Physical geography
b. Longitude
14. Toponym is:
a. The physical characteristics of a place
b. The relative location of a place
c.
d.
The absolute location of a place
The name given to a place
15. The rate at which places move closer together in travel or communication time or costs is called:
a. Spatial diffusion
c. Friction of distance
b. Distance decay
d. Time-space compression
16. The concept of _____________ suggests that the farther one has to travel to East Rutherford, NJ, the less likely he or she is
to attend a NY Giants football game.
c. Cognitive distance
a. Friction of distance
b. Time-space compression
d. Absolute distance
17. The state, “Mexico’s location next to the U.S. has had a great impact on its economic development,” suggests that Mexico’s
economic development is related to its:
a. Site
c. Spatial interaction
d. Cognitive distance
b. Situation
18. Hawaii’s tropical location, sandy beaches, volcanoes, volcanic soils, and plentiful moisture play an important role in its
economic activities. In terms of its location, these specific characteristics refer to Hawaii’s:
c. Place space
a. Site
b. Situation
d. Space
19. Which of the following geographic approaches asserts that the physical environment is the primary determinant of culture?
a. Possibilism
c. Environmental determinism
b. Cultural landscape
d. Toponym
20. The frequency of something within a given unit of area is called its:
a. Concentration
b. Density
c.
d.
Distribution
Pattern
21. A hearth is:
a. A region from which a phenomenon originates
b. The process by which a feature or trend spreads
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
22. The fact that contact between groups of people diminishes with increasing distance and eventually this contact disappears is
called:
c. Distribution
a. Distance decay
b. Time-space compression
d. Density
23. The area of Pennsylvania where most of the people live a very strict Amish lifestyle would be considered a ___________
region.
a. Functional
b. Formal
c. Vernacular
d. Perceptual
24. Of these, the map using the smallest map scale would be the map of:
a. The world
b. Atlanta, Georgia
c. Main Street, Small Town, Ohio
d. Pennsylvania
e. South America
25. The increasing connectedness of different parts of the world through economic, political, and cultural
interaction is called:
a. Culture
d. Development
b. Core-periphery
e. Diffusion
c. Globalization
26. The spread of influenza would most likely be associated with which form of diffusion?
a. Expansion
d. Contagious
b. Hierarchical
e. Stimulus
c. Relocation
27. Newspaper delivery areas are an example of which type of region?
a. Formal
d.
e.
b. Functional
c. Statistical
Graphical
Vernacular
28. Who first coined the term geography?
a. Plato
b. Aristotle
c. Eratosthenes
d.
e.
Zheng He
Socrates
29. What geographical feature usually distinguishes time zones?
a. 5 degrees of latitude
b. 5 degrees of longitude
c. 15 degrees of latitude
d.
e.
15 degrees of longitude
30 degrees of longitude
30. The prime meridian is what degree of longitude?
a. 0 degrees
b. 45 degrees
c. 90 degrees
d.
e.
120 degrees
180 degrees
31. The linking of places by common traits or characteristics is defined as:
a. Place
d. Area
b. Location
e. Zone
c. Region
32. What type of map has all lines of latitude and longitude meeting at right angles, creating much distortion at
both of the polar regions?
d. Azimuthal projection
a. Mercator projection
b. Robinson projection
e. Goodes-Homsoline projection
c. Molleweide projection
33. What geographical approach suggests that humans possess the ability to dominate their environment rather
than that they are defined by the environment?
a. Animistic approach
d. Socioecology approach
b. Temperate approach
e. Possibilist approach
c. Environmental determinist
approach
34. If an area has objects in it that are tightly arranged, it is said to be what?
d. Scattered
a. Dense
b. Clustered
e. Regionalized
c. Dispersed
35. Environmental determinism was replaced by what approach to geography in the late 20 th century?
a. Distribution approach
d. Vernacular approach
b. Hierarchical approach
e. Possibilist approach
c. Stimulus approach
36. Which type of map would have the largest scale?
a. World map
b. Continent map
c. Country map
d.
e.
Regional map
City map
37. At what degree of latitude is the North Pole?
a. 0 degrees north
b. 0 degrees south
c. 45 degrees north
d.
e.
90 degrees north
90 degrees south
38. Which term refers to the physical character of a location?
a. Situation
b. Site
c. Relative location
d.
e.
Absolute location
Place
39. What is another name for a meridian?
a. Parallel
b. Longitude
c. Latitude
d.
e.
40. 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
Poles (North and South)
Equator