International Studies: Chapter 2 - People, Places and Patterns

Question 1

Geography (p. 35)

Answer 1

Study of the interaction of physical and human phenomena at individual places and of how interactions among places form patterns and organize space. Helps us to understand the human use of the earth and its resources.

Question 2

Spacial Organization (p. 40)

Answer 2

The delineation of territory.

Question 3

Uniform Region (p. 41)

Answer 3

A region defined by a uniformity of features.

Question 4

Formal Region (p. 41)

Answer 4

A region defined by a uniformity of features.

Question 5

Functional Region (p. 42)

Answer 5

A region defined by interaction among localities.

Question 6

Environmental Determinism (p. 45)

Answer 6

Simplistic belief that human events can be explained entirely as a result of the physical environment.

Question 7

Human Determinism (p. 46)

Answer 7

Simplistic belief that people can shape the land into any form without regard to environmental consequences.

Question 8

Environmental Possibilism (p. 46)

Answer 8

Theory that the physical environment does not determine what people attempt though it does limit what people can achieve.

Question 9

Resources (p. 46)

Answer 9

An item used to satisfy a need.

Question 10

Nonrenewable Resources (p. 47)

Answer 10

Materials or energy that have finite amounts, whose continued use leads to exhaustion.

Question 11

Renewable Resources (p. 47)

Answer 11

A resources produced by nature at rates similar to those consumed by people.

Continues flow vs short-term renewable.

Continuous Flow: inexhaustible because they are direct products of the actions of the sun, the earth or the moon.

Short-Term Renewable: are sustainability in that they can be continued with careful management )timber, soil, crops, water, etc.)

Question 12

Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) (p. 55)

Answer 12

Tendency to hire international studies graduates for their skills in geography, economics, languages, politics, history and anthropology.