test 1

Question 1

what are the names of earths physical systems

Answer 1

biotic and abiotic

Question 2

what are the three pillars of sustainability

Answer 2

environment, society, economy

Question 3

what do maps generally tell us

Answer 3

location

Question 4

what is the frequency that something occurs

Answer 4

density

Question 5

ford motor company started in detroit, michigan. Consequently, everyone there drives ford’s. Beacuse detroit is where it began, detroit would be called a what?

Answer 5

hearth

Question 6

popeyes decides to startr selling tgheur chicken sandwhiches interntionally. One day, you are walking into the airport in dubai and you see a popeyes. What Type of globalization is this?

Answer 6

globalization of culture

Question 7

what is the relationship between portion of the earth and earth as a whole?

Answer 7

scale

Question 8

There is a horizontal line on the earth. Is this latitude or longitude?

Answer 8

latitude

Question 9

why cant flat maps be trusted

Answer 9

the earth isnt flat and the location would be off

Question 10

why is spatial association important?

Answer 10

predicts geographic field to produce a map

Question 11

what is a vernacular region

Answer 11

area that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity

Question 12

what is vgi

Answer 12

volunteered geographic information

Question 13

what is geographic information science

Answer 13

scientific discipline that studies geographic informtaion

Question 14

what are the most important tools used by a geographer

Answer 14

maps

Question 15

spatial thinking involves knowing the difference between what and what

Answer 15

time and location

Question 16

what is this map

Answer 16

choropleth map

Question 17

true or false coordinates for relative location are subject to change

Answer 17

true

Question 18

true or false coordinates for absolute location can change from time to time

Answer 18

false

Question 19

true or false an iphone gaining popularity in the mid 2000s is an example of stimulus diffusion

Answer 19

true

Question 20

a disease spreading is called contagious diffusion

Answer 20

true

Question 21

two buisness, one from japan and another from south africa decide to plan a merger of their companies. Because the two comapnies are in different parts of the world they decide to use english as their langyes of business since is a commonalut between their countries speaking lingustincs what type of globalization is this?

Answer 21

globalization of culture

Question 22

what is time and distance decay

Answer 22

the more time spent away the less is becomes until it eventually diseapers

Question 23

which of these areas would most likely be sparsley populated

Answer 23

war torn areas

Question 24

countries losing migrants may also lose which of these

Answer 24

1. 2. and 3.

Question 25

why is satge 5 only a possible stage

Answer 25

it has rarely been seen

Question 26

who solved the cholera crisis in london

Answer 26

john snow

Question 27

people need what to survive, which is why cities develop around fertile areas

Answer 27

food

Question 28

people in the modern world seek what, job opportunities, and proximity to relatives

Answer 28

safety

Question 29

3 types of population density

Answer 29

argicultural, arithmetic, physilogical

Question 30

When charting the age and sex of a growing population, what sort of shape do we expect to see?

Answer 30

triangle

Question 31

Why was there the influx of Irish immigrants into the United States during late 18th and 19th centuries?

Answer 31

potato famine

Question 32

What is a push factor?

Answer 32

A reason for migration that relates to the area the person comes from - something that is pushing them OUT of an area.

Question 33

Which of the following describes moving away from an area due to a natural disaster?

Answer 33

environmental factors

Question 34

Sterilization programs, tax incentives for small families and subsidies for contraceptives are examples of _____.

Answer 34

anti-natalist policies

Question 35

Identify the period where there was an unmatched levels of human migration.

Answer 35

20th

Question 36

Which historical factor encouraged the process of urbanization during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?

Answer 36

industialization

Question 37

War, famine, or what in a country can cause net-out migration to go up, or the TFR to drop.

Answer 37

political instability

Question 38

What is a feature of stage 1 DMT?

Answer 38

low population

Question 39

What is a feature of Stage 2 DTM?

Answer 39

high growth

Question 40

Which of the following lists are ALL potential pull factors?

Answer 40

Lots of jobs, pleasant climate, lots of natural resources.

Question 41

What is human migration?

Answer 41

The seasonal or long-term movement of humans from one area of the Earth to another.

Question 42

Which of the following describes migrating to a place due to good job opportunities in that place?

Answer 42

pull factors