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UNIT 1 Flashcards

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1
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a formal region defines an area in which

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there is uniformity in one or more physical or human characteristics

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A political polling company wants to use census data to collet information on voters in a city by neighborhood. Based on the types of information collected in the survey, what can be mapped using the censu data?

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number of voting-age residents per household

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which is the primary assumption of enviornmental determinism

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the physical enviornment controls human culture

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which of the following scales of analyisis would provvide demographic data that could be used to compare one urban neighborhood to other urban neighborhoods across a country?

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census tract or enumeration area

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market research reports and profiles of voting districts like those shown are examples of spatial analysis products. Which of the following data sources is most frequently used to create the spatial analysis products shown in the examples

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census surveys

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which of the following terms best descrives regions that make up the political geographic divisions within a country?

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formal

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which of the following sets of maps would help explain how scale of inquiry affects truth

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maps showing Michigan’s population density by counties and the United States population density by state

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watersheds and milksheds can be best classfied as what type of region

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functional

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which of the following scales is represented in the map shown

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local, showing the towns and township areas in a country

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every map projection has some degree of distortiion because

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a curved surface cannot be represented on a flat surface without distortion

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the images show a topographic map and a geographic information systems (GIS) representation of Mount Shasta in California. Which of the following statements best explains why these printed images are geometrically distorted representations of earth’s surfface?

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the three dimensions of earth’s surface are displated on a two dimensional page

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which of the folowwing statements about the robinson projection is correct?

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it is more accurate than the mercator projection in showing sizes of countries in higher latitudes

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which of the following is a characteristic of the mercator projection

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the size and shape of countries in the higher latitudes are greatly exageratted

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which of the following map scales would be most useful for studying the details of geographic features in the landsccape of a farming community

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1:10,000

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why would a town planner use a map at the 1:24,000 scale rather than a map at the 1:250,000 scale?

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the map at the 1:24,000 scale shows the town close-up in more detail

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the map shown above best fits which of the following map types

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chloropeth

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17
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which of the following is a limitation of hispanic population percentage

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the small size of urban counties in the eastern united states masks the significance of the hispanic population in most eastern cities

18
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which of the following concepts could best be explained by the theory of possiblism

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modification of landscapes by human cultures

19
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which of the following best describes the type of information provided in the directions

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relative location

20
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at some point in their recent history all of the following countries became divided into two political entities except

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japan

21
Q

what is nafta

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a multinational trade zone in which most tariff have been elimated

22
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which of the following is a possible impact of ethnic and religious diversity in iraq

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ethnicity and religion lead to pressures in the country by politically dividing regions

23
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culturally defined political boundaries, such as those determined by the spatial patterns of religion or language are called

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consequent

24
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what is a true statement about northern ireland?

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it is physically separate from the rest of the united kingdom, multinational state

25
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The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea sets the limit of the exclusive economic zone at 200 nautical miles from a country’s coastline. In cases where countries are less than 400 nautical miles apart at sea, which of the following explains how the exclusive economic zone boundary is determined for each country?

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Both countries will follow the median-line principle.

26
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which of the following is not part of the definition of a state

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a common language

27
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what of the following decreibes a unitary form of governance

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a state has a strong central government with no power given to regions

28
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what is apartheid

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segregation

29
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what is an example of balkanization

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yugoslavia

30
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what is an example of a nation-state

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iceland

31
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which is an example of a consequent boundary

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canada created the province of nunavut to provide greater autonomy for the first nations

32
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most of africas political boundaries were originally drawn by

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european colony powers in the late-nineteenth century

33
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what are indian reservations known as?

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semi-autonomous regions

34
Q

the european union, the arab league, and the united nations are all examples of

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supranational organizations

35
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what boundary type best explains the influence of landscape on the political borders of the north african region

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geometric, with straight lines

36
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changes in the numeber of house of representatives affects politics at what scale?

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national level

37
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why would bosnia and herzegovina want to join european union

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to benefit from the EU free trade zone and achieve economic and social stability

38
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the former international border between east germany and west germany is best describe as

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a relict boundary

39
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the european union is an example of

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supranationalism

40
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the boundaries of congressional districts of the united states are

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redrawn

41
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in africa leasing out farmland for large scale food for wealthy people is example of

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neocolonialism

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