Unit 1.1-1.2 Quiz Flashcards
Human geography can best be defined as…
Answer Choices:
a) the study of where things are on earth and why they are found there
b) the identification of the when and why of important human events
c) humans in medieval times creating maps to travel between villages
the study of where things are on earth and why they are found there
Answer Choice: a
The relationship among people and objects across space is defined as…
Answer Choices:
a) scale
b) density
c) diffusion
d) location
e) connection
connection
Answer Choice: E
Geographers are interested in the relationships between locations on Earth, which include…
Answer Choices:
a) scale, space, and connection
b) local, global, and regional
c) maps, space, and scale
space, scale, and connection
Answer Choice: a
Which of the following concepts is true in human geography?
Answer Choices:
a) Connection refers to the physical gap between two objects.
b) Location is the relationship between a portion of the Earth being studied and the whole Earth.
c) A region may be represented by a city block, a neighborhood, a city boundary or an entire metropolitan area.
d) Commonly used words such as space and place are the same thing.
e) Place is a specific point on Earth distinguished by specific qualities.
Place is a specific point on Earth distinguished by specific qualities
Answer Choice: E
The art and science of making maps is…
Answer Choices:
a) cartography
b) geography
c) demography
d) topography
e) geomorphology
cartography
Answer choice: a
Which of the following statements about maps is correct?
Answer Choices:
a) Fairly accurate navigational maps could only be produced after the start of the Industrial Revolution
b) Maps have appeared in many forms in different societies and times, including modern paper maps, GPS in cars, and the urban maps of ancient Turkey.
c) Sailors during the European Renaissance had paper maps that were far more useful to them than were the “stick charts” possessed by Polynesian sailors and fishers.
d) Maps that distort the sizes of Greenland and Antarctica are generally the best, although they make Africa and South America appear too small while simultaneously expanding the size of Europe.
Maps have appeared in many forms in different societies and times, including modern paper maps, GPS in cars, and the urban maps of ancient Turkey.
Answer Choice: b
The acquisition of data about Earth’s surface from a satellite, spacecraft, or specially equipped high-altitude balloon is…
Answer Choices:
a) GIS
b) aerial photography
c) photogrammetry
d) GPS
e) remote sensing
remote sensing
Answer Choice: e
A description of GIS would be…
Answer Choices:
a) a computer that overlays geographic data from various sources in layers.
b) an operating system installed on your phone that supplies navigational data.an operating system installed on your phone that supplies navigational data.
c) a computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data.
d) a computer that generates remote data and stores it in the form of maps.
e) a system of interconnected computers sharing geographic data.
a computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data
Answer Choice: c
Global Positioning Systems are most commonly used for…
Answer Choices:
a) navigational purposes.
b) situational photogrammetry.
c) military surveillance activities.
d) toponymic ground truthing.
e) relative association.
navigational purposes
Answer Choice: a
A mental map…
Answer Choices:
a) requires that a person be in a particular location to draw the map.
b) is a map created using a GIS.
c) is a personal representation of a location.
d) is the same thing as participatory GIS.
e) is limited by citizen science.
is a personal representation of a location
Answer Choice: c
If NASA sends a space probe into orbit around Mars, and that probe transmits images of the Martian surface back to Earth, we could say that…
Answer Choices:
a) the space probe is generating data for GPS.
b) the probe is engaging in aerial sensing, although it is taking its “pictures” from outer space.
c) the space probe is engaging in remote sensing, although it is gathering data from a planet other than Earth.
d) the USGS has programmed the space probe to mimic the work of Earth satellites.
e) the space probe is gathering surface data, but it cannot be described as engaging in remote sensing because this is an operation that, by definition, can only be accomplished from Earth orbit.
the probe is engaging in aerial sensing, although it is taking its “pictures” from outer space
Answer Choice: b
1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?
Answer Choices:
a) a metric scale
b) a written scale
c) a graphic scale
d) a ratio representation scale
e) a bar line scale
a ratio representation scale
Answer Choice: d
A process for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is known as…
Answer Choices:
a) rendition.
b) distribution.
c) scale.
d) projection.
e) interruption
projection
Answer Choice: d
Which of the following is the best reason why a map projection would stretch and distort the shape of a continent?
Answer Choices:
a) in order to preserve shapes of other continents
b) to create a map that accurately represents a globe
c) to more accurately show the shape of that same continent
d) distort the distances and relative sizes of countries and continents
e) to accurately represent the physical area of a country or continen
to accurately represent the physical area of a country or continent
Answer Choice: e
Which area represented on a map would have the largest numeric scale?
Answer Choices:
a) city
b) world
c) country
d) state
e) continent
city
Answer Choice: a
You are given the coordinates 45 N latitude 128 E longitude. This is an example of a(n)…
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a) precise location.
b) site-situation location.
c) relative location.
d) mathematical grid interchange.
e) absolute location.
absolute location
Answer Choice: e
From which location is Greenwich Mean Time measured?
Answer Choices:
a) 180 degrees longitude
b) 90 degrees longitude
c) 0 degrees latitude
d) 0 degrees longitude
e) 90 degrees latitude
0 degrees longitude
Answer Choice: d
The International Date Line is located nearest to…
Answer Choices:
a) 90 degrees longitude.
b) 0 degrees longitude.
c) 90 degrees latitude.
d) 180 degrees longitude.
e) 0 degrees latitude.
180 degrees longitude
Answer Choice: d
In this type of map, an area represented as darker represents a higher concentration of a variable…
Answer Choices:
a) isoline map.
b) dot distribution map.
c) graduated symbol map.
d) punctuated distribution map.
e) choropleth map.
choropleth map
Answer Choice: e
A cartogram style map would differ in appearance to other maps because…
Answer Choices:
a) the geographic grid would be emphasized in relation to the variable.
b) the dots are predetermined, representing the size of the variable.
c) cartograms are the oldest type of map and are therefore less accurate.
d) it depicts a country or state as proportional to the value of the variable, not its actual area.
e) the symbols displayed would vary in size based on quantity.
it depicts a country or state as proportional to the value of the variable, not its actual area
Answer Choice: e
Without looking at a map, we might deduce that a geographer would describe the location of the coordinates 11 S latitude, 170 W longitude, as…
Answer Choices:
a) just south of the equator and just east of the prime meridian.
b) just east of the prime meridian and just south of the equator.
c) just south of the International Date Line and just east of the equator.
d) just east of the International Date Line and just south of the equator.
e) just west of the International Date Line and just north of the equator.
just east of the International Date Line and just south of the equator
Answer Choice: d
Which best describes how situation is used to identify location?
Answer Choices:
a) land area
b) nominal location
c) unique, internal physical and cultural characteristics
d) mathematical location on Earth’s surface
e) location relative to other objects or places
location relative to other objects or places
Answer Choice: e
When describing the location of New York City as 100 miles northeast of Philadelphia and 100 miles southwest of Boston, a geographer is using…
Answer Choices:
a) situation.
b) jurisdiction.
c) location.
d) site.
e) toponym.
situation
Answer Choice: a
Which term would a geographer use when describing one or more unique characteristics of a place?
Answer Choices:
a) landscape
b) biome
c) formal
d) region
e) ecosystem
region
Answer Choice: d
A geographer’s analysis of spatial association would entail…
Answer Choices:
a) examining government control of territory.
b) confining the analysis to political boundaries.
c) observing conditions only from a planetary and universal scale.
d) examining relationships and patterns across the physical distance between two objects.
e) examining only physical characteristics of the globe.
examining relationships and patterns across the physical distance between two objects
Answer Choice: d
Which is the best reason why the state of Texas is considered a formal region?
Answer Choices:
a) religion is the same throughout the region
b) only one language is spoken in most of the cities of the region
c) transportation networks converge in the major highways of the region
d) state laws apply in a uniform way throughout region
e) it is a part of the United States
state laws apply in a uniform way throughout region
Answer Choice: d
Which of the following is most likely a functional region?
Answer Choices:
a) the area that a person regards as a hometown
b) the area where a certain church or sect
predominates
c) an area united by fans of of a particular
professional football team
d) the service area of a television station
e) an area where new ideas seem to be circulating the fastest
the service area of a television station
Answer Choice: d
Which of the following is the best example of a vernacular region?
Answer Choices:
a) the area served by a pizza delivery person
b) the area unified by a certain worldview or philosophy
c) the service area of a television station
d) a sports “conference” or area within which sports teams compete with one another
e) the market area of a supermarket
the area unified by a certain worldview or philosophy
Answer Choice: a
Which conclusion is best supported by using the prevalence of Baptist churches to define the South?
Answer Choices:
a) state legislators make decisions based on religious convictions
b) only one religion is practiced in the South
c) the physical environment has little influence on human actions
d) cultural factors are often used to define regions
e) climate factors are more important than cultural factors
cultural factors are often used to define regions
Answer Choice: d
In addition to English, Spanish is increasingly spoken in areas near the southwestern border of the United States. What type of region does this gradual change of language reflect?
Answer Choices:
a) geo-linguistic
b) functional
c) bilingual
d) formal
e) vernacular
functional
Answer Choice: b
The concept that the distribution of one phenomenon is related to the location of other phenomena is known as…
Answer Choice:
a) spatial analysis.
b) geographic analysis.
c regional association
d) spatial association.
e) spatial distribution.
spatial distribution
Answer Choice: d
Which of these mapping processes has led to concerns about privacy?
Answer Choices:
a) virtual 3D mapping
b) participatory GIS
c) geotagging
d) citizen science
e) mashup production
geotagging
Answre Choice: c
A geographer might use a GPS to…
Answer Choices:
a) make a map but not to drive a car.
b) make a map or find a route to a favorite store.
c) find the best route to a store or log the locations where photographs were taken.
d) record toponyms and adjust errors of spatial associations.
e) log the locations where photographs were taken, but not to geocache.
find the best route to a store or log the locations where photographs were taken
Answer Choice: c
Culture is best defined as…
Answer Choices:
a) teaching art, music, and literature.
b) nurturing the growth of a plant but not ideas, customs, or beliefs.
c) caring about and nurturing something.
d) discarding effective practices.
e) developing new variations.
caring about and nurturing something
Answer Choice: c
The number of prescriptions written for chronic pain and the incidence of opioid overdoses in the United States is an example of…
Answer Choices:
a) expansion diffusion.
b) situational factors.
c) functional association.
d) spatial association.
e) vernacular regions.
spatial association
Answer Choice: d
