Unit 1.3-1.4 Quiz Flashcards

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Geographers characterize the spread of McDonald’s around the world as an example of…

Answer Choices:
a) unique regional tastes in nearly every location.
b) economic proliferation.
c) economic globalization but not cultural diffusion.
d) economic and cultural globalization.
e) relocation diffusion of restaurants.

A

economic and cultural globalization

Answer Choice: d

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Which statement describes the globalization of culture?

Answer Choices:
a) enhanced communications for the wealthy, heterogeneity, and equal access to resources

b) more uniform consumption preferences, slower communications, unequal access to resources, greater access to entertainment, and a mixture of uniformity and variety in cultural forms

c) sharing local traditions with the next generation

d) the maintenance of local traditions along with uniformity of cultural beliefs and forms

e) more uniform consumption preferences, enhanced communications, increased unequal access to resources

A

more uniform consumption preferences, enhanced communications, increased unequal access to resources

Answer Choice: e

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Which is the best example of how culture at the local scale persists despite the forces of globalization?

a) enhanced communications via the Internet

b) persistence of distinctive cultural beliefs

b) increasing use of English for communication needs

c) access to a wide array of entertainment television programming

d) prevalence of global clothing option such as blue jeans

A

persistence of distinctive cultural beliefs

Answer Choice: b

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The arrangement of a phenomenon across Earth’s surface is known as…

a) dispersal.
b) spatial analysis.
c) diffusion.
d) distribution.
e) spatial association.

A

distribution

Answer choice: d

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The frequency of something within a given unit of area is known as its…

Answer Choices:
a) concentration.
b) dispersion.
c) density.
d) distribution.
e) pattern.

A

density

Answer Choice: c

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Globalization of the economy has…

Answer Choices:
a) decreased investment in less developed peripheral countries.

b) leveled economic differences between places in three core regions.

c) heightened economic differences between regions of the core and periphery.

d) decreased regional specialization of production.

e) drained resources from “command centers” in more developed countries.

A

heightened economic differences between regions of the core and periphery

Answer Choice: c

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The increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions is described as…

Answer Choices:
a) uneven development.
b) balance of power.
c) resource exploitation.
d) capitalism.
e) trade theory.

A

uneven development

Answer Choice: a

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The branch of human geography that emphasizes the different ways that individuals form ideas about place and give those places symbolic meaning is

Answer Choices:
a) Historical Geography.
b) Feminist Geography.
c) Poststructuralist Geography.
d) Humanistic Geography.
e) Behavioral Geography.

A

Humanistic Geography

Answer Choice: d

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Based on the information presented in Figure 1-2, which of the following conclusions is correct?

Answer Choices:
a) Hispanics have been segregated in peripheral areas.

b) Little Haiti is a mix of blacks and Hispanics.

c) Dodge Island and Virginia Key are likely to have similar incomes and ethnic make up.

d) Non-Hispanic whites are clustered near the coastline.

e) African American populations are generally concentrated in downtown Miami.

A

Non-Hispanic whites are clustered near the coastline.

Answer Choice: d

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Spatial organization by ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation are examples of cultural—

Answer Choices:
a) toponyms.
b) identity.
c) geotagging.
d) nodes.
e) meridians.

A

identity

Answer Choice: b

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A hearth is defined as…

Answer Choices:
a) the process by which a feature or trend spreads.

b) the perimeter or boundary marked by a regional feature.

c) a region from which a phenomenon originates.

d) the modification of a culture as a result of contact with a more powerful one.

e) an area defined by one or more distinctive features or trends.

A

a region from which a phenomenon originates

Answer Choice: c

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Which of the following are forms of expansion diffusion?

Answer Choices:
a) hierarchical and formal
b) economic and relocation
c) relocation and stimulus
d) contagious and informal eponymous
e) contagious and hierarchical

A

contagious and hierarchical

Answer Choice: e

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The historic diffusion of HIV/AIDS in the United States is an example of which type of diffusion?

Answer Choices:
a) relocation
b) hierarchical
c) contagious
d) geospatial
e) stimulus

A

relocation

Answer Choice: a

The answer choice is relocation because when HIV started within one person, and they moved from their hearth (home), and spread the virus by moving to that other person.

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Immigrants who learn language, play sports, and adopt clothing styles of their new country, while still retaining their native language and religion, are an example of…

Answer Choices:
a) syncretism.
b) acculturation.
c) hierarchical diffusion.
d) stimulus diffusion.
e) assimilation.

A

acculturation

Answer Choice: b

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Which geographic concept would best explain the popularity of electric scooters in recent years?

Answer Choices:
a) stimulus diffusion
b) hierarchical diffusion
c) only expansion diffusion
d) contagious diffusion
e) relocation diffusion

A

contagious diffusion

Answer Choice: d

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Mormonism is most concentrated in the counties surrounding Salt Lake City, Utah. As distance from Salt Lake City increases, the percentage of Mormons declines. This is an example of….

Answer Choices:
a) assimilation.
b) distance decay.
c) acculturation.
d) time space compression.
e) syncretism.

A

distance decay

Answer Choice: b

17
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Which statement best describes the Florida Everglades ecosystem?

Answer Choices:
a) The wetlands have been self-regenerating and self-restoring in spite of human actions.

b) The northern part of Lake Okeechobee was drained to provide farmland for cotton.

c) The Everglades were once a shallow, 50-mile wide river.

d) The waterways have been protected from contamination by fertilizer runoff.

e) Canals and levees constructed in the 1950s that allowed for urban expansion of Miami and Fort Lauderdale also protected the wildlife in the Everglades National Park.

A

The Everglades were once a shallow, 50-mile wide river.

Answer Choice: c

18
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Which of the following actions would an individual who believes in preservation support?

Answer Choices:
a) modifying the Endangered Species Act once an animal population has recovered

b) building dams to generate electricity as an alternative to fossil fuels

c) planning for development that retains resources for future use by humans

d) setting land aside that will remain undeveloped by humans into the future

e) limited logging in forests with legislation that requires all cut trees to be re-planted

A

setting land aside that will remain undeveloped by humans into the future

Answer Choice: d

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Which of the following would further the goal of sustainability?

Curtail: reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.

a) demands the elimination of fossil fuel use

b) encourages wholesale dependence on wood products

c) eliminates the use of nonrenewable resources

d) curtails the use of nonrenewable resources and controls the use of renewable resources to ensure availability in the future

e) curtails the use of renewable resources and controls the use of nonrenewable resources to ensure availability in the future

A

curtails the use of nonrenewable resources and controls the use of renewable resources to ensure availability in the future

Answer Choice: d

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A

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21
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With which of Earth’s systems are the mantle and crust most closely associated?

Answer Choices:
a) the hydrosphere
b) the lithosphere
c) the biosphere
d) the geosphere
e) the atmosphere

A

lithosphere

Answer Choice: b

22
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The study of how humans and the environment interact is called…

Answer Choices:
a) cultural possibilism.
b) environmental determinism.
c) cultural ecology.
d) cultural diffusion.
e) natural science.

A

cultural ecology

Answer Choice: c

23
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Polders are most closely associated with which country?

Answer Choices:
a) Germany
b) the Netherlands
c) Belgium
d) Luxembourg
e) the United Kingdom

A

the Netherlands

Answer Choice: b

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The City of Cape Town nearly ran out of water in 2018 because of…

a) leaky pipes and swimming pools owned by the wealthy.

b) three years of drought connected to climate change.

c) failure of the city’s desalination plant.

d) the doubling of the city’s population at the end of apartheid beginning in 1990.

e) mismanagement by local government.

A

three years of drought connected to climate change

Answer Choice: b

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Fun Fact!

If you had looked at Figure 1-1 on the Unit 1.3-1.4 Quiz…

You could have observed…

A

In every country of the world, the average income earned by women is less than that of men.

True statement!

26
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The diffusion of HIV/AIDS prevention methods and treatments in the United States is an example of which type of diffusion?

Answer Choices:
a) relocation
b) hierarchical
c) geospatial
d) contagious
e) stimulus

A

contagious

Answer Choice: d

The diffusion of HIV/AIDS prevention methods and treatments in the U.S. is an example of contagious diffusion, because contagious diffusion means the rapid, continuous spread from the hearth. The prevention care was now accesible to everybody, by a continous spread from the hearth.

27
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Which of the following pairs is correct?

Answer Choices:
a) Water rationing—preservation

b) Recycling—conservation

c) Fuel efficiency mandates—preservation

d) Restrictions on oil drilling in the arctic—conservation

e) Yosemite National Park—conservation

A

Recycling—conservation

Answer Choice: b

28
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Weather conditions such as monsoons are the result of variations in which of the following?

Answer Choices:
a) topography
b) dew points
c) wind direction
d) population
e) land use

A

wind direction

Answer Choice: c

29
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Which of the following statements about Earth’s physical systems is correct?

Answer Choices:
a) The lithosphere includes the mantle, core, and crust.

b) The atmosphere is the only biotic sphere.

c) The hydrosphere includes water in solid, and liquid forms only.

d) Oxygen is the major element of the atmosphere.

e) All living organisms are part of the hydro sphere.

A

The lithosphere includes the mantle, core, and crust.

Answer Choice: a

30
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Which statement best describes environmental determinism?

Answer Choices:
a) People cannot adjust to different physical environments because of cultural traditions.

b) People can choose a course of action from many alternatives offered by the physical environment, and they can also engage in cultural behaviors that seem contradictory to the environment.

c) People determine their physical environment.

d) The physical environment sets loose limits on cultural and social actions.

e) The physical environment causes different types of social and cultural development.

A

The physical environment causes different types of social and cultural development.

Answer Choice: e

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Which type of landscape do polders represent?

Answer Choices:
a) terraced
b) xerophytic
c) artificial
d) natural
e) elevated

A

artificial

Answer Choice: c

32
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Which of the following pairs of resources and their renewability is correct?

Answer Choices:
a) Coal—renewable
b) Solar—nonrenewable
c) Natural Gas—nonrenewable
d) Hydroelectric—nonrenewable
e) Petroleum—nonrenewable

A

Petroleum—nonrenewable

Answer Choice: e

33
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A development plan that uses Earth’s resources prudently to ensure availability in the future is a(n)…

a) capitalist plan.
b) equitable plan.
c) socialist plan.
d) sustainable plan.
e) preservation plan.

A

sustainable plan

Answer Choice: d

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Which statement best supports a geographer’s view that the use of resources is a reflection of culture?

Answer Choices:
a) The goal of cultures throughout the world is to deplete nonrenewable resources.

b) Society’s values are the basis for choosing which resources to use.

c) Consumer choices can do little to move towards sustainability.

d) How to use resources cannot be taught to the next generation in school or church.

e) Everyone in society agrees on how to use Earth’s resources.

A

Everyone in society agrees on how to use Earth’s resources.

Answer Choice: e

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Which of the following statements about the physical environment is true?

Answer Choices:
a) The physical environment is not always the pivotal concern in human decisions.

b) The physical environment is the key factor in social development.

c) Due to technology, humans can repair all environmental damage.

d) A stable lithosphere provides humans with air to breathe.

e) Soil can be easily maintained with modern farming practices

A

The physical environment is not always the pivotal concern in human decisions.

Answer Choice: a