Unit 1.3-1.4 Quiz Flashcards
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.
economic and cultural globalization
Answer Choice: d
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
more uniform consumption preferences, enhanced communications, increased unequal access to resources
Answer Choice: e
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
persistence of distinctive cultural beliefs
Answer Choice: b
The arrangement of a phenomenon across Earth’s surface is known as…
a) dispersal.
b) spatial analysis.
c) diffusion.
d) distribution.
e) spatial association.
distribution
Answer choice: d
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.
density
Answer Choice: c
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.
heightened economic differences between regions of the core and periphery
Answer Choice: c
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.
uneven development
Answer Choice: a
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.
Humanistic Geography
Answer Choice: d
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.
Non-Hispanic whites are clustered near the coastline.
Answer Choice: d
Spatial organization by ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation are examples of cultural—
Answer Choices:
a) toponyms.
b) identity.
c) geotagging.
d) nodes.
e) meridians.
identity
Answer Choice: b
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 region from which a phenomenon originates
Answer Choice: c
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
contagious and hierarchical
Answer Choice: e
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
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.
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.
acculturation
Answer Choice: b
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
contagious diffusion
Answer Choice: d
