Deck 1: What Is Human Geography?

Question 1

Geographers would describe the fact that the United States imports coffee from Columbia, Brazil, Kenya, and other countries as an example of:

A) complementarity since the United States does not produce much coffee.
B) intervening opportunities since Canada is a closer supplier.
C) transferability since coffee often is damaged in shipping.
D) spatial interaction since coffee is actually shipped both ways.
E) connectivity that is greater than accessibility.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Contagious and relocation diffusion played a role in the global spread of the H1N1
virus.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

To engage in remote sensing of the environment, you must have maps, cameras, and GPS technology.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Human geography is the branch of geography that:

A) makes maps.
B) focuses on environmental dynamics.
C) explores the nature-culture dualism.
D) considers the spatial impacts of social dynamics.
E) investigates energy and ecosystems.

Question 5

One of the two key principles in viewing the Earth as a dynamic, integrated system is that the Earth is constantly changing as a result of natural and human-induced events.

Question 6

In looking for cultural regions, geographers believe that culture:

A) is relatively fixed and stable.
B) is created by government and educational groups.
C) is a complex system that is shaped by people, but also influences them.
D) is so complicated that aspects of culture cannot be mapped.
E) is only applicable when working with functional regions.

Question 7

The borders of both formal and perceptual regions tend to be very precise.

Question 8

Environmental determinism has been criticized by modern geographers as overly simplistic and for failing to consider nonenvironmental factors.

Question 9

To describe the site of London (in the United Kingdom), a geographer would mention the global economic and political ties of the city.

Question 10

Satellite based global positioning systems cannot be used to:

A) investigate the time-space path of an individual.
B) ensure accurate real property tax records.
C) better manage fertilizer and pesticide applications.
D) forecast earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
E) provide real-time navigation assistance.

Question 11

The difference between place and space is:

A) places are bigger than spaces.
B) spaces are bigger than places.
C) a place may have many spaces.
D) there can be absolute space, but not absolute locations.
E) only spaces can have a situation.

Question 12

A person in New York City is likely to observe a new trend or fashion style before a person in a small city in Oklahoma.

Question 13

A_____________ region is an area that possesses one or more unifying physical or cultural traits.

A) perceptual
B) functional
C) informal
D) formal
E) peripheral

Question 14

The tapering off of a process, pattern, or event over a distance is called distance decay.

Question 15

Time-space convergence is thought to reduce:

A) relative distance.
B) place.
C) globalization.
D) regionality.
E) perception.

Question 16

If a new grocery store opened closer to your home than your current store, you might describe the new store as an intervening opportunity.

Question 17

Assuming that the joke you told at lunch today was something that you heard someone say at a party last weekend, what type of diffusion is operating:

A) relocation diffusion.
B) contagious diffusion.
C) hierarchical diffusion.
D) stimulus diffusion.
E) ordinary diffusion.

Question 18

Geographers increasingly prefer to use GIS rather than a traditional map because:

A) GIS can link data, reveal spatial relationships and display them.
B) GIS does not require georeferenced data.
C) GIS does not require computer hardware and software.
D) maps generally show more cultural bias than does GIS.
E) maps tend to have more errors than GIS.

Question 19

A geographer found that environmental constraints made it impossible to grow rice in a community, so farmers generally planted wheat in that area. The geographer saw this as:

A) an example of environmental determinism at work.
B) a situation where possiblism might apply.
C) an example of political ecology affecting decisions.
D) a modified cultural landscape.
E) an example of regional analysis.

Question 20

A person can be in only one place and one relative space at a time.