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1
Which method of indicating location is providing the latitude & longitude coordinates of a city
This is an example of Scale
This is an example of situation
This is an example of mathematical location
This is an example of site
2
GPS provides _______ location
toponymic
relative
situational
mathematical
3
How would a geographer describe the "shrinking" of the world thanks to technology?
Friction of distance
Distance decay
International date line
Space time compression
4
Which of the following is a distortion found in maps? (make sure you answer :)
Relative Size
Direction
Distance
Shape
5
The coordinates 89 N latitude, 170 E longitude are
near the Equator but far from the Prime Meridian
near the International Date Line and the North Pole
Near the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator
Near the North Pole and the Prime Meridian
6
What type of region is the Pacific Northwest?
Nodal Region
Functional Region
Vernacular Region
Formal region
7
Which type of map actually distorts everything in a map, its angles, distances, and areas?
Equal area map
Mercator projection
Mollweide projection
Robinson projection
8
What type of diffusion does migration lead to?
Hierarchical diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Relocation diffusion
9
Which way do you need to cross the International Date Line to lose a day?
West
East
10
Which type of map has the largest distortions at the poles?
Equal area map
Mercator projection
Mollweide projection
Robinson projection
11
What type of region is Hurricane?
Formal region
Functional Region
Perceptual Region
Vernacular Region
12
How was the Jewish faith spread around the globe?
Stimulus diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
13
Greenwich, England is the historical city through which _______ passes.
the International Date Line
0 degrees latitude
the Prime Meridian
the Equator
14
The extent of a feature's spread over space is defined as _________.
Concentration
Topography
Distribution
Diffusion
15
Chicago's ________ is 92 miles south of Milwaukee and 180 miles northwest of Indianapolis
jurisdiction
site
situation
location
16
As Mexican immigrants arrive in the US, some areas now speak "Spanglish"
This is an example of acculturation
This is an example of syncretism
This is an example of assimilation
This is an example of a cultural hearth
17
All world maps are distorted because (read all answers please)
They are too small to depict all details accurately
You cannot put turn a 3-D object into 2-D without distortion
None of these
Both of these
18
Spreading information during the Middle Ages was usually done through
Contagious diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Relocation diffusion
19
Hip-hop music spread from a few big cities, to smaller cities, and then to suburban areas
This is an example of contagious diffusion
This is an example of hierarchical diffusion
This is an example of relocation diffusion
This is an example of expansionary diffusion
20
People adapting to living in the Arizona desert heat by using air conditioning is an example of
possibilism
topography
environmental determinism
polders
21
Which way do you need to cross the International Date Line to gain a day?
East
West
22
A city located in the NE US on the Altantic coast, with a temp. climate, & 2 Ivy League schools
This is an example of mathematical location
This is an example of Scale
This is an example of situation
This is an example of site
23
Which of the following is NOT renewable?
Oil/Petroleum
Bamboo
Coal
Solar Power
24
Which system includes the earth's mantle and crust?
Atmosphere
hydrosphere
lithosphere
biosphere
25
Italian migrants came to US in early 1900s, but a generation later, their kids speak English
This is an example of syncretism
This is an example of a cultural hearth
This is an example of acculturation
This is an example of assimilation
26
What is the idea that a radio station's signal loses strength as you drive away from it?
Distance decay
International date line
Time zones
Space time compression
27
Which law established the township and range system for organizing most of the USA?
Proclamation of 1783
Northwest Territory of 1812
Global Information Systems
Land Ordinance of 1785
28
Oxford, Ohio is located 5 miles east of the Indiana state line and 35 miles NW of Cincinnati
This is an example of Scale
This is an example of site
This is an example of situation
This is an example of mathematical location
29
What type of diffusion does the spread of Chick-fil-a restaurants across the United States?
Stimulus diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Relocation diffusion
30
All different types of diffusion have to start somewhere - What term describes that place?
Hearth
Township
Region
Culture
31
The physical environment sets broad limits on humanity, but we can adjust to it best describes
possibilism
environmental determinism
climate
cultural relativism
32
The circles that travel N-S around the globe and help us measure how far something is E-W?
Longitude
Parallels
Meridians
Latitude
33
Which of the following is the largest scale map?
1: 100,000,000
1:100
1:10,000
1: 1,000,000
34
Seeing mixes of people dressed in sarongs, saris, business suits or blue jeans in NYC suggests
hierarchical diffusion
acculturation
assimilation
syncretism
35
What is the significant "line" that is located around 180 degrees longitude?
North Pole
Equator
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
36
What type of region would best describe the people that shop at Huntington Mall?
Perceptual Region
Vernacular Region
Formal region
Functional Region
37
1 to 100 is an example of _____
Cartography
Scale
Pattern
Topography
38
Modifying the environment by building irrigation, a polder or a bridge would be altering the
cultural landscape
arithmetic density
land ordinance of 1785
functional region
39
170W longitude and 11 S latitude are likely
south of the equator and east of the Prime Meridian
East of the International Date Line and South of the Equator
east of the Prime Meridian and South of the Equator
west of the International Date Line and north of the Equator
40
Someone claiming that people living in a desert are naturally lazy because of the intense heat
is an example of cartography
is an example of globalization
is an example of possibilism
is an example of environmental determinism
41
____ describes the way that "sweet tea" spread across the southern US as an alternative to tea.
Hierarchical diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Relocation diffusion
42
Which map is known for keeping the meridians and parallels perpendicular?
Mercator projection
Mollweide projection
Robinson projection
Equal area map
43
Olympia Fields, Washington Ave, and Illinois are all examples of _____
Possibilism
Cultural landscapes
Distribution
Toponyms
44
What is the waistline of the earth?
Longitude lines
Equator
Latitude lines
Prime Meridian
45
The signal area of WCHS Channel 8 news (Charleston) is an example of which type of region?
Perceptual Region
Vernacular Region
Formal region
Functional Region
46
Which of the following is the smallest scale map?
1: 1,000
1:100
1: 100,000
1: 9,000
47
Acquiring data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet is best described as
remote sensing
GPS
GIS
topography
48
Which tool do geographers use to produce layered maps?
Cartography
Topography
Global Positioning System
Geographic Information System
49
The spread of Christianity in Africa suggestions
stimulus diffusion
contagious diffusion without relocation diffusion
relocation diffusion followed by expansion diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
50
Which geographers tool is the best for identifying exactly where a person is on the planet?
GIS
remote sensing
topography
GPS
51
Globalization of the economy has
decreased investment in less developed countries
drained resources from more developed countries
heightened economic differences among places
leveled economic differences between places
52
The Land Ordinance of 1785 divided the US into smaller (6 mile by 6 mile) squares called _____.
Hearths
Sections
Regions
Townships
53
Polders in the Netherlands are a great example of
Conservation
Perservation
Sustainable development
Unsustainable development
54
A development plan that uses the earth's resources to ensure the availability in the future
is an example of preservation
is an example of sustainability
is an example of capitalism
is an example of global warming
55
What is the field that map makers work in?
Topography
Cultural ecology
Cartography
Mapology
56
Mormon's high concentration in Salt Lake City, with lower concentrations occurring further out
is an example of a functional region
is an example of a vernacular region
is an example of a formal region
is an example of a perceptual region
57
The circles that travel E-W around the globe and help us measure how far something is N-S?
Latitude
Longitude
Parallels
Meridians
58
What type of region is best described by a radio station?
Vernacular region
Functional region
Distance decay
Formal region
59
A ship at 0 latitude and 150 west longitude is likely
In the Indian Ocean
In the Atlantic Ocean
In the Pacific Ocean
In the Arctic Ocean
60
What term describes how much the distance between two places impacts there interactions?
Space time compression
Distance decay
Friction of distance
International date line