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What is Geography?
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Which of the following is NOT a property of distribution?
accessibility
concentration
pattern
density
2
Which of the following is NOT a factor of distortion on a map?
Relative size
Direction
Shape
Distance
3
Mathematical calculation using latitude and longitude determines
site characteristics
relative location
absolute location
toponym
4
The most important tool to help geographers think spatially is
census
satellite
stick model
map
5
What technology calculates Earth data via satellite and electronic information technologies?
Landsat
Remote Sensing
GIS
GPS
6
"My house is located pas the fire station" is an example of
site
absolute location
distance
situation
7
All living systems on Earth would be found in the
hydrosphere
lithosphere
climosphere
biosphere
8
The reason why each region on Earth is distinctive is because of the
history
people
culture
topography
9
The extent of a feature's spread over space is
density
distribution
concentration
conformity
10
A mental map is a good way to represent what type of region?
formal
functional
political
vernacular
11
A large scale map would best illustrate
connections between world cities
neighborhood streets in a suburb
highways connecting regions
freeway routes in a large city
12
The belief that nature causes social development is known as
possibilism
psychology
ecology
environmental determinism
13
Which of the following is an example of spatial analysis?
the sizes of major oceans
natural vegetation on hillsides
the flight patterns of birds
a checkerboard pattern created by farmers
14
A place from which an innovation originates is known as a
place
core
hearth
birthplace
15
Which modern trend is most directly responsible for space time compression?
democratization
regionalization
globalization
fragmentation
16
The geography who first calculated the earth's circumference with relative accuracy was
Eratosthenes
Carl Sauer
Idrisi
Ptolemy
17
Functional or nodal regions are now less important because of
redistricting
technology
blockbusting
redlining
18
The art and science of mapmaking is called
morphology
geography
topography
cartography
19
If it is midnight at the prime meridian, then at the International Date Line it is
midnight the previous day
midnight the following day
noon
6pm
20
A special type of map designed to reveal local topography is
local-global continuum map
reference map
Peters projection
contour map
21
Which is NOT a physical site characteristic?
elevation
relative location
amount of rainfall
type of soil
22
Globalization means that the scale of the world is
not affected
shrinking
increasing
status quo
23
A toponym is
a name given to a place on Earth
the characteristics that make a place distinct
a physical characteristic of a place
mathematical grid used to find a place
24
The farther away people are from another the less likely they will interact is called
network
syncretic diffusion
distance decay
space-time compression
25
The economic gap between the core and the periphery is known as
uneven development
inequality
distribution
poverty