Cultural Geography
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Course Introduction
Cultural Geography explores the intricate relationships between culture and place, examining how human societies shape and are shaped by the landscapes they inhabit. The course delves into topics such as language, religion, ethnicity, identity, and social norms, investigating how these cultural elements influence spatial patterns, settlement, and regional differentiation. Students will analyze the processes of cultural diffusion, globalization, and the impact of cultural landscapes on the environment. Through case studies and practical examples, the course fosters an understanding of how cultural practices and values are expressed geographically and how they contribute to the dynamic nature of the worlds diverse regions.
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The World Today Concepts and Regions in Geography 7th Edition by Jan Nijman
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) Which of the following is the process whereby the sun's radiation is trapped in the Earth's atmosphere.
A) desertification
B) continental drift
C) interglaciation
D) greenhouse effect
E) There is no such effect.
Answer: D
Q2) The area that surrounds and is served by a city is known as its _____________.
A) periphery
B) formal region
C) hinterland
D) core
E) relative location
Answer: C
Q3) Carl Sauer developed a school of cultural geography centered on the concept of cultural landscape.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The North American Realm
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Q1) The major mountain range of the Pacific Northwest region is the:
A) Rockies
B) Sierra Nevada
C) Black Hills
D) Cascades
E) Wasatch
Answer: D
Q2) The most numerous among Americans who would identify themselves as Asian are:
A) Japanese
B) Filipino
C) Korean
D) Chinese
E) Vietnamese
Answer: D
Q3) The outlet to the sea for the Great Lakes is the __________ River.
Answer: St.Lawrence
Q4) Canada's population is growing as rapidly as that in the US.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: The Middle American Realm
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Q1) Middle America's largest city is ___________.
A) Havana
B) Caracas
C) Santo Domingo
D) Panama City
E) Mexico City
Answer: E
Q2) The Spanish,and their need for wood,deforested large areas of Middle America.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies is known as a(n)____________.:
A) spine
B) isthmus
C) archipelago
D) bridgeland
E) peninsula
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: The South American Realm
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Q1) A moderating influence on the Altiplano's climate is _______________.
A) Lake Titicaca
B) the Atlantic Ocean
C) the Pacific Ocean
D) the Peru Current
E) winds blowing across the Andes from the Amazon Basin
Q2) South America's population distribution mostly adheres to the continent's coast.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The South American country that contains the northern end of the Andes is
A) Venezuela
B) Colombia
C) Panama
D) Brazil
E) Suriname
Q4) Ecuador's population is predominantly located in the Andean Highlands of the country.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: The European Realm
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Q1) Northern Europe's three largest countries in territorial size all contain their major concentrations of population in the southern part of their national territory.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which city in the Northern Europe serves as a break of bulk,or entrepƓt,city?
A) Stockholm
B) Copenhagen
C) Oslo
D) Reykjavik
E) Helsinki
Q3) The industrial heartland of Poland is located in ______________.
A) the Bohemian Basin
B) the Warsaw area
C) the Vistula Valley
D) Silesia
E) the Baltic coastal zone
Q4) The number of adherents to Christianity is growing in Europe.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: The Russia-Central Asia Realm
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Q1) Russia is about twice as large as Canada in area.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Moscow lies at the heart of Russia's Central Industrial Region.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Chechnya is not a sovereign nation but an ethnic republic of Russia.
A)True
B)False
Q4) This former Soviet Socialist Republic borders Turkey and remains in conflict with an oil-rich neighboring state over its exclave of Nagorno-Karabakh:
A) Greece
B) Azerbaijan
C) Georgia
D) Armenia
E) Turkmenistan
Q5) Russia has never been a colonial power.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The region of Russia known as "Russia's freezer" is ___.
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Chapter 7: The North African-Southwest Asian Realm
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Q1) Syria has played no role in the problems that plague Lebanon.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following countries is not a major oil producer?
A) Kuwait
B) Libya
C) Iraq
D) Iran
E) Jordan
Q3) Libya is an oil-poor country.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Saudi Arabia,the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula,contains less than 30 million people.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Islam was founded before Judaism and Christianity.
A)True
B)False
Q6) ____________ is the current capital of Turkey.
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Chapter 8: The Subsaharan African Realm
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Q1) West Africa is Subsaharan Africa's most populous region.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The great river of Southern Africa is the ______________.
A) Zambezi
B) Zimbabwe
C) Niger
D) Congo
E) Victoria
Q3) Which of the following countries is located in the Horn of Africa?
A) South Sudan
B) Mali
C) Niger
D) Nigeria
E) Ethiopia
Q4) The Yoruba are the dominant ethnic group in DRCongo.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The most populous country of the African continent,which today comprises a confederation of the Yoruba,Ibo,and northern Muslim peoples,isĀ ___.
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Chapter 9: The South Asian Realm
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Q1) The Untouchable caste in India is also known as the ________________.
A) Hindu Kushes
B) Harijans
C) Brahmans
D) Sikhs
E) Tamils
Q2) Bangladesh was formerly known as _____________.
A) East Pakistan
B) East India
C) Ceylon
D) West Pakistan
E) Burma
Q3) India today is the world's second most populous state.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Afghanistan has no ethnic majority.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The mountain range containing Mount Everest,the world's highest peak,is called theĀ ___.
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Chapter 10: The East Asian Realm
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Q1) Which of the following regions has been known as and is sometimes stillĀ called "Manchuria"?
A) Northeast China
B) Taiwan
C) North China Plain
D) Xinjiang
E) Red Basin of Sichuan
Q2) Japan's natural landscapes_________________.
A) resemble those of populous South Asia: wide alluvial valleys crowded by millions of farmers, plateau country elsewhere
B) being tropical, consist of dense stands of forest and clearings of farmland
C) are mountainous and hilly, with flat land at a premium
D) consist of all the usual landforms except mountains, which rarely occur in the Japanese archipelago
E) delayed Japan's modernization by inhibiting contact and communications with the Asian mainland
Q3) Taiwan was conquered by the Chinese communists in 1949.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: The Southeast Asian Realm
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Q1) A former Portuguese colony that is the newest state in Southeast Asia is______________.
A) Macau
B) Singapore
C) Brunei
D) Myanmar
E) East Timor
Q2) Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following associations is INCORRECT?
A) Indonesia-Islam
B) the Philippines-Roman Catholicism
C) Thailand-Buddhism
D) Myanmar-Hinduism
E) Malaysia-Islam
Q4) Both Thailand and Myanmar are examples of states whose territorial morphologies can be classified asĀ ___.
Q5) Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)lies in the massive,fertile delta of theĀ ___Ā River.
Q6) Ethnic Khmers dominate the population of the country of___________
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Chapter 12: The Austral Realm
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Q1) Sugar cane is grown in subtropical coastal lowland areas of Queensland.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following cities is located nearest the Australian capital of Canberra?
A) Perth
B) Melbourne
C) Auckland
D) Adelaide
E) Brisbane
Q3) The island lying across the Bass Strait off the southeastern coast of Australia is named ____________.
A) New Zealand
B) Canberra
C) Tasmania
D) South Island
E) East Timor
Q4) The chief farming region of New Zealand's South Island is theĀ ___Ā Plain.
Q5) The northern boundary of the Southern Ocean is called theĀ ___Ā Convergence.
Q6) The term Austral meansĀ ___.
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Chapter 13: Pacific Realm and Polar Futures
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Q1) High-island cultures are associated with fertile soils and farming economies.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Regionally,the Hawaiian Islands are part of ________________.
A) Melanesia
B) Micronesia
C) Polynesia
D) the Pacific Rim
E) North America
Q3) Valid Arctic claims can be made by all but which of the following countries:
A) Canada
B) Finland
C) Norway
D) Russia
E) the United States
Q4) Pie-shaped best describes the cartographic form of national territorial claims that have been made in Antarctica.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The capital of Papua New Guinea is ____________
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