Cultural Geography
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Cultural Geography explores the ways in which culture shapes, and is shaped by, the spatial organization of people, places, and environments. This course examines the patterns and processes of human cultural activities, including language, religion, ethnicity, settlement, and identity, and analyzes how these elements influence and reflect the landscapes of cities, rural areas, and natural environments. Students will consider topics such as globalization, cultural diffusion, and the role of power in the construction of cultural spaces, gaining an understanding of the dynamic interactions between culture and geography in a rapidly changing world.
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Human Geography 1st Edition by Jon Malinowski
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Chapter 1: Major Geographic Concepts
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Q1) Though we often talk about the 'South', speak of 'southern hospitality' and mention that people have southern accents
A)the south really is not different from the north.
B)the south, as a region, is very difficult to define.
C)the south does not generally include Georgia or Florida.
D)today Michigan and Wisconsin are usually included in the region.
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following does not apply to the concept of process?
A)When something starts and when something ends.
B)If some phenomena has a logical progression.
C)When you can't access the appropriate webpage in your browser.
D)Explanations of why process has occurred.
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following is true regarding how geographers interpret space?
A)An analysis of how believers use the inside of a Church or sacred structure.
B)A measure of the distance between Church A and Church B.
C)Understanding a formal (uniform) region of French language usage.
D)The interaction of a farmer with the land, weather, and climate on the farm.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Geography Through the Ages
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Q1) Environmental determinism says that the environment 'determines' peoples' actions.How does 'possibilism' vary from this?
A)Anything is possible out in the environment.
B)Most cultural alternatives are not possible.
C)What is possible is not probable.
D)Environmental effects lead to different possible results.
Answer: D
Q2) The teachings of Carl Ritter seemed to focus
A)on observation and discerning processes.
B)on developing advanced theories.
C)on collecting facts.
D)on accumulating trivia.
Answer: A
Q3) A map of a child's (or a few children's) views of central Boston might be called A)a choropleth map.
B)a topographic map.
C)a cartogram.
D)a mental map.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Population
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Q1) Over the last half century rates of natural increase (RNI) have
A)increased significantly.
B)stayed about the same.
C)declined significantly.
D)increased only in the third world.
Answer: C
Q2) The first locations for wide spread domestication of plants would have been
A)The Fertile Crescent.
B)What is today Iraq and Syria.
C)Mesopotamia (around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers).
D)All of the above are true regarding plant domestication.
Answer: D
Q3) Rates of natural increase have declined significantly in recent decades due to
A)better public health, medicine, and access to contraceptives.
B)better provision of soy milk and other grain based foods.
C)an increase in sexual reproduction.
D)more countries outlawing having certain numbers of children.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Geography of Health and Disease
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Q1) By mapping cholera deaths, John Snow found that
A)they were often clustered in rat infested housing.
B)they were related to meat packing industries.
C)they clustered around infected wells for drinking water.
D)they were more prevalent in poultry and meat markets.
Q2) The belief that a man can be cured of HIV by having sex with a virgin woman is an example of which factor in the triangle of human ecology?
A)population.
B)habitat.
C)urbanity.
D)behavior.
Q3) Which is not relevant to access to health care?
A)functional factors.
B)industrial factors.
C)social factors.
D)geographical factors.
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Chapter 5: Migration Flows
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Q1) When slaves were freed in the United States the subsequent movement of several million African Americans to northern cities could be considered
A)guestworker migration.
B)mass migration.
C)cyclical migration.
D)primitive migration.
Q2) The best example of a 'center of absorption' for migrants would be
A)a city.
B)a river.
C)a mountainside.
D)a highway.
Q3) In the sidebar account of the woman forced into prostitution, her journey began in ______________ and ended in ______________.
A)Afghanistan;France
B)Peru;Italy
C)Moldova;Israel
D)Colombia;United States
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Chapter 6: Culture and Cultural Landscapes
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Q1) Geographers interested in the social construction of space
A)focus on distance decay factors and migration.
B)focus on elements of absolute vs.relative location.
C)focus on the idea that social values are reflected in the landscape.
D)focus mainly on the major culture hearths of the world.
Q2) Greek revival homes in the U.S.which date from the 1830s
A)Often have round turrets and 'crazy' angles.
B)Are made to look like ancient Greek temples with columns.
C)Have Italianate delicate 'cake icing' decorations.
D)Exhibit rounded or pointed 'Gothic' windows and doors.
Q3) Which of the following is least associated with culture?
A)A blood type.
B)Eating blood pudding.
C)Blood letting in the belief it would relieve disease.
D)The story of a vampire sucking blood.
Q4) Cultural diffusion
A)can involve migration.
B)can be movement of disease through a concentrated area.
C)can indicate movement of ideas through a population.
D)All of the above.
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Chapter 7: The Geography of Language
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Q1) A collection of languages in one family will be related and descended from a A)series of dialects that may or may not be related.
B)common ancestor known as a proto-language.
C)grouping of creoles (from pidgins).
D)language isolate like Basque.
Q2) The origins of runes are unclear but they were probably developed by
A)the Goths (Germanic subfamily of Indo-European).
B)the Picts (Celtic subfamily of Indo-European).
C)the Greeks (Hellenic subfamily of Indo-European).
D)the Albanians (Illyrian subfamily of Indo-European).
Q3) Grimm's law discusses
A)predictable sound shifts in different but related languages.
B)the importance of related vocabulary in related languages.
C)language as related to the gravity model of development.
D)how language families are related more broadly.
Q4) A basic fact of language is that it is
A)constantly changing in structure and content.
B)rarely changes.
C)alphabets come naturally to both primitive and developed peoples.
D)OK to think someone's accent is 'bad'.
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Chapter 8: The Geography of Religion
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Q1) For Shiite Muslims, the city of Karbala in Iraq is sacred
A)because it is the birthplace of the Buddha.
B)because it is the site where Jesus was married.
C)because Ali, Mohammed's grandson died there.
D)because it was the place where John the Baptist was baptized by Jesus.
Q2) The Theravada tradition of Buddhism
A)spread eastward and southward from its core in the Ganges basin in India.
B)spread westward toward the original Hindu core in Anatolia (Turkey).
C)spread northward into China and Mongolia.
D)spread southwestward through islands and to Madagascar.
Q3) Judaism is the originator of Christianity and Islam
A)is one of the world's largest religions in total number of believers.
B)is as large as either Christianity or Islam or Hinduism in adherents.
C)is relatively small in total believers with only about 15 million.
D)is about the same size as Buddhism (though unrelated to that faith).
Q4) Christianity was started in Israel by Jesus, who was A)Jewish.
B)Muslim.
C)Seventh Day Adventist.
D)the Buddha.
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Chapter 9: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
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Q1) The Amish people of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere are notable because
A)they openly share their religious beliefs with others.
B)their genetic makeup does not allow them to share their religious beliefs.
C)by choice they do not participate in certain aspects of popular culture.
D)their religion is a mix of a broad spectrum of American popular culture.
Q2) Which is the best choice referring to gender?
A)sex-the physical difference between males and females
B)the culture nuances between the sexes
C)the term refers specifically to homosexuality
D)none of the above
Q3) Which is the best example of an ethnic neighborhood in the U.S.?
A)the traditional walking city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B)the Midwestern suburb of Gahanna near Columbus, Ohio
C)a small area of Puerto Ricans in Wilmington, Delaware
D)an ethnically Scots-Irish farmstead in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
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Chapter 10: A World of Nations and States
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Q1) Irredentist movements are seen when
A)part of one state wants to separate and join another state.
B)one part of a state wants independence.
C)a nation becomes divided.
D)wealthier parts of a country want to secede.
Q2) Which of the following is true of a feudal system?
A)chiefs control all activities across the land
B)the political system is not necessarily tied to complete territorial control in that system
C)a president leads an executive branch of government
D)a dictator rules all aspects of communal agricultural ownership
Q3) The best example of a stateless nation would be
A)the Bosnians.
B)the North Koreans.
C)the Native Americans (Indians) of the United States.
D)France.
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Chapter 11: Geography of Governance and Representation
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Q1) Western Australia, with Perth as its capital
A)has a government and personality reflecting its isolation from the rest of the country.
B)has a layout and feeling very similar to that of New South Wales or Victoria.
C)has no large city over 50,000 people.
D)all of the above.
Q2) A capital city
A)is always the largest city in the country.
B)is always the most important city in the country regarding cultural attractions.
C)is always the most reliable city in terms of health care.
D)is where the country's government is always seated.
Q3) One special region found in the United States and established for indigenous peoples
A)is autonomous politically.
B)is an urban enclave.
C)is the reservation.
D)is industrially sound.
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Chapter 12: Environment and Conservation
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Q1) Minimata disease is related to
A)deaths from deep shaft coal mining.
B)sickness from mercury poisoning in coastal waters.
C)infirmity from leather processing and tanning in early England.
D)mental retardation and birth defects caused by thalidomide.
Q2) Examples of structural failures from natural disasters would be
A)flooding and high winds.
B)high velocity updrafts in tornados, and liquefaction in earthquakes.
C)levee failures in floods and building damage in earthquakes.
D)loss of heart and depression among those experiencing disasters.
Q3) Regarding the Middle East in terms of per capita power use
A)most areas are not remarkable in power use.
B)there are no low power use (per capita) countries.
C)high power use (per capita) is found in the UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait.
D)all of the above.
Q4) Natural hazards can be defined as
A)extreme environmental events.
B)mild alterations in the land by people.
C)human affects on landscape such as disease.
D)the study of geographical images in literature or temporal perceptions.
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Chapter 13: Urbanization and Urban Networks
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Q1) Urban networks tied together in some meaningful way refers directly to A)hinterland origins.
B)core-periphery relations.
C)environmental determinism.
D)functional linkages.
Q2) During the Middle Ages which is an example of developing city functions?
A)iron being developed to improve tools like axes and plows
B)a highly developed road network connecting the Roman Empire
C)bankers in cities helping to underwrite commercial and artisan activities
D)more remote cultures being subdued by the dominant political power at the time
Q3) Up until a few thousand years ago, cities
A)did not exist.
B)were only found in Japan and China.
C)clustered in Mexico and Central America only.
D)were always widely spread globally.
Q4) Division of labor refers to A)jobs divided up by race.
B)working harder than ever before in factory jobs.
C)people working in specific jobs according to need.
D)more and more agricultural jobs available.
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Chapter 14: The Changing Structure of the City
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Q1) At the center of the city population densities in North American cities generally do what?
A)increase
B)decrease
C)are maintained about the same throughout the city
D)none of the above
Q2) A trading city of the late Middle Ages or European colonial times might feature
A)a wall, an elite compound, and segregated occupants.
B)canals, shipping port facilities, and mercantile facilities.
C)train tunnels, trestles, and railyards.
D)automobiles, paved and cement roads, and a limited access motorway.
Q3) What people are generally at more risk of default in subprime lending?
A)wealthier people in the city centers
B)poorer people in the city outskirts
C)middle class people on the main city transport corridors
D)less affluent people in the inner cities
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Chapter 15: The Geography of Economic Activity and Agriculture
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Q1) Subsistence agriculture is
A)based in a global market.
B)based on a regional market mainly in developed countries.
C)agriculture that sustains life at the most basic level.
D)none of the above.
Q2) What is meant by the 'private sector'?
A)individuals and companies working outside government
B)employment in the State of Ohio or State of Indiana
C)roadwork operated by taxes in a local city or municipality
D)the FBI investigating your cross-state banking crimes
Q3) When we say GNP "per capita", this phrase means
A)per household
B)per person
C)on average
D)the sum value
Q4) Which would be the best example of commercial agriculture?
A)growing barley in the early Fertile Crescent
B)tomatoes grown in your garden for your own use
C)picking and eating wild mulberries on a nature hike
D)harvesting wheat to be sold to and transported to various cities
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Chapter 16: Geographies of Production and Consumption
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Q1) The tourism industry caters to
A)only the wealthiest of clients.
B)the consumption of place through travel.
C)mainly people in the United States.
D)none of the above.
Q2) Which would most likely to be locations of high-tech computer and software industries?
A)the east coast and the west coast
B)the Midwest
C)the Great Plains
D)the Deep South
Q3) Which were not factors in Britain being the center of the Industrial Revolution?
A)locations near excellent transport on the Great Lakes
B)the transport centers of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
C)the great European centrality of the capital of London
D)availability of raw materials and Britain as already wealthy
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Chapter 17: Distribution and Transportation
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Q1) Albert Gallatin
A)was the first U.S.politician to develop protectionist transport policies.
B)planned some of the first transport routes into the U.S.interior.
C)personally built major roads from California eastward.
D)all of the above.
Q2) In 1830 it took three weeks to travel from Chicago to New York, while in 1857, with new railroads, it only took
A)about 2 weeks.
B)about 1 week.
C)about 2 days.
D)about 12 hours.
Q3) In the National Highway system
A)on ramps and off ramps led to a limited access type of highway.
B)lower numbered highways were in the east while higher numbers in the west.
C)large bypass 'loops' were created often completely encircling urban centers.
D)all of the above.
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Chapter 18: Development and Geography
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Q1) Much of the American South's reluctance to give up slavery had to do with A)its lack of ethnic diversity.
B)rejection of Afro-American culture.
C)its dependence on the cotton plantation economy.
D)its help received by the British Empire in shifting its economy to an industrial level.
Q2) Sustainable development attempts to
A)deplete all countries of their raw materials as quickly as possible.
B)reconcile economic advancement with environmental protection.
C)build up exports of higher level third world countries.
D)magnify the HDI of African countries in particular.
Q3) Development traps keep a country from evenly and progressively developing.Examples of development traps are
A)high wealth and good health.
B)humane factory conditions and good roads.
C)government failure and cultural barriers.
D)an agricultural labor force developing strong local markets.
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