Environmental Geography
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Course Introduction
Environmental Geography examines the complex relationships between people and their natural environments, exploring how human activities influence ecological systems and how environmental changes impact societies. The course integrates physical geography focusing on Earth's landscapes, climate, and ecosystems with human geography, analyzing patterns of resource use, environmental degradation, and sustainability challenges. Topics include land use change, water resources, biodiversity loss, environmental policy, and the global impacts of climate change. Students will develop analytical and critical thinking skills required to assess environmental problems, evaluate solutions, and understand the spatial dimensions of environmental processes at local, regional, and global scales.
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Visualizing Human Geography 2nd Edition by Alyson L. Greiner
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Chapter 1: What Is Human Geography?
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Q1) To describe the site of London (in the United Kingdom), a geographer would mention the global economic and political ties of the city.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) 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.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) 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.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Globalization and Cultural Geography
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Q1) A McDonald's restaurant in India that does not serve beef or pork provides an example of neolocalism.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The diffusion of American brands, values and attitudes around the world is:
A) glocalization.
B) popular culture.
C) Americanization.
D) reverse hierarchal diffusion.
E) commodification.
Answer: C
Q3) The identification of World Heritage sites by the United Nations demonstrates that there truly is a global heritage.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Population and Migration
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Q1) Someone who migrates to another country to work temporarily is a:
A) guest worker.
B) refugee.
C) chain migrant.
D) internally displaced person.
E) net migrant.
Answer: A
Q2) Postponing marriage and practicing sexual restraint are examples of
A) positive checks
B) preventive checks
C) population ecology
D) anti-natalist policy
E) pro-natalist policy
Answer: B
Q3) According to the laws of migration as proposed by Edward G. Ravenstein, most migrations cover long distances and cross international boundaries.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Geographies of Language
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Q1) The hearth of Indo-European languages is in northern Europe.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A language that is used to facilitate trade or business between people who speak different languages is a lingua franca.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A dialect is a variety of a language with a distinctive vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A standard dialect, such as standard Russian, is an example of an official language.
A)True
B)False
Q5) While ski, karaoke, hammock, and cruise are considered English words today, they are actually loanwords.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Geographies of Religion
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Q1) Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam all developed in the same Semitic hearth area.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When geographer Wilbur Zelinsky found a greater density of cemeteries in the upper south, he concluded that:
A) death rates are higher in the upper south.
B) cremation is more frequently used in other parts of the United States.
C) family and neighborhood cemeteries are more common in the upper south.
D) in ground burial in required in the states of the upper south.
E) this is a long-settled part of the United States, with many deaths over the years.
Q3) After the death of Muhammad in 632, those Muslims who felt that Muhammad's immediate successor should be someone from his family became known as the Sunnis.
A)True B)False
Q4) Based on number of believers, Hinduism is the world's largest ethnic religion. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Geographies of Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Sexuality,
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Q1) An ethnic group is likely made up a people who share:
A) at least two languages.
B) a common religion.
C) a similar economic status.
D) a history of migrating at the same time.
E) ties to a group of countries.
Q2) The goal of apartheid was to create separate but equal areas for each racial group in South Africa.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When scholars argue that race is a social construction, not a biological fact, they believe:
A) race is concept that is created and given meaning by a society.
B) race is something that is easily categorized.
C) physical traits in people can easily fit into formal regions.
D) there is a natural order of beings in the world.
E) intolerance is based on experienced differences.
Q4) Ethnicity is both subjective and flexible.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Political Geography
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Q1) Without information on current political issues, in which situation would the risk of devolution probably be the smallest?
A) A compact state such as Macedonia.
B) An elongated state such as Chile.
C) A prorupt state such as Namibia.
D) A fragmented state such as the Philippines.
E) A perforated state such as South Africa.
Q2) The security landscape of modern society is illustrated with well-marked highways and easily read traffic signs.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When countries are members of supranational organizations such as the United Nations or the European Union, they:
A) seek to attain their imperialist goals.
B) give up their sovereignty.
C) simply continue a 200- or 300-year tradition of membership.
D) believe they can attain economic, military, or cultural goals by working together.
E) follow the guidelines of the 1957 Treaty of Rome.
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Chapter 8: Urban Geographies
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Q1) The greatest contribution of central place theory to geography has been:
A) providing an explanation for urban primacy.
B) explaining the relationship between city size and city hinterlands.
C) calculation of how to measure the threshold in miles.
D) explaining urban food deserts.
E) explaining the need for urban redevelopment.
Q2) The central business district is often found in the suburbs of a city today.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Unlike North American cities, European cities are likely to:
A) be more friendly to pedestrians and bicycles
B) lack suburban development.
C) have more than one central business district.
D) have more slum development in central areas because they are older cities.
E) have more privately owned homes rather than apartments.
Q4) London, New York, Tokyo, and several others are termed alpha world cities.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Geographies of Development
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Q1) Development is influenced by dependency because:
A) dominant states produce key resources.
B) dependent states lack economic resources and power.
C) international trade tends to benefit states that produce needed agricultural products.
D) wealthy states become dependent on imported goods.
E) lack of workers is a barrier to development in dependent states.
Q2) _____________ is based on the idea that the price of a good or service in one country should equal the price of that same good or service in another country when it is converted to a common currency.
A) PPP
B) GNI
C) GDP
D) HDI
E) SAP
Q3) Income inequality is associated with a lower incidence of poverty, which in turn, can deter investment and development.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Changing Geographies of Industry and Services
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Q1) The Fordist production model is used today to create vertically integrated multinational firms.
A)True
B)False
Q2) By the 1970's, emerging NIE's were located primarily in:
A) Europe.
B) Asia.
C) South America.
D) North America.
E) Africa.
Q3) Outsourcing is the transfer of a business activity to a location in another country.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Postindustrial societies are characterized by high levels of urbanization and reliance on information and communication technologies.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Agricultural Geographies
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Q1) As a result of the third agricultural revolution, modern commercial agriculture often uses monoculture and chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Globalization of agriculture has affected your diet by offering new products and products that would not be available at certain times of the year.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Sustainable agriculture is characterized by efforts to conserve water and soil, and limit the use of chemicals.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the context of the Green Revolution, the term green refers to the adoption of organic or eco-friendly practices.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Environmental Challenges
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Q1) The use of solar panels and photovoltaic cells to capture solar energy is:
A) an example of passive solar collection.
B) an example of active solar collection.
C) an example of using nonrenewable energy.
D) capable of producing about 20 % of the energy needed in the United States.
E) more productive than wind power on a global scale.
Q2) The use of common property resources has observed that:
A) most varieties of ocean fish are caught well below sustainable yields.
B) most trees are sustainably harvested.
C) sustainable yield only applies to renewable resources.
D) consumers cannot secure sustainable harvested lumber.
E) ocean currents make determining sustainable fish catch levels impossible.
Q3) Which of the following is not considered to be a new renewable?
A) biomass energy
B) solar energy
C) wind energy
D) geothermal energy
E) fossil fuels
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