Geography of Places and Regions Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Geography of Places and Regions explores the spatial organization of human and physical features across the Earth's surface, emphasizing how places and regions are formed, characterized, and transformed over time. The course examines the concepts of location, place, scale, and region, investigating how cultural, economic, political, and environmental processes shape the identity and functionality of different areas. Special attention is given to case studies that analyze the interactions between people and their environments, regional disparities, and the significance of place in a globalized world. Through maps, spatial data, and critical discussions, students develop a comprehensive understanding of how places and regions influence, and are influenced by, broader geographic processes.
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Human Geography Places and Regions in Global Context Updated 5th Canadian Edition by Paul
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Chapter 1: Geography Matters
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Q1) Canadian Geography magazine focuses on many geographical issues that affect Canada.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Isoline maps connect data points that have equal value.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Human geographers,like most social scientists,begin with A) model formation.
B) observation.
C) statistical analysis.
D) data visualization.
E) literature reviews.
Answer: B
Q4) Car tires have higher transferability than Swiss watches.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Changing Global Context
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Q1) The European Renaissance saw an explosion of mapmaking and the development of new map projections.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Several world-empires,for example Ancient Egypt,Sri Lanka,and the Mayan and Incan empires,were so-called hydraulic empires: states in which despotic rulers organized labour-intensive irrigation and drainage schemes that allowed for significant increases in agricultural productivity.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) It is more likely that a pair of blue jeans purchased in Canada today was made with parts and labour from A) one country.
B) multiple countries.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Population Geography
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Q1) In which phase(s)of the demographic transition model are birth rate and death rate about equal?
A) Preindustrial
B) Transitional
C) Industrial
D) Preindustrial and Post-Industrial
E) Preindustrial and Industrial
Answer: D
Q2) Population with a high RNI
Answer: A
Q3) The African diaspora includes people of African descent in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Nutritional density refers to the ratio of A) total population to land being farmed.
B) unhealthy people to total population.
Answer: A
Q5) Elderly population
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: People and Nature
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Q1) The majority of the energy consumed in the world today comes from nonrenewable sources.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In 1998,riots erupted across Bolivia when municipal water was A) nationalized.
B) privatized.
C) subsidized.
D) exported.
E) polluted.
Q3) Countries with most developed hydroelectricity production are countries with A) rivers.
B) coasts.
Q4) Virtual water refers to
A) water consumed in the production of other products, for example beef, cars or newspaper.
B) water shipped around the world to arid areas.
C) water mined from ground water aquifers that are no longer being recharged.
D) water extracted from bio- and sewage waste.
E) an online game.
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Chapter 5: Cultural Geographies
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Q1) The majority of Canada's Sikh community concentrates in
A) British Columbia.
B) the Toronto area.
C) southern Ontario.
D) the Montreal region.
E) the Prairie provinces.
Q2) Christianity
Q3) Buddhism
A)7th century
B)500 B.C.E.
C)15th century A.D.
D)4000 years ago
E)0 B.C./A.D.
F)2,000 B.C.
Q4) A human geographer studying gender issues would most likely study
A) comparison of men's to women's salaries.
B) prostitution in and around red-light districts.
C) the international sex trade.
D) fashions and attitudes of homosexuals.
E) pink spending.
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Chapter 6: Interpreting Places and Landscapes
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Q1) Bucharest is the capital of the country labeled with which number?
A) 2
B) 6
C) 13
D) 16
E) 34
Q2) Varanasi - on the Ganges River - is an exceptionally sacred pilgrimage site to A) Hindus.
B) Muslims.
Q3) Globalization,in the form of the new production of irrigated cash crops,brought this change to the rural Sudanese village studied by geographer Cindi Katz.
A) Children were required to attend school.
B) Subsistence crops were no longer grown.
C) The traditional roles and activities of boys and girls changed.
D) Children were insulated from globalization.
E) Children's experience of their environment was broadened.
Q4) What are "ordinary landscapes"? Citing one example,how does it reflect a particular ideology?
Q5) What is meant by the "cultural geography" of cyberspace and social media?
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Chapter 7: Geographies of Economic Development
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Q1) McDonald's is the world's largest purchaser of beef,pork and potatoes.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe the process of creative destruction.
Q3) The fourth,most recent,and still evolving phase in the 200-year history of our current economic system has been labeled the ________ economy.
A) experience
B) agrarian
C) industrial
D) service
E) routine
Q4) In order to deter cars and ease traffic congestion,cars in London are charged $20 to enter the city.
A)True
B)False
Q5) LDCs
A)Core countries
B)Peripheral countries
Q6) Briefly describe the fair trade movement.
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Chapter 8: Food and Agriculture
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Q1) Plantations - from coffee,cocoa and tea to rubber,palm oil and bananas - typically practice
A) monoculture.
B) polyculture.
C) silviculture.
D) aquaculture.
E) multiculture.
Q2) The Blue Revolution has been great (in terms of price)for shrimp
A) consumers.
B) producers.
Q3) The above world map best illustrates the increased yields of protein crops brought about by
A) the Biorevolution.
B) pastoralism
C) the use of GMO seeds.
D) hunter-gatherer societies 10,000 years ago.
E) the Green Revolution.
Q4) The use of high yield varieties has enhanced global genetic diversity.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Political Geographies
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Q1) Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians became refugees when they were driven from their homes
A) with the creation and territorial expansion of Israel.
B) when the British created Palestine and Transjordan.
C) by Islamist organizations like Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
D) when the Ottoman Empire came into power.
E) by a powerful Canadian political lobby.
Q2) The West Bank and Gaza Strip are called the "Occupied Territories" because they are A) parts of Israel occupied by Palestinians.
B) parts of Israel under attack by Palestinians.
C) controlled by the British as part of the British Mandate.
D) remnants of Palestine occupied by Israel.
E) controlled by the British Military.
Q3) This group of countries lead the sovereignty movements that lead to the breakup of the USSR.
A) the Baltic republics
B) the Central Asian republics
Q4) Present a few examples of regionalism and explain the ways in which it may work against the unity of the state.
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Chapter 10: Urbanization
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Q1) In contrast to 16th century Spanish colonizers that established military and administrative centers in the New World,Portuguese colonizers situated cities to A) facilitate trade and commerce.
B) convert locals to Christianity.
C) replicate European lifestyles.
D) promote industrial development in the New World.
E) blend in as well as possible with the local environment and lifestyles.
Q2) Long-distance trading did not become significant until the late 18th century.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Following the rank-size rule,if the population of the largest city in a country or region is 1 million,the fourth-largest city should contain about this many people:
A) 500,000
B) 400,000
C) 250,000
D) 133,000
E) 100,000
Q4) Discuss the functional characteristics that world cities possess.
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Chapter 11: City Spaces: Urban Structure
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Q1) The best known advocate of modern urban design was
A) Frank Lloyd Wright.
B) Daniel Burnham.
C) Le Corbusier.
D) Baron Haussmann.
E) Ebenezer Howard.
Q2) Though the oil industry and petrodollars were initially important in the growth of Dubai,recently the city has
A) eased restrictions on immigrants, allowing them to become citizens.
B) nationalized its energy sector to ensure long-term viability.
C) erected religious monuments to attract pilgrims.
D) offered generous tax breaks to encourage business relocation.
E) further reduced tariffs to promote local businesses' exporting capacity.
Q3) The City of Toronto has thousands of kilometres of water mains that are,on average,over 50 years old.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An isotropic surface has the same topography everywhere.
A)True
B)False
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