Human Geography Question Bank
Course Introduction
Human Geography is the study of the relationships between people, places, and the environment, focusing on how human activities shape, and are shaped by, the world around us. This course examines spatial patterns and processes related to population, migration, culture, language, religion, urbanization, economic development, and political organization. Emphasizing the interconnectedness of global and local scales, students will explore how social, economic, and political forces influence the distribution of human phenomena, the formation of cultural landscapes, and the complexities of globalization, identity, and sustainability.
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Introduction to Geography 14th Edition by Arthur Getis
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) An example of a formal region is
A)the hub and spoke network for a particular airline.
B)100,000 square kilometers.
C)Dixie.
D)the area of France where the Breton language is spoken.
Answer: D
Q2) Between the Middle Ages and the revival of geography in the 17<sup>th</sup> century,Muslim scholars were engaged in describing and analyzing their known world and its physical,cultural,and regional variation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The relationship between the size of an area on a map and its actual size on the earth's surface is called the
A)map scale.
B)map key.
C)map projection.
D)relative location.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Techniques of Geographic Analysis
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Q1) The prime meridian
A)passes through Greenwich Village,New York.
B)is given in nature.
C)connects the North and South Poles.
D)is parallel to the equator.
Answer: C
Q2) The 24 time zones of the world are roughly centered on meridians at 15-degree intervals.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The International Date Line generally follows the 49<sup>th</sup> parallel.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) What are the lines of constant elevation on topographic maps called?
Answer: Contour lines
Q5) What is the general term referring to collecting information about the earth using devices as aerial photography,radar,and thermal scanners?
Answer: Remote sensing
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Chapter 3: Physical Geography: Landforms
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Q1) The Richter scale is a well-known measure of the magnitude of A)seismic waves.
B)tsunamis.
C)epicenters.
D)tectonic forces.
Answer: A
Q2) Explain how gradation and tectonic forces interact to create new landforms. Answer: Tectonic forces tend to create uplifted landforms while gradational processes tend to wear them down.Volcanism is responsible for lava spewing onto the earth's surface,creating,for example,various types of volcanoes,plateaus,and new islands.Diastrophism creates uplifted land surfaces through broad warping,folding,and faulting.With regard to gradation,new landforms are created when materials at or below the earth's surface are affected by weathering or erosion.Weathering prepares material for transport; erosion transports material by running water,groundwater,glaciers,waves,and currents and wind.Each of the processes is associated with its own particular types of landforms.
Q3) Identify the three main groups of rocks and indicate with arrows and labels the processes by which each one is formed and transformed in the rock cycle. Answer: Answer should resemble Figure 3.3 in text
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Chapter 4: Physical Geography: Weather and Climate
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Q1) State the scientific evidence for and against global warming.
Q2) Typical summer storms or showers in tropical and continental climates are a type of ___________ precipitation.
A)orographic
B)convectional
C)cyclonic
D)frontal
Q3) The angle of the sun's rays at a given time and date is most influenced by a location's
A)latitude.
B)longitude.
C)distribution of land and water.
D)cloud cover.
Q4) The type of climate found within the equatorial low pressure zone and characterized by warm temperatures and regular convective rainfall throughout the year is the A)tropical rain forest.
B)savanna.
C)Mediterranean.
D)marine west coast.
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Chapter 5: Population Geography
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Q1) Carrying capacity is
A)the maximum biomass an environment will produce.
B)a function of distance decay.
C)the maximum number of people that can be supported by available resources and technology.
D)a reflection of cultural diffusion.
Q2) Describe some of the likely consequences of total fertility rates falling below replacement levels.
Q3) Draw a graph depicting the demographic transition theory.Graph crude birth rates and crude death rates versus time and label the four stages of the demographic transition and show when population growth takes place.
Q4) According to United Nations projections,almost all population growth between 2000 and 2030 will take place __________.
A)in the Southern Hemisphere
B)in rural areas of developing regions
C)in the world's mega-cities
D)in urban areas of developing regions
Q5) Why is the total fertility rate a more accurate measure than the crude birth rate?
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Chapter 6: Cultural Geography
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Q1) Pidgin and creole languages are distinguished from one another by the fact that pidgin
A)may be based on any European language; creole is always a French dialect.
B)is always a second language for all its speakers; creole has become a distinctive first language of a society.
C)is a simplified European language taught to native populations; creole is a simplified native language.
D)is any invented language of Asia and the Pacific; creole is based on French and found in the Caribbean.
Q2) Of the following major world religions,the newest is
A)Buddhism.
B)Islam.
C)Judaism.
D)Hinduism.
Q3) Cultural integration is the term applied to the intermixture of ethnic traits within a pluralistic society.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Why was environmental determinism rejected by geographers?
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Chapter 7: Human Interaction
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Q1) Determination of the critical distance can be affected by
A)health,education,and welfare.
B)innovation,diffusion,and acculturation.
C)cost,effort,and time.
D)age,sex,and ethnicity.
Q2) Which one of the following is/are NOT a barrier to interaction?
A)political boundaries
B)cost
C)mountains
D)fiber optic cables
Q3) Offer evidence of the increased economic,political and cultural integration of the world.
Q4) In contemporary North American society,an individual's activity space is primarily affected by their
A)stage in life,mobility,and opportunity.
B)income,sex,and ethnicity.
C)politics,religion,and nationality.
D)health,education,and employment.
Q5) What is the concept that refers to a gradual decrease in influence with increasing separation?
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Chapter 8: Political Geography
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Q1) The Philippines is an example of a(an)_______________ state.
A)fragmented
B)elongated
C)compact
D)perforated
Q2) Which is the best example of a subsequent superimposed boundary?
A)the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland
B)the western portion of the United States-Canada border
C)the borders of former British colonies in Africa
D)the border between India and Pakistan
Q3) A consequent or ethnographic boundary
A)coincides with some cultural divide,such as religion or language.
B)is based on a recognizable physiographic feature.
C)typically follows a line of latitude or longitude.
D)is drawn across an area before it is settled.
Q4) The most threatening centrifugal force in Canadian politics has been the large size of the country.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the most universal of the world organizations of countries?
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Chapter 9: Economic Geography: Agriculture and Primary Activities
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Q1) Intensive subsistence agriculture is characterized by A)equal emphasis upon crops and animals.
B)farms that specialize in producing a single crop.
C)high first-year yields,followed by production declines and land abandonment.
D)high yields per unit of cultivated land.
Q2) Which of the following statements about shifting or swidden cultivation is true?
A)to maintain soil fertility,farmers rotate fields
B)to maintain soil fertility,farmers rotate crops
C)to adapt to rising populations,farmers increase their application of fertilizers
D)it is widely practiced in areas of Asia and Africa that are too dry for other means of agriculture
Q3) What is the name of the form of agriculture that involves rotating fields when soil fertility is exhausted?
Q4) The category of agriculture that involves "burned clearings" and rotation of fields,instead of crops,is called
A)intensive subsistence.
B)swidden.
C)nomadism.
D)communal farming.
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Chapter 10: Economic Geography: Manufacturing and Services
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Q1) A characteristic of modern economic growth is
A)That the importance of agriculture as an employer of labor increases.
B)Subsistence societies bypass secondary-stage processing and move to tertiary activities.
C)Secondary activities are replaced by service activities.
D)Service activities are replaced by secondary activities.
Q2) China has surpassed the United States in exporting information-technology goods,such as laptop computers,mobile phones,and digital cameras.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Manufacturing industries engaged in bulk or weight reduction operations are A)involved in diet plan promotions.
B)raw material oriented.
C)part of the quaternary sector.
D)examples of high-tech manufacturing.
Q4) A vegetable canning operation is likely to be located near the consumer market because of perishability concerns.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: An Urban World
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Q1) The urbanized area is defined by structural and population densities,not by legal boundaries.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The multiplier effect means that
A)new non-basic jobs will generate additional basic jobs.
B)new basic jobs will generate additional non-basic jobs.
C)service sector jobs will replace manufacturing sector jobs.
D)regardless of city size,there is a constant ratio of basic to non-basic jobs.
Q3) Manufacturing cities in the United States are most heavily concentrated in the A)Northeast to Midwest.
B)Pacific Coast.
C)South.
D)Great Plains.
Q4) Both the concentric zone and sector models assume cities grow and develop outward from a single core.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Explain the factors that promoted suburbanization in the United States and the impact of suburbanization on central cities.
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Chapter 12: The Geography of Natural Resources
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Q1) The part of the world most at risk from desertification is
A)China.
B)Africa.
C)India.
D)Central America.
Q2) An environmentally sustainable economy is best defined as one that
A)balances the rate of species extinction with that of species evolution.
B)controls the production of pollutants.
C)reduces the consumption of energy resources.
D)satisfies current needs without jeopardizing the prospects of future generations.
Q3) Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A)Energy consumption and industrialization are highly correlated.
B)Some countries have a rich resource base but a population that is poor.
C)Per capita energy production is correlated with national energy consumption.
D)Industrialized countries can compensate for a lack of resources by importing raw materials.
Q4) What is the term that refers to plant and animal material used as fuel?
Q5) What are some examples of renewable resources?
Q6) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of hydropower dams.
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Chapter 13: Human Impact on the Environment
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Q1) Photochemical smog is found only in cities in the developed world.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Ozone is a noxious pollutant at both ground level and high in the stratosphere.
A)True
B)False
Q3) How do people help produce landforms?
Q4) The agreement that calls for global efforts to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases is known as the A)1979 Convention on Transboundary Air Pollution.
B)Montreal Protocol of 1987.
C)Clean Air Act of 1990.
D)Kyoto Protocol of 1997.
Q5) The primary source of primary air pollutants in the United States is industry. A)True
B)False
Q6) You have been hired by the city council of a newly incorporated suburb to inform it about alternative systems of solid-waste disposal.Briefly summarize the points you would make in your report.
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