Introduction to Human Geography Practice Questions
Course Introduction
Introduction to Human Geography explores the spatial organization of human activities and their relationships with the physical environment. This course examines topics such as population distribution, cultural patterns, economic systems, urbanization, and globalization, focusing on how humans interact with and shape the world around them. Students will develop a foundational understanding of key geographic concepts, tools, and methods to analyze societal trends, recognize regional differences, and appreciate the complex interplay between people and place.
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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) The ___ region,also known as a spatial system,is marked not by an internal sameness,but by its dynamic internal structuring.
Answer: functional
Q2) Friction between which two tectonic plates is likely to have caused the earthquake in Nepal in Spring,2015?
A) African and Arabian
B) Indian and Eurasian
C) South American and Nazca
D)Pacific and Australian
E) North American and Pacific
Answer: B
Q3) The Southern Hemisphere contains no areas with ___ climates. Answer: D
Q4) Uniform cultural regions characterized by internal homogeneity are classified as ___ regions.
Answer: formal
Q5) The most populous of the two divisions of Islam consists of Muslims. Answer: Sunni
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Chapter 2: The North American Realm
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Q1) The two European powers that fought over control of the territory that became Canada were the:
A) French and Russians
B) British and Russians
C) French and British
D) Dutch and Spanish
E) Spanish and Portuguese
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is one of Canada's Prairie Provinces?
A) Nova Scotia
B) British Columbia
C) Manitoba
D) Newfoundland and Labrador
E) Prince Edward Island
Answer: C
Q3) Quebec successfully seceded from Canada in 2007.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: The Middle American Realm
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Q1) NAFTA is a trade agreement that includes Nicaragua.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q2) A mulatto is a person of mixed African and Amerindian ancestry.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q3) More than one million Puerto Ricans have migrated to ____________.
A) Miami
B) Mexico City
C) California
D) Caracas
E) New York Answer: E
Q4) Over 80 percent of Costa Rica's forests have been destroyed.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 4: The South American Realm
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Q1) Which South American country was most transformed by the forced in-migration of Africans in bondage?
A) Argentina
B) Brazil
C) Colombia
D) Peru
E) Ecuador
Q2) Iquitos is Bolivia's "Atlantic port."
A)True
B)False
Q3) Brazil is a federal state; its largest States lie in the east and northeast.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following cities is NOT the largest urban center in its country?
A) Buenos Aires
B) Santiago
C) Rio de Janeiro
D) Montevideo
E) Bogotá
Q5) ____________ are to Brazil what barrios are to Spanish-speaking South America.
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Chapter 5: The European Realm
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Q1) The United Kingdom,a charter member of the European Common Market,quit that organization in disagreement in 1973.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The European Parliament meets in Strasbourg,France.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Industrial Revolution in Europe ________________.
A) produced the first specialized industries anywhere in the realm
B) triggered a large immigration of workers from other parts of the world to fill the available jobs in the factories
C) initially was focused in Britain, where machinery was invented and the use of steam to power engines emerged
D) gave enormous situational advantage to large cities such as London and Paris, both positioned on coal fields and near iron ores
E) confirmed the superior quality of European products, which were already beating inferior textiles and other wares from India and China before the Industrial Revolution even began
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Chapter 6: The Russia-Central Asia Realm
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Q1) Czar Peter the Great attempted to turn the city of ________________ into the "Venice of the North".
A) Moscow
B) Kiev
C) Amsterdam
D) St. Petersburg
E) Vladivostok
Q2) The Russian Federation's change from 83 "Regions,Republics,and other entities" into eight new administrative units occurred in ______.
A) 1917
B) 1923
C) 1945
D) 1991
E) 2000
Q3) Persistently frozen ground is known as ________________.
A) taiga
B) an ice sheet
C) permafrost
D) tundra
E) steppe
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Chapter 7: The North African-Southwest Asian Realm
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Q1) The choke point known as the ____________ lies between Yemen and Djibouti.
A) Hormuz Strait
B) Shatt-al-Arab
C) Bab el Mandeb Strait
D) Gulf of Suez
E) Strait of Gibraltar
Q2) Which of the following countries is not located on the Arabian Peninsula?
A) Syria
B) Kuwait
C) Oman
D) Qatar
E) Bahrain
Q3) The Bab el Mandeb Strait is a choke point at the outlet of the Persian Gulf.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Kurdistan is an example of a stateless nation.
A)True
B)False
Q5) ____________ is the current capital of Turkey.
Q6) Islam's holiest city,to which a Muslim must make at least one pilgrimage,is ___.
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Chapter 8: The Subsaharan African Realm
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Q1) Most African families still depend on subsistence agriculture.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following countries is not located in Southern Africa?
A) Botswana
B) Cameroon
C) Zimbabwe
D) Zambia
E) Moçambique
Q3) Which of the following countries borders Lake Victoria?
A) South Sudan
B) Uganda
C) Malawi
D) DRCongo
E) Ethiopia
Q4) The name Tanzania derives from the merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The capital of DRCongo named Leopoldville in colonial times,is ___.
Q6) The former nation of Southern Rhodesia is now known as ___________.
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Chapter 9: The South Asian Realm
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Q1) Which State is located in southern India?
A) Orissa
B) Kerala
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Kashmir
E) Maharashtra
Q2) If global environmental change models prove to be correct,the Maldives may disappear below the ocean surface during the next few decades.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following provinces of Pakistan received the largest groups of refugees from Afghanistan?
A) Sindh
B) Punjab
C) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
D) Kashmir
E) Balochistan
Q4) The Sikhs are concentrated in India's Punjab.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: The East Asian Realm
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Q1) The leader named________________guided China into a new economic era following the death of Mao Zedong in 1976.
Q2) China falls far short of producing all of its fossil fuel needs.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is the Chinese name for Tibet?
A) Pudong
B) Xian
C) Xinjiang
D) Xizang
E) Hainan
Q4) Which river flows through Guangdong Province?
A) Huang He
B) Yangzi
C) Yellow
D) Chang Jiang
E) Pearl
Q5) Beijing,Tianjin,and Shanghai are three of China's largest cities.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: The Southeast Asian Realm
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Q1) People of Chinese descent constitute the ethnic majority of the population of Singapore.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Only Afghanistan produces more opium than the Southeast Asian country of
Q3) The population of Southeast Asia tends to be evenly spread across the realm's fragmented land area.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Cambodia is a good example of an elongated state.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The total population of Southeast Asia is relatively modest compared to the populations of India and China.
A)True
B)False
Q6) East Malaysia consists of Sarawak and Sabah.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: The Austral Realm
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Q1) The Tropic of Capricorn virtually divides Australia north and south.
A)True
B)False
Q2) New Zealand is located about 1,000 miles northeast of Australia.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Australia has had a long-term relationship with Papua New Guinea to assist that country's development.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Australia's newest neighbor,which successfully seceded from Indonesia and became independent in 2002,is ___.
Q5) Australia's Aboriginal population totals about 2 percent of its total population.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The Austral Realm is the only one that lies completely in the Southern Hemisphere.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Pacific Realm and Polar Futures
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Q1) New Guinea is a part of Melanesia,a Pacific region that also includes the Solomon Islands,Vanuatu,and New Caledonia.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Pacific region named ___________ takes its name from the word for many,and is contained within a huge triangle whose corners are New Zealand,Easter Island,and the Hawaiian Islands.
A) Polynesia
B) Amnesia
C) Micronesia
D) Melanesia
E) Oceania
Q3) The "LOS" in UNCLOS stands for ___.
Q4) Low-island environments are marked by economies based on fishing.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The Pacific region that from the end of World War II through the 1980s was largely a United States Trust territory is ___.
Q6) The U.S.state that is located in the Pacific Realm is ___.
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