Political Geography Exam Solutions
Course Introduction
Political Geography is the study of the spatial organization of political phenomena and how they influence and are influenced by geographic factors. This course explores the relationships between politics, place, and power, focusing on topics such as the formation of states and nations, territorial disputes, boundary-making, electoral geographies, and the impact of globalization on political boundaries. Students will examine how geographic factors shape political identities, strategies, and conflicts at local, national, and global scales, and will gain an understanding of the ways in which political decisions can affect geographic spaces and communities.
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Human Geography 11th Edition by
Erin H. Fouberg
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Human Geography
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Q1) Contrast expansion and relocation diffusion,giving several examples of each. Answer: Expansion diffusion involves an innovation or idea remaining strong in a hearth while spreading outward. There are three types of expansion diffusion: contagious,hierarchical and stimulus. Contagious diffusion is when individuals near the place are impacted,such as someone with a cough or flu symptoms. Hierarchical involves a pattern of diffusion rather than everyone being impacted. An example of this type of diffusion includes fashion,where Milan and Paris are the hearths and fashion flows to other large cities and then smaller cities. Stimulus diffusion is when an innovation is adopted but changed for a reason such as cultural differences.An example is the veggie burger in India. The second type of diffusion is relocation diffusion. This involves people who have adopted the idea,and then taking their ideas with them when moving to a new location.
Q2) Diffusion which proceeds through the levels of an urban hierarchy,from largest to smallest places,is hierarchical diffusion.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Population and Health
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Q1) After the three Eurasian population clusters,the next-ranking cluster comprises the east-central United States and southeastern Canada)This cluster is not nearly as large as the smallest of the Eurasian clusters.It is,in fact only ___ the size.
A)one-third
B)one-half
C)one-quarter
D)one-tenth
Answer: C
Q2) The number of African countries below replacement level.
A)many
B)few
C)all
D)none
Answer: B
Q3) More than half of the world's entire population is concentrated in East Asia.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Migration
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Q1) Internal migration in Peru is fairly simple with the majority of migrants moving to A)Iquitos on the Amazon.
B)Ecuador.
C)Lima.
D)new farmland in rural areas.
Answer: C
Q2) All of the following are examples of periodic movements except A)going to college.
B)transhumance.
C)commuting to work.
D)migrant workers.
Answer: C
Q3) European migration to colonies reached its peak during this period:
A)1700-1800.
B)1800-1835.
C)1835-1935.
D)post World War II.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Local Culture, Popular Culture, and Cultural Landscapes
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Q1) Urban local cultures as in Brooklyn,New York and North End Boston,Massachusetts are seen as positive examples of _____________,places of cultural persistence.
A)ghettoes
B)ethnic neighborhoods
C)assimilation
D)global villages
Q2) The only country in Africa with a building over 780 feet tall is:
A)Morocco.
B)Egypt.
C)Nigeria.
D)there are none.
Q3) The "lost city" located in Sun City,South Africa is a good example of:
A)an authentic landscape.
B)the commodification of nature.
C)an ethnic enclave.
D)modernization.
Q4) Local cultures are distinctive in that they are stable over time.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality
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Q1) Rural Africa is numerically male dominated.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Mexican migration to New York involves succession processes and some friction with Puerto Rican Hispanics in East Harlem.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the U.S.Census Bureau,the most residentially segregated metropolitan area for African Americans is
A)Atlanta, Georgia.
B)Birmingham, Alabama.
C)Seattle, Washington.
D)Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Q4) Skin color is a matter of pigmentation,a protective element against strong radiation from the sun.The pigment is called
A)dextrose.
B)melanin.
C)epithelial.
D)carotene.
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Chapter 6: Language
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Q1) Standard Italian is the version of the language spoken in A)Florence and Tuscany.
B)Italy north of Venice.
C)Sicily.
D)Rome.
Q2) Clusters of French toponyms in Louisiana,Dutch toponyms in Michigan and Welsh toponyms in Pennsylvania reflect
A)descriptive toponyms.
B)folk toponyms.
C)commemorative toponyms.
D)the shift of names associated with migration.
Q3) Mandarin,the language in and around the Chinese capital Beijing,was chosen as the standardized form of Chinese for the whole country.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Most Afghans speak languages from the Dravidian family of languages.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Religion
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Q1) Which is not a feature of Islamic sacred architecture?
A)Minarets
B)adoption of Roman models of design
C)Frescoes depicting the life of the prophet
D)geometric and calligraphic ornamentation
Q2) The revolution that destroyed the old order in Ethiopia created a new state on the African map called _____________,dominantly Muslim and culturally distinct from the old empire of which it had been a part.
A)Eritrea
B)Botswana
C)Sudan
D)Uganda
Q3) Sikhism is a small compromise religion that arose from the confrontation between Hinduism and
A)Buddhism.
B)Islam.
C)Christianity.
D)British colonial officials.
Q4) Choose a world religion and discuss its place of origin,its diffusion,and its current distribution.
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Chapter 8: Political Geography
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Q1) Robert Sack's view of human territorial behavior implies an expression of control over space and time.This control is closely related to the concept of A)nationhood.
B)colonialism.
C)sovereignty.
D)warfare.
Q2) Why is Sub Saharan Africa likely to face more serious problems creating cohesive independent states that would be politically stable and lack serious internal ethnic frictions?
Q3) Distance,remoteness and marginal location enhance the potential for devolution.This form of devolution is referred to as A)ethnic devolution.
B)territorial devolution.
C)economic devolution.
D)economic marginalization.
Q4) Discuss supranationalism in general terms.How has the European Union developed as a supranational entity? What do you think the future development of the European Union will be like?
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Chapter 9: Urban Geography
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Q1) In a model urban hierarchy,the population of a city,town or village is inversely proportional to its rank in the system (i.e.if the largest city is 4 million the second will be 2 million or 1/2,the third will be 1/3 and so on).This is known as A)central place theory.
B)rank-size rule.
C)trade area ordering.
D)a statistical coincidence.
Q2) In Burgess' concentric zone model,the zone of transition became A)a suburb.
B)deteriorated with more business encroachment.
C)a working class area.
D)a gentrified upscale new urban neighborhood.
Q3) New York's Times Square and Berlin's Potsdamer Platz are examples of giant media reshaping cities into
A)disamenity zones
B)McMansions.
C)planned communities.
D)spaces of consumption.
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Chapter 10: Development
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Q1) Critics of maquiladoras say that companies build factories in Mexico to avoid U.S.employment and environmental regulations.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ____________ is the only country in East Asia with an old age dependency ration over 30.
A)China
B)South Korea
C)Mongolia
D)Japan
Q3) Theorists have created development models to help countries develop; these models are used as guides by:
A)Governments
B)Nongovernmental organizations
C)International financial institutions
D)All of the above
Q4) In the US,there is no area threatened by desertification.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Agriculture
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Q1) Which commodity would be found closest to the market town in von Thunen's model?
A)beef
B)firewood
C)wheat
D)milk
Q2) Which of the following areas does not have a Mediterranean-type climate?
A)central Chile
B)southern Australia
C)southern Florida
D)South Africa's Cape
Q3) In von Thunen's model there was a concentric circle of forest around the city because
A)it would provide lumber and firewood.
B)it would filter out pollution.
C)it provided a recreation area.
D)it would contain the growth of the city.
Q4) As societies become more complex,functional differences are seen in buildings. A)True
B)False
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Q5) Analyze how the rise agribusiness changed the rural landscape and environment.
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Chapter 12: Industry and Services
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Q1) What is outsourcing? What is offshore production? Choose an industry (televisions,Nike shoes,etc.)and discuss the global division of labor.
Q2) Saxony is to Germany in the 1860s as ____________ is to Ukraine and Russia in the 1880s.
A)Austria
B)the Donbas
C)the Black Sea
D)Selesia
Q3) Some industrial regions emerge because of their raw materials combinations.Which of the following is not an example of such a region?
A)the Ruhr
B)Saxony
C)the Donbas
D)London
Q4) This area is one of Russia's oldest manufacturing centers.
A)Ukraine
B)Volga
C)Urals
D)St. Petersburg
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Chapter 13: Human Environment
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Q1) During the Pleistocene period,the planet was in a deep freeze.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The United States is the most prolific producer of solid waste.Studies estimate that the U.S.produces about ____ pounds of solid waste per person per day.
A)2.5
B)4.5
C)3.5
D)7.3
Q3) ___________ describes a field of study that considers the roles of political economics,power,and history in shaping human environmental interactions.
A)Geopolitics
B)Politics
C)Political ecology
D)Economics
Q4) A majority of rare earth elements today are found in China)
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Globalization and the Geography of Networks
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Q1) Annual meetings of the World Social Forum,a network of socialist organizations,take place in
A)Washington, DC.
B)Porto Alegre, Brazil.
C)Paris, France.
D)Moscow, Russia.
Q2) The study of global cities showed that _____ is the most globally connected city in the world.
A)New York
B)Tokyo
C)London
D)Chicago
Q3) How do globalization and the development of networks integrate some places and marginalize others? Give examples of both outcomes.
Q4) Study of participatory development showed higher levels of success among the poorest farmers in rural India because they had the most to gain.
A)True
B)False
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