Political Geography
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
Political Geography explores how political processes, power dynamics, and territorial boundaries shape and are shaped by the physical and human landscapes of the world. This course examines the spatial organization of political entities, the evolution of borders, geopolitics, state sovereignty, and the interplay between geography and political conflict. Students will analyze case studies involving the formation of nations, the impacts of globalization and regionalism, and the role of political geography in contemporary issues such as migration, resource disputes, and separatist movements. Through these topics, the course fosters critical understanding of how geography influences political decisions and global relations.
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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) A good example of a functional region would be:
A)a city and its surrounding region
B)region where everyone speaks French
C)region where farming practices are the same
D)region of a similar climate
Answer: A
Q2) The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:
A)absolute location
B)site
C)relative location
D)index of placeness
Answer: C
Q3) The diffusion of Under Armour is an example of:
A)independent adoption.
B)contagious diffusion.
C)hierarchical diffusion.
D)stimulus invention.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Population and Health
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Q1) Births and _______ add to the population growth of a particular country.
A)rise in the death rate
B)emigration
C)immigration
D)increased agricultural output
Answer: C
Q2) Enormous strides have been made to battle the AIDS crisis,including:
A)antiretroviral drugs
B)reproductive education programs
C)family planning
D)all of these choices is correct
Answer: D
Q3) In the 21 century,world population doubling time is A)300 years
B)increasing (i.e. taking longer to double)
C)decreasing
D)ten years
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Migration
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Q1) The smallest number of slaves involved in the Atlantic slave trade was sent to A)British Caribbean.
B)Brazil.
C)French Caribbean.
D)British North America.
Answer: D
Q2) A periodic form of movement that involves a system of pastoral farming whereby livestock and their keepers adjust their location to the seasonal availability of pastures is called:
A)nomadic herding.
B)transhumance.
C)livestock farming.
D)ranching.
Answer: B
Q3) In 2010,the center of the U.S.population was located in:
A)Missouri.
B)Ohio.
C)Indiana.
D)Illinois. Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Local Culture, Popular Culture, and Cultural Landscapes
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Q1) ________________ culture is conceived as small,incorporating a homogeneous population,typically rural and cohesive in cultural traits.
A)Material
B)Popular
C)Folk
D)Local
Q2) The Dave Matthews Band established a ________ in Charlottesville,Virginia and gained popularity through ________ among college towns.
A)record label, contagious diffusion
B)hearth, hierarchal diffusion
C)beachhead, word of mouth
D)hearth, distance decay
Q3) In terms of popular culture,cities like Paris,New York,and Milan are referred to as A)capitals.
B)local cultures.
C)world cities.
D)hearths.
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Chapter 5: Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality
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Q1) Residential segregation in the United States today is
A)the result of restrictive state and local laws.
B)increasing.
C)decreasing.
D)a phenomena which has virtually disappeared.
Q2) A cultures' assumption about the differences between men and women is defined as:
A)Gender
B)Sexuality
C)Feminism
D)Chauvinism
Q3) What difficulties arise when trying to use the concept of race to discuss the population of the United States? Discuss issues of the scientific status of the race concept,the number of races,and the changing notions of what constitutes a race.
Q4) In India the breaking of a dowry contract may lead to A)lawsuits.
B)a beating or killing of the wife (dowry death).
C)a marriage annulment.
D)Dowries are illegal in India, so this is not an issue.
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Chapter 6: Language
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Q1) Hawaii is an example of state with A)no linguistic variation.
B)official "English only" policies.
C)official bilingual policies.
D)no official language policies.
Q2) Distinguish between dialect,pidgin language,and creole.Why is it often difficult to distinguish one from another?
Q3) The Indo-European language family prevails on the map of Europe.Which country listed below has a language which is not in the Indo-European family?
A)Germany
B)Italy
C)Iceland
D)Hungary
Q4) After the breakup of the Soviet Union,Leningrad was renamed
A)Yeltsinburg.
B)Misk.
C)New Leninburg.
D)St. Petersburg.
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Chapter 7: Religion
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Q1) In many less developed societies religion acts as a binding force.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Geomancers,those who know the desires of the spirits of ancestors,dragons and tigers occupying the natural world,are associated with A)karma.
B)feng-shui.
C)Lamaism.
D)monotheism.
Q3) The vote to partition Palestine was taken by A)Israel.
B)the United Nations.
C)Britain.
D)the Ottoman Empire.
Q4) Sikhism is a small compromise religion that arose from the confrontation between Hinduism and A)Buddhism.
B)Islam.
C)Christianity.
D)British colonial officials.
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Chapter 8: Political Geography
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Q1) The first political geographer who studied the state in detail was Friedrich Ratzel who postulated that the state resembles a biological organism.His organic theory identified ______________ as a state's essential life giving force.
A)population
B)a strong military
C)space
D)mobility
Q2) In Italy,the Northern League's desire for independence was based on the economic difference between the northern Po region and the southern Mezzogiorno.These differences are attributed to
A)regional ethnic differences.
B)religious differences between north and south.
C)core-periphery processes.
D)ecological differences.
Q3) Most ________ states gained independence after 1940.
A)South American
B)European
C)East Asian
D)African
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Chapter 9: Urban Geography
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Q1) After 1970,new suburban downtowns (edge cities)were spawned in the outer city of Los Angeles,with their leading concentrations
A)near key freeway intersections.
B)along the coast.
C)near hubs of public transportation.
D)at the approaches to key bridges.
Q2) 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.
Q3) Subsaharan Africa is both the least urbanized and the slowest urbanizing realm in the world.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Urban sprawl is closely associated with rapid urban population growth.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Development
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Q1) Discuss several types of barriers to development.What can governments do to remove those barriers?
Q2) Wallerstein's three-tier regionalization of the world includes all of the following except A)core.
B)semi-core.
C)periphery.
D)semi-periphery.
Q3) Define Gross National Product.Discuss the world map of per capita GNP and apply Wallerstein's three-tier regionalization (core,semi-periphery,and periphery)to divide the world into three development regions.Give examples of countries in each region.
Q4) One compensation of being in a peripheral region of the world economy is that goods and services are low cost,thus making education free of cost in most of the region.
A)True B)False
Q5) The world economic system works to the disadvantage of the periphery countries. A)True B)False
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Chapter 11: Agriculture
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Q1) Coffee was domesticated in Ethiopia.Today,70% of production is in
A)Southeast Asia.
B)South Asia.
C)East Africa.
D)Middle and South America.
Q2) Most US farmers are subsistence farmers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) As societies become more complex,functional differences are seen in buildings.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Even after the end of colonialism,many plantations in the world are still owned by Europeans or Americans.
A)True
B)False
Q5) According to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification,the UK has a
A)humid cold climate with no dry season.
B)humid temperate climate with no dry season and a cool summer.
C)humid temperate climate with a dry winter.
D)humid temperate climate with a dry summer.
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Chapter 12: Industry and Services
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Q1) Over 50% of the goods entering Europe come through two ports in A)Luxembourg.
B)Belgium.
C)Netherlands.
D)Germany.
Q2) The most important locational factor for the service sector is A)energy.
B)transportation.
C)market.
D)labor.
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) Ford's River Rouge plant is an example of vertical integration.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Human Environment
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Q1) Growing understanding of the effects of the Little Ice Age leads to the suggestion that the chief cause of the rapid collapse of the Jamestown colony may well have been A)flooding.
B)shortened growing season.
C)a seven year drought.
D)poor farming practices.
Q2) Oil is a finite resource.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Forests affect the atmosphere through their role in (the) A)global warming.
B)production of CO2.
C)desertification.
D)oxygen cycle.
Q4) Human destructiveness of the environment manifested itself early when A)streams were polluted by settlements.
B)fires were set to kill entire herds of reindeer and bison.
C)cooking fires polluted the air.
D)the beginnings of agriculture destroyed vast areas of soil.
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Chapter 14: Globalization and the Geography of Networks
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Q1) Miami is more linked to Latin America than Los Angeles.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Globalization is the inevitable outcome of modern spatial processes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) 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
Q4) Where do you get your news? Do you depend upon media networks or do you seek alternative sources? How has the rise of the Internet influenced centralized media?
Q5) Media's power as information gatekeepers has been undercut by
A)local television stations and newspapers.
B)microblogs on the Internet.
C)decline in newspaper subscription.
D)growth in functional illiteracy.
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