Urban Geography
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Course Introduction
Urban Geography examines the spatial organization, evolution, and dynamics of cities and metropolitan regions. This course explores the patterns and processes shaping urban areas, including urbanization, land use, migration, social and economic structures, and environmental challenges. Through case studies and analytical frameworks, students will investigate how factors such as transportation networks, planning policies, globalization, and cultural diversity influence the structure and experience of urban life. The course also considers issues like segregation, gentrification, urban sustainability, and the future of cities in a rapidly urbanizing world.
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Contemporary Human Geography 2nd Edition by James
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M. Rubenstein
Chapter 1: Thinking Geographically
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Q1) List each type of region described in the textbook and give an example of each.
Answer: Formal,functional and vernacular.Examples will vary.
Q2) For many people,the globalization of culture represents a threat to local diversity.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Situation identifies a place by its
A) location relative to other objects.
B) mathematical location on Earth's surface.
C) nominal location.
D) unique physical characteristics.
E) primary dimensions.
Answer: A
Q4) Local ________ is in opposition to the force of globalization.
Answer: diversity
Q5) The frequency of a feature in a given area is known as density.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Population
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Q1) Geographers define overpopulation as
A) too many people in the world.
B) too many people compared to environmental capacity.
C) too many people in a region.
D) All of these answers are correct.
Answer: B
Q2) The future may hold a new stage of the demographic transition marked by
A) a return to stage 1 conditions.
B) a negative natural increase rate.
C) increasing family size.
D) a reversal of the stages.
E) population stability at Stage 4.
Answer: B
Q3) Developing countries must face increasing proportions of older people in their populations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Migration
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Q1) Interregional migration in the U.S.has increased in the early twenty-first century.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) All other things being equal,the farther away a place is,the less likely it is a destination for migration.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The center of U.S.population has moved westward for the last 200 years.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) A fence guards the entire U.S.-Mexico border.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Folk and Popular Culture
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Q1) Folk cultures are spread primarily by
A) contagious diffusion.
B) hierarchical diffusion.
C) relocation diffusion.
D) stimulus diffusion.
E) epidemic diffusion.
Q2) In cultures with strong folk clothing preferences,young adults are
A) more likely to dress like their parents.
B) less likely to dress like their parents.
C) likely to create their own unique style.
D) paying close attention to international styles.
E) None of these answers is correct.
Q3) The use of a horse and buggy by the Amish in the United States is an example of a A) folk culture.
B) habit.
C) popular culture.
D) taboo.
E) technological innovation.
Q4) What is the difference between a custom and a habit?
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Chapter 5: Language
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Q1) A literary tradition is
A) a form of a language used for official government business.
B) a form of a language spoken in a particular area.
C) a collection of languages related to each other.
D) the written form of a language.
E) the variety of dialects in a language.
Q2) What are the future prospects for different groups of non-English speakers in North America?
Q3) French speakers in Québec have considered separation from Canada. A)True B)False
Q4) The geographic study of the distribution of languages provides a good example of A) the interplay between globalization and local diversity.
B) the diffusion of folk culture in different areas of the world.
C) the role and spread of religion across much of the world.
D) political conflicts that arise due to ethnic tensions.
Q5) Evidence suggests the first speakers of Indo-European may have been the Kurgans. A)True B)False
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Q6) How may have people from Anatolia been important to the geography of language?
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Chapter 6: Religion
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Q1) A relatively small group that has broken away from an established church is a A) branch.
B) denomination.
C) sect.
D) dialect.
E) family.
Q2) The predominant religion in Latin America is
A) Islam.
B) Catholicism.
C) Protestantism.
D) Animism.
E) Eastern Orthodoxy.
Q3) The single holiest site in Islam is
A) Madinah
B) Jerusalem
C) Makkah
D) Amritsar
E) the al-Ka'ba
Q4) How do different religions incorporate natural features into their cosmogony?
Q5) What major universalizing religion originated in present-day India?
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Chapter 7: Ethnicity
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Q1) Genocide in Rwanda involved Hutus murdering Tutsis.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Kosovo is recognized as independent by all major countries of the world.
A)True
B)False
Q3) How might the ethnic makeup of Iraq present challenges to political stability there?
Q4) Nationalism
A) is loyalty and devotion to a nationality.
B) can have a negative impact.
C) is a centripetal force.
D) may be symbolized by flags and songs.
E) all of these choices are correct.
Q5) Latinos and Hispanics are clustered in what areas of the United States?
A) Northeast, cities
B) West, Southwest
C) Southwest, Southeast
D) cities
E) Pacific Northwest, Plains states
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Chapter 8: Political Geography
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Q1) The first states in ancient Mesopotamia were
A) city-states.
B) colonies.
C) empires.
D) nation-states.
E) patron-states.
Q2) The nation-state concept originated and has been used most extensively in modern Europe.
A)True
B)False
Q3) State-sponsored terrorism commonly includes all but
A) providing sanctuary for terrorists.
B) providing supplies to terrorists.
C) prohibiting women from attending school.
D) actively sponsoring terrorist attacks.
Q4) Why did the Soviet Union face difficulty governing a multinational state,and why does Russia face difficulties today?
Q5) Define gerrymandering and explain how it relates to the geographic concept of place.
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Q6) Discuss the development of the modern concept of the state.
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Chapter 9: Development
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Q1) Expected years of schooling is generally defined as the number of years that an average 5 year old child is expected to spend with his or her education in the future.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How is access to knowledge or education important to development?
Q3) The literacy rate is the percentage of a country's people who can read up the grade 12 level and and write meaningful letters.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Created by the UN in 1980,this is an indicator of the level of development for each country.It combines income,literacy,education,and life expectancy.
A) Human Development Index (HDI)
B) Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)
C) Gini Coefficient (GC)
D) Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
E) Development Level Indicator (DLI)
Q5) What is structural adjustment program and what are some of the criticisms against it?
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Chapter 10: Food and Agriculture
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Q1) Hunting and gathering is still practiced by some societies today.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The largest use of land near the Equator is
A) intensive subsistence, wet rice dominant agriculture.
B) intensive subsistence, wet rice not dominant agriculture.
C) pastoral nomadism.
D) plantation agriculture.
E) shifting cultivation.
Q3) Which of the following is a typical practice in growing rice in Asia?
A) preparing fields with a plow drawn by oxen
B) flooding the plowed field with water
C) growing seedlings in a nursery
D) transplanting seedlings into the flooded field
E) all of the above
Q4) Crops grown in the mixed crop and livestock region are used primarily to feed animals.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In shifting cultivation,how do farmers clear their fields for planting?
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Chapter 11: Industry
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Q1) It is estimated that sixty percent of the world's final assembly plants are controlled by ________ carmakers.
A) 3
B) 6
C) 10
D) 15
E) 20
Q2) Generally,the farther something is transported,the lower is the cost per kilometer (or mile).
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the U.S.,between 1950 and 2009,the North and East lost 6 million manufacturing jobs and the South and West gained 2 million.
A)True
B)False
Q4) If products are more expensive to transport than inputs,the optimal location for a factory is near the source of inputs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Services and Settlements
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Q1) Companies incorporated in an offshore center tend to have tax-free status regardless of the nationality of the owners.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The ________is the minimum number of people needed to support the service.
A) range
B) threshold
C) distance
D) hierarchy
E) law of equidistance
Q3) Discuss the phenomena of global urbanization.
Q4) In the Caymans,it is a crime to discuss confidential business,defined as matters learned on the job,in public.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In the global economy,developed countries specialize in two distinctive types of business services: offshore financial services and back-office functions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Urban Patterns
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Q1) As in the U.S.,wealthier people in European cities cluster along a sector extending out from the CBD.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Before the advent of streetcars,commuter trains,and subways,the growth of suburbs was ________.
A) constrained by poor transportation
B) accelerated by excellent transportation
C) not affected by the lack of transportation
D) limited by the laws governing building new side streets
E) accelerated by the lack of rules involving the construction of side roads
Q3) According to the multiple nuclei model,a city is a complex structure that includes more than one center around which activities revolve.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Briefly describe the characteristics of the concentric zone model.
Q5) The concentric zone model has 6 rings in it.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Resource Issues
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Q1) Identify and describe the three principal sources of water pollution.
Q2) Acid precipitation is an ample of global-scale air pollution.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What fuel is the most important source for generating electricity in the United States?
Q4) The disappearance of the Aral Sea is attributed to A) the diversion of water for irrigation.
B) natural variations in rainfall and temperature.
C) human-induced variations in rainfall and temperature from global climate change.
D) increased runoff from the sea.
E) point-source pollution from nuclear power plants.
Q5) Which of the following statements is true of mineral resources?
A) Metals are not mineral resources.
B) They are found everywhere on Earth that rocks are found.
C) They are renewable.
D) Metallic minerals make up the bulk of mineral resources by weight.
E) They can be metallic or nonmetallic.
Q6) What are the three main fossil fuels?
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