World Regional Geography
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World Regional Geography explores the physical and human landscapes of the world's major regions, examining how geographic factors shape cultures, economies, political systems, and environments. The course investigates spatial patterns, regional characteristics, and global interconnections to foster a deeper understanding of how places are interconnected and influenced by globalization, climate, population dynamics, and resource distribution. Through the study of maps, case studies, and current events, students gain the skills to analyze and compare different regions, assess global issues, and appreciate the complexity and diversity of our world.
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Visualizing Physical Geography 2nd Edition by Timothy Foresman
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Chapter 1: Discovering the Earths Dimensions
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Q1) Daylight savings time was instituted to give us an extra hour of daylight:
A)in the morning when people wake up
B)in the evening when people are active
C)at noon when people take their lunch break
D)none of the above
Answer: B
Q2) The Goode projection is an equal-area map useful for displaying information such as soil type and climate.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Meridians are lines that run north-south around the earth and connect the poles.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Daylight Savings Time gives us an extra hour of daylight during the _______ months.
Answer: summer
Q5) The earth's squashed shape is closer to a(n)__________ than a sphere.
Answer: oblate spheroid
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Chapter 2: The Earths Global Energy Balance
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Q1) Which of the following types of electromagnetic radiation has the shortest wavelength?
A)ultraviolet
B)infrared
C)microwaves
D)visible light
Answer: A
Q2) Daily insolation in New York City will be larger at the equinoxes than at the June solstice.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) As a general rule, the hotter an object is the more energy it will radiate.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The subtropical latitude zones separate the equatorial zone from the tropics.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Air Temperature
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Q1) On a temperature map, temperature gradients:
A)are parallel to isotherms
B)are perpendicular to isotherms
C)are at oblique angles to isotherms
D)cannot be determined from isotherms
Answer: B
Q2) The lowest layer of the atmosphere is known as the mesosphere.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Locations near the equator experience two peaks in annual insolation that coincide with the equinoxes.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Water surfaces tend to lose more energy though evaporation than land surfaces.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation
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Q1) Air temperatures usually will decrease with height most rapidly during _______ and will usually decrease least rapidly (or even increase during inversions)during
A)the night, the day
B)the day, the night
C)thunderstorms, snowstorms
D)late winter, late summer
Q2) One inch of snow is equal to approximately ten inches of rain.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Altocumulus and altostratus occur between 10,000 and 20,000 ft.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Energy to drive the hydrologic cycle comes from the Sun.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Prepare a debate script for coal industry executives and for EPA justifying the construction of a new coal fired power plant. How will the environment be safe guarded from acid deposition (acid rain).
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Q6) ____________________ falls to the earth as rain, snow, or hail.
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Chapter 5: Global Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation
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Q1) Pressure gradients drive winds to flow:
A)parallel to isobars
B)from low pressure to high pressure
C)from high pressure to low pressure
D)none of the above
Q2) Describe and explain the wind patterns associated with cyclones and anticyclones in the northern hemisphere.
Q3) Rossby waves form in the westerlies marking the boundary between cold polar and warmer tropical air.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Monsoons are created by westerly air flows in the mid-latitudes.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In the northern hemisphere, cyclonic winds spiral inwards in a clockwise direction. A)True
B)False
Q6) The Coriolis effect deflects winds to the ______ in the northern hemisphere.
Q7) Geostrophic winds are influenced by pressure gradients and _________.
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Chapter 6: Weather Systems
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Q1) The energy that powers a tropical cyclone comes from:
A)latent heat released by condensation
B)sensible heat from the water surface
C)adiabatic warming
D)none of the above
Q2) In a cyclone:
A)descending air is warmed adiabatically
B)rising air is warmed adiabatically
C)descending air is cooled adiabatically
D)rising air is cooled adiabatically
Q3) Which type of front is most likely to generate cumulonimbus clouds and severe thunderstorms?
A)stationary
B)occluded
C)warm
D)cold
Q4) A high-pressure weather system that brings clear calm conditions is a(n)_________.
Q5) Updrafts and downdrafts occurring at the same time occur during the ________ stage of thunderstorm development.
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Chapter 7: Global Climates and Climate Change
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Q1) Latitude is an important factor affecting climate.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following precipitation regions generally receives the highest annual rainfall?
A)moist subtropical
B)wet-dry tropical
C)moist continental
D)wet equatorial
Q3) Which of the following is not a low-latitude climate region?
A)wet equatorial
B)monsoon and trade-wind coastal
C)moist subtropical
D)dry tropical
Q4) Which of the following is not a type of monthly precipitation pattern?
A)uniformly distributed precipitation
B)summer-maximum precipitation
C)winter-maximum precipitation
D)fall-maximum precipitation
Q5) Describe and explain the characteristics of the Mediterranean climate.
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Chapter 8: Earth From the Inside Out
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Q1) Wegener proposed that based on all evidence, Pangea existed intact as early as
Q2) The deepest portion of an ocean basin is always in the middle.
A)True
B)False
Q3) South America and Africa was the only example that Wegener used for continental fit.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Rocks are classified according to how they are formed.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Hydrocarbon deposits are classified as:
A)organic sediments
B)chemical precipitation
C)clastic sediments
D)lava flows
Q6) What are the three families of rocks? How does each of these families differ?
Q7) How did the presence of certain fossils support Wegener's idea of continental drift?
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Chapter 9: Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes
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Q1) A __________ fault is a fault in which the block of rock above the fault surface moves down relative to the block below is where extensional activity results in the crust on one side dropping down relative to the other.
Q2) Magma is able to rise upward through the Earth's crust because it is less dense than the surrounding rocks.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A fold that forms a trough with the youngest??? rocks in the middle is known as a
Q4) Hawaiian eruptions are extremely violent and produce large pyroclastic flows.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A strike-slip fault can also be called a __________ fault.
A)transcurrent (transform)
B)overthrust
C)normal
D)reverse
E)none of the above
Q6) Describe the difference between an anticline and a syncline.
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Chapter 10: Weathering and Mass Wasting
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Q1) Oxidation is a type of physical weathering.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Weathered rock moves down the slope into a collection of degraded debris at the base is called:
A)Weathering
B)Mass Wasting
C)Colluvium
D)Creep
Q3) Discuss the difference between earthflow and creep.
Q4) What is the primary difference between and earthflow and mudflow?
A)Mudflows move more quickly than earthflows.
B)Earthflows do not involve soil saturation.
C)Mudflows only occur in arid environments.
D)Earthflows move more rapidly than mudflows.
Q5) Frost wedging only occurs at high latitudes.
A)True
B)False
Q6) __________typically occur in parallel and intersecting planes.
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Q7) Explain the similarities and differences between root wedging and frost wedging.
Chapter 11: Fresh Water of the Continents
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Q1) ____________ is the drainage pattern that resembles a tree branch and usually goes more in a random direction compared to any of the other type of patterns.
Q2) Which of the following variables influences the discharge of a stream?
A)gradient
B)drainage area
C)rainfall
D)all of these
E)none of these
Q3) What is the difference between the saturated zone and the unsaturated zone?
Q4) Most fresh water is actually found in __________ across the globe.
Q5) A dip that forms in the water table as a result of pumping is known as a cone of depression.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Precipitation that flows over the land in stream channels is commonly referred to as
Q7) The __________ is below the water table in which all the pore spaces are filled with water.
Q8) __________ refers to the amount of void space in a rock.
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Chapter 12: Land-Forms Made by Running Water
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Q1) The jumping of sediment grains along the stream bed is known as bed load.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following sediment loads do streams have the most difficulty moving?
A)suspended load
B)virtual load
C)dissolved load
D)bed load
Q3) The Ohio River going back and forth in direction is a good example of a __________ stream.
Q4) __________ are built by streams carrying heavy loads of coarse rock waste from an arid mountain or upland region.
A)Alluvial fans
B)Point bars
C)Alluvial terraces
D)Waterfalls
Q5) The steepness of a stream is known as the discharge. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Landforms Made by Wind and Waves
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Q1) The mechanism of wind erosion in which loose particles of soil or regolith are lifted and transported, leaving behind only coarser particles, is called __________.
A)deflation
B)saltation
C)abrasion
D)inflation
E)suspension
Q2) The lifting and removal of sand grains in low arcs by wind is termed __________, while the wearing down of an exposed surface by the action of wind blown sand sized particles is described as ____________.
A)abrasion; cohesion
B)cohesion; deposition
C)deposition; deflation
D)deflation; saltation
E)saltation; abrasion
Q3) The shape of some dunes can be controlled by vegetation growth.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Wind generated landforms are known as ________________ landforms.
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Chapter 14: Glacial and Periglacial Landforms
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Q1) When the troughs of tributary glaciers lie above sea level, these hanging valleys can create:
A)kames and kettles
B)natural levees
C)waterfalls and rapids
D)mesas and buttes
Q2) One important hypothesis about the cause of the recent Ice Age involves:
A) astronomical hypothesis
B)burning of fossil fuels such as coal by prehistoric Indians reduced insolation
C)the weight of the continents flipped the earth over and caused a climatic chain reaction
D)vegetation became lighter in color and absorbed less energy
Q3) The last period of glacial advance began about 140,000 years ago.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Sea ice is associated with:
A)central Antarctica
B)Hawaii
C)the North Pole
D)the Mediterranean Sea
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Chapter 15: Global Soils
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Q1) Soil orders form four groups.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The youngest of the soils is the inceptisols.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A display of soil layers on the face of a freshly cut vertical exposure through the soil is called a(n):
A)texture triangle
B)soil horizon
C)climograph
D)soil profile
Q4) Fine textured soils have a lower storage capacity than coarse textured soils.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The soil layer rich in both mineral and organic matter is the:
A)A
B)B
C)C
D)O
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Chapter 16: Biogeographic Processes
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Q1) Energy is lost at each level of the food web through respiration.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _________ is the production of carbohydrates from water and carbon dioxide, using light energy and releasing oxygen.
Q3) An organism's tolerance and response to moisture and temperature changes are part of its ecological niche.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The biogeochemical cycle in which carbon moves through the biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere is known as the ____________ cycle.
Q5) The variety of biological life on Earth or within a region is the:
A)biogeographic region
B)biodiversity
C)competition
D)diffusion
Q6) The clouded leopard, Himalayan black bear, and the gold langur are extinct.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Global Biogeography
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Q1) Most animals in the low-latitude rainforest are ground dwelling.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The biome noted for low branched, gnarled trees with small, hard and leathery leaves, coupled with extensive areas of evergreen scrub is:
A)sclerophyll forest
B)monsoon forest
C)mid-latitude deciduous forest
D)low-latitude rainforest
Q3) Consider a grape and citrus fruit. What biome do they best match? Explain the reasons for your decision.
Q4) The largest rainforest of the world is the ________________rainforest.
Q5) The characteristics physical structure, size, and shape of a plant or plant assemblage is called:
A)life-form
B)biomass
C)geomorphology
D)ecotone
Q6) ____________ is the largest recognizable subdivision of terrestrial ecosystems.
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