Cultural Landscape, The An Introduction to Human Geography, 12th Edition BY James M. Rubenstein
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The Cultural Landscape, 12e, Global Edition (Rubenstein) Chapter 1 Basic Concepts 1) What elements of study do human and physical geography have in common? A) They are taught or studied within the same department in major universities, but only rarely. B) They are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do. C) They are dedicated primarily to managing national park systems. D) They are focused primarily on managing the world's growing human population. E) They represent a network of academic professionals dedicated primarily to studying coal mining's effects on physical and human systems. Answer: B Diff: 2 Section: 1.1: Introducing Geography Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing Learning Outcome: 1.1: Summarize differences between geography and history Nat'l Geo. Std.: 4: The physical and human characteristics of places Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society 2) Which of the following does NOT distinguish Geographers from Historians according to Immanuel Kant? A) Geographers organize material spatially while historians organize material chronologically. B) Geographers identify the location and explain why human activities are there while historians focus on chronological events at a particular location. C) Geographers ask "where and why" and historians ask "when and why." D) Geographers examine the world as a whole while historians segment the world into regions for easier examination. E) Geographers recognize actions at one location can influence conditions elsewhere while historians examine past actions to explain future actions. Answer: D Diff: 2 Section: 1.1: Introducing Geography Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing Learning Outcome: 1.1: Summarize differences between geography and history Nat'l Geo. Std.: 4: The physical and human characteristics of places Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society
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3) The relationship among people and objects across space is defined as A) scale. B) connection. C) diffusion. D) density. E) location. Answer: B Diff: 1 Section: 1.1: Introducing Geography Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding Learning Outcome: 1.1: Summarize differences between geography and history Nat'l Geo. Std.: 4: The physical and human characteristics of places Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society 4) A geographer's spatial analysis would entail A) examining relationships and patterns across the physical distance between two objects. B) confining the analysis to political boundaries. C) restrictive examination of government control of territory. D) examining only physical characteristics of the globe. E) observing conditions only from a planetary and universal scale. Answer: A Diff: 2 Section: 1.1: Introducing Geography Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing Learning Outcome: 1.1: Summarize differences between geography and history Nat'l Geo. Std.: 4: The physical and human characteristics of places Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society 5) Which of the following is NOT true? A) Scale is the relationship between a portion of the earth being studied and the whole earth. B) Space refers to the physical gap between two objects. C) Place is a specific point on earth distinguished by specific qualities. D) Space and place are the same thing. E) Scale may be represented by a city block, a neighborhood, a city boundary or an entire metropolitan. area. Answer: D Diff: 2 Section: 1.1: Introducing Geography Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing Learning Outcome: 1.1: Summarize differences between geography and history Nat'l Geo. Std.: 4: The physical and human characteristics of places Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society
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6) Which of the following statements is most correct regarding the origins of geography? A) Geography was invented as a science in the late eighteenth century. B) Physical geography has been studied since ancient times, but human geography was first studied in the twentieth century. C) Geography owes its existence to the Renaissance period in Western Europe. D) Humans have practiced geography at least since the time of ancient Greek civilization. E) Human geography was not practiced until powerful computers capable of mapping detailed information were invented. Answer: D Diff: 1 Section: 1.2: Cartography: The Science of Mapmaking Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding Learning Outcome: 1.2: Understand how cartography developed as a science Nat'l Geo. Std.: 17: How to apply geography to interpret the past Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society 7) According to the surviving evidence, the first person to write the word geography was A) Aristotle. B) Eratosthenes. C) Strabo. D) Thales of Miletus. E) Thucydides. Answer: B Diff: 1 Section: 1.2: Cartography: The Science of Mapmaking Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding Learning Outcome: 1.2: Understand how cartography developed as a science Nat'l Geo. Std.: 17: How to apply geography to interpret the past Global Sci. Std.: 7: Demonstrate the ability to make connections between concepts across Geography 8) The art and science of making maps is A) cardemography. B) cartography. C) topography. D) geomorphology. E) geography. Answer: B Diff: 1 Section: 1.2: Cartography: The Science of Mapmaking Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding Learning Outcome: 1.2: Understand how cartography developed as a science Nat'l Geo. Std.: 1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to communicate information Global Sci. Std.: 1: Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of scientific inquiry
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9) Dating back to approximately 6000 BCE, we can judge that A) fairly accurate navigational maps could only be produced after the start of the Industrial Revolution. B) the first "true" maps appeared because of modern printing presses in the twentieth century. C) sailors during the European Renaissance had paper maps that were far more useful to them than were the "stick charts" possessed by Polynesian sailors and fishers. D) maps have appeared in many forms in different societies and times, including modern paper maps, GPS in cars, and the urban maps of ancient Turkey. E) maps that distort the sizes of Greenland and Antarctica are generally the best, although they make Africa and South America appear too small while simultaneously expanding the size of Europe. Answer: D Diff: 2 Section: 1.2: Cartography: The Science of Mapmaking Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing Learning Outcome: 1.2: Understand how cartography developed as a science Nat'l Geo. Std.: 3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface; 17: How to apply geography to interpret the past Global Sci. Std.: 3: Read and interpret graphs and data 10) Driving around to gather information for street navigation devices is called A) ground truthing. B) remote sensing. C) GIS programming. D) GPS grounding. E) GPS. Answer: A Diff: 1 Section: 1.3: Contemporary Geographic Tools Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding Learning Outcome: 1.3: Identify geography's contemporary analytic mapping tools Nat'l Geo. Std.: 1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to communicate information Global Sci. Std.: 1: Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of scientific inquiry
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