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what are the two concepts used by geographers to explain why every place is unique

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region and place

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which of the following associations between a geographer and the geographer's accomplishment is correct

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ptolemy: wrote an 8-volume guide to geography

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which of the following map scales would most likely be used on a map to guide tourists on a walking tour of downtown seattle

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1:2,000

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which of the following statements about the geographic grid is correct

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the equator is the parallel with the largest circumference and the place where every day has 12 hours of daylight

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which of the following statements about geographic information systems (GISs) is correct

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it is typically used for the physical feathers of Earth ex: mountains and rivers, and not the juan features

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the physical character of a place is its________, and its location relation to other places is its________.

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site, situation

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a functional region

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has a central focus that diminishes in importance moving outward

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the density and concentration of a given area

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vary depending on the distribution of the given feature

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expansion diffusion may result from which of the three following processes

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hierarchical diffusion, contagious diffusion, stimulus diffusion

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an advocate of environmental determinism

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would suggest that the temperate climate in northwestern Europe produces greater human efficiency and productivity

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the first person to use the word geography was

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eratosthenes

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what elements of study do human and physical geography have in common

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they are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do

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geographers are first and foremost concerned with the memorization of named places (T/F)

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false

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the beach at ipanema, brazil, can be studied using tools

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from both human and physical geography

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geography is not concerned with the study of physical processes (t/f)

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false

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scholars of the ancient world

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had a remarkable knowledge of planetary dimension

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chinese scholars were active in geographic thinking from ancient times (t/f)

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true

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which of the following map projections is best suited for the country maps used in your text

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conic

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in making a map, cartographers must strike a glance between

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the amount of land and the level of detail displayed

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the science of making maps is

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cartography

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scale is

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the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape

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1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale

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fractional scale

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if the scale of a map is 1:100,000, then 1 centimeter on the map represents_____ on earth's surface

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1 kilometer

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a bar line showing the distance on a map is a form of graphic scale (t/f)

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true

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every map projection distorts the surface of earth in some way (t/f)

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true

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which of the following statements reflects an accurate understanding of time zones and longitude

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moving eastward from the prime meridian you should turn your watch forward one hour for each 15 degrees of longitude

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greenwich mean time is measured from

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0 degrees longitude

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the international date line mostly follows

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180 degrees longitude

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parallels converge at the north and south poles (t/f)

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false

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for each 15 degrees change in longitude, time changes by one hour (t/f)

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true

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geographers draw two lines (or arc) on maps to indicate location. the lines (or arcs) drawn between the north and south poles are known as______. the circles drawn parallel to the equator are known as______.

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meridians, parallels

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multiple "layers" of spatial information are stored in

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gis

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a computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic date is

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gis

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the acquisition of date about earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from another long-distance method is

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remote sensing

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which statement best describes the relationship between remote sensing and GIS

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remotely sensed images can be used in a GIS

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remote sensing is another word for his (t/f)

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false

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the name given to a portion of earth's surface is known as

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toponym

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site identifies a place by its

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unique physical characteristics

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situation identifies a place by its

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location relative to other objects

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site and situation are both ways to describe a location (t/f)

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true

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an area distinguished by a unique combination of features is a

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region

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the south can be defined as a vernacular region of the united states by

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low high school graduation rates, climate, the baptist church, right to work laws

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which is not an example of a functional region

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the area dominated by a particular crop

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moving toward the southern border of the united states, english becomes less common and spanish is more often spoken. what type of region does this gradual change of language reflect

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functional

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the state of texas is best considered a formal region because

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the same state laws apply everywhere in the region

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formal regions cannot overlap (t/f)

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false

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regions are found only where physical and economic characteristics are strongly related (t/f)

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false

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formal regions are organized around a node (t/f)

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false

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to geographers, the spread of mcdonald's around the world represents

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economic and cultural globalization

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for many people, the globalization of culture represents a threat to local diversity (t/f)

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true

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the communication revolution that promotes globalization of culture also permits the preservation of cultural diversity (t/f)

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true

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the arrangement of a feature across earth's surface is its

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distribution

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the frequency of something within a given unit of area is

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density

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distribution refers to the arrangement of observable phenomena across earth (t/f)

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true

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the spread of something over a given study area is

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concentration

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local______is in opposition to the force of globalization

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diversity

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a high degree of dispersion within an area indicates high density (t/f)

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false

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the frequency of a feature in a given area is known as density (t/f)

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true

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concentration is another word for density (t/f)

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false

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the frequency of a phenomenon over a given study area is defined as

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density

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the extent of a feature's spread over space is defined as

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concentration

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which is a form of expansion diffusion

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contagious, hierarchical, stimulus

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the concept of space-time compression means

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distant places in the world are becoming effectively closer together

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according to distance-decay a more distant group is less likely to be influential than a nearer group (t/f)

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true

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the spread of an idea through the movement of people is known as stimulus diffusion (t/f)

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false

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most plants and animals find food and shelter in the

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lithosphere

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which of the following statements about human interaction with the biosphere is most accurate

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the biosphere often includes elements of all three abiotic systems

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of the four major earth systems, which one is composed of living organisms

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biosphere

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the biosphere overlaps with each of the other three earth systems (t/f)

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true

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according to environmental determinism

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the physical environment causes social development

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the concept that the physical environment limits human actions, but that people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment is

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possibilism

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the study of how humans and the environment interact is called

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cultural ecology

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the emergency response to hurricane katrina may have been incompetent and slow because

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the victims lacked political and economic power

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geographers generally reject environmental determinism in favor of possibilism (t/f)

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true

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the idea that the physical environment limits human actions but that people have the ability to adjust to that environment is called possibilism (t/f)

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true

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