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Which of the following statements is most correct regarding the origins of geography

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humans have practice geography at least since the time of ancient Greek civilization

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According to the surviving evidence the first person to write 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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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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A ratio or fraction

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A mathematical process for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is a

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projection

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The art and science of making maps is

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Cartography

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You are given the coordinates 128 E longitude, 45 N latitude this is an example of a

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mathematical location

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Which statement is more accurate

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every meridian is the same length and has the same beginning and end

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Greenwich Mean Time is measured from

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0° longitude

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The international dateline is measured approximately from

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180° longitude

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We can judge from the various kinds of maps shown in this chapter that

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Maps have appeared in many forms in different societies and times including modern paper maps, GPS in cars, the "stick charts" of Polynesia, and the card carved maps of ancient Turkey

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A map projection may distort a continent, making it appear stretched in some areas and smashed in others in order to

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Depict accurately the physical area of a country or continent

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If the scale of a map is 1:100,000, then 1 cm on the map represents what on earth surface

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100,000 kilometers

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Which of the following types of maps would have the largest scale

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city

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Distortion is especially severe and apparent on

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small-scale maps

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You see the coordinates 5 E longitude, 10 N latitude. You do not need to look at a map in order to deduce that this location is

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near both the equator and the prime meridian

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The coordinates 150 E longitude, 89 N latitude are

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near both the international dateline and the North Pole

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Without looking at a map, we might deduce that the coordinates 170 W longitude, 11 S latitude are likely

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just east of the international dateline and just south of the equator

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If we did not have a map handy, we would deduce that the coordinates 171 E longitude, 12 S latitude are likely

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just west of the international dateline and just south of the equator

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Without glancing at a map, we can guess that the coordinates 178 E longitude, 20 S latitude are likely

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in the Pacific ocean just west of the international dateline

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A ships position is given at 0° latitude and 27° West longitude. We can conclude from this information that the ship is located

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On the equator and in the Atlantic ocean

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Driving around to gather information for street navigation devices is called

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ground truthing

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The acquisition of data about earths surface from a satellite, spacecraft, or a specially equipped high-latitude balloon is

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remote-sensing

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A computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data is

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GIS

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Global positioning system reference is what type of location

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mathematical

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If NASA sends a space probe into orbit around mars, and that probe transmits images of the Martian surface back to earth, we could say that

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the Space probe is engaging in remote-sensing, although it is gathering data from a planet other than earth

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If a geographer uses some of the components and applications of a computer system to organize and display maps, but she doesn't use it for other functions

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She is still using a GIS, although she may not be using all of its potential to store, organize, retrieve, and analyze data

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A geographer might use a GPS to

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Find the best route to a store or log the locations where photographs were taken

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The name of a location on earth surface is a

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toponym

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Situation identifies a place by its

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location relative to other objects or places

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Sites identifies a place by its

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Unique internal physical and cultural characteristics

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New York City's is what approximately 100 miles northwest of Philadelphia and 100 miles southwest of Boston:

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Situation

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A geographer would be primarily interested in determining or locating a suitable what if he were wishing to study a remote, rural valley in western Africa where diamonds are mined

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situation

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Which of the following are fundamental elements of culture

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Customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms

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The concept that the distribution of one phenomenon is related to the location of other phenomena is

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Spatial association

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An area distinguished by one or more unique characteristics is a

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Region

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The nine regions that the census bureau has established within the United States are examples of

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Formal regions

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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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Culture means to

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Care about and nurture something

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The south is established as a vernacular region of the United States by

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Climate, low educational attainment, cotton production, and the prevalence of Baptist churches

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Which of the following is most likely a functional region

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The are of dominance of a television station

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Which of the following could be a vernacular region

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The area of dominance of a certain worldview or philosophy

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Moving toward the southwestern border of the United States, Spanish is increasingly spoken in addition to English. What type of region this gradual change of language reflect

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Functional

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Which of the following best describes the idea of a cultural landscape

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A landscape where each human activity has modified the natural environment in some way

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Examining maps of cancer death rates drawn at different scales reveals that

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A region with an overall low cancer death rate may have some areas with high cancer death rates

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When geographers say that the south is partly defined as a region by the Baptist Church, they understand that

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The Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Methodist, and other churches also attract adherents in the south, but to a lesser extent then do Baptist churches

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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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In recent years, the global movement of money has been enhanced primarily by

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Improvements in electronic communications

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Globalization of the economy has

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Heightened economic differences among the places

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