Chapter 1 Multiple Choice Test Answers – Flashcards
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Which of the following statements is most correct regarding the origins of geography?
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Humans have practiced geography at least since the time of ancient Greek civilization.
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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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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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Which map would have the largest scale?
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City
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A system for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is
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Projection
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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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A computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data is
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GIS
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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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The science of making maps is
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cartography
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The first person to use the word geography was
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Eratosthenes
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Which of the following is a fundamental element of culture?
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A) Material traits B) Customary beliefs C) Social forms
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The name given to a portion of Earth's surface is known as
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Topopnym
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Situation identifies a place by its
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Location relative to other objects
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Site identifies a place by its
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Unique physical characteristics
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You are given the coordinates 128 E longitude, 45 N latitude. This is an example of
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Mathematical location
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Greenwich Mean Time is measured from
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0 degrees longitude
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The U.S. Land Ordinance of 1785 divided much of the country into a system of
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A) Townships B) Sections C) Quarter sections D) Ranges
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The International Date Line is measured approximately from
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180 degrees longitude
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An area distinguished by one or more unique characteristics is a
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Region
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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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Culture means to
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A) Take care of something B) Care about something
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Which of the following best describes the idea of a cultural landscape?
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A landscape where human activity has modified the natural environment in any way
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Why did BlackJack have to make 2 Quizlets?
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Because Souders is a LAZY BUM
