chapter 1 quizzes – Flashcards
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According to surviving evidence, the first person to write the word geography was
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Erathosthenes
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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 there
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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(n)
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projection
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the international date line is measured approximately from.....
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180 degrees longitude
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a geographer might use 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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which of the following types of maps would have the largest scale? world,continent, state, city, country
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city
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thecoordinates 150 Elongitude,89 N latitude are
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near the international date line and the north pole
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withoutglancing at a map,we can guess the coordinates 178 Elongitude, 20S latitude are likely
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in the pacific ocean just west of the international date line
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the acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite, spacecraft or specially equipped high-altitude balloon is
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Remote sensing
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The name of a location on earths surface is a
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toponym
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site identifies a place by its
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unique physical features
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New York City's _____________ is approximately 100 miles northeast 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 ________ if he were wishing to study a remote, rural valley in western Africa where diamonds are mined
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site
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an area distinguished by one or more unique characteristics is a(n)
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region
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culture means to
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care about and nurture something
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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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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 people
