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Density of a phenomenon and clustering of the phenomenon are the same.

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False

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Modern geographers tend to reject environmental determinism in favor of possibilism in explaining relationships between human activity and the physical environment.

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True

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The Chinese only began making maps after 100 B.C

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False

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A ________ is an area of Earth distinguished by a unique combination of cultural and physical features.

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Region

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Latitudes all converge at the poles.

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False

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The name given to a place is called a/an

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toponym

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The level of detail and the amount of area covered on a map depends on the ________, which is the relationship of a feature's size on a map to its actual size on Earth

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map scale

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Globalization of the world economy has been led primarily by

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Transnational corporations

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By international agreement, Greenwich Mean Time is

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the time at the Prime Meridian, which is the master reference time for all points on Earth

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A toponym is the name given to a place

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True

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The relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole is known as scale

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True

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Every place occupies a unique location, or position, on Earth's surface

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True

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Patterns and concentrations are the same concepts

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False

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The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting Earth or from other long-distance methods is known as ________

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remote sensing

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Children learn from very early on the importance of gender in space

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True

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Another name for a vernecular region is a perceptual region

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True

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In order to find a location on Earth, one could use coordinates of

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longitude and latitude

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Innovative features of Apple's iPhone and iPad operating systems have been adopted by competitors. This is an example of which kind of diffusion?

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stimulus

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If your cousin lives in a country three time zones to your west, then in theory, she lives about 60 degrees of longitude away from you.

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False

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Geographers often use functional regions to display information about economic areas

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True

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Another name for a perceptual region is a functional region.

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False

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In a GIS, each layer represents a different piece of human or environmental information.

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True

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Geography is divided into two broad categories - physical and supernatural

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False

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The places from which ideas and innovation spring forth are referred to as cultural hearths

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True

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This was one of the first maps to show the considerable extent of the Western Hemisphere.

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Ortelius' map

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Energy absorbed at ground level is transferred back to the atmosphere and then to space via longwave radiation, convection, and latent heat exchange

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True

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Weather is the summary of climatic conditions over several decades or more; a place's climate pattern over time

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False

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Generally, cooler air temperatures can hold more moisture than warmer air

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False

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The change in temperature that results from expansion or contraction of rising or sinking air is part of the ________ process

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adiabatic

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The ________ because it is a shifting zone between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn where surface winds converge

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The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone

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Water plays a central role in Earth's energy budget, through a process called latent heat exchange

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True

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Which of the following features are the two important characteristics of High-latitude climates (Polar and sub-Polar)?

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low average temperatures and extreme seasonal variability

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The trade winds are generally found in the midlatitudes as a result of the convergence of winds from the anti-trade winds

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False

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Recent studies based on satellite observations of the Sun are beginning to suggest that variations in solar output could be responsible for some of the climatic variations observed in the past few hundred years, but the effects are probably small in comparison to other factors.

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True

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In a midlatitude cyclone, air is drawn toward the center of low pressure from both the warm and the cold sides of the polar front

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True

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Which of the is not one of the major ways in which energy exchanges occur?

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glaciation

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The vernal equinox occurs in March in the Northern Hemisphere.

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True

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When water goes from solid to liquid to gas, ________.

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heat is added

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In tropical climates, where strong insolation makes temperatures high, all that is needed for intense daily convectional storms is

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a source of humidity

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Which of the following is not true of the area of the Polar High?

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In the polar high-pressure zones, the air is so cold, it contains very little moisture

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