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A geographical coordinate system on the Earth sphere is called

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Latitude and longitude.

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Which of the following is not the best example of a study with process in mind?

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Understanding how the capital of Abuja, Nigeria, was placed were it was. WRONG

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In considering spatial interactions between places, which of the following is a salient characteristic?

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direction WRONG

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Though we often talk about the 'South', speak of 'southern hospitality' and mention that people have southern accents

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the south, as a region, is very difficult to define.

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Which of the following is the best example of absolute distance?

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It is 5 miles to my aunt's house.

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Overall, the most important criteria in understanding a vernacular region is

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the perception of an individual about the extent of the region.

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The locale of Youngstown, Ohio with old steel factories, neighborhoods of workers housing, downtown buildings dedicated to social services and residential areas now cleared of houses all best describe

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Space WRONG

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To what maximum extent is latitude measured?

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To 90 degrees north or south (as a right angle to a pole).

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Every line of longitude is called:

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a meridian.

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Place is different from space in that

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Space is more abstract and place is more tangible.

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An example of a cognate discipline to geography might be

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sociology, since sociologists are sometimes interested in mapping behavior. geology, since both geologist and physical geographers might be interested in landforms. political science, since political scientists often map and understand electoral and other political patterns spatially.

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To what maximum extent is latitude measured?

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To 90 degrees north or south (as a right angle to a pole).

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Latitude and longitude together are

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a method of absolute location on the earth's surface.

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Since all longitude lines are essentially the same, going from pole to pole, we might say the selection of one to be Prime Meridian is

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arbitrary because any longitude line could have been chosen.

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'Sense of place' is understanding that, for their observers, the places

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are best experienced blindfolded. WRONG

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Carl O. Sauer noted that the term landscape might mean

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an assemblage of different elements that come together in one area.

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The scale of analysis is important because a geographer

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Is always interested in people's relationships with the land. WRONG

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Spatial patterns in geography

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show arrays or distributions of phenomena on the Earth's surface.

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To say a pattern is random is to say

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that there is no identifiable design or form to the distribution.

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Which of the following is true regarding how geographers interpret space?

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Understanding a formal (uniform) region of French language usage. WRONG

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A site is the immediate environment of a place while situation deals with

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the general surroundings of a place.

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Geographers call how phenomena are arranged in space

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Spatial theory. WRONG

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The difference between absolute and relative location might be:

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the explanations for relative location are multivariate. absolute location leads the map reader to one designated place.

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Though we often talk about the 'South', speak of 'southern hospitality' and mention that people have southern accents

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the south, as a region, is very difficult to define.

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Which of the following does not apply to the concept of process?

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When you can't access the appropriate webpage in your browser.

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A geographical coordinate system on the Earth sphere is called

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Latitude and longitude.

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Globalization is often defined as

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the broader integration of more places around the world.

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Geographers often look at processes, meaning how patterns became the way they are. If processes have multivariate explanations, then:

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there are many factors which help explain the phenomenon.

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Spatial patterns in geography

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show arrays or distributions of phenomena on the Earth's surface.

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Which of the following is true regarding how geographers interpret space?

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A measure of the distance between Church A and Church B. WRONG

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Geographers call how phenomena are arranged in space

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Distribution.

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Latitude and longitude together are

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a method of absolute location on the earth's surface.

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A site is the immediate environment of a place while situation deals with

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the general surroundings of a place.

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To say a pattern is random is to say

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that there is no identifiable design or form to the distribution.

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An example of a cognate discipline to geography might be

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sociology, since sociologists are sometimes interested in mapping behavior. geology, since both geologist and physical geographers might be interested in landforms. political science, since political scientists often map and understand electoral and other political patterns spatially.

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Carl O. Sauer noted that the term landscape might mean

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an assemblage of different elements that come together in one area.

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A geographical coordinate system on the Earth sphere is called

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Latitude and longitude.

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Marx and Engels

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developed communism through organized revolts of various workers. WRONG

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Geography studies the earth in many different ways, but the idea that geography is a 'spatial science' was a main trait of

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the possibilism era. WRONG

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Debates on social theory in geography today often revolve around

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whether culture (as in people's choices) or the physical environment is more influential in the activities of people. WRONG

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In geography, structuralism

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says that humans have very little control over the environment around them. WRONG

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Modernist views of landscape and geography might

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be rational and regular. WRONG

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If India could not import food, it would have to

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probably starve. WRONG

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The basic demographic equation essentially says that future population is determined by

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how much food there is in a region plus the amount of civil unrest. WRONG

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The main difference between arithmetic and physiologic densities is

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arithmetic is an actual head count while the other relates to industry. WRONG

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The first locations for wide spread domestication of plants would have been

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Mesopotamia (around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers). WRONG

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Which is the best example of a guest worker?

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Migrants in poorer southwestern Spain traveling to Barcelona for work. WRONG

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Migration to the United States today can be considered

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overwhelming. WRONG

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Geographers are interested in origin and destination of migrants. Detroit has become well known in the U.S. as a destination for

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Muslims.

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The best example of a push factor is

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one becomes a refugee from warfare.

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In developed countries migration _______________ countries is more common than migration _______________ countries.

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around; inside WRONG

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A remittance is

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money sent back home by a migrant.

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Which is the best example of rural to urban migration within a country?

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Farm workers in central Kansas moving to Wichita for factory jobs.

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When slaves were freed in the United States the subsequent movement of several million African Americans to northern cities could be considered

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mass migration.

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Which of the following examples best exhibits refugee migration?

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Southern Sudanese moving about escaping warfare and looking for food.

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A country like the United States might be more likely to accept a migrant if

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he or she has some kind of useful skill.

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The main trait of stage two of the demographic transition involves

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all of the above.

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A person seeking asylum desires

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both a and b.

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Over the last 100 years, the city of Las Vegas has taught us that

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water provided to desert communities helps them to grow greatly.

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The best example of a push factor is

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one becomes a refugee from warfare.

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Which would be the best example of a refugee group?

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Palestinians

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Mexico City is one of the largest cities on the planet. Its location is

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central in a valley in a mountainous region.

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A population pyramid which is nearly vertical on the sides might be due to

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lower birthrates and more elderly people.

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If India could not import food, it would have to

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invade Pakistan and Bangladesh to get more food. WRONG

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The number of people evacuated from their traditional homes because of the reservoir made when the Three Gorges Dam was completed was __________.

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1,000,000

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The line maps of travel times across the U.S. during two time periods show that

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New York to Ohio took 1 week in 1830 whereas in 1857 it only took 1 day.

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The scale of analysis is important because a geographer

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Might study religion in a church, through a city, or across an entire country.

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Regarding migration decisions, behavioral geographers might say that

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all of the above would be considered by a behavioral geographer. WRONG

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The place in the Americas where child soldiering is most prevalent would be

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Colombia

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The phenomena of the 'Columbian Exchange' has to do with

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The 'exchange' of cultural elements between Europe and the Americas.

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The concept of distance decay is best described in which scenario?

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When fewer people read the Indianapolis Star newspaper the farther you are away from Indianapolis.

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Denser population regions in Europe

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are in areas where the industrial revolution started first in the world. WRONG

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In geography, processes are not deterministic because

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they don't always result in the same pattern.

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According to the map, the Black Death (the Bubonic Plague) originated

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in central Asia.

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In northern Africa, the Nile River

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shows up as a dark streak of intensely high population density.

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Main problems with refugee camps involve

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disease and environment.

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Since all longitude lines are essentially the same, going from pole to pole, we might say the selection of one to be Prime Meridian is

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arbitrary because any longitude line could have been chosen.

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The basic demographic equation essentially says that future population is determined by

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how much food there is in a region plus the amount of civil unrest. WRONG

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From 1960 to 2010 the origins of people migrating to the U.S. were

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all of the above.

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The best example of then migrants change the structure of a population might be

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when large numbers of Muslims move into Paris.

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China's population

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is found on the main island in isolated lowlands around the mountainous interior. WRONG

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The meaning of the phrase terra incognita is essentially

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Unknown land.

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A good example of a pull factor is

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all of the above are pull factors.

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Geographers call how phenomena are arranged in space

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Place interaction. WRONG

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Environmental determinism says that the environment 'determines' peoples' actions. How does 'possibilism' vary from this?

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Environmental effects lead to different possible results.

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In developed countries migration _______________ countries is more common than migration _______________ countries.

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within; between

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What is notable about Ibn Batuta's travels?

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He travelled from Spain to Shanghai.

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Doubling time is ascertained by

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dividing the RNI by the constant of 70.

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Which of the following examples best exhibits refugee migration?

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Southern Sudanese moving about escaping warfare and looking for food.

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Navigation in the 1400s and 1500s was particularly problematic because

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a good clock to measure longitude had not yet been invented.

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In a nutshell the RNI deals with

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population growth

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Which is not an example of impelled or forced migration?

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Spanish sailors settling in the Paraguay/Paraná Basin in South America.

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The Gravity Model

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is a simple and useful tool for understanding population interactions through space.

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Cultural geography today often focuses on theories while in the late 1800s and early 1900s

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post-structuralism was popular. WRONG

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A site is the immediate environment of a place while situation deals with

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the general surroundings of a place.

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'Sense of place' is understanding that, for their observers, the places

answer

are very abstract. WRONG

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Every line of longitude is called:

answer

a meridian.

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Modernist views of landscape and geography might

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all of the above.

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Globalization is often defined as

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the broader integration of more places around the world.

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Modern GIS applications allow geographers to understand information

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in different layers.

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With lower and lower RNI worldwide

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the earth will still add a billion people to its population every 20 years or so.

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In considering movement of commuters in central city and metropolitan suburbs within the figure, which has the highest percentage of type?

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movement through metropolitan suburbs

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Migration to the United States today can be considered

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restricted.

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'People smuggling' is distinct from 'human trafficking' in that

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people smuggling is voluntary while human trafficking is not.

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In the demographic transition the greatest growth is found in

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Stage 2.

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In the Middle Ages geography often took a backseat to

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The philosophical quotations of the late Greeks. WRONG

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Marx and Engels

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were writers who influenced early structuralist geographers.

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Behavioral geography

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focuses on psychological processes behind spatial decisions.

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In population Australia is notable

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because it is about as densely populated as Europe. WRONG

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In geography, structuralism

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is the idea that cultural patterns are the result of deeper social structures that cannot be easily identified. WRONG

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The process of repatriation involves

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ways of bringing back refuges into their home countries.

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Lighter colors on the maps of world population in the text

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show areas of lower/less dense human population.

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Latitude and longitude together are

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a method of absolute location on the earth's surface.

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A remittance is

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money sent back home by a migrant.

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A country like the United States might be more likely to accept a migrant if

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he or she has some kind of useful skill.

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Which of the following is the best example of absolute distance?

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It is 5 miles to my aunt's house.

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Distance decay means

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there is more interaction among closer places than those farther away.

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According to the authors, the oldest known world map

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was from Babylonia.

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Ellis Island was

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where many immigrants came into the United States.

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Geographers are interested in origin and destination of migrants. Detroit has become well known in the U.S. as a destination for

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Muslims.

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The difference between absolute and relative location might be:

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both a. and b. are correct.

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Poststructuralists

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generally have little sense of place. WRONG

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Formal (or uniform) regions are areas which have

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one or more characteristics in common through the area.

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A geographical coordinate system on the Earth sphere is called

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Latitude and longitude.

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Net migration might be more important to know than gross migration because

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it has to do with the difference between those who arrive and those who leave.

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Topophilia and topophobia were

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discussed by Yi-Fu Tuan and signify 'love' or 'fear' of place.

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One of the most severe problems with trafficking of young people in the long run is that

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the family system is eroded and family values may not be passed to subsequent generations.

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The demographic transition model is based

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on many factors, but mainly that agriculture in the basis for growth in most areas. WRONG

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Geographers often look at processes, meaning how patterns became the way they are. If processes have multivariate explanations, then:

answer

there are many factors which help explain the phenomenon.

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The idea that nature is the driving force in what people do and how they live is called

answer

environmental determinism.

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Prince Henry, the Navigator of Portugal, funded expeditions that

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showed there was no uninhabitable 'torrid' zone in the tropics.

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Geography studies the earth in many different ways, but the idea that geography is a 'spatial science' was a main trait of

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the quantitative revolution.

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Muslim and Chinese thinkers tried to understand geographic and physical processes like

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How mountains erode and the effects of water on landscape.

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The demographic transition starts with ____________ and ends with ____________.

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little growth; little growth.

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In the last couple of decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, life expectancies there

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have fallen.

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If the CBR = 40 and the CDR = 10, then the RNI

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would be relatively high.

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The map of Afghanistan and Pakistan best correlates which two themes?

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The relationship between Taliban people and insurgent attacks.

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CBR-CDR =

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RNI.

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To what maximum extent is latitude measured?

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To 90 degrees north or south (as a right angle to a pole).

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One trait of the more developed and industrialized first world countries of the world is that

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they have about equal numbers of elderly and young to care for. WRONG

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Population pyramids of developing, poorer countries reveal

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an extreme pyramid shape with many children and few elderly.

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Mental maps are used to understand people's

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preferences, ideas, concerns, beliefs, and attitudes.

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An area of slave trade that most people in the United States do not think about is _____________.

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the general traffic of slaves in the Americas. WRONG

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Overall, the most important criteria in understanding a vernacular region is

answer

the perception of an individual about the extent of the region.

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Regarding having children and the possibility of migration

answer

families are more likely to move to new jobs just before or after a child is born.

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In considering spatial interactions between places, which of the following is a salient characteristic?

answer

region WRONG

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Place is different from space in that

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Space is more abstract and place is more tangible.

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The most densely populated region of Africa

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is in South Africa which is also the industrial center. WRONG

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In this figure, the principle of place similarity is shown where

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all textile manufacturers are located at a stream or water source.

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The main difference between arithmetic and physiologic densities is

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arithmetic relates to total area, while physiologic only to arable cropland.

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Christopher Columbus had several figures for the size of the earth. The one he chose to sell to the Spanish court, however,

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would have placed Japan about where California is today.

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Fifty years ago, ____________ percent of all Americans lived in cities. Today that percentage is ____________.

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50; about 80

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In the sidebar account of the woman forced into prostitution, her journey began in ______________ and ended in ______________.

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Colombia; United States WRONG

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World population did not begin to rise rapidly until

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a logarithmic rise about 1970.

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Rates of natural increase have decline significantly in recent decades due to

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better public health, medicine, and access to contraceptives.

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Which of the following is the best example of relative location?

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Berlin is located to the east of Amsterdam. WRONG

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