Rubinstein Chapter 1 Answers – Flashcards
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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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Fractional scale
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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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A computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geography data is
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GIS
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Which of the following is a fundamental element of culture?
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Customary beliefs, social forms, material traits (all of the above)
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The science of map making is
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Cartography
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To geographers, the spread of McDonalds' around the world represents
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economic and cultural globalization
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The name given to a portion of Earth's surface is known as
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toponym
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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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Which is true?
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Every meridian is the same length and has the same beginning and end.
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A ship's positions given as 0 degrees latitude and 27 degrees west longitude. We can conclude from this information that the ship is located
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on the equator
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The township and range system
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resulted in a gridlike pattern for much of present-day land use in the United States
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The arrangement of a phenomenon across the Earth's surface is
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distribution
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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 state of Texas is the best considered a formal region because
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The same state laws apply everywhere in the the region.
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Culture means to
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care about something and take care of something (A&B)
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According to environmental determinism
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the physical environment sets limits on human actions
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the concept that the physical environment limits human actions, but that people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment is
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Possibilism
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The study of how humans and the environment interact is called
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cultural ecology
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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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The frequency of something within a given unit of area is
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density
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The population of the U.S. is approximately 300 million, and the land area is approximately 9 million square kilometers. The arithmetic density of the U.S. is approximately
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30 persons per square kilometer
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A hearth is
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a region from which a feature or trend spreads.
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Which is a form of expansion diffusion?
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Stimulus, hierarchical, and contagious (all of the above)
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The historic diffusion diffusion of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. is an example of which type of diffusion?
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Relocation
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Elements of globalization of culture include all but
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maintaining local traditions
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The global movement of money has been enhanced primarily by
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improvement in electronic communications
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Globalization of the economy has
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heightened economic differences among places
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The U.S Land Ordinance of 1785 divide much of the country into a system of
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Quarter sections, townships, ranges, sections (all of the above)
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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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spacial association
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The spread of something over a given study area is
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concentration
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Which is not a common practice of transnational corporations?
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Relocate command centers from more developed countries.
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Geography is not concerned with the study of physical processes
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Parallels converge at the North and South poles.
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F
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The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians is called latitude
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F
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Every map projection distorts the surface of the Earth in some way.
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A map displays in full detail what lies on the Earth's surface
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F
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Distribution refers to the arrangement of observable phenomena across Earth
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A high degree of dispersion within an ares indicates high density
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F
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A new piece of land created by draining and area is called a polder.
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Geographers generally reject environmental determinism for possibilism.
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The idea that the physical environment limits human actions but that people have the ability to adjust that environment is called possibilism
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The frequency of a phenomenon in a give study area is known as density.
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The communication revolution that promotes globalization of culture also permits preservation of cultural diversity.
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