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A cultural approach to human geography would study all of the following EXCEPT: A the ways in which culture is expressed and symbolized on the built landscape B the ways in which languag

16 Geographers who study power and ideology tend to focus more on diversity within cultures rather than on differences between cultures.

32 Vernacular regions often lack the organization necessary for functional regions.

47 The term “interdependence” implies that the interdependent nations are equal in terms of economic development and the well-being of the populations.

62 Every inhabited area, by definition, has a cultural landscape.

D) to farm the earth

76 The word geography means:

A) Earth description

B) Earth exploration

C) Earth navigation

D) world mapping

77 We would not need geography if:

A) all countries had common boundaries

B) every place on Earth were identical

C) geological processes were different than they are

D) all regions were significantly heterogeneous

78 Which group was NOT among the greatest traders and empire builders of its time?

B) inherited, individual behavior

C) genetically derived group behavior

D) learned, collective behavior

82 Which would NOT be studied by human geographers?

84 Which is NOT an accurate definition of culture?

A) the complete population of a given county, state, or country

B) a dynamic mix of symbols, beliefs, speech, and practices; a distinctive group identity

C) the local, customary way of doing things (a “way of life”)

D) a total way of life held in common by a people, including technology and government

85 The social activities and interactions, ranging from religious rituals to food and clothing preferences, that collectively distinguish group identity are called:

A) cultural traits

B) cultural exhibits

C) cultural practices

D) cultural taboos

86 A cultural approach to human geography would study all of the following EXCEPT:

A) the ways in which culture is expressed and symbolized on the built landscape

B) the ways in which language, religion, economy, and government vary or remain constant from place to placeC) how people function spatially and identify with place and region

D) how culture remains primarily a divisive force in a multicultural society

87 In order to investigate the spatial pattern of wheat production in the world, a geographer would investigate:

1- climate and soil characteristics

Use the following to answer questions 88-89:

88 Based on the figure, which statement is NOT true?

A) All continents, except Antarctica, contain both major and minor wheat-producing areas

B) In Africa, the only major wheat-producing area is found in Egypt

C) More of western Australia is used for producing wheat than eastern Australia

D) Wheat production in South America is found solely in the southern portion of the continent

89 According to the figure, which African country is NOT home to a minor wheat-producing area?

A) Morocco

B) Libya

C) South Africa

D) Tunisia

90 Which is NOT one of the main approaches to studying human geography?

A) a study of power and ideology

94 The word coined by Yi-Fu Tuan to describe the characteristic of people who exhibit a strong sense of place and who are attracted to the study of such peoples and places is:

B) World Heritage Site

C) U.N Protected Site

D) “wonder” of the ancient, medieval, or modern world

Use the following to answer questions 97-100:

97 According to this model, the elite residential sector lies:

A) in the periphery of the city

B) at the core of the city

C) along the spine leading to/from the central business district

D) in the zone of accretion

98 According to this model, housing for the poorest people is MOST likely to be found in Sector:

101 Which perspective on human geography tends to minimize diversity?

A) power and ideology

103 The study of human geography is organized around these five geographical concepts or themes:

A) region, mobility, globalization, nature–culture, and cultural landscape

B) climates, soils, globalization, cultural landscape, and region

C) mobility, region, globalization, diplomacy, and cultural landscape

D) mobility, immigration, globalization, nature–culture, and cultural landscape

104 Which is NOT a type of region recognized by human geographers?

107 Which does NOT represent a formal region?

A) a region that grows pistachios

B) a region in which Welsh is spoken

C) a region showing the readership of a particular magazine

D) a region in which the descendants of American slaves live

108 The number of formal regions recognized by geographers is:

D) in the border zone

110 Because cultures overlap and mix, formal region boundaries are often:

A) sharp

B) clearly delineated

C) geometric

D) fuzzy

111 Which is NOT a formal region?

A) a corn-growing county in Iowa

B) a distribution network of the Washington Post

C) a Chinese community in California's San Gabriel Valley

D) the part of Russia called Siberia

112 Formal regions typically exhibit:

A) a core-periphery pattern

B) well-defined boundaries

C) functional nodes

D) a set of culture traits with identical spatial patterns

113 The hallmark of a formal region is cultural:

120 Which statement is NOT true of functional regions?

A) Their borders may or may not be clearly defined

B) Their interpretation varies widely

C) They generally do not coincide spatially with formal culture regions

D) They are concrete rather than abstract entities

121 The pattern of church attendance and the distribution area of a first-run film are:

123 Texas, New Hampshire, Illinois, Alberta, and Ontario are all examples of:

A) vernacular regions

B) urban regions

C) formal regions

D) functional regions

Use the following to answer question 124:

124 A city's downtown area, as pictured here for Denver, is often the _ of a functional region

A) edge

B) node

C) model

D) ecosystem

125 At a basic level, the vernacular region grows out of:

A) people's sense of belonging to and identification with a specific region

128 All of the following are true of vernacular regions EXCEPT:

A) They are synonymous with functional culture regions

B) They generally lack sharp borders

C) They tend to grow out of people's sense of belonging to and identification with a particular region

D) The inhabitants of a vernacular culture region may accurately claim residence in more than one such region

129 The “Midwest” and the “Redneck Riviera” are:

A) formal regions

B) nodal regions

C) physical regions

D) vernacular regions

130 Local groups may try to override what they consider unpleasant names given to vernacular regions The chamber of

commerce for Florida's “Redneck Riviera” has tried to rename the region:

A) the Gulf of Greatness

B) the Emerald Coast

C) the Gold Coast

D) the Million-Dollar Mile

131 The spread of people, ideas, or things from one location to other locations where these items are not initially found is:

141 In a certain part of the United States, the practice of feng shui gathers adherents in the major cities, jumping from one city to another while bypassing the suburbs and rural areas In this case, feng shui has demonstrated:

B) an absorbing barrier to diffusion

C) a permeable barrier to diffusion

Use the following to answer questions 149-151:

149 According to the figure shown here, which country saw the fewest reported cases of H1N1 infection?A) Chile

B) Not all innovations are equally beneficial to all people throughout geographic space

C) Traditional models do not provide enough emphasis on cultural and environmental variables

D) Information by its very nature produces diffusion

153 The term used to identify mobility as an ongoing set of movements with no particular center or periphery is:A) migration

B) spatial scale (regional/local)

C) time scale (temporary/permanent)

D) distance (long/short)

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156 The Great Migration, which refers to the twentieth-century movement of African-Americans from the rural south to the cities

of the north and Midwest, was which type of migration?

162 Which is NOT an example of an early global encounter?

A) medieval overland trade routes connecting China with other parts of Asia

B) the maintenance of maritime trade routes between England and South Asia in the seventeenth century

C) the spurring of revolution in the Muslim countries of North Africa via the Internet

D) the colonization efforts of Spain, Portugal, and England

163 Within North America, the United States is a very developed country, while Mexico is relatively undeveloped This is an example of:

Use the following to answer questions 164-165:

164 Which country has the lowest ranking on the HDI, according to the figure?

D) the United States

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167 When geographers focus on the many and complicated interrelationships between people and their physical environments, they are following the theme of:

C) humans as modifiers of the Earth

D) contagious diffusion of ecology

172 The belief that the physical environment is the dominant force shaping cultures and that humankind is essentially a passive product of its physical surroundings is known as:

A) possibilism

B) environmental determinism

C) landscape environmentalism

D) cultural determinism

173 Which statement illustrates environmental determinism?

A) Siberia is rich in mineral resources

B) In the Philippines, Luzon rice farmers terrace the hill slopes

C) Chile is a mountainous country

D) The natives are restless because of the hot season

174 Which school of thought was often the underpinning of early European colonial efforts?

176 On the tropical rainforest island of Borneo, some tribes practice slash-and-burn agriculture, while other tribes have chosen to

be fishers This exemplifies:

177 The school of thought asserting that the physical environment is the dominant force shaping cultures, and that humankind is essentially a passive product of its physical surroundings, is:

A) possibilism

B) the mechanistic view of nature

C) environmental determinism

D) the environmental perception school

178 Which school of thought played a large role in colonialism and the subjugation of native peoples?

A) possibilism

B) humans as modifiers of the Earth

C) environmental determinism

D) the environmental perception school

179 The school of thought asserting that the physical environment offers a number of ways for a culture to develop, and that a culture's way of life depends on the choices it makes, is:

A) possibilism

B) the mechanistic view of nature

C) environmental determinism

D) the environmental perception school

180 The school of thought that emphasizes a culture's mental images of nature—whether accurate or inaccurate—is the school of:A) possibilism

B) the mechanistic view of nature

Use the following to answer question 182:

182 According to the figure shown here, Chongqing and San Francisco have all of the following characteristics in common EXCEPT:

A) both were developed on elongated, hilly sites

B) both follow a strict gridiron pattern in their streets

C) both are flanked by water on all but one side

D) both were connected in the twentieth century by bridges to adjacent land across the water

183 Which statement is NOT consistent with an organic view of nature?

A) People are part of nature

B) Trees, animals, and landscapes are animated by various types of spirits

C) Human lives are intertwined with natural phenomena

D) Humans are dominant over the environment

184 Which statement is NOT consistent with a mechanistic view of nature?

A) Humans hold dominion over nature

B) Various parts of the landscape, such as mountains and rivers, possess a soul

C) The habitat is composed of natural forces that can be understood by the human mind

D) The habitat is an integrated system of mechanisms

185 The school of thought that holds that humans mold nature is:

A) humans as modifiers of the Earth

B) the mechanistic view of nature

C) environmental determinism

D) environmental perception

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186 The opposite of environmental determinism is:

A) humans as modifiers of the Earth

B) the mechanistic view of nature

188 The magnitude and speed of environmental alteration are controlled by:

A) invention and diffusion

B) access to energy and technology

C) cultural interaction

D) access to natural resources

189 _ holds that, as result of socialization, women have been better ecologists and environmentalists than men have

D) the cultural landscape

192 Which statement is NOT true of climate and climate change?

A) Carbon dioxide helps keep warmth trapped in Earth's atmosphere

B) Science has proven that recent fluctuations in climate are exclusively human-induced

C) In the twentieth century, the greatest increases in Earth's surface temperature have been recorded since 1978

D) The burning of fossil fuels is related to the increase in carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere and may therefore be related

to increased temperatures

193 Many people believe that the best example of African architecture south of the Sahara can be found in:

A) Pretoria, South Africa

B) the region of Lake Victoria

C) the Great Zimbabwe National Monument

D) the tiny enclave of Lesotho

194 The natural resource found in abundance in the Kingdom of Zimbabwe was:

A) copper

B) silver

C) gold

D) bronze

195 The Great Zimbabwe was built by:

A) the Shona people

B) ancient Egyptians

C) Portuguese colonists

D) the government of modern-day Uganda

196 Which country does NOT border modern-day Zimbabwe?

197 Which statement is NOT true of the cultural landscape?

A) Its physical form is similar from region to region and from country to country

B) It reflects the culture that created it

C) It is created by humans

D) It is integrated with the natural environment

Use the following to answer question 198:

198 The photo shown here would likely be found at the entrance to which part of a U.S city?

201 Which cultural assumption is NOT built into the typical American or Canadian house?

A) the need for individual privacy

B) the idea that functions (such as cooking and eating) should be kept separate

C) the notion that the household is a hierarchy with the parents in charge

D) the idea that multiple families should live and work together

202 Which areas tend to be MOST nucleated?

204 The best way to view settlement and land-division patterns overall is:

A) walking at ground level

B) traveling through the area by bicycle

C) driving by in a car

D) from the air

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Use the following to answer question 205:

205 The stick image shown here is a(n):

A) map

B) animal trap

C) fishing net

D) beacon for navigators

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