Human and Physical Geography by Michelle

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Prelim Exam

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Which of the following refers to the notion that a phenomenon spreads as a result of the
social elite, such as political leaders, entertainment leaders, or famous athletes, spreading
societal ideas or trends

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a.
None of the above

b.
Hierarchical diffusion

c.
Contagious diffusion
d.
Expansion diffusion

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A combination of cultural features such as language and religion, economic features such as
agriculture and industry, and physical features such as climate and vegetation. (defined by
Carl Sauer as an area fashioned from nature by a cultural group) [Cultural Attributes] is
called build landscape.

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It refers to the study of human characteristics on the landscape, including population,
agriculture, urbanization, and culture.

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a.
Built landscape

b.
Physical geography

c.
Human geography

d.
None of the above

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Physical geography incorporates studies of human culture, spatial relationships, interactions
between humans and the environment, and many other areas of research that involve the
different subspecialties of geography

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A language or dialect systematically used to make communication possible between people
who do not share a native language or dialect; particularly used as a means to conduct
business.

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a.
Trade language

b.
Creole language

c.
Language extinction

d.
None of the Above

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A world populations will increasingly share a common technology is called_____________.

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a.
Cultural diversity between societies of different ancient culture hearths was a reflection of

b.
Cultural convergence

c.
cultural lag

d.
Cultural landscape

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Culture refers to the values, beliefs, behavior, and material things that form a way of life
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The scientific study of populations is called______________.

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a.
Demography

b.
Population studies

c.
Ecology

d.
Geography

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Human geography is the study of human activity and its relationship to the earth’s surface.

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Cartography, or map making, has been a vital discipline for geographers.

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The saving of resources for future generations to allow them to live at the same or higher
standard of living than the population today is called sustainability.
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When one culture group undergoes a major change by adopting the characteristics of
another, dominant group, it has experienced

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a.
Carrying capacity

b.
Contagious diffusion

c.
Antarctica

d.
acculturation (culture)

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All of the following are elements of culture except:

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a.
Religion

b.
Trade

c.
Language

d.
Customs

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Experiencing an unfamiliar culture can generate culture shock

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Dialect is part of what element?

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a.
Economy

b.
History

c.
Language
d.
Arts

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Physical geography focuses on geography as a form of_________.

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a.
None of the above

b.
River

c.
Mountains
d.
Earth Science

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Thomas Malthus thought that _____________________.

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a.
moral restraint would lower population growth

b.
population would eventually decline due to birth control and family planning

c.
population would eventually outgrow food production

d.
population would increase at the same rate as farming production

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Hierarchical diffusion is the spreading of societal ideas or trends originating from the social
elite, such as political leaders, entertainment leaders, or famous athletes

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When a social group is unresponsive to a useful innovation, it is said to display

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a.
religion

b.
cultural leg

c.
cultural lag

d.
cultural fast

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It is the process of spreading a culture from one place to another through direct contact,
similar to the way disease spreads

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a.
Hierarchical diffusion

b.
Expansion diffusion

c.
None of the above
d.
Contagious diffusion

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Which of the follow best describes assimilation?

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a.
One who is leaving their family behind

b.
being able to buy a business

c.
changing religious beliefs

d.
working on a farm
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It refers to the description of the Earth’s surface and the people and processes that shape
those landscapes.

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a.
Density

b.
Scale

c.
Geography

d.
None of the above

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A map that contains what a person believes to exist; most people have mental maps, and
they prove to be a useful tool in communication.

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a.
Time zone

b.
Mental Map

c.
None of the above

d.
Regions

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Which of the following best describes a refugee?

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a.
One who is leaving their family behind

b.
One who has been banished from their country

c.
One who is fleeing to save their life

d.
One who is a criminal
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A region that is unified through language, religion or traditions is called ____________.

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a.
a functional region

b.
a cultural region

c.
religious region

d.
a physical region

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Assimilation is the dying out of the old culture as it becomes replaced with the culture
where a person or group of people currently reside.
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The process where an immigrant group learns the language, habits, and customs of
their new home culture is called _____.

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a.
Assimilation

b.
Innovation

c.
Antarctica

d.
Acculturation

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Most migrants move for _______________.

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a.
persecution reasons

b.
cultural reasons

c.
economic reasons

d.
environmental reasons

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What is the difference between birth and death rates ?

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a.
Fertility

b.
Doubling time
c.
Natural Increase

d.
Mortality

Question 30
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Which of the following refers to a region that can be defined around a certain point or
node; functional regions are most intense around the center but lose their characteristics as
the distance from the focal point increases. See distance decay.

Select one:

a.
Friction of distance

b.
Functional regions

c.
None of the above

d.
Formal regions

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A change within culture groups is induced by___________.

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a.
diffusion and innovation

b.
induced

c.
change

d.
cultural lag

Question 32
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The ____ is a statistic that shows the average number of children a woman would have
in her lifetime, if she had children at the current rate for her country.

Select one:

a.
fertility rate

b.
mortality rate
c.
birthrate

d.
rate of natural increase

Question 33
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Match the following architectural differences in religious structures around the world.

Jews use synagogues

Answer 1
Hindus use temples
Answer 2
Muslims use mosques
Answer 3
Christians use churches
Answer 4
Buddhists use pagodas.
Answer 5
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Maps are the most common method of illustrating different spatial qualities, and
geographers create and use maps to communicate spatial data about the earth’s surface

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True
False

Question 35
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What does an "upside down" population pyramid indicate?

Select one:

a.
lots of middle age people
b.
lots of teens

c.
lots of elderly/older people

d.
lots of children

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The tangible physical imprint of a culture on the earth's surface is called the _____.

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a.
tangible physical

b.
imprints

c.
Cultural landscape

d.
Cultural lag

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_______________is the study of the coastal regions

Select one:

a.
None of the above

b.
Biogeography

c.
Geomorphology

d.
Coastal geography

Question 38
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Match the following descriptions to the corresponding meaning of culture.

This refers to culture that is not tied to a specific location but Answer 1
rather a general location based on widespread diffusion. Popular culture

This refers to produced by the physical material culture, the built Answer 2
environment is the tangible human creation on the landscape. Built environment

This refers to anything that can physically be seen on the Answer 3

landscape material culture

This refers to the practice of particular customs of a relatively Answer 4

small group of people that increases that group’s uniqueness. Folk culture
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_____________is the study of the earth’s surface features.

Select one:

a.
Coastal geography

b.
Biogeography

c.
Geomorphology

d.
None of the above

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The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with
increasing distance from its origin.

Select one:

a.
none of the above

b.
absolute distance

c.
relative location

d.
distance decay
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Absolute location is the location on the earth’s surface with reference to other places, taking
into consideration features such as transportation access or terrain.

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True
False

Question 42
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It refers to the spread of a particular concept that is then used in another product.

Select one:

a.
Expansion diffusion

b.
None of the above

c.
Stimulus diffusion
d.
Hierarchical diffusion

Question 43
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Physical landscape is the term used to describe the natural terrain at any one place on the
planet.

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True
False