Key Terms
History and Development of the Discipline
Geography Today
Thinking geographically
Applications of Geography
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Global Positioning System
What is a set of satellites used to help determine location any where on the earth's surface with a portable electronic device.
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(B)a map portraying a particular feature that is used in GIS.
What is a Thematic Layer? (A) a method used in cartography to produce mathematically accurate map projections. (B)a map portraying a particular feature that is used in GIS. (C)used in GPS systems to provide more accurate navigational information. (D) a map used by early explorers to find particular resources in new regions of the earth. (E) used as a method to analyze thematic regions.
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(C) large-scale systems
Geographers tend to focus on what? (A) the ecumene (B) places and regions (C) large-scale systems (D) sustainability (E) cultural landscapes
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(B) a conceptual hierarchy of spaces.
Geographic scales refer to what? (A) the ratio between distance on a map and distance on the earth's surface. (B) a conceptual hierarchy of spaces. (C) a notion of place, based on an individuals perception of space. (D) the many ways that people define regions. (E) the level of aggregation at which geographers investigate a particular process
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(A) problems in spatial characteristics.
Geographers have moved to the forefront of debates regarding the world's social and enviromental problems, this is based on what? (A) problems in spatial characteristics. (B) bad economy (C) global warming (D) politics
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Nomothetic
What is consepts or rules that can be applied universally.
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(C) Cartography
What is the oldest field of geography? (A) Cultural ecology (B) Conservation biology (C) Cartography (D) Enviromental geography (E) Physical geography
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(B) It takes a regional approach, looking at the particular enviromental characteristics of specific places.
Which statement is true regarding the nature of enviromental geography? (A) It studies processes and problems at the intersection of human and physical geography. (B) It takes a regional approach, looking at the particular enviromental characteristics of specific places. (C) It is one of the four traditions of geographers described by W.D Pattison. (D) It studies the areal differentation of human activites on the earth's surface. (E) It studies the earth's enviromental outside of human activity.
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(D) They are conceptual units.
Which of the following is true concerning regions? (A) They are strict functional units. (B) (C) (D)They are conceptual units. (E)
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(A) A way to analyze information in complex ways that were never possible before.
Geographers have benefited from technological advances, such as improved remote sensing imagery and increased computer capability, which have allowed what? (A) A way to analyze information in complex ways that were never possible before. (B) Ways to get absolute location (C) GPS (D) Look into space
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Sustainability
What is the concept of using the earth's resources in such a way that they provide for people's needs in the present without diminishing the earth's abililty to provide for future generations.
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(D) Carl Sauer
Who argued that cultural landscapes should form the basic unit of geographic inquiry? (A) Ptolemy (B) George Perkins Marsh (C) Eratosthenes (D) Carl Sauer (E) W.D. Pattison
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(A) subsistence agriculture
Conserving resources to ensure enough for the future generations is called what? (A) subsistence agriculture (B) sustainability (C) cultural ecology (D) enviromental determinism (E) the organic movement
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(A) Nomothetic
Which of the following refers to concepts that are universally applicable. (A) Nomothetic (B) Qualitative (C) Idiographic (D) Idiocentric (E) Quantitative
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(A) enviromental geography
When physical and human geographers meet one enters the realm of what? (A) enviromental geography (B) anthropogenic (C) systematic geography (D) earth system science
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Spatial perspective
What is an intellectual framework that looks at the particular locations of specific phenomena, how and why that phenomena is where it is, and, finally how it is spatially related to phenomena in other places
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(A) The Global Positioning System
Which of the following is comprised of an integrated system of satellites? (A) The Global Positioning System (B) Remote sensing (C) Geographical Informational System (D) Thematic map (E) Haptic Navigation systems
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(B) anthropocentric
Human-induced enviromental change is often referred to as what? (A)anthropomorphic (B) anthropocentric (C) anthropogenic (D) nonsustainable (E) enviromental determinism
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(D) qualitative
If a geographer performs a study on people's perceptions of the Deep South using interviews as his primary data source, his method is what? (A) quantitative (B) systematic (C) anthropogenic (D) qualitative (E) idiographic
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(B) study spatial characteristics of th earth's physical and biological systems
Physical geographers do what? (A) study plants (B) study spatial characteristics of th earth's physical and biological systems (C) study animals (D) study the earth's intergrated systems
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Carl Sauer
Who is the Geographer from the University of California at Berkeley who defined the concept of cultural landscapes as a fundamental unit of geographical analysis.
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(B) stressed the use of empirical measurements, hypothesis testing, and mathematical models.
During the quantitive revolution, geographers did what? (A) focused mainly on measuring physical processes. (B) stressed the use of empirical measurements, hypothesis testing, and mathematical models. (C) abandoned older, speculative notions of the cultural landscape and human-enviroment interactions. (D) adopted powerful new technologies, such as remote sensing and GIS. (E) began studying the region as the fundemental unit in human geography.
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(C) Cultural-enviroment relations
Which of the following is NOT one of the four traditions of geography according to W.D. Pattison's definition? (A) Area-analysis tradition (B) Field studies tradition (C)Cultural-enviroment relations (D) Earth-science tradition (E) Locational tradition
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(D) fuzzy because they allow for individual interpretation
A perceptual region's boundaries are (A) determined by set of uniform physical or cultural characteristics across a particular area. (B) drawn around the functions that occur between a particular place and the surrounding areas. (C) determined by the portion of a particular are that has been modifies by human activities. (D) fuzzy because they allow for individual interpretation.
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Climatologists
Who is a person who uses powerful computers to create models that predict potential changes in the earth's climate as a result of global warming
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