Nature and Perspectives
This is the art and science of map-making
What is cartography?
The process by which one ethnic group becomes integrated into a larger culture.
What is assimilation?
The city known as the birthplace of the skyscraper
What is Chicago?
In which of the following would you expect to find the highest rate of population growth? A. Canada B. Namibia C. Sweden D. Chile E. USA
B. Namibia
The UN is an example of this type of organization.
What is a supranational organization.
This is what the word "geography" literally means.
What is Earth writing.
This religion originated in northern India and then spread across central and southeast Asia, Indonesia, and Japan.
What is Buddhism?
Which of the following is an example of an edge city? A. Anchorage, Alaska B. Seattle, Washington C. Boston, Massachusetts D. Tyson's Center, Virginia E. Las Vegas, Nevada
D. Tyson's Center, Virginia
This shows the age and gender structure of a population.
What is a population pyramid?
Kurdistan is an example of this concept.
What is a stateless-nation?
Geographic information systems use this to display multiple spatial data sets.
What are thematic layers
The Italian language varies significantly between Milan, Rome, Naples, and Palermo. These are all variants of language.
What are dialects?
The theory that explains the regional organization of urban areas, based on their functions and the goods and services they offer.
What is central place theory?
Malthus said that ____ grows arithmetically, while ____ grows geometrically.
C. food production... population
The direct extraction or harvest of natural resources.
What is a primary economic activity?
Which of the following is FALSE concerning human spatial behavior? A. Daily patterns of movement are fairly predictable. B. People frequently travel far for basic necessities. C. People's movement is limited by the available transportation. D. People tend to avoid perceived hazards. E. People tend to move around more in their local environments.
B. People frequently travel far for basic necessities.
The language family spoken by most people on Earth today.
What is Indo-European?
Which of the following does NOT represent an extensive commercial agricultural activity? A. Ranching B. Plantation farming C. Dairying D. Nomadic herding E. Feeder grain production
D. Nomadic herding
The US region that has seen the most population growth since 1945.
What is the sun belt?
Region that experienced rapid industrial growth during the early 20th century, followed by a severe decline during a difficult period of readjustment.
What is the Great Lakes region (Manufacturing Belt, or Rust Belt)
A model is useful in that it A. conveys the whole truth about a phenomenon. B. eliminates the complexities associated with the world. C. provides a comprehensible and limited view of the phenomenon. D. relies completely on empirical data for confirmation or refutation. E. eliminates the need to use math or quantify phenomena.
C. provides a comprehensible and limited view of the phenomenon.
Religious practices, language, and dietary preferences, when combined.
What is a cultural complex
This involves an ever-widening spatial scale of economic and social activities; increased systems of linkages between places and people; and a parallel, localization effects.
What is globalization?
Total fertility rate is NOT closely correlated with which of the following? A. Industrial output B. Gender empowerment C. Education D. Economic development E. Literacy rate
A. Industrial output
In Rostow's stages of development model, this is what economic maturity is characterized by.
What is high mass consumption?