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Human Geography: Places and Regions in Global Context, 7e (Knox/Marston)

Chapter 1 Geography Matters

1.1 Multiple Choice

1) That places are interdependent means that individual places are

• connected to events and processes around them.
• separated from the world around them.
• independent of the world around them.
• not unique, but just like the places around them.

Answer: A

Diff: 2 Page Ref: 4

Bloom's: Knowledge/Comprehension

PS GlobalOutcome: G2 Critical thinking

NG Standards: 03 Analyzing spatial organization of things

Section Headings: 1.2 Why Places Matter

2) Because of the difficulty of projecting a round, 3-dimensional earth on a 2-dimensional piece of paper, paper maps of the world intentionally must distort any or all of the following except

• shapes of the land masses.
• relative areas of the places on the map.
• absolute altitude of the land masses.
• compass directions.
• distances between places.

Answer: C

Diff: 3 Page Ref: 11

Bloom's: Knowledge/Comprehension

PS GlobalOutcome: G3 Maps, graphs & data

NG Standards: 01 Maps & spatial thinking to communicate info

Section Headings: 1.4 Basic Tools and Methods of Human Geographers

3) Isolines

• cannot be used to make precipitation maps.
• connect points of equal data value.
• were common on maps made before the nineteenth century, but are rarely used now.
• are needed to make sense of three-dimensional maps.

Answer: B

Diff: 1 Page Ref: 10

Bloom's: Knowledge/Comprehension

PS GlobalOutcome: G3 Maps, graphs & data

NG Standards: 01 Maps & spatial thinking to communicate info

Section Headings: 1.4 Basic Tools and Methods of Human Geographers

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2 Copyright © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc.4) The conventional way of imagining space as a container, defined by rectangular coordinates and measured in units of distance like kilometers, is to think in terms of

• absolute space.
• geometrical space.
• topological space.
• outer space.
• regional space.

Answer: A

Diff: 1 Page Ref: 17

Bloom's: Knowledge/Comprehension

PS GlobalOutcome: G3 Maps, graphs & data

NG Standards: 01 Maps & spatial thinking to communicate info

Section Headings: 1.4 Basic Tools and Methods of Human Geographers

5) Which map projection is best for representing thematic and reference maps at the world scale?

• Mercator projection
• Robinson projection
• Mollweide projection
• Cartographic projection
• Azimuthal equidistant projection

Answer: B

Diff: 2 Page Ref: 11

Bloom's: Knowledge/Comprehension

PS GlobalOutcome: G3 Maps, graphs & data

NG Standards: 01 Maps & spatial thinking to communicate info

Section Headings: 1.4 Basic Tools and Methods of Human Geographers

6) Which map or map projection most intentionally distorts the relative sizes of countries?

• topological map
• cartogram
• isoline
• Mollweide projection map
• Mercator projection map

Answer: B

Diff: 2 Page Ref: 11

Bloom's: Knowledge/Comprehension

PS GlobalOutcome: G3 Maps, graphs & data

NG Standards: 01 Maps & spatial thinking to communicate info

Section Headings: 1.4 Basic Tools and Methods of Human Geographers 2 / 4

3 Copyright © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc.7) To university alumni who return for a homecoming reunion and reminisce about their times and common experiences and identities, their college campus and surrounding community is probably best thought of in terms of

• absolute space.
• cultural space.
• socioeconomic space.
• topological space
• wasted space.

Answer: B

Diff: 2 Page Ref: 17

Bloom's: Knowledge/Comprehension

PS GlobalOutcome: G3 Maps, graphs & data

NG Standards: 01 Maps & spatial thinking to communicate info

Section Headings: 1.4 Basic Tools and Methods of Human Geographers

8) The beauty of equidistant maps is that they

• are aesthetically pleasing.
• objectively represent the world.
• accurately represent distance in all directions.
• display areas on the earth's surface in their true proportions.

Answer: A

Diff: 2 Page Ref: 11

Bloom's: Knowledge/Comprehension

PS GlobalOutcome: G3 Maps, graphs & data

NG Standards: 01 Maps & spatial thinking to communicate info

Section Headings: 1.4 Basic Tools and Methods of Human Geographers

9) Though all of the following distort the shape of land masses and area, which of the following maps or map types does so most blatantly and intentionally?

• cartograms
• conformal projections
• polyconic
• isoline
• Peters

Answer: A

Diff: 2 Page Ref: 11

Bloom's: Knowledge/Comprehension

PS GlobalOutcome: G3 Maps, graphs & data

NG Standards: 01 Maps & spatial thinking to communicate info

Section Headings: 1.4 Basic Tools and Methods of Human Geographers 3 / 4

4 Copyright © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc.10) The interdependence of places was demonstrated between 2007-2014 when increased consumption of food and feed grain in some parts of the world drove up the price of world food prices and led to ________ in other parts of the world.

• food riots
• new crop varieties
• a decline in obesity
• increased life expectancies

Answer: A

Diff: 1 Page Ref: 3

Bloom's: Knowledge/Comprehension

PS GlobalOutcome: G3 Maps, graphs & data

NG Standards: 03 Analyzing spatial organization of things

Section Headings: 1.0 Introduction

11) According to Richard Florida, the combination of economic output, innovation and population in urban areas has made the world a ________ place.

• flat
• cultural
• spiky
• shrinking
• cognitive

Answer: C

Diff: 1 Page Ref: 8

Bloom's: Knowledge/Comprehension

PS GlobalOutcome: G3 Maps, graphs & data

NG Standards: 01 Maps & spatial thinking to communicate info

Section Headings: 1.1 Why Geography Matters

12) According to Richard Florida, ________ will be the "grandest of the grand challenges humanity will ever face."

• feeding the world
• ensuring the periphery's massive urban regions are vibrant, sustainable and functional
• avoiding nuclear war
• conserving and identifying new energy resources
• living long enough to survive the waiting list for Green Bay Packer season tickets

Answer: B

Diff: 3 Page Ref: 9

Bloom's: Knowledge/Comprehension

PS GlobalOutcome: G1 Scientific inquiry

NG Standards: 04 Characteristics of places

Section Headings: 1.1 Why Geography Matters

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