Geography Chpt 1

Spatial interaction is affected by

• mobility, economics, and anticipation.

• the physical environment, the cultural landscape, and the interchange potential of places.

• distance, accessibility, and connectivity.

• absolute location, spatial parameters, and network design.

Since humans are the active agents in human-environmental interactions, people in general

• have no contact with the physical landscape.

• are frequently unmindful of the dangers of inappropriate environmental exploitation.

• are immune from adverse natural events.

• alter the physical environment so that any potential dangers it holds are made harmless or removed totally.

Which of the following is not true of the natural landscape?

• It provides the setting for human action.

• It is perceived, interpreted, and used in different ways by different cultures.

• It determines how people live in a particular place.

• It is shaped by human action into a cultural landscape.

A street address is an example of

• relative position.

• conformality.

• absolute location.

• situation.

Geography as a discipline

• originated in ancient Greek interest in the nature of the universe and the varying character of the known parts of the earth.

• developed as an outgrowth of the "Age of Discovery," beginning in the 15^th century.

• emerged in the 20^th Century with the development of geographic information systems (GIS).

• was developed in response to a national need to map and describe the American West.

As geographers use the term, scale tells us

• the weight of a given commodity.

• the intrinsic character of the object or area studied.

• the relationship between earth distance and map distance.

• the length of a degree of longitude along different parallels.

An example of a formal region is

• the hub and spoke network for a particular airline.

• 100,000 square kilometers.

• Dixie.

• the area of France where the Breton language is spoken.

The attributes of a place

• represent the current state of continuing processes of change and development.

• are determined by natural processes and remain unchanged over time.

• are not influenced by relationships with other places.

• are primarily cultural, with little influence of the physical landscape.

Absolute location

• is an abstract concept unrelated to real-world circumstances.

• is a temporary and changing characteristic of place.

• cannot be defined with precision in a world of conflicting cultural perspectives.

• is a precise position on the surface of the globe.

The word geography is derived from Greek words meaning

• human society and the earth.

• the cultural landscape of the earth.

• the description of the earth.

• the measurement of the earth.