Unit 1 Independent Practice

Which of the following is the primary assumption of environmental determinism?

• Human destiny is controlled by the cultural environment

• The physical environment has little influence on humans .

• Humans have complete control over the physical environment .

• Many human adaptations are possible within a specific physical environment

• The physical environment controls human culture .

Which of the following scales of analysis would provide demographic data that could be used to compare one urban neighborhood to other urban neighborhoods across a country?

• State or province

• Metropolitan area or urban region

• County or parish (in Quebec and Louisiana)

• City or municipality

• Census tract or enumeration area

In descriptions of interaction between people and the environment, the term “environmental determinism” implies that

• the physical environment exclusively shapes humans and their actions

• humans by their actions and technologies alter the physical environment to suit their needs

• determination of environmental limitations is a primary task of geographers

• capitalist economies do not contribute to global environmental degradation

• there exists no interacting relationship between people and their surrounding physical environment

International migration in the late twentieth century illustrates many important geographic principles.

Define each of the following principles.

core-periphery

distance decay

chain migration

For each principle in question 4, select a migration stream identified by letter on the map above, and discuss how the stream you choose illustrates the principle.

Note: Each lettered migration stream may be used only once.