Human Geography

1. What elements of study do human and physical geography have in common?

• They are trying to solve the problem of how to manage the global birth rate.

• They are trying to solve the problem of how to manage the natural environment.

• They are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do.

• They both focus primarily on natural phenomena such as earthquakes and rivers.

When a society is NOT shaped by the environment, but instead adjusts to hot and arid (dry) climatic conditions by building an indoor ski slope in Dubai, this is an example of:

A) cl

• climate.

• environmental determinism.

• possibilism.

• spatial association.

An area distinguished by a unique combination of cultural or physical features is a(n):

• biome.

• region.

• uniform unit.

• ecosystem.

Multiple "layers" of spatial information are stored in a computer system known as a(n):

• GPS (Global Positioning System).

• API.

• remote sensing. 

• GIS (Geographic Information Systems).

The acquisition of data about the Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from another long-distance method is:

• remote sensing.

• GIS.

• GPS.

• topographical analysis.

Situation identifies a place by its:

A) mathematical location on the Earth's surface.

B) location relative to other places.*

C) nominal location.

D) unique physical characteristics.

• mathematical location on the Earth's surface.

• location relative to other places.

• nominal location.

• unique physical characteristics.

Scale is:

A) the system used by geographers to project a curved surface onto a flat surface.

B) the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area.

C) the difference in elevation between two points in an area.

D) the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the Earth (actual distance).*

• the system used by geographers to project a curved surface onto a flat surface

• the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area.

• difference in elevation between two points in an area.

• the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the Earth (actual distance).

Every map projection distorts the surface of Earth in some way.  

• True

• False

High birthrate and high death rate means the total population is low

• stage 1

• stage 2

• stage 3

• stage 4

• stage 5

Healthcare is more high tech and advanced in this stage and people are educated better about healthier diets and lifestyles.

• stage 1

• stage 2

• stage 3

• stage 4

• stage 5