Human Geography Review

What is a specific point on the Earth's surface called?

• Location

• Place

• Region

• Formal region

What is an area distinguished by unique physical and human characteristics called?

• Location

• Place

• Region

• Functional region

What is a spatial division of the Earth's surface that shares a common characteristic called?

• Location

• Place

• Region

• Perceptual region

What is an area of the Earth's surface that is unified by a measurable physical or human characteristic called?

• Location

• Place

• Formal region

• Functional region

What is an area of the Earth's surface that is defined by an interaction or connectivity called?

• Location

• Place

• Functional region

• Perceptual region

What is an area of the Earth's surface that is defined by a perception of the people living there or by the general society and may not be based on objective data called?

• Location

• Place

• Region

• Perceptual region

What is the physical setting created by humans that reflects the identity and culture of the area called?

• Location

• Place

• Region

• Cultural landscape

What is an economic system in which private individuals own businesses to make profits and economic decisions are made by producers in response to consumer demands called?

• Free enterprise

• Socialist economic system

• Communist economic system

• Primary economic activities

What is an economic system in which some large-scale business enterprises are government-owned and operated for the benefit of society called?

• Free enterprise

• Socialist economic system

• Communist economic system

• Secondary economic activities

What is an economic system in which the means of production are owned by the government for governmental control of the resources called?

• Free enterprise

• Socialist economic system

• Communist economic system

• Tertiary economic activities