Final Exam Review #2

Which of the following is used by geographers to classify an area by a factor which makes it unique?

• Place
• Human Environmental interaction
• Movement
• Location
• Region

Which of the following does not illustrate one of the five themes of geography?

• Anderson County is part of both Central Kentucky & the Bluegrass.
• Houses found in the far north of Canada tend to have windows facing south, while homes in the southwest region of the US tend to have long eaves providing shade.
• Lawrenceburg, Kentucky is located at 28 N, 80 W
• In order to escape war & death, people in Sudan have fled their homeland to nearby Chad.
• Religion, language, & customs are all part of culture.

Which of the following represents an absolute location?

• ACHS is found at 38 N 85 W
• Lawrenceburg is S of Frankfort
• KY is between Ohio and Tennessee

Which of the following represent a relative location?

• ACHS is found at 38 N 85 W
• The North Pole is at 90 N
• KY is between Ohio and Tennessee

Which of the following is NOT an example of movement?

• Many Irish were forced to the US & Canada during the potato famine
• During WWII the US government forced Japanese Americans into relocation camps in the western part of the US
• In the 1830s the US government forced Cherokee and other eastern native American tribes to move westward in the Trails of Tears
• Millions of Africans were taken from Africa as slaves to the New World in what is known as the Diaspora
• In order to live in the SW part of the US nearly everybody has air conditioning

Geographers often examine the physical and cultural characteristics of a spot or site, this is the theme of

• Region
• Movement
• Place
• HEI
• Location

What is meant by HEI?

• Heat Environment Induction
• Human Environment Island
• Human Environment Interaction
• Human Earth Island
• Human External Internalization

Which of the following terms describes your total environmental impact on the earth?

• environmental footprint
• methane footprint
• Dinosaur footprint
• Big footprint

The term that describes the ability to maintain a standard of living with limited resources.

• Maintaining
• Sustainability
• Desertification
• Managing

Large lakes formed during the last ice age in the central part of North America & are the largest freshwater lakes in the world are known as the

• Great Lakes
• Middle Lakes
• Great Ponds
• Five Great Seas
• Land of Great Lakes