Geography Concepts Quiz

What is the definition of 'place' in geography?

• B. Parts of the Earth's surface identified and given meaning by people

• A. The empty universe

• D. The ongoing capacity of Earth to maintain all life

• C. The shapes and patterns in which things are arranged on the Earth's surface

What are the three main elements of the concept of 'space' in geography?

• A. Location, climate, organisation

• B. Location, spatial distribution, organisation

• D. Location, spatial distribution, sustainability

• C. Climate, spatial distribution, organisation

What is the concept of 'environment' in geography?

• A. The empty universe

• B. The shapes and patterns in which things are arranged on the Earth's surface

• C. The world made up of many different natural and built environments

• D. The complex links between natural and human processes

What does the concept of 'interconnection' help geographers understand?

• D. The way that people use and change the space in which they live

• C. The way that things are mapped and arranged on the Earth's surface

• B. The ongoing capacity of Earth to maintain all life

• A. The complex links between natural and human processes

What does the concept of 'sustainability' relate to?

• C. The ongoing capacity of Earth to maintain all life

• B. The shapes and patterns in which things are arranged on the Earth's surface

• A. The empty universe

• D. The ongoing capacity of Earth to maintain all life

What is the concept of 'scale' used for in geography?

• D. To relate to the ongoing capacity of Earth to maintain all life

• C. To study things that take place on many different spatial levels

• B. To investigate the way that things are mapped and arranged on the Earth's surface

• A. To understand the complex links between natural and human processes

What are the seven key concepts in geography?

• A. Place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability, scale, change

• B. Location, spatial distribution, organisation, interconnection, sustainability, scale, change

• C. Place, space, climate, interconnection, sustainability, scale, change

• D. Place, space, environment, organisation, sustainability, scale, change

What is the main focus of geographers when conducting a geographical inquiry?

• A. The empty universe

• D. The way that people use and change the space in which they live

• B. The shapes and patterns in which things are arranged on the Earth's surface

• C. The way that things are mapped and arranged on the Earth's surface

What is the concept of 'change' important for in geography?

• A. To understand the complex links between natural and human processes

• B. To investigate the way that things are mapped and arranged on the Earth's surface

• C. To study things that take place on many different spatial levels

• D. To understand what is happening around us

What is the concept of 'place' used for in geography?

• B. To investigate the way that things are mapped and arranged on the Earth's surface

• A. To understand the complex links between natural and human processes

• C. To study things that take place on many different spatial levels

• D. To identify and give meaning to parts of the Earth's surface