Geography Quiz

What is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth called?

• History

• Geography

• Biology

• Physics

Which branch of geography focuses on studying patterns and processes that shape human society?

• Geodesy

• Human Geography

• Technical Geography

• Physical Geography

What is the fundamental concept at the foundation of geography?

• Space

• Scale

• Time

• Place

Which law of geography states that 'Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant'?

• Arbia's law of geography

• Tobler's first law of geography

• Tobler's second law of geography

• Spatial heterogeneity

What is the art, science, and technology of making maps called?

• Cartography

• Geostatistics

• Remote Sensing

• Geodesy

Which branch of geography focuses on studying the physical problems and issues of the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere?

• Geoinformatics

• Physical Geography

• Technical Geography

• Human Geography

What is the science of obtaining information about Earth's features from measurements made at a distance called?

• Remote Sensing

• Geographic Information System

• Geostatistics

• Geodesy

Which approach in geography examines systematic relationships between categories for a specific region or location on the planet?

• Analytical

• Descriptive

• Regional

• Systematic

What is the mathematical basis for geostatistics?

• Correlation analysis

• Factor analysis

• Regression analysis

• Cluster analysis

Which method in geography is descriptive rather than numerical or statistical in nature?

• Geostatistics

• Quantitative methods

• Qualitative methods

• Ethnography