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WorksheetsHuman Geo Unit 1
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1) _______ is to interconnectedness as _______ is to segregation
a)
Localization: globalization
b)
Globalization: localization
c)
Acculturation: Assimilation
d)
Assimilation: Acculturation
2.
This image demonstrates
a)
Regions
b)
Stimulus Diffusion
c)
Globalization
d)
None of the above
3.
1) Places are to _______ as people are to _______.
a)
Human Geo; World Geo
b)
World Geo; Human Geo
c)
Site; Situation
d)
Situation; Site
4.
1) _______ was an ancient geographer, interested in _______
a)
Carl Ritter: exploration for exploitation
b)
Ibn-Battuta: exploring Africa and Asia
c)
Homer: scientific inquiry
d)
Ptolemy: measurement and description
5.
Geography in the Middle Ages was the work of _______
a)
Muslims
b)
Europeans
c)
South Americans
d)
Passer
6.
This map demonstrated...
a)
Asia
b)
The importance of Africa in the history of geography
c)
The European focus of church doctrine
d)
The inaccuracy of ancient maps
7.
1) Scientific inquiry and interconnectedness are key components of _______ geography
a)
Ancient
b)
Middle Age
c)
Modern
d)
None of the Above
8.
What is a Region
a)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us where people and places are
d)
None of the Above
9.
What is Human/Environment Interaction
a)
Tells us where what makes an area so special and what it is different from every other area
b)
Tells us how people can change an area and how the area can change people
c)
Tells us where people and places are
d)
None of the Above
10.
What is movement?
a)
Tells us how people, goods, recourses, and ideas move from one place to another
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.
d)
None of the Above
11.
What is place
a)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from anywhere else
b)
Tells us where something is located
c)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike
d)
She didn't tell us this would be on the test...oh wait yes she did, about 15 times
12.
What is location?
a)
Tells us where people and places are
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area.
c)
Tells how people, goods, resources, and ideas move from one place to another.
d)
None of the Above
13.
Which is the activity most related to "Human-Environment Interaction".
a)
Caribou Migration
b)
Building a house near the Everglades
c)
Plotting a point on a map
d)
Immigrants flee their war torn nation
14.
Which item is a region?
a)
Moscow, Russia
b)
New England
c)
Asia
d)
South America
15.
The idea that one's environment is responsible for who people are and how they live
a)
Positivism
b)
'Merica
c)
Possibilism
d)
Environmental Determinism
16.
1) The map projection most used in the classroom, which has the most distortion at the edges is called ______.
a)
Mercator
b)
Robinson
17.
The map projection with the greatest amount of distortion, although visually appealing because of its nice, straight lines, is called _____.
a)
Mercator
b)
Gall-Peters
c)
Azimuthal
d)
Homolosine
18.
Globalization is often defined
a)
the study of the shape of the Earth and its roundness.
b)
the understanding of local happenings, say, within a neighborhood.
c)
the revealing of deeper principles through map comparison.
d)
the broader integration of more places around the world.
19.
The concept of distance decay is best described in which scenario?
a)
When fewer people read the Review Journal newspaper the farther you are away from Las Vegas.
b)
People throughout a region generally speaking German.
c)
When many people move to another area using an ocean vessel.
d)
The diffusion of a disease along a highway corridor.
20.
Though the map of country music stations shows patterns using dots for individual stations, one can surmise from this map that a country music region might be located mainly in
a)
Passer's classroom
b)
Arkansas
c)
Tennessee
d)
Georgia
21.
In the 2008 election map, coastal areas tend to
a)
exhibit more democratic traits.
b)
favor McCain.
c)
be mixed in party preferences.
d)
show no discernible pattern, politically.
22.
According to the map of calories per capita per day shows that
a)
lower caloric intake in the Americas overall.
b)
higher caloric intake in Southern Asia overall
c)
lower caloric intake in Europe and Russia overall.
d)
lower caloric intake in Africa and parts of Asia.
23.
All maps are considered one of three main types of maps. Those three are:
a)
A physical map, political map, and thematic map.
b)
A spatial map, a physical map, and special-purpose map.
c)
A road map, a state map, and a world map.
d)
Google map, Mapquest, and a election map
24.
The nature and contribution of geography to your education is to give you a
a)
soul
b)
global perspective
c)
college scholarship
d)
sence of place
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