WorksheetsReading Check Wiley 1.2
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The branch of geography that focuses upon natural landforms, climate, soils and vegetation of the Earth is:
cultural geography
human geography
physical geography
biogeography
The importance of the spatial approach that geographers use in their studies is that it shows:
the arrangement and organization of things on the surface to the Earth
the history of an area
human activity only
the political impact of boundaries
Cholera is an ancient disease with its source area in:
China
India
Afghanistan
Indonesia
By the time the last great cholera pandemic began in 1865, people knew to take precautions against _____ and ended the great waves of cholera.
traveling in groups
contaminated water
eating canned food
improper disposal of garbage
Outbreaks of cholera in 1990 and 2010 killed over 10,000 people in which region:
Latin America
Africa
Europe
South Asia
Cholera vaccines exist, but the problem is that:
they are costly and have limited effectiveness
they have serious side effects and can be deadly
many people refuse to take them
many people may not know the vaccine is available
Which geographical theme would involve the study of the impact of the drainage of part of the Florida Everglades?
human-environment
movement
place
location
_________________ refers to the infusing of a locality with meaning and emotion.
Regionalization
Human-environment interaction
Sense of place
Location theory
The degree of direct linkage between one particular location and other locations in a transport network is referred to as:
spatial interaction.
movement.
landscape.
connectivity.
Geographer Carl O. Sauer is most closely connected with:
natural landscape
cultural landscape
regional geography
location theory
In their study on students’ perceptions of place, Gould and White found that
students would prefer to live near the Rocky Mountains.
students would prefer to live in Utah over California.
students have no place preferences.
students have a strong bias for their home region.
The cultural landscape of Dares Salaam is a composite of several different culture groups which have administered the place. British policy stimulated the development of a district of 3 to 4 story apartments reminiscent of:
London
Bombay
Nairobi
Paris
