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WorksheetsGeographical Thought Set 1
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Which definition best describes the concept of Distance?
Distance can be thought of in 3 broad ways: space between two points on the Earth’s surface, psychological distance and cultural distance.
Distance can be thought of in 3 broad ways: space between two countries, distance between cities and spiritual distance.
Distance can be thought of in 3 broad ways: space between the Earth’s oceans, racial distance and cultural distance.
Distance can be thought of in 3 broad ways: space between cultural groups, psychological distance and cultural distance.
Which best describes the concept of place?
a part of the Earth’s surface that is identified and given meaning by people who live in an urban setting
a part of the Earth’s surface that is identified and given meaning by people.
a part of the Earth’s surface that is considered to be a megacity
a part of the Earth’s surface that is identified as being prone to pollution and erosion
Which best describes the concept of distribution?
Distribution tracks the rate of poverty and inequality over a period of time.
Distribution describes the arrangement of natural disasters across the Earth’s surface.
Distribution describes the arrangement of an urban population across the Earth’s surface.
Distribution describes the arrangement of one or more phenomenon across the Earth’s surface or over time.
Which best describes the concept of spatial association?
Spatial association is the degree to which two or more
phenomena are similarly arranged over space.
Spatial association is the phenomena of environmental degradation within any given area.
Spatial association is the scale to which two or more
phenomena are similarly arranged over place.
Spatial association is the degree to which human populations have access to natural resources.
Which best describes the concept of region?
Region refers to an area of the Earth’s surface that contains a combination of urban and rural development
Region refers to common language and cultural characteristics.
Region refers to an area of the Earth’s surface that contains one or more common characteristics that distinguish it from neighbouring areas.
Region refers to an area of the Earth’s surface that contains one or more common cultural characteristics
Which best describes the concept of process?
A process is an identifiable series of actions or steps leading to
the preservation of languages and cultural practices
A process is an identifiable series of actions or steps leading to
change or preservation of phenomena.
A process is an unknown series of actions or steps leading to
population decline in native species.
A process is an identifiable series of actions that lead to technological changes as a result of population diversity.
Which best describes the concept of movement?
Movement refers to the change in location of foreign species which has a direct impact on the biodiversity of a new area.
Movement refers to the change in population density as a result of conflict or natural disasters.
Movement refers to the change in location of populations as a result of natural or human disasters.
Movement refers to the change in location or organisation of one or more phenomena from its original location to a new location.
Which best describes the concept of change?
the dynamic nature of all processes on Earth, whether slow or fast,
small or large
the dynamic nature of all processes on Earth as a result of human activity
the dynamic nature of all processes on Earth as a result of naturally recurring events.
the dynamic nature of all processes on Earth, whether as a result of rising sea levels or erosion.
BOLTSS stands for?
Boundary, Origin, Legend, Title, Scale, Source
Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale, Source
Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Sustainability, Source
Border, Orientation, Link, Title, Scale, Source
"The peoples of the cold regions, including those living in Europe, are spirited, but deficient (lacking) in skill and intelligence. The peoples of Asia are the opposite, they are intelligent and inventive, but lack spirit and are in subjection and servitude. The Greeks, living in a region between these extremes of hot and cold, enjoy the advantages of both; they are high spirited and intelligent" Aristotle, Greek Philosopher
Determinism
Possibilism
"A new study suggests that the environment in which a society lives may powerfully shape the kind of religion it adopts… Sure enough, the authors found that cultures who believed in a moralizing (punishing) god or gods tended to be located in environments that were harsher to deal with and less climactically stable." Washington Post / November 2014
Determinism
Possibilism
"In Bangladesh, annual flooding can disrupt school for hundreds of thousands of students… Mohammed Rezwan, a Bangladeshi man, has built 20 floating schools out of donated boats… He has also built 5 floating health clinics to access people who are disconnected from transportation because of floods." New York Times / June 2013
Determinism
Possibilism
"Due to the accidents of geography – in particular, the continents’ different areas, axes, and plant and animal species. That is, the different historical trajectories (stories) of Africa and Europe stem (come) ultimately from differences in real estate." Jared Diamond, Ecologist & Geographer
Determinism
Possibilism
"The Dutch, in the Netherlands, are some of the lowest-lying countries in the world. As a result, they constantly have to deal with the rising sea level flooding their country. However, 300 years ago they built windmills that pump water out of the the farmland. The Dutch have been outsmarting the water that’s everywhere around them for a thousand years." CBS News (modified) / May 2017
Determinism
Possibilism
Man is a passive agent, and nature is active agent, which controls the action and decision-making processes of man.
Determinism
Possibilism
Nature provides possibilities and man utilizes them according to his culture, traditions, and levels of socioeconomic development.
Determinism
Possibilism
Land being cleared in the Amazon for farming/ranching, to (theoretically) help the economic situations of the farmers by creating more available farmland.
*answer based on description* but .. also consider the cost/consequences of these actions and try to think of more sustainable alternatives. By doing this, not only are we destroying the rain forest but can you imagine farming in this environment. Ek.
Determinism
Possibilism
The greater the distance from the hearth, the less likely the interaction would be is referred to as,
Distance Decay
Acculturation
Time-Space Compression
Sequent occupancy
Which geographical theme would involve the study of the impact drainage has on part of the Florida Everglades?
Movement
Location
Place
Human Environment Interaction
Depicts what an individual knows about a place, containing personal impressions of what is in a place and where places are located and is not based upon any actual measurement.
mental map
thematic map
reference map
The geographic study of human-environmental relationships.
cultural ecology
ecological culture
The notion that the physical environment causes social development – the environment limits human activity
environmental determinism
possibilism
culture
resources
The Dutch use of polders to drain and use land THAT IS BELOW SEA LEVEL is a good example of
environmental determinism
possibilism
According to which approach of human geography does nature gets humanized?
Determinism
Possibilism
Neo-Determinism
None of above
Who among the following gave the concept of Neo-Determinism?
Griffith Taylor
Ellen C. Semple
Ratzel
Vidal De La Blache
Which one of the following is not an approach in human geography?
Areal differentiation
Spatial Organisation
Quantitative Revolution
Exploration and Description
The study of inter relationship between human and environment is?
History
Geography
Economics
Political Science
Stop and go determinism is also known as?
Possibilism
Determinism
Neo-Determinism
None of the above
Who is the father of Modern Human Geography?
Eratosthenese
Ratzel
Ellen C Semple
Vidal De La Blache
Dodger stadium is the node, and the further from the stadium, the less Dodger fans there will be. This is an example of:
A functional region
A formal region
A perceptual region
A uniform region
Perris is hot and dry, with a desert-like landscape. This describes Perris':
Connectivity
Site
Accessibility
Situation
Perris is south of Moreno Valley, west of Hemet, and near the foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains. This describes Perris':
Site
Absolute location
Relative distance
Situation
The idea that geography and the environment determine human culture and actions is called:
Cultural ecology
Possibilism
Sustainability
Environmental determinism
The idea that humans can use ingenuity and innovation to overcome most geographic or environmental obstacles is called:
Sustainability
Possibilism
Progressivism
Environmental exceptionalism
Who used the terms 'unresting man' and 'unstable earth' to define human geography?
Ratzel
Semple
Blache
Huntington
Which of the following scholar (geographer) defined geography as "the synthetic study of relationship between human societies and the earth's surface."
Miss Elen Semple
Vidal de la Blache
Fridrich Retzel
Griffith Taylor
_________ school of thought
in human geography was mainly concerned
with the different aspects of social well-being
of the people. These included aspects such
as housing, health and education.
Welfare
Humanistic
Radical
Behavioural
Marked by the use of computers and sophisticated
statistical tools. Laws of physics were often applied to
map and analyse human phenomena. This phase was
called the _______________. The main objective was
to identify mappable patterns for different human
activities
Areal differntiation
Spatial differentiation
Quantitative revolution
post modernism
What three seas surround Greece?
Black, Indian, Atlantic
Baltic, North, Coral
Ionian, Mediterranean, Aegean
Arctic, Aral, South China
Who wrote the epic poems the Iliad (about the Trojan War) and the Odyssey?
Homer
Arthur Evans
King Minos
Theseus
What is the second name of William morris davis ?
Father of American Geography
Father of Indian Geography
Father of Egyptian Geography
Father of European Geography
What is the name of W. M. Davis 1989 article?
The Valleys of Pennsylvania
The Rivers and Valleys of Pennsylvania
The Rivers of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanian Rivers and Valleys
