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WorksheetsHUGEO Midterm Study Guide
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 26mins
A formal region defines an area in which
a core dominates its surrounding hinterland
a transportation network links different types of land use
there is uniformity in one or more physical or human characteristics
there are significant geographic variations in physical or human characteristics
a unified government system has been established
Which of the following is the primary assumption of environmental determinism?
Human destiny is controlled by the cultural environment .
The physical environment has little influence on humans .
Humans have complete control over the physical environment .
Many human adaptations are possible within a specific physical environment .
The physical environment controls human culture .
Which of the following scales of analysis would provide demographic data that could be used to compare one urban neighborhood to other urban neighborhoods across a country?
State or province
Metropolitan area or urban region
County or parish (in Quebec and Louisiana)
City or municipality
Census tract or enumeration area
Which of the following describes the perspective of environmental determinism?
A twentieth-century idea that human cultures are imprinted on the landscape in different forms of land use and architecture
A contemporary ecological view that human activity is affecting the global environment toward a negative outcome
A former scientific viewpoint stating that factors within the physical geography of a region shape the local population’s culture and behaviors
A theory that humans hold the ability to modify Earth’s physical geography to meet the resource needs of a society
A belief system based on an ideology that humans have dominion over Earth and its natural resources
In descriptions of interaction between people and the environment, the term “environmental determinism” implies that
the physical environment exclusively shapes humans and their actions
humans by their actions and technologies alter the physical environment to suit their needs
determination of environmental limitations is a primary task of geographers
capitalist economies do not contribute to global environmental degradation
there exists no interacting relationship between people and their surrounding physical environment
Which of the following terms best describes regions that make up the political geographic divisions within a country?
Cultural
Perceptual
Vernacular
Physical
Formal
Which of the following sets of maps would help explain how scale of inquiry affects truth?
Maps showing the area of France before and after surveying
Maps of Hudson Bay drawn by Native Americans and by the earliest European travelers
Maps showing Michigan's population density by counties and the United States population density by state
Maps showing the number of auto thefts per block in Seattle in the decades before and after the Depression
Maps of gang graffiti in Philadelphia
Which of the following scales is represented in the map shown?
Local, showing the towns and township areas in a county
Regional, showing the states or provinces in one part of a country
State or province, showing the counties or parishes
Neighborhood, showing the block along street boundaries
Block, showing the property lines and names of owners
The map above represents what kind of projection?
A Mercator projection with distorted land areas
A planar projection with diverging lines at the poles
A homolosine projection with continuity of landmasses
A Robinson projection with distortions at the equator
A gnomonic projection with distortions of bodies of water
The images show a topographic map and a geographic information systems (GIS) representation of Mount Shasta in California. Which of the following statements best explains why these printed images are geometrically distorted representations of Earth’s surface?
Some maps do not show the actual coloration of Earth’s surface and vegetation.
GIS can only display two-dimensional layers.
The planet’s gravitational poles are not located at the poles of Earth’s axis.
The three dimensions of Earth’s surface are displayed on a two-dimensional page.
Printed maps alter the sense of place that people can have about a location.
Every map projection has some degree of distortion because
a curved surface cannot be represented on a flat surface without distortion
parallels and meridians never cross at right angles on a globe
the grid system is two-dimensional, while the real world is three-dimensional
Earth is not a perfect sphere
latitude lines are shorter than meridian lines
Which of the following statements about the Robinson projection is correct?
It is more useful for long-distance navigation than the Mercator projection.
It is better for making topographical maps than the Mercator projection.
It is more accurate than the Mercator projection in showing the sizes of countries in higher latitudes.
It is more useful for showing the distribution of human populations than the Mercator projection.
Which of the following is a characteristic of the Mercator projection?
The size and shape of countries in the higher latitudes are greatly exaggerated.
The size of all countries is accurate, but the shape is distorted.
Countries near the Equator appear 50 percent larger than countries in the middle latitudes.
The projection is designed to maintain undistorted outlines of landmasses.
Which of the following map scales would be most useful for studying the details of geographic features in the landscape of a farming community?
1:3,000,000
1:1,000,000
1:750,000
1:10,000
The map shown above best fits which of the following map types?
Choropleth
Cartogram
Proportional symbol
Dot symbol
Which of the following is a limitation of the map of Hispanic population percentage?
A
The small size of urban counties in the eastern United States masks the significance of the Hispanic population in most eastern cities.
B
Larger county sizes in the western United States mask the significance of the Hispanic population in most western counties.
C
States with the largest total populations mask the significance of the Hispanic population in those states.
D
States with the smallest total populations mask the significance of the Hispanic population in those states.
Which of the following concepts could best be explained by the theory of possibilism?
Regional differences between the internal structures of cities
Changes in population growth rates over time
Limitations on agricultural crops based on climate
Political patterns seen in election maps
Modification of landscapes by human cultures
Which of the following best describes the data presented in the image?
Coordinates for a satellite navigation system
Political map of a region
Series of geographic information systems layers
Remote sensing satellite image of land use
The satellite images show changes to a portion of the Louisiana coast between 1984 and 2017. The table shows the changes in land acreage. Which of the following best describes the changes and a consequence of the changes?
The expansion of coastal cities, which results in increased acreage of urban land cover
A decrease in the acreage of coastal land, which affects the prices of local property
An increase in the acreage of coastal land, which will be added to navigational charts for shipping
The rise of sea levels, which results in decreased land acreage available for homes and businesses
Table 1 shows that the United States and New York City have similar median household income values. Compare the data in Table 1 to the data in Table 2. Based on this comparison, which of the following statements is most accurate?
Each borough of New York City has a household income distribution similar to that of the United States.
Each borough of New York City has a household income distribution similar to that of New York State.
Each borough of New York City has a household income distribution similar to that of the New York City metropolitan area.
Each borough of New York City has a household income distribution similar to that of the City of New York.
A comparison of data from one scale to a different set of scales can result in a flawed analysis.
Which of the following spatial patterns accurately describes the data presented in the map?
Most continents have countries with secondary school enrollments below 75 percent.
There are no countries in Africa with secondary school enrollments above 90 percent.
The majority of countries with less than 70 percent secondary school enrollment are in sub-Saharan Africa.
The secondary school enrollment is proportional to population density.
All of the following are examples of the spatial analysis tradition in geography EXCEPT the
number of space shuttles constructed
volume of telephone calls between Corey Union and Old Main
trans-Atlantic slave trade
distance associated with shopping trips to area malls
Latitude and longitude may be used to determine which of the following characteristics of a place?
Its site features
Its absolute location
Its relative location
Its situation
Which of the following are the best examples of vernacular regions?
The Canadian Maritimes and the Northwest Territory
The American West and the American Midwest
C
South Africa and Australia
South America and the Caribbean
The study of the movement of disease across space is known as
Technical Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
