Exam 1: Introduction to Human Geography

Which of the following is not an example of a form of expansion diffusion?

Cholera is an ancient disease with its source area in:

In their study on students' perceptions of place,Gould and White found that ____________

In 1990,an outbreak of cholera killing over 10,000 people occurred in:

The notion that cultural factors are the product of environmental conditions (e.g.the ancient Greek idea that Europeans were fierce and brutish because of the cold climate),is an example of:

Discuss the difference between absolute and relative location. What is the absolute location of your college or university? How would you describe the relative location of the town or city where your college is located?

The degree of direct linkage between one particular location and other locations in a transport network is referred to as:

The South region of the United States,it is argued,persists as a region which is different from other U.S.regions. Identify some of the material and nonmaterial cultural attribute associated with this region. Discuss possible boundaries of the region and what you would use to establish the boundaries. In your opinion,is the South becoming more or less like the rest of the country? Give evidence for your opinion.

Discuss the problems that "geographic illiteracy" can present to a country such as the United States in the Twenty-First Century. Give examples of the need for geographic knowledge in diverse areas such as international politics,domestic politics,economics,and popular culture.

The physical location of a place using the Earth latitude-longitude grid is properly called the:

Cholera outbreaks have not occurred in the Twentieth Century and never in the Western Hemisphere.

The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:

Chicago's absolute location has not changed but its relative location changed markedly in 1959 because:

The world's cultures live in spatial isolation and show little change that is the result of interaction and diffusion.

The branch of geography that focuses upon natural landforms,climate,soils and vegetation of the Earth is:

Functional regions are the product of interaction and movement.

Geographer Carl O.Sauer is most closely connected with:

Two countries with very high percentages of arable land are:

A good example of a functional region would be:

Migration of individuals is not a form of diffusion.