Exam 1: Human Geography: A Cultural Approach

At a basic level, the vernacular region grows out of:

A functional region is culturally homogeneous.

Which is NOT an example of a functional region?

Culture is:

Agricultural patterns are based, in part, on cultural preferences.

The word culture describes:

Which type of region is organized to operate politically, socially, or economically as one unit?

Strip malls reflect a certain cultural in the landscape.

Scholars of possibilism believe that the higher the technological level of a culture, the stronger the influences of the physical environment.

Which is an example of nonmaterial culture?

Modern mass media have greatly accelerated diffusion, augmenting the impact of time-distance decay.

The word space is employed mostly by those who build models, while the word place is used mostly by those with a more humanistic view of geography.