Exam 1: Human Geography: A Cultural Approach

When you go to your polling place, you are visiting a node in a functional region.

The social activities and interactions, ranging from religious rituals to food and clothing preferences, that collectively distinguish group identity are called:

Culture is best understood as a process, not as a static, fixed pattern.

Airports that have museum exhibits specific to the history of the city or state in which they are located are attempting to overcome:

Which statement is NOT true of functional regions?

-Using the framework of environmental perception, why is the spatial pattern of belief in global warming significant?

The best conceptual approach to the global diffusion of the H1N1 virus would be hierarchical diffusion and contagious diffusion reinforcing each other.

State capitals and city halls are both examples of:

-According to the figure shown here, Chongqing and San Francisco have all of the following characteristics in common EXCEPT:

The Great Zimbabwe National Monument was built completely without mortar.

Large strip mines, greenhouse gas emissions, and large-scale logging are examples of environmental change that have occurred in:

Which would NOT be studied by physical geographers?

A factor that slows, but does not prevent, diffusion is a(n):

In order to investigate the spatial pattern of wheat production in the world, a geographer would investigate: 1) climate and soil characteristics 2) available technology 3) cultural preferences 4) food taboos 5) government policies

If a human geographer studies the landscape produced by a human community, that landscape reflects the culture of this group.

The term _____ is used to refer to the processes of economic, political, and social integration that have collectively created ties that make a difference to lives around the planet.

The hippies of the 1960s formed a distinct segment of American society that set itself up in opposition to what it perceived as the problems of the dominant culture. Hippies can be said to have composed a distinctive:

Many people believe that the best example of African architecture south of the Sahara can be found in:

Which is NOT a type of region recognized by human geographers?

Which perspective on human geography tends to generalize diversity in an effort to reveal processes creating spatial patterns?