Exam 1: Human Geography: A Cultural Approach

-A city's downtown area, as pictured here for Denver, is often the _____ of a functional region.

Formal regions are defined by border zones rather than sharp edges.

The number of formal regions recognized by geographers is:

The effects of diffusion tend to become _____ as they move away from the point of impact.

A region inhabited by people who have one or more traits in common is a:

Placelessness is something experienced at a war memorial.

The study of human geography is organized around these five geographical concepts or themes:

The study of contemporary human geography is best understood in the context of cultures (plural) rather than a fixed, singular culture in any given region.

Indigenous peoples are often the descendants of the people who lived in a state or territory prior to:

A geographer who uses an imaginary situation or abstraction in an attempt to isolate causes is building a:

The people of Siberia domesticated reindeer after learning about cattle being domesticated by people to their south. This is an example of which type of diffusion?

Which statement is NOT true of popular culture?

Vernacular regions often lack the organization necessary for functional regions.

A study that analyzes how sea level rise will impact small islands in the Pacific Ocean is looking at how a global process impacts regional places. This is an example of looking at:

Hierarchical diffusion and contagious diffusion often work together.

Which cultural assumption is NOT built into the typical American or Canadian house?

-Based on the figure, which statement is NOT true?

Vernacular regions are usually homogeneous.

The built forms that human societies created in inhabiting the Earth are part of the:

Which of the following types of data would be analyzed with a geographic information system?