Question 1

In the Middle Ages geography often took a backseat to

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A) Christian meanings about surroundings. 
B) Agricultural diffusion and understandings of the use of seeds. 
C) Contemporary medical practices then popular. 
D) The philosophical quotations of the late Greeks. 
A) Christian meanings about surroundings. 
B) Agricultural diffusion and understandings of the use of seeds. 
C) Contemporary medical practices then popular. 
D) The philosophical quotations of the late Greeks.

Question 2

Which of the following is not information used in the base map?

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A) Zoning and land use categories. 
B) Spot elevations and contour lines. 
C) Buildings and other structures. 
D) Roads. 
A) Zoning and land use categories. 
B) Spot elevations and contour lines. 
C) Buildings and other structures. 
D) Roads.

Question 3

Eratosthenes measured the circumference of the earth by

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A) figuring an angle as a fraction of the total circumference of the Earth. 
B) traveling half of the earth and multiplying by 2. 
C) observing shadows on the moon through a magnifying glass. 
D) meditating in a dark cave. 
A) figuring an angle as a fraction of the total circumference of the Earth. 
B) traveling half of the earth and multiplying by 2. 
C) observing shadows on the moon through a magnifying glass. 
D) meditating in a dark cave.

Question 4

The idea that nature is the driving force in what people do and how they live is called

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A) possibilism. 
B) environmental determinism. 
C) processism. 
D) locationism. 
A) possibilism. 
B) environmental determinism. 
C) processism. 
D) locationism.

Question 5

Which of the following is the best example of goods or products spread from the New World to the Old?

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A) Apples, horses, and diseases. 
B) Peppers, potatoes, and tomatoes. 
C) Beer, hops, and wheat. 
D) Iron working, steel making and, finally, Automobiles. 
A) Apples, horses, and diseases. 
B) Peppers, potatoes, and tomatoes. 
C) Beer, hops, and wheat. 
D) Iron working, steel making and, finally, Automobiles.

Question 6

The building on the right within the figure

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A) is more modernist, because of its squarish, rectilinear shape. 
B) is more post-modernist because of its odd angles and shapes. 
C) is more structuralist because the underlying steel cannot be seen. 
D) is more Marxist because this building led to worker revolt. 
A) is more modernist, because of its squarish, rectilinear shape. 
B) is more post-modernist because of its odd angles and shapes. 
C) is more structuralist because the underlying steel cannot be seen. 
D) is more Marxist because this building led to worker revolt.

Question 7

Topophilia and topophobia were

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A) two Greek philosophers instrumental in developing geographic ideas. 
B) discussed by Yi-Fu Tuan and signify 'love' or 'fear' of place. 
C) brought into this world by the ancient Babylonians. 
D) nearly identical to the landscape morphology ideas of Carl O.Sauer. 
A) two Greek philosophers instrumental in developing geographic ideas. 
B) discussed by Yi-Fu Tuan and signify 'love' or 'fear' of place. 
C) brought into this world by the ancient Babylonians. 
D) nearly identical to the landscape morphology ideas of Carl O.Sauer.

Question 8

Many of the studies of Carl O.Sauer, at UC Berkeley

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A) Emphasized travel and observation. 
B) Stressed changes in processes and landscape over time. 
C) was based in teleology, the idea that God is the center of all knowledge. 
D) focused on the diffusion of ideas. 
A) Emphasized travel and observation. 
B) Stressed changes in processes and landscape over time. 
C) was based in teleology, the idea that God is the center of all knowledge. 
D) focused on the diffusion of ideas.

Question 9

According to Marxist theory, the map of calories per capita per day shows that

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A) there is not enough food in the world for everyone. 
B) the problem is not lack of food, rather the improper distribution of it. 
C) the food is only going to last if we grow crops somewhere else (like in space). 
D) the superstructure of the map points to an infrastructure we cannot easily understand. 
A) there is not enough food in the world for everyone. 
B) the problem is not lack of food, rather the improper distribution of it. 
C) the food is only going to last if we grow crops somewhere else (like in space). 
D) the superstructure of the map points to an infrastructure we cannot easily understand.

Question 10

Anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss's structuralist theory consists of

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A) a superstructure and an infrastructure. 
B) a megastructure and a microstructure. 
C) infrared levels and superred levels. 
D) levels that cannot be ascertained by people. 
A) a superstructure and an infrastructure. 
B) a megastructure and a microstructure. 
C) infrared levels and superred levels. 
D) levels that cannot be ascertained by people.

Question 11

Environmental determinism says that the environment 'determines' peoples' actions.How does 'possibilism' vary from this?

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A) Anything is possible out in the environment. 
B) Most cultural alternatives are not possible. 
C) What is possible is not probable. 
D) Environmental effects lead to different possible results. 
A) Anything is possible out in the environment. 
B) Most cultural alternatives are not possible. 
C) What is possible is not probable. 
D) Environmental effects lead to different possible results.

Question 12

The meaning of the phrase terra incognita is essentially

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A) Great black dinosaur. 
B) Unknown land. 
C) Knowledgeable woman. 
D) Beautiful island. 
A) Great black dinosaur. 
B) Unknown land. 
C) Knowledgeable woman. 
D) Beautiful island.

Question 13

Christopher Columbus had several figures for the size of the earth.The one he chose to sell to the Spanish court, however,

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A) would have placed China about where Poland is today. 
B) would have placed Japan about where California is today. 
C) would have required Columbus to sail around the Americas to get to China. 
D) would have focused Spanish trade on Philippines-close to what really happened. 
A) would have placed China about where Poland is today. 
B) would have placed Japan about where California is today. 
C) would have required Columbus to sail around the Americas to get to China. 
D) would have focused Spanish trade on Philippines-close to what really happened.

Question 14

Mental maps are used to understand people's

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A) concrete decisions in their environment. 
B) journey to work commuter patterns people use everyday. 
C) environmental decisions related to health. 
D) preferences, ideas, concerns, beliefs, and attitudes. 
A) concrete decisions in their environment. 
B) journey to work commuter patterns people use everyday. 
C) environmental decisions related to health. 
D) preferences, ideas, concerns, beliefs, and attitudes.

Question 15

According to the figure, structuralists

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A) try to make culture appear like a big jigsaw puzzle. 
B) try to make theories about the underlying machine which makes the jigsaw puzzle. 
C) try to analyze gears and machinery in the geography of factories. 
D) see the puzzle of the landscape as easily theorized. 
A) try to make culture appear like a big jigsaw puzzle. 
B) try to make theories about the underlying machine which makes the jigsaw puzzle. 
C) try to analyze gears and machinery in the geography of factories. 
D) see the puzzle of the landscape as easily theorized.

Question 16

Which would be the best characterization of regional geography?

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A) The study of physical, cultural and economic pattern in southern Africa. 
B) The analysis of many maps to understand banking patterns in Europe. 
C) An in-depth study of banana plantations during the early 1900s. 
D) A religious study of Mormons in the inter-mountain west in the U.S. 
A) The study of physical, cultural and economic pattern in southern Africa. 
B) The analysis of many maps to understand banking patterns in Europe. 
C) An in-depth study of banana plantations during the early 1900s. 
D) A religious study of Mormons in the inter-mountain west in the U.S.

Question 17

Versions of Ptolemy's maps (from about 100 A.D.)

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A) were used 1500 years later. 
B) showed the Americas as one land mass. 
C) portrayed Japan with an accurately detailed coastline. 
D) were always in black and white. 
A) were used 1500 years later. 
B) showed the Americas as one land mass. 
C) portrayed Japan with an accurately detailed coastline. 
D) were always in black and white.

Question 18

Prince Henry, the Navigator of Portugal, funded expeditions that

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A) proved that the foundations of T-O maps were baseless. 
B) showed there was no uninhabitable 'torrid' zone in the tropics. 
C) led to American naval supremacy 100 years later. 
D) financed the Euro currency throughout Europe. 
A) proved that the foundations of T-O maps were baseless. 
B) showed there was no uninhabitable 'torrid' zone in the tropics. 
C) led to American naval supremacy 100 years later. 
D) financed the Euro currency throughout Europe.

Question 19

Muslim and Chinese thinkers tried to understand geographic and physical processes like

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A) How one can navigate using wind patterns. 
B) How atmospheric pressure leads to changes in weather. 
C) How migration is the result of push and pull factors. 
D) How mountains erode and the effects of water on landscape. 
A) How one can navigate using wind patterns. 
B) How atmospheric pressure leads to changes in weather. 
C) How migration is the result of push and pull factors. 
D) How mountains erode and the effects of water on landscape.

Question 20

The T-O map is an expressly religious representation showing water bodies as the body of Christ on the cross with Jerusalem as the head of the body.In this map type, the top was often

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A) the Mediterranean Sea. 
B) the Orient (or east, thus the word "orienting" for maps used today) 
C) the European region. 
D) Africa, or as called in that day, "Libya". 
A) the Mediterranean Sea. 
B) the Orient (or east, thus the word "orienting" for maps used today) 
C) the European region. 
D) Africa, or as called in that day, "Libya".

In the Middle Ages geography often took a backseat to

Which of the following is not information used in the base map?

Eratosthenes measured the circumference of the earth by

The idea that nature is the driving force in what people do and how they live is called

Which of the following is the best example of goods or products spread from the New World to the Old?

The building on the right within the figure

Topophilia and topophobia were

Many of the studies of Carl O.Sauer, at UC Berkeley

According to Marxist theory, the map of calories per capita per day shows that

Anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss's structuralist theory consists of

Environmental determinism says that the environment 'determines' peoples' actions.How does 'possibilism' vary from this?

The meaning of the phrase terra incognita is essentially

Christopher Columbus had several figures for the size of the earth.The one he chose to sell to the Spanish court, however,

Mental maps are used to understand people's

According to the figure, structuralists

Which would be the best characterization of regional geography?

Versions of Ptolemy's maps (from about 100 A.D.)

Prince Henry, the Navigator of Portugal, funded expeditions that

Muslim and Chinese thinkers tried to understand geographic and physical processes like

The T-O map is an expressly religious representation showing water bodies as the body of Christ on the cross with Jerusalem as the head of the body.In this map type, the top was often

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Exam 2: Geography Through the Ages

In the Middle Ages geography often took a backseat to

Which of the following is not information used in the base map?

Eratosthenes measured the circumference of the earth by

The idea that nature is the driving force in what people do and how they live is called

Which of the following is the best example of goods or products spread from the New World to the Old?

The building on the right within the figure

Topophilia and topophobia were

Many of the studies of Carl O.Sauer, at UC Berkeley

According to Marxist theory, the map of calories per capita per day shows that

Anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss's structuralist theory consists of

Environmental determinism says that the environment 'determines' peoples' actions.How does 'possibilism' vary from this?

The meaning of the phrase terra incognita is essentially

Christopher Columbus had several figures for the size of the earth.The one he chose to sell to the Spanish court, however,

Mental maps are used to understand people's

According to the figure, structuralists

Which would be the best characterization of regional geography?

Versions of Ptolemy's maps (from about 100 A.D.)

Prince Henry, the Navigator of Portugal, funded expeditions that

Muslim and Chinese thinkers tried to understand geographic and physical processes like

The T-O map is an expressly religious representation showing water bodies as the body of Christ on the cross with Jerusalem as the head of the body.In this map type, the top was often

Major Geographic Concepts

Population

Geography of Health and Disease

Migration Flows

Culture and Cultural Landscapes

The Geography of Language

The Geography of Religion

Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

A World of Nations and States

Geography of Governance and Representation

Environment and Conservation

Urbanization and Urban Networks

The Changing Structure of the City

The Geography of Economic Activity and Agriculture

Geographies of Production and Consumption

Distribution and Transportation

Development and Geography

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