World Regional Geography Test One Prep
Test prep over the first group of lectures. Coming straight from the lecture notes.
- 1.A simple definition of geography can be boiled down to two questions. What are they?
- 2.What are the four philosophies or perspectives of geography?
- A.
Human Ecology, Man-Land, Environmental Determinism, and Cultural Landscape.
- B.
Cultural Landscape, Environmental Determinism, Possiblism, and Human Ecology.
- C.
Environmental Determinism, Possibilism, Spacial Tradition, Regional Studies, and Human Ecology
- D.
Man-Land, Cultural Landscape, Earth Science, Spacial Tradition, and Human Ecology.
- 3.What are the four traditions or ways of studying geography?
- A.
Man-Land, Earth Science, Spacial Tradition, and Regional Studies.
- B.
Man-Land, Environmental Determinism, Regional Studies, and Earth Science.
- C.
Regional Studies, Cultural Landscape, Human Ecology, and Spacial Tradition.
- D.
Regional Studies, Human Ecology, Environmental Determinism, and Possibilism.
- 4.What best defines Human Ecology?
- A.
Man has a negative effect on nature.
- B.
How the environment influences how humans look and live.
- C.
Because of intellect, humans can learn and progress.
- D.
The environment sets limits on humans, but we learn to adapt to them.
- 5.Which statement best defines Possibilism
- A.
Man has a negative effect on nature.
- B.
How the environment influences how humans look and live.
- C.
Because of intellect, humans can learn and progress.
- D.
The environment sets limits on humans, but we learn to adapt to them.
- 6.Which best defines Environmental Determinism?
- A.
Man has a negative effect on nature.
- B.
How the environment influences how humans look and live.
- C.
Because of intellect, humans can learn and progress.
- D.
The environment sets limits on humans, but we learn to adapt to them.
- 7.Which best defines Cultural Landscape?
- A.
Man has a negative effect on nature.
- B.
How the environment influences how humans look and live.
- C.
Because of intellect, humans can learn and progress.
- D.
The environment sets limits on humans, but we learn to adapt to them.
- 8.Which describes the area of Man-Land study?
- A.
Physical geography such as geology or weather.
- B.
How man reacts with nature.
- C.
Cultural characteristics.
- D.
Population placement and concentration.
- 9.Which best describes the area of Spacial Tradition study?
- A.
Physical geography such as geology or weather.
- B.
How man reacts with nature.
- C.
Cultural characteristics.
- D.
Population placement and concentration.
- 10.Which best describes the area of Earth Science study?
- A.
Physical geography such as geology or weather.
- B.
How man reacts with nature.
- C.
Cultural characteristics.
- D.
Population placement and concentration.
- 11.Regional Studies
- A.
Physical geography such as geology or weather.
- B.
How man reacts with nature.
- C.
Cultural characteristics.
- D.
Population placement and concentration.
- 12.Who came up with the five climate zones?
- A.
Aristotle
- B.
Eratosthenes
- C.
Ptolemy
- D.
Arepostle
- 13.What are the five climate zones?
- A.
2 Torrid, 2 Temperate, 1 Frigid
- B.
2 Torrid, 1 Temperate, and 2 Frigid
- C.
1 Torrid, 2 Temperate, and 2 Frigid
- 14.Who is the father of geography?
- A.
Eratosthenes
- B.
Ptolemy
- C.
William Patison
- D.
Strabo
- 15.Who came up with Human Ecology as a perspective?
- A.
Carl Sauer
- B.
William Patison
- C.
Harlan Barrows
- D.
Fredrich Ratzell
- 16.Who came up with Possibilism as a perspective?
- A.
Carl Sauer
- B.
Harlan Barrows
- C.
William Patison
- D.
Paul Vidal de la Blanche
- 17.Who came up with Cultural Landscape as a perspective?
- A.
Harlan Barrows
- B.
Paul Vidal de la Blanche
- C.
Carl Sauer
- D.
William Patison
- 18.Who came up with the Four Traditions of geography?
- A.
William Patison
- B.
Paul Vidal de la Blanche
- C.
Carl Sauer
- D.
Harlan Barrows
- 19.What study focuses on the half of World Regional Geography that covers the cultural and philosophic topics?
- A.
Thematic
- B.
Cultural
- C.
Spacial
- 20.What are the three kinds of Regions?
- A.
Torrid, Temperate, Frigid.
- B.
Uniform, Torrid, Frigid.
- C.
Formal, Functional, Vernacular.
- 21.Which kind of region is defined by a commercial center?
- A.
Formal
- B.
Functional
- C.
Vernacular
- 22.Which kind of region is defined by a very strict pattern, and can be defined by a political group?
- A.
Formal
- B.
Functional
- C.
Vernacular
- 23.Which region is defined by the common language, dialect, accent, and cultural features.
- A.
Formal
- B.
Functional
- C.
Vernacular
- 24.What scale (from 0-1) is used to rate the economic and social development of a region.
- 25.Japan is a ___________ region.
- A.
Developing
- B.
Relatively Developed
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