Chapter 1: Thinking Geographically; Rubenstein, 2–43, 476–482



Chapter 1: Thinking Geographically; Rubenstein, 2–43, 476–482

          #1      Introduction, 2–5

                     1.       Explain the relationship between globalization and local diversity.

                     2.       What is the difference between human geography and physical geography?

                     3.       Define each of the following and explain how each can be used by geographers:

                                a.       map

                                b.       place

                                c.        region

                                d.       scale

                                e.       space

                                f.        connections

          #2      Maps, 5–9, 476–482

          #3      Contemporary Tools, 9–13

Define each of the following and explain how each can be used by geographers:

                     1.       GPS

                     2.       remote sensing

                     3.       township and range

                     4.       GIS

          #4      Place: Unique Location of a Feature, 13–17

          #5      Regions: Areas of Unique Characteristics, 17–20

                     1.       What is meant by “cultural landscape”?

                     2.       Define each of the following and provide an example from where you live: formal region, functional region, and vernacular region. (1 point each)

          #6      Spacial Association, 20–28

                     1.       You are researching cancer mortality. You look at a map and observe that cancer rates are higher in the eastern half of the United States than the western half. You conclude that people who live in the east are likely to develop cancer. How does Rubenstein’s example of map scale refute this logic?

                     2.       Define each of the following in sentences: culture, cultural ecology, environmental determinism. (1 point each)

          #7      Scale: From Local to Global, 28–31

                     1.       Define globalization and transnational corporation, distribution

                     2.       How do time zones allow banking to operate worldwide, 24 hours per day?

                     3.       According to Rubenstein, what are some American products available to people all around the world?

                     4.       Why could the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, be considered an act of resistence to globalization?

          #8      Space, 28–35

                     1.       Define concentration, density, and pattern

                     2.       Give one example of where each of the following groups might cluster: men, women, homosexuals. (1 point each)

          #9      Connections Between Places, 35–39

                     1.       Define each of the following: space-time compression, distance decay, diffusion, hearth.

                     2.       Define relocation diffusion and explain how the euro is an example of it.

                     3.       Define hierarchical diffusion and explain how hip hop and rap music are examples of it.

                     4.       Define contagious diffusion and explain how the spread of ideas through the World Wide Web is an example of it.

                     5.       Define stimulus diffusion and explain how the sale of IBM-compatible computers is an example of it.

Directions: Choose the best answer.

1. The science of making maps is

a. demography.

b. cartography.

c. topography.

d. geomorphology.

e. meteorology.

2. The first person to use the word geography was

a. Aristotle.

b. Eratosthenes.

c. Strabo.

d. Thales of Miletus.

e. Thucydides.

3. Scale is

a. the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map.

b. the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area.

c. the difference in elevation between two points in an area.

d. the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the

landscape.

e. the ratio of the largest to smallest areas on a map.

4. 1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?

a. bar line

b. metric scale

c. graphic scale

d. written scale

e. fractional scale

5. If the scale of a map is 1:24,000, then 1 inch on the map represents ________ FEET on

Earth's surface.

a. 1

b. 2,000

c. 2,400

d. 24,000

e. 240,000

6. Which map would have the smallest scale?

a. world

b. continent

c. state

d. city

e. county

7. A system for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is

a. distribution.

b. interruption.

c. rendition

d. scale.

e. projection.

8. Distortion is especially severe on

a. globes.

b. small-scale maps.

c. large-scale maps.

d. topographic maps.

e. all maps.

9. The U.S. Land Ordinance of 1785 divided much of the country into a system of

a. townships.

b. ranges.

c. sections.

d. quarter sections.

e. all of the above

10. Which of the following map projections shows the continents most accurately?

a. gnomonic

b. homosoline equal-area

c. Mercator

d. planar

e. Robinson

11. Which of the following map projections shows the oceans most accurately?

a. gnomonic

b. homosoline equal-area

c. Mercator

d. planar

e. Robinson.

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