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I-Score 5 2016General GeographyThe geographer who created the first modern world atlas was:EratosthenesOrteliusSocratesPtolemyAristotleComparing home values at a neighborhood level versus the state or national level is an example of what geographic principle?DiffusionDensityScaleEcumeneCultural landscapeA type of map that shows the quantity of particular data or phenomena by color of areal units is a:ChoroplethDotProportional circleIsoplethTopographicSimilar to National Geographic’s Five Themes of Geography, Pattison’s Four Traditions provide us with broad topics to help us better organize our thoughts and understanding of the world. The Earth Science Tradition deals with all of the following EXCEPT:The lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphereStudy of the Earth as home to humansDescription of regions or areasPhysical geographyEarth-sun interactionWhich of the following is an example of relative location?I live next door to Floral Park High SchoolMercator Projection MapMy address is 123 Tulip Ave.The northwest corner of 34th Street and 7th AvenueGPS coordinatesWhich of the following is a functional region?KoreatownLittle ItalyFederal Reserve DistrictsSports team affiliationsDeep SouthWhich of the following is the BEST example of a perceptual region?FranceDixiePuerto RicoTexasManitobaThe presence of Starbucks, KFC, and McDonalds in Seoul, South Korea is an example of:InterdependenceSituationSiteDensityGlobalizationAll Californians are surfers. This perceptual region is also known as a:Mental mapFormal regionCoastal regionFunctional regionVernacular regionThe Lou Gehrig’s Disease, ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is an example of:Stimulus diffusionRelocation diffusionMigrant diffusionHierarchical diffusionContagious diffusionWhich of the following is the LEAST best example of a formal region?Humid Continental Climate ZoneAppalachian MountainsPhiladelphia Metropolitan AreaBasque speaking region of SpainSouth CarolinaBodhran music is classic in Irish folk songs. The Bodhran is also played throughout Newfoundland in areas settled by Irish immigrants. What BEST describes this phenomena?Stimulus diffusionExpansion diffusionHierarchical diffusionRelocation diffusionVernacular diffusionA map drawn at which of the following scales would show the LEAST detail?1:24,0001:63,3501:250,0001:500,0000.111111111The area surrounding Fresno, California is known as the raisin capital of the world. This is known as what type of region?FunctionalValleyFormalVernacularPerceptualA student wears a new outfit to school. Within weeks, the entire school is wearing the same type of outfit. This is an example of:Expansion diffusionHierarchical diffusionStimulus diffusionRelocation diffusionContagious diffusionThe spread of Ebola in western Africa is an example of:Hierarchical diffusionStimulus diffusionContagious diffusionEnvironmental diffusionPolitical ecologyA pizza delivery area is what type of region?RelativeIntermediateFormalFunctionalAbsoluteAll things are related. However, all other things being equal, those that are closest together are more related – Tobler’s First Law of Geography. This quote is most closely related to which geographic concept?Friction of distanceDistance decaySpace-time compressionDiffusionGlobalizationIf a leader adopts a certain way of doing something, perhaps a faith or a hobby, and the people following the leaders begin to do the same thing, what type of diffusion would you be seeing?HierarchicalExpansionContagiousRelocationStimulusWhich of the following is the BEST example of a functional region?MidwestChinatownRustbeltHouston and its suburbsVernacular regions are:Spatial areas defined by its linguistic dialectThe hearth of a characteristicSpatial areas recognized by their inhabitants with gradual decay away from the coreDerived areal units without ethnic, folk, or cultural identitiesOfficially recognized administrative unitsPeople in Papua New Guinea plant and harvest the taro root, which is labor intensive and provides little protein. The tropical landscape of Papua New Guinea is not conducive to cereal crops and they have generally not moved beyond a hunting-gathering society. Which of the following concepts is BEST described above?Spatial associationGlobalizationRegionSite SituationWhich of the following is not a type of scale found on a map?Verbal scaleCognitive scaleGraphic scaleSpatial scaleRepresentative fractionWhich of the following generalizations best applies to all regions?Regions define areas with similar functionsRegions have recognized political boundariesRegions have shared human or physical attributesRegions have few transitions zonesRegions have similar cultural connectionsNational Football League players wear pink accessories during the month of October to raise awareness for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In the following years, middle and high school players have begun wearing pink accessories also. This is an example of:Hierarchical diffusionStimulus diffusionContagious diffusionRelocation diffusionExpansion diffusionGeographers examine interactions across __________ and between __________.Sites; peripheriesPhenomena; attributesSpace; placesLocations; directionsDomains; regionsWhich of the following maps would have the largest scale?Los Angeles CountyManhattan in New York CityJacksonville, FloridaUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville CampusVirginiaWhich of the following is not a descriptor for the region of Latin America?The majority of the population speak a Romance languageBrazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru are all countries found in this regionThe majority of the population are ProtestantIt includes Central America, Mexico, and South AmericaThe area was once part of the Spanish and Portuguese empiresEnvironmental determinism is based on the assumption that:The environment is altered as preferred by human needsHuman actions and cultures are ultimately shaped by the physical environmentEnvironmental limitations on cultures is the primary focus of geographyEnvironmental activists influence cultural changeThe environment prevails over all actions and inactions of human influenceA type of map that uses lines to connect points of equal value is a(an):Topographic mapProportional circle mapDot mapChoropleth mapIsoline mapThe iconic Palm trees in Los Angeles, California demonstrate the concept of:Hierarchical diffusionContagious diffusionExpansion diffusionStimulus diffusionRelocation diffusion71184212645300Which is not true of the picture shown here?Menomonee is an example of a toponymThe picture was most likely taken in Pennsylvania, Virginia, or MarylandThe picture, taken in the Midwest, shows an example of a perceptual or vernacular regionThe temple could be the node for a functional regionThe temple is an example of relocation diffusionOne’s personal activity space is an example of a:Action regionFunctional regionFormal regionTerritorial regionPerceptual regionThe early diffusion of hip-hop music among largely African American, urban communities before widespread adoption by mostly Caucasian, suburban communities is an illustration of:Migrant diffusionStimulus diffusionMaladaptive diffusionHierarchical diffusionRelocation diffusionWhich of the following was a positive impact of the physical modification of the land via the use of polders in the Netherlands?Increased agricultural land and decreased the dependence on food importsDecreased food exports and increased food productionIncreased fishing industry productionDecreased water pollutionIncreased available residential spaceWhich of the following 21st century global trend BEST illustrates the concept of time-space compression?Agglomeration Globalization Commodification Industrialization Balkanization Which of the following situations would require the largest scaled map?A map to show the location of illegal immigrants in the state of CaliforniaA map illustrating the diffusion of lacrosse from Canada to the U.S.A map used to pick out the BEST restaurants in Louisville, KYA map depicting the location of universities in the Pacific NorthwestA map showing European explorers’ routes around Africa, India, and North and South AmericaDenver, Colorado’s site and situation factors make it an advantageous location for satellite and cable TV operations. Denver’s high altitude, its location in the middle of the continent, and its cloudless skies ensure that satellite transmissions are clear and can reach both Tokyo and London with only one bounce from a satellite. Which of the following statements regarding Denver’s site and situation is accurate?Denver’s cloudless skies, altitude, and central location are all situation factors; none of the characteristics listed is considered a site factorDenver’s cloudless skies are a site factor; Denver’s central location and altitude are situation factorsDenver’s cloudless skies and altitude are site factors; Denver’s central location is a situation factorDenver’s altitude is a site factor; Denver’s central location and cloudless skies are situation factorsDenver’s cloudless skies, altitude, and central location are all site factors; none of the characteristics listed is considered a situation factorRespectively, which set of countries below BEST represent the idea of being a core, semi-periphery, and periphery country based on the World Systems/Wallerstein model?Bangladesh, Canada, LesothoChina, Brazil, SwedenU.S., India, BotswanaSudan, Germany, NigeriaJapan, Australia, SudanWhich of the following map projections was often used by the U.S. CIA and Soviet KGB as a way to identify areas of control and a means of propaganda during the Cold War era?RobinsonEqual areaFullerAzimuthalMercatorA huge storm washes away part of the Nile delta near Cairo, Egypt. This would create a change in:The relative location of CairoNeither the absolute nor relative location of CairoBoth the absolute and relative location of CairoThe relative direction of CairoThe absolute location of CairoWhich one of the following is the BEST example of the geographic term density?Islam spread from Southwest Asia, eventually to SpainAIDS spreads rapidly in some areas of Sub Saharan AfricaThe number of McDonald’s restaurants in Manhattan, New York City has increased over timeNew land was created by New Yorkers from the East RiverEnglish language spread from Great Britain due to colonization1352550640900Which of the following terms is BEST associated with the picture shown above?Formal regionFunctional regionVernacular regionPerceptual regionEdge cityWhich of the following types of map projections maintains directional integrity?Equal area projectionGall-Peters projectionRobinson projectionConformal projectionAzimuthal projectionMeasuring change over time and transport route planning would be completed most effectively using:Solar timeAcculturation A local-global continuumU.S. census dataGlobal information systemsJapan was an inward-focused feudal society in 1854 when the United States “forced” open its doors to the outside world. However, due to its rapid industrialization and its associated relationship with the outside world by 1905, Japan was able to defeat the Russians in a war and by 1941, Japan attacked the United States. Japan’s experience described above can BEST be described as:PossibilismPost-colonialismMercantilismEnvironmental determinismSocial Darwinism Maps have a tendency of revealing only some of the information and not the whole picture based on how they are created. Which of these terms BEST reflects a concept that a skillful map reader considers when gathering information from a map?Space-time compressionData aggregationGlobalization Random patternRegionalization Arno Peters created this type of map?One in which Greenland is shown to be much larger than it really isOne in which the entire former Soviet Union is shown as taking up all of the Asian continentOne in which Africa is considered by Peters to be of equal area relative to the rest of the worldOne in which Asia looks much larger than it actually does in relation to the rest of the worldOne in which Africa looks much smaller than it actually is in relation to the rest of the worldThe Brandt Line circles the globe at roughly 30 degrees north. Which of the following BEST represents the purpose of what this line is supposed to show? A shift from command style economics to free market economiesA shift from communism to democracyA shift from manufacturing to service sector economiesA shift from subsistence to commercial agricultural processesA shift from agriculture to manufacturing, exporting goods, and stable governmentsWhich of the following is least correct with regard to friction of distance?Less people practice Islam in Beijing, China than in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThe number of customers needed to keep a particular urban function openFewer people speak Spanish in Lincoln, Nebraska than in Scottsdale, ArizonaThere are more Atlanta Braves fans in Alabama and Tennessee than in OregonBraves fans in Alabama and Tennessee than in Oregon The overall effect on the number of sales of ubiquitous products and servicesThe popularity of disco music in North Africa even though it is not popular anymore in the United States BEST represents the concept of:Stimulus diffusionRelocation diffusion Migrant diffusionContagious diffusion Hierarchical diffusion Gender discrimination occurs indirectly in the developed world when issues surrounding the house and family fall mainly on women. Often times men will travel further for work than women thus having more options to make more money. According to geographers, this ability means men have a more significant:Intervening opportunityGendered boundary Gendered spaceActivity spaceActivity break pointWhich of the following pairs BEST represents respectively the ethnicities/regions that have had the largest migration of people historically from the Maghreb to Western Europe?Iraqi/SW AsiaQuebec/North AmericaFrench/North AfricaNigerian/West AfricaAfrikaans/South Africa ................
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