Quiz 1: Chapters 1-3

Question 1

What is geography?

Answer 1

literally means “description of the Earth”

Question 2

What are the 5 essential elements?

Answer 2

1. The World in Spatial Terms
2. Places and Regions
3. Physical Systems
4. Human Systems
5. Environment and Society

Question 3

What are the 5 themes of geography?

Answer 3

1. Location
2. Place
3. Human-Environment Interaction
4. Movement
5. Region

Question 4

Physical and human features of Earth’s surface

Answer 4

Landscape

Question 5

_______ underlies decisions about use of landscape. It is a system of values, beliefs, and attitudes that shapes and influences perception and behavior.

Answer 5

Culture

Question 6

Population shares a defining trait

Answer 6

Formal region

Question 7

Spatial unit characterized by a central focus on some activity

Answer 7

Functional region

Question 8

Exists in the minds of many people

Answer 8

Vernacular region

Question 9

How we understand space and place in our everyday lives

Answer 9

Geographical imagination

Question 10

A map with a scale of 1:10,000 means that 1 linear unit on the map represents ______ such real-world units on the ground; this is a __________

Answer 10

10,000; representative fraction

Question 11

A ____ _____ map has a large representative fraction and is a small area shown in more detail.

Answer 11

Large scale

Question 12

A _____ _____ map has a small representative fraction and is an area shown in more detail.

Answer 12

Small scale

Question 13

Defines a place in relationship to other places

Answer 13

Relative location

Question 14

Provides a unique address for each place

Answer 14

Absolute location

Question 15

Maps concerned with locations of various features of the earth’s surface and their relationships with each other

Answer 15

Reference maps

Question 16

Maps that show the distribution of a particular phenomenon

Answer 16

Thematic maps

Question 17

MDCs
LDCs
NICs

Answer 17

More developed countries
Less developed countries
Newly industrializing countries

Question 18

Total output of goods and services that a country produces for home use in a year

Answer 18

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Question 19

Includes foreign output by domestically owned producers

Answer 19

Gross National Product (GNP)

Question 20

Includes GDP plus income from abroad from sources such as rents, profits, and labors

Answer 20

Gross National Income (GNI)

Question 21

Considers differences in relative prices of goods and services
Measured in current “international dollars”

Answer 21

Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)

Question 22

Scale that considers attributes of quality of life

Answer 22

Human Development Index (HDI)

Question 23

The study of population

Answer 23

Demography

Question 24

1 Billion people in 1800, 2 Billion in 1930, 4 Billion in 1975, 6 Billion in 1999, 7 Billion in 2011

Answer 24

Population Expansion

Question 25

Annual number of live births per 1000 people in a population

Answer 25

Birth rate

Question 26

Annual number of deaths per 1000 people in a population

Answer 26

Death rate

Question 27

Birth rate - Death rate; may represent either a growth or a loss

Answer 27

Population Change Rate

Question 28

People in _____ tend to have fewer children than those in ______ areas.

Answer 28

Cities, rural

Question 29

Death rates can be reduced by:

Answer 29

1. Better sanitation 2. Better hygiene 3. Cleaner drinking water 4. Availability of antibiotics and immunizations 5. Insecticides 6. Improvements in medical and public health technologies

Question 30

Number of years a person may expect to live in an environment

Answer 30

Life Expectancy

Question 31

Number of years required for human population to double. Computed by dividing 70 by the growth rate.

Answer 31

Doubling time

Question 32

Why has the human population exploded?

Answer 32

The death rate has fallen due to improvements in many technologies.

Question 33

What are the 4 stages in the demographic transition model?

Answer 33

Stage 1: Preindustrial Stage 2: Transitional Stage 3: Industrial Stage 4: Postindustrial

Question 34

Classifies a population by gender and by 5 year age increments

Answer 34

Population pyramid

Question 35

The movement of people

Answer 35

Migration

Question 36

One who moves FROM a place

Answer 36

Emigrant

Question 37

One who moves TO a place

Answer 37

Immigrant

Question 38

When hunger or lack of land "pushes" people from rural areas into cities

Answer 38

Push factors for migration

Question 39

Moving to a new area to take advantage of a job or educational opportunity

Answer 39

Pull factors for migration