Test Bank For
Introduction to Geography 16e Mark Bjelland David H. Kaplan , Jon Malinowski
Chapters 1-13 Answers are at the End of Each Chapters
Chapter 1
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Geography may be described as the study of spatial variation.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Because geographers deal with patterns of spatial interaction that remain constant, scale is
not important.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Absolute location is determined by reference to an agreed-upon system of coordinates.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) The only true formal geographic regions are recognized political entities such as states,
provinces, and countries.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Geography means "measurement of the earth."
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) A place may be described by its physical or its cultural characteristics, but not by both.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Scale implies the degree of generalization permissible or supportable.
⊚ true
⊚ false
,8) The term cultural landscape suggests the visible imprint of human activity upon the natural
environment.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) To a geographer, site and situation are interchangeable concepts.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Globalization refers to the increasing spatial interconnection of the world's social, cultural,
and economic activities.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Between the Middle Ages and the revival of geography in the 17th century, Muslim scholars
were engaged in describing and analyzing their known world and its physical, cultural, and
regional variation.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
12) Spatial interaction is affected by
A) mobility, economics, and anticipation.
B) the physical environment, the cultural landscape, and the interchange potential of
places.
C) distance, accessibility, and connectivity.
D) absolute location, spatial parameters, and network design.
13) Since humans are the active agents in human-environmental interactions, people in general
A) have no contact with the physical landscape.
B) are frequently unmindful of the dangers of inappropriate environmental exploitation.
C) are immune from adverse natural events.
D) alter the physical environment so that any potential dangers it holds are made
harmless or removed totally.
,14) Which of the following is not true of the natural landscape?
A) It provides the setting for human action.
B) It is perceived, interpreted, and used in different ways by different cultures.
C) It determines how people live in a particular place.
D) It is shaped by human action into a cultural landscape.
15) A street address is an example of
A) relative position.
B) conformality.
C) absolute location.
D) situation.
16) Geography as a discipline
A) originated in ancient Greek interest in the nature of the universe and the varying
character of the known parts of the earth.
B) developed as an outgrowth of the "Age of Discovery," beginning in the 15th century.
C) emerged in the 20th Century with the development of geographic information systems
(GIS).
D) was developed in response to a national need to map and describe the American
West.
17) As geographers use the term, scale tells us
A) the weight of a given commodity.
B) the intrinsic character of the object or area studied.
C) the relationship between earth distance and map distance.
D) the length of a degree of longitude along different parallels.
18) An example of a formal region is
A) the hub and spoke network for a particular airline.
B) 100,000 square kilometers.
C) Dixie.
D) the area of France where the Breton language is spoken.
19) The attributes of a place
A) represent the current state of continuing processes of change and development.
B) are determined by natural processes and remain unchanged over time.
C) are not influenced by relationships with other places.
D) are primarily cultural, with little influence of the physical landscape.
, 20) Absolute location
A) is an abstract concept unrelated to real-world circumstances.
B) is a temporary and changing characteristic of place.
C) cannot be defined with precision in a world of conflicting cultural perspectives.
D) is a precise position on the surface of the globe.
21) The word geography is derived from Greek words meaning
A) human society and the earth.
B) the cultural landscape of the earth.
C) the description of the earth.
D) the measurement of the earth.
22) When real estate agents say that "location matters," they are referring to
A) an absolute location.
B) a relative location.
C) the impact of distance decay.
D) site conditions alone.
23) The term "geography" was reportedly coined by which Greek scientist?
A) Pythagoras
B) Strabo
C) Aristotle
D) Eratosthenes
24) The relationship between the size of an area on a map and its actual size on the earth's surface
is called the
A) map scale.
B) map key.
C) map projection.
D) relative location.
25) Geography differs from disciplines such as geology, meteorology, and cultural anthropology
in that it
A) involves greater accuracy of measurement of phenomena studied.
B) is more precisely defined in terms of the phenomena studied.
C) is concerned with more abstract concepts.
D) uses data from related disciplines to study spatial relationships.
Introduction to Geography 16e Mark Bjelland David H. Kaplan , Jon Malinowski
Chapters 1-13 Answers are at the End of Each Chapters
Chapter 1
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Geography may be described as the study of spatial variation.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Because geographers deal with patterns of spatial interaction that remain constant, scale is
not important.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Absolute location is determined by reference to an agreed-upon system of coordinates.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) The only true formal geographic regions are recognized political entities such as states,
provinces, and countries.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Geography means "measurement of the earth."
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) A place may be described by its physical or its cultural characteristics, but not by both.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Scale implies the degree of generalization permissible or supportable.
⊚ true
⊚ false
,8) The term cultural landscape suggests the visible imprint of human activity upon the natural
environment.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) To a geographer, site and situation are interchangeable concepts.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Globalization refers to the increasing spatial interconnection of the world's social, cultural,
and economic activities.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Between the Middle Ages and the revival of geography in the 17th century, Muslim scholars
were engaged in describing and analyzing their known world and its physical, cultural, and
regional variation.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
12) Spatial interaction is affected by
A) mobility, economics, and anticipation.
B) the physical environment, the cultural landscape, and the interchange potential of
places.
C) distance, accessibility, and connectivity.
D) absolute location, spatial parameters, and network design.
13) Since humans are the active agents in human-environmental interactions, people in general
A) have no contact with the physical landscape.
B) are frequently unmindful of the dangers of inappropriate environmental exploitation.
C) are immune from adverse natural events.
D) alter the physical environment so that any potential dangers it holds are made
harmless or removed totally.
,14) Which of the following is not true of the natural landscape?
A) It provides the setting for human action.
B) It is perceived, interpreted, and used in different ways by different cultures.
C) It determines how people live in a particular place.
D) It is shaped by human action into a cultural landscape.
15) A street address is an example of
A) relative position.
B) conformality.
C) absolute location.
D) situation.
16) Geography as a discipline
A) originated in ancient Greek interest in the nature of the universe and the varying
character of the known parts of the earth.
B) developed as an outgrowth of the "Age of Discovery," beginning in the 15th century.
C) emerged in the 20th Century with the development of geographic information systems
(GIS).
D) was developed in response to a national need to map and describe the American
West.
17) As geographers use the term, scale tells us
A) the weight of a given commodity.
B) the intrinsic character of the object or area studied.
C) the relationship between earth distance and map distance.
D) the length of a degree of longitude along different parallels.
18) An example of a formal region is
A) the hub and spoke network for a particular airline.
B) 100,000 square kilometers.
C) Dixie.
D) the area of France where the Breton language is spoken.
19) The attributes of a place
A) represent the current state of continuing processes of change and development.
B) are determined by natural processes and remain unchanged over time.
C) are not influenced by relationships with other places.
D) are primarily cultural, with little influence of the physical landscape.
, 20) Absolute location
A) is an abstract concept unrelated to real-world circumstances.
B) is a temporary and changing characteristic of place.
C) cannot be defined with precision in a world of conflicting cultural perspectives.
D) is a precise position on the surface of the globe.
21) The word geography is derived from Greek words meaning
A) human society and the earth.
B) the cultural landscape of the earth.
C) the description of the earth.
D) the measurement of the earth.
22) When real estate agents say that "location matters," they are referring to
A) an absolute location.
B) a relative location.
C) the impact of distance decay.
D) site conditions alone.
23) The term "geography" was reportedly coined by which Greek scientist?
A) Pythagoras
B) Strabo
C) Aristotle
D) Eratosthenes
24) The relationship between the size of an area on a map and its actual size on the earth's surface
is called the
A) map scale.
B) map key.
C) map projection.
D) relative location.
25) Geography differs from disciplines such as geology, meteorology, and cultural anthropology
in that it
A) involves greater accuracy of measurement of phenomena studied.
B) is more precisely defined in terms of the phenomena studied.
C) is concerned with more abstract concepts.
D) uses data from related disciplines to study spatial relationships.
