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Human Geography: Places and Regions in Global Context, 7th edition
by Paul L. Knox
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XE
LI
BR
AR
Y
, Table of content
1. Geography Matters
2. The Changing Global Context
3. Geographies of Population and Migration
4. People and Nature
5. Cultural Geographies
LU
6. Language, Communication, and Belief
7. Interpreting Places and Landscapes
8. Geographies of Economic Development
XE
9. Geographies of Food and Agriculture
10. Political Geographies
11. Urbanization and the Global Urban System
LI
12. City Spaces: Urban Structure
BR
AR
Y
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Human Geography, Cdn. 7e (Knox, et al.)
Chapter 1 Geography Matters
1) Human geography can best be defined as:
A) the study of the spatial organization of human activity and relationships with their environment
B) the mapping of distinct human settlements and cultural landscapes
C) the study of human groups and the spatial diffusion of their cultures
D) the study of the spatial relationships between human and social structures
E) the study of the spatial forms of environmental development
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 5
LU
Topic: Why places matter
Skill: Applied
2) These refer to large-scale geographic divisions based on continental and physiographic settings that
contain major groupings of peoples with broadly similar cultural attributes.
A) subnational regions
XE
B) states
C) world regions
D) world systems
E) supranational regions
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 11
Topic: Why places matter
LI
Skill: Recall
3) This scale is of interest to geographers because it represents the operational scale for cognition,
perception, imagination, free will, and behaviour.
BR
A) community
B) home
C) self
D) city
E) family
Answer: C
AR
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 12
Topic: Why places matter
Skill: Recall
4) This ancient Chinese practice paid close attention to the location of sites in the landscape.
A) zen
B) feng shui
Y
C) confucianism
D) taoism
E) shinto
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 17
Topic: Why places matter
Skill: Recall
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5) According to a 2005 Royal Canadian Geographic survey, what percent of Canadians are considered
geographically illiterate?
A) 33 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 25 percent
E) 40 percent
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 5
Topic: Why geography matters
Skill: Recall
LU
6) The first people to develop geographic knowledge significantly were the
A) Chinese.
B) Romans.
C) Mayans.
D) Phoenicians.
E) Greeks.
XE
Answer: E
Diff: 1 Type: MC Page Ref: 14
Topic: Why places matter
Skill: Applied
7) As sites of innovation and change, places are often conflated with the movements they inspire. For
LI
instance, the 'hippie' lifestyle of the 1960s is most associated with this U.S. city:
A) Las Vegas
B) Seattle
C) Los Angeles
BR
D) New York
E) San Francisco
Answer: E
Diff: 1 Type: MC Page Ref: 9
Topic: Why places matter
Skill: Recall
AR
8) In the centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire, geographic knowledge was advanced primarily by
A) Greek scholars.
B) Middle Eastern and Chinese scholars.
C) Scandinavian scholars.
D) Charlemagne's scholars.
E) Early Christians.
Y
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Type: MC Page Ref: 14
Topic: Why places matter
Skill: Applied
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Human Geography: Places and Regions in Global Context, 7th edition
by Paul L. Knox
LU
XE
LI
BR
AR
Y
, Table of content
1. Geography Matters
2. The Changing Global Context
3. Geographies of Population and Migration
4. People and Nature
5. Cultural Geographies
LU
6. Language, Communication, and Belief
7. Interpreting Places and Landscapes
8. Geographies of Economic Development
XE
9. Geographies of Food and Agriculture
10. Political Geographies
11. Urbanization and the Global Urban System
LI
12. City Spaces: Urban Structure
BR
AR
Y
, kjhgfdsa
Human Geography, Cdn. 7e (Knox, et al.)
Chapter 1 Geography Matters
1) Human geography can best be defined as:
A) the study of the spatial organization of human activity and relationships with their environment
B) the mapping of distinct human settlements and cultural landscapes
C) the study of human groups and the spatial diffusion of their cultures
D) the study of the spatial relationships between human and social structures
E) the study of the spatial forms of environmental development
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 5
LU
Topic: Why places matter
Skill: Applied
2) These refer to large-scale geographic divisions based on continental and physiographic settings that
contain major groupings of peoples with broadly similar cultural attributes.
A) subnational regions
XE
B) states
C) world regions
D) world systems
E) supranational regions
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 11
Topic: Why places matter
LI
Skill: Recall
3) This scale is of interest to geographers because it represents the operational scale for cognition,
perception, imagination, free will, and behaviour.
BR
A) community
B) home
C) self
D) city
E) family
Answer: C
AR
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 12
Topic: Why places matter
Skill: Recall
4) This ancient Chinese practice paid close attention to the location of sites in the landscape.
A) zen
B) feng shui
Y
C) confucianism
D) taoism
E) shinto
Answer: B
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 17
Topic: Why places matter
Skill: Recall
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5) According to a 2005 Royal Canadian Geographic survey, what percent of Canadians are considered
geographically illiterate?
A) 33 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 25 percent
E) 40 percent
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 5
Topic: Why geography matters
Skill: Recall
LU
6) The first people to develop geographic knowledge significantly were the
A) Chinese.
B) Romans.
C) Mayans.
D) Phoenicians.
E) Greeks.
XE
Answer: E
Diff: 1 Type: MC Page Ref: 14
Topic: Why places matter
Skill: Applied
7) As sites of innovation and change, places are often conflated with the movements they inspire. For
LI
instance, the 'hippie' lifestyle of the 1960s is most associated with this U.S. city:
A) Las Vegas
B) Seattle
C) Los Angeles
BR
D) New York
E) San Francisco
Answer: E
Diff: 1 Type: MC Page Ref: 9
Topic: Why places matter
Skill: Recall
AR
8) In the centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire, geographic knowledge was advanced primarily by
A) Greek scholars.
B) Middle Eastern and Chinese scholars.
C) Scandinavian scholars.
D) Charlemagne's scholars.
E) Early Christians.
Y
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Type: MC Page Ref: 14
Topic: Why places matter
Skill: Applied
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