Contemporary Human Geography, 2e (Rubenstein)
Chapter 1 Thinking Geographically
1) What elements of study do human and physical geography have in common?
A) They are sometimes found as part of the same department in major universities.
B) They are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do.
C) They are trying to solve the problem of how to manage the natural environment.
D) They are trying to solve the problem of how to manage the growing human
population.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Glob Sci Outcome: 7. Demonstrate the ability to make connections across geography.
Learning Outcome: 1.1.1: Define human and physical geography.
2) The first person to use the word geography was
A) Aristotle.
B) Eratosthenes.
C) Strabo.
D) Thales of Miletus.
E) Thucydides.
Answer: B
Diff: 3
Section: 1.1
,Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Learning Outcome: 1.2.1: Summarize the development of geography in the ancient
world and the Middle Ages.
3) The beach at Ipanema, Brazil, can be studied using tools
A) only from physical geography.
B) only from human geography.
C) from both human and physical geography.
D) only from oceanography.
E) from both metric and English systems of measure.
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 4. The physical and human characteristics of places.
Glob Sci Outcome: 7. Demonstrate the ability to make connections across geography.
Learning Outcome: 1.6.1: Identify geographical characteristics of places, including
location, place name, situation, and site.
,4) Scholars of the Ancient World
A) had a remarkable knowledge of planetary dimensions.
B) were all convinced that Earth was flat.
C) all lived along the eastern Mediterranean.
D) made maps, but not as accurate as those made in the years 100-500 A.D.
E) practiced philosophy but were not concerned with geography as we know it today.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.2.1: Summarize the development of geography in the ancient
world and the Middle Ages.
5) In making a map, cartographers must strike a balance between
A) functional and formal regions.
B) vernacular and distributional concepts.
C) the amount of land and the level of detail displayed.
D) cylindrical and conic projections.
E) regions and locations.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: 4-Analysis
Geo Standard: 2. How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places,
and environments in a spatial context.
Learning Outcome: 1.3.2: Describe the role of map scale and projections in making
, maps.
6) The science of making maps is
A) demography.
B) cartography.
C) topography.
D) geomorphology.
E) meteorology.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Learning Outcome: 1.3.1: Explain what maps are and what purpose they serve.
Chapter 1 Thinking Geographically
1) What elements of study do human and physical geography have in common?
A) They are sometimes found as part of the same department in major universities.
B) They are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do.
C) They are trying to solve the problem of how to manage the natural environment.
D) They are trying to solve the problem of how to manage the growing human
population.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Glob Sci Outcome: 7. Demonstrate the ability to make connections across geography.
Learning Outcome: 1.1.1: Define human and physical geography.
2) The first person to use the word geography was
A) Aristotle.
B) Eratosthenes.
C) Strabo.
D) Thales of Miletus.
E) Thucydides.
Answer: B
Diff: 3
Section: 1.1
,Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Learning Outcome: 1.2.1: Summarize the development of geography in the ancient
world and the Middle Ages.
3) The beach at Ipanema, Brazil, can be studied using tools
A) only from physical geography.
B) only from human geography.
C) from both human and physical geography.
D) only from oceanography.
E) from both metric and English systems of measure.
Answer: C
Diff: 1
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Geo Standard: 4. The physical and human characteristics of places.
Glob Sci Outcome: 7. Demonstrate the ability to make connections across geography.
Learning Outcome: 1.6.1: Identify geographical characteristics of places, including
location, place name, situation, and site.
,4) Scholars of the Ancient World
A) had a remarkable knowledge of planetary dimensions.
B) were all convinced that Earth was flat.
C) all lived along the eastern Mediterranean.
D) made maps, but not as accurate as those made in the years 100-500 A.D.
E) practiced philosophy but were not concerned with geography as we know it today.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2-Comprehension
Learning Outcome: 1.2.1: Summarize the development of geography in the ancient
world and the Middle Ages.
5) In making a map, cartographers must strike a balance between
A) functional and formal regions.
B) vernacular and distributional concepts.
C) the amount of land and the level of detail displayed.
D) cylindrical and conic projections.
E) regions and locations.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: 4-Analysis
Geo Standard: 2. How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places,
and environments in a spatial context.
Learning Outcome: 1.3.2: Describe the role of map scale and projections in making
, maps.
6) The science of making maps is
A) demography.
B) cartography.
C) topography.
D) geomorphology.
E) meteorology.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 1.3
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-Knowledge
Learning Outcome: 1.3.1: Explain what maps are and what purpose they serve.
