Test Bank Geosystems An Introduction to Physical Geography, 5th Canadian Edition by Robert W. Christopherson All Chapters 1 – 20, Complete

, TestnbanknonnGeosystems:nAnnIntroductionntonPhysicalnGeography,n4thneditionn
bynRobertnW.nChristopherson
Chapter 1 Essentials of Geography
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1.1nMultiplenChoicenQuestions
1) Whatndoesn"Geography"nliterallynmean?
A) Placenmemorization.
B) Thenstudynofnrocks.
C) Mapnmaking.
D) Tonwriten(about)
nEarth.Answer:nD




2) Whatnisnthenmainnmethodologyngoverningngeographicninquiry?nA)nBehaviouralnanalysis.
B) Spatialnanalysis.
C) Chronologicalnorganization.
D) Field
work.
Answer:nB

3) Whichnofnthenfollowingncomprisenthenfundamentalndualityninnthenfieldnofngeography?
A) Physicalnversusnhuman/cultural.
B) Physicalnversusneconomic.
C) Economicnversusnpolitical.
D) Politicalnversusnenviro
nmental.Answer:nA

4) Whichnofnthenfollowingnwouldnanphysicalngeographernlikelynstudy?
A) TheneconomicnimpactntransportationnrestructuringninnthenlowernmainlandnofnBritishn
Columbia.
B) Thensocio-politicalneffectsnofnthenchangesntonforestrynconservationnlegislation.
C) Then9.0nmagnitudenearthquakeninnJapanninn2011.
D) Thendiffusionnofnvariousnreligionsnfromnthenso-
callednMiddlenEast.Answer:nC
Diff:n2nType:nMC
Chapter/section:n1.1nThenSciencenofnGeo
graphynBloom'snTaxonomy:n1/2nKnowled
ge/Comprehension
LO:n1.1nDefinengeographyninngeneralnandnphysicalngeographyninnparticular.
5) Geographyncannbestnbendescribednasnwhatntypenofnscience?nA)nAnnEarthnscience.
B) Anhumannscience.
C) Anphysicalnscience.
D) Anspatialnscie
nce.Answer:nD
Diff:n2nType:nMC

,Chapter/section:n1.1nThenSciencenofnGeo
graphynBloom'snTaxonomy:n1/2nKnowled
ge/Comprehension
LO:n1.1nDefinengeographyninngeneralnandnphysicalngeographyninnparticular.
6) Whatndoesnthenwordnspatialnrefernto?
A) Thennaturenandncharacternofnphysicalnspace.
B) Itemsnthatnrelatenspecificallyntonsociety.
C) Thingsnthatnarenuniquenandnspecial.
D) Erasnofnti
me.Answer:
A
Diff:n2nType:nMC
Chapter/section:n1.1nThenSciencenofnGeo
graphyBloom'sTaxonomy:
3/4Application/Analysis
LO:n1.1nDefinengeographyninngeneralnandnphysicalngeographyninnparticular.
7) Whichnofnthenfollowingnbestndescribesnthenconcernsnofngeographers?nA)nTheynaren
solidnEarthsystemsnscientists.
B) Theynarenprimarilynconcernednwithnplacennames.
C) Theynarenconcernednwithnspatialnandntemporalnrelationships.
D) Theynconcernednwithntwo-
dimensionalnnumericalnanalysis.nAnswer:nCDiff:n2nType:nMC
Chapter/section:n1.1nThenSciencenofnGeographynBloom'sTaxonomy:n3/4Application/A
nalysisLO:n1.1nDefinengeographyninngeneralnandnphysicalngeographyninnparticular.
8) Relativentonthenfundamentalnthemesnofngeography,nthenTajnMahalninnIndianandnAyersn
RockninAustralianarenbestndescribednwithinnwhichnofnthenfiventhemes?
A) Location.
B) Place.
C) Regions.
D) Human-
Earthnrelationships.Ans
wer:nBnDiff:n2nType:nMC
Chapter/section:n1.1nThenSciencenofnGeo
graphynBloom'snTaxonomy:n1/2nKnowled
ge/Comprehension
LO:n1.1nDefinengeographyninngeneralnandnphysicalngeographyninnparticular.
9) Whichnofnthenfollowingnbestndescribesnthenfieldnofnphysicalngeography?
A) Understandingnsoilndevelopmentnasnanresponsentonthenbreakdownnofnorganicn
matternbydecomposers.
B) MappingnthenrockntypesninnthenCanadiannShield.
C) Thenstudynofnweather,nincludingnstabilitynandnhumidity.
D) Thenspatialnanalysisnofnallnthenphysicalnelements,nprocesses,nandnsystemsnthatn
makenupntheenvironment.

, Answer:nD
Diff:n2nType:nMC