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,Package Title: Testbank
Course Title: Regions 18e
Chapter Number: 01
Question Type: Multiple Choice
1) A large-scale map shows _______________.
a) a small area
b) a large area
c) no relationship between the scale on a map and the size of the area shown
d) an unbalanced area
e) the entire world
Answer: a
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain spatial perspectives, spatial patterns, and the importance of scale.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Geography’s Perspective
2) The ratio of distance on a map to actual ground distance is known as the ____________.
a) map legend
b) map scale
c) map revolution
d) cartographic rule
e) purpose of the map
Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain spatial perspectives, spatial patterns, and the importance of scale.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Geography’s Perspective
,3) Which of the following statements concerning map scale is false?
a) The fractional scale 1:1,000,000 means one inch on the map represents one million inches on
the ground.
b) If the linear scale of a map is twice another, its areal representation is four times larger.
c) To represent a large area on a small map, a small scale is used.
d) Larger-scale maps allow for greater detail in depicting regions and subregions.
e) A map with the fractional scale 1:103,000,000 has a larger scale than one of 1:1,000,000.
Answer: e
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Explain spatial perspectives, spatial patterns, and the importance of scale.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Geography’s Perspective
4) In Figure 1-3, which of the maps has the largest scale?
,a) Map A
b) Map B
c) Map C
d) Map D
e) They all have the same scale.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain spatial perspectives, spatial patterns, and the importance of scale.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Geography’s Perspective
5) The area that surrounds and is served by a city is known as its _____________.
a) periphery
b) formal region
c) hinterland
d) core
e) relative location
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss regions and how they relate to realms and explain the difference
between formal and functional regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions within Realms
6) In regional geography, relative location _______________.
a) is more meaningful and practical than absolute location
b) refers to the latitude of a place
c) refers to the longitudinal position of a place
d) can only be found using a GIS
e) is a type of transition zone
Answer: a
,Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Discuss regions and how they relate to realms and explain the difference
between formal and functional regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions within Realms
7) A functional region _______________.
a) is defined on the basis of some variable, such as the area where wheat is grown
b) is exemplified by a city and its hinterland
c) is also known as a formal region
d) has a transition zone at its center
e) is the same as a uniform region
Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss regions and how they relate to realms and explain the difference
between formal and functional regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions within Realms
8) Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
a) Regions marked by internal homogeneity are classified as formal regions.
b) Regions conceptualized as “spatial systems” are collectively identified as functional regions.
c) A country likely constitutes a formal political region because within its boundaries certain
conditions of nationality, law, and political tradition prevail.
d) Functional regions are generally more static and internally immobile than formal regions.
e) Functional regions have a core and a periphery.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Discuss regions and how they relate to realms and explain the difference
between formal and functional regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions within Realms
,9) The difference between formal and functional regions is _____________________.
a) the nature of the unifying properties: static homogeneity versus functional cohesion
b) the area involved: Formal areas are very large, while functional areas are smaller
c) the formal region is urban in nature, whereas the functional region is rural
d) the age of the regions: The functional region is normally much older than the formal region
e) the formal region characterizes the non-Western world, whereas the functional region is
typically European or North American
Answer: a
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss regions and how they relate to realms and explain the difference
between formal and functional regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions within Realms
10) All regions possess all of the following EXCEPT ____________.
a) absolute location
b) area
c) homogeneity
d) boundaries
e) relative location
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss regions and how they relate to realms and explain the difference
between formal and functional regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions within Realms
11) Wegener's supercontinent is known as ____________.
a) Tectonica
b) Atlantis
,c) Eurasia
d) Pangaea
e) Wegneria
Answer: d
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general
geographic characteristics.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Physical Setting
12) Which of the following is the process whereby the sun's radiation is trapped in the Earth's
atmosphere.
a) desertification
b) continental drift
c) interglaciation
d) greenhouse effect
e) There is no such effect.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general
geographic characteristics.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Physical Setting
13) The hypothesis of ________ involves the breakup of a supercontinent that existed hundreds
of millions of years ago.
a) volcanic eruption
b) earthquake formation
c) continental drift
d) tectonic ring firing
e) natural hazardification
,Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general
geographic characteristics.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Physical Setting
14) The current geologic period is known as the _____________.
a) Wisconsinan
b) Wegnerian
c) Pleistocene
d) Little Ice Age
e) Holocene
Answer: e
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general
geographic characteristics.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Physical Setting
15) Which water body is surrounded by the geologically active Ring of Fire?
a) the North American Great Lakes
b) the Arctic Ocean
c) the Atlantic Ocean
d) the Pacific Ocean
e) the Gulf of Mexico
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general
geographic characteristics.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
, Section Reference: The Physical Setting
16) Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a) Desertification occurs only on the Eurasian landmass.
b) The climate type of the southwestern United States is similar to that of southwestern Africa.
c) The term climate refers to the immediate state of the atmosphere.
d) Alfred Wegener derived the theory of climatic regions.
e) We are currently in the post-Holocene geologic epoch.
Answer: b
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general
geographic characteristics.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Physical Setting
17) Which of the following statements about the A climates is INCORRECT?
a) They are referred to as humid equatorial climates.
b) They are characterized by heavy precipitation and high year-round temperatures.
c) In the Af climate, precipitation rates increase suddenly due to the arrival of the wet monsoon.
d) The Aw subtype is identified as savanna.
e) They include monsoon climates.
Answer: c
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general
geographic characteristics.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Physical Setting
18) Savanna environments belong to the general climate type known as _____________.
a) dry
Concepts 18th Edition Jan Nijman
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,Package Title: Testbank
Course Title: Regions 18e
Chapter Number: 01
Question Type: Multiple Choice
1) A large-scale map shows _______________.
a) a small area
b) a large area
c) no relationship between the scale on a map and the size of the area shown
d) an unbalanced area
e) the entire world
Answer: a
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain spatial perspectives, spatial patterns, and the importance of scale.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Geography’s Perspective
2) The ratio of distance on a map to actual ground distance is known as the ____________.
a) map legend
b) map scale
c) map revolution
d) cartographic rule
e) purpose of the map
Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain spatial perspectives, spatial patterns, and the importance of scale.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Geography’s Perspective
,3) Which of the following statements concerning map scale is false?
a) The fractional scale 1:1,000,000 means one inch on the map represents one million inches on
the ground.
b) If the linear scale of a map is twice another, its areal representation is four times larger.
c) To represent a large area on a small map, a small scale is used.
d) Larger-scale maps allow for greater detail in depicting regions and subregions.
e) A map with the fractional scale 1:103,000,000 has a larger scale than one of 1:1,000,000.
Answer: e
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Explain spatial perspectives, spatial patterns, and the importance of scale.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Geography’s Perspective
4) In Figure 1-3, which of the maps has the largest scale?
,a) Map A
b) Map B
c) Map C
d) Map D
e) They all have the same scale.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain spatial perspectives, spatial patterns, and the importance of scale.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Application
Section Reference: Geography’s Perspective
5) The area that surrounds and is served by a city is known as its _____________.
a) periphery
b) formal region
c) hinterland
d) core
e) relative location
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss regions and how they relate to realms and explain the difference
between formal and functional regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions within Realms
6) In regional geography, relative location _______________.
a) is more meaningful and practical than absolute location
b) refers to the latitude of a place
c) refers to the longitudinal position of a place
d) can only be found using a GIS
e) is a type of transition zone
Answer: a
,Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Discuss regions and how they relate to realms and explain the difference
between formal and functional regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions within Realms
7) A functional region _______________.
a) is defined on the basis of some variable, such as the area where wheat is grown
b) is exemplified by a city and its hinterland
c) is also known as a formal region
d) has a transition zone at its center
e) is the same as a uniform region
Answer: b
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss regions and how they relate to realms and explain the difference
between formal and functional regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions within Realms
8) Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
a) Regions marked by internal homogeneity are classified as formal regions.
b) Regions conceptualized as “spatial systems” are collectively identified as functional regions.
c) A country likely constitutes a formal political region because within its boundaries certain
conditions of nationality, law, and political tradition prevail.
d) Functional regions are generally more static and internally immobile than formal regions.
e) Functional regions have a core and a periphery.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Discuss regions and how they relate to realms and explain the difference
between formal and functional regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions within Realms
,9) The difference between formal and functional regions is _____________________.
a) the nature of the unifying properties: static homogeneity versus functional cohesion
b) the area involved: Formal areas are very large, while functional areas are smaller
c) the formal region is urban in nature, whereas the functional region is rural
d) the age of the regions: The functional region is normally much older than the formal region
e) the formal region characterizes the non-Western world, whereas the functional region is
typically European or North American
Answer: a
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Discuss regions and how they relate to realms and explain the difference
between formal and functional regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions within Realms
10) All regions possess all of the following EXCEPT ____________.
a) absolute location
b) area
c) homogeneity
d) boundaries
e) relative location
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss regions and how they relate to realms and explain the difference
between formal and functional regions.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: Regions within Realms
11) Wegener's supercontinent is known as ____________.
a) Tectonica
b) Atlantis
,c) Eurasia
d) Pangaea
e) Wegneria
Answer: d
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general
geographic characteristics.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Physical Setting
12) Which of the following is the process whereby the sun's radiation is trapped in the Earth's
atmosphere.
a) desertification
b) continental drift
c) interglaciation
d) greenhouse effect
e) There is no such effect.
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general
geographic characteristics.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Physical Setting
13) The hypothesis of ________ involves the breakup of a supercontinent that existed hundreds
of millions of years ago.
a) volcanic eruption
b) earthquake formation
c) continental drift
d) tectonic ring firing
e) natural hazardification
,Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general
geographic characteristics.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Physical Setting
14) The current geologic period is known as the _____________.
a) Wisconsinan
b) Wegnerian
c) Pleistocene
d) Little Ice Age
e) Holocene
Answer: e
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general
geographic characteristics.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Physical Setting
15) Which water body is surrounded by the geologically active Ring of Fire?
a) the North American Great Lakes
b) the Arctic Ocean
c) the Atlantic Ocean
d) the Pacific Ocean
e) the Gulf of Mexico
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general
geographic characteristics.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
, Section Reference: The Physical Setting
16) Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a) Desertification occurs only on the Eurasian landmass.
b) The climate type of the southwestern United States is similar to that of southwestern Africa.
c) The term climate refers to the immediate state of the atmosphere.
d) Alfred Wegener derived the theory of climatic regions.
e) We are currently in the post-Holocene geologic epoch.
Answer: b
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general
geographic characteristics.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Physical Setting
17) Which of the following statements about the A climates is INCORRECT?
a) They are referred to as humid equatorial climates.
b) They are characterized by heavy precipitation and high year-round temperatures.
c) In the Af climate, precipitation rates increase suddenly due to the arrival of the wet monsoon.
d) The Aw subtype is identified as savanna.
e) They include monsoon climates.
Answer: c
Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general
geographic characteristics.
Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge
Section Reference: The Physical Setting
18) Savanna environments belong to the general climate type known as _____________.
a) dry
