TEST BANK
THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN
GEOGRAPHY
13TH EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: THIS IS GEOGRAPHY
1) Human geography can best be defined as
A) a tool to study factors such as site, place, location, region, and communication.
B) humans in medieval times creating maps to travel between villages.
C) the identification of the when and why of important human events.
D) the study of where things are on earth and why they are found there.
E) a social science concerned with Earth's physical features.
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Section: 1.1: Why is Geography a Science?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Learning Outcome: 1.1.1: Summarize geography's basic concepts
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 4: The physical and human characteristics of places
Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society
2) The relationship among people and objects across space is defined as
A) scale.
B) connection.
C) diffusion.
D) density.
E) location.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 1.1: Why is Geography a Science?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Learning Outcome: 1.1.1: Summarize geography's basic concepts
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 4: The physical and human characteristics of places
Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society
3) According to the surviving evidence, the first person to write the word geography was
A) Aristotle.
B) Eratosthenes.
C) Strabo.
D) Thales of Miletus.
E) Thucydides.
,Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 1.1: Why is Geography a Science?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Learning Outcome: 1.1.1: Summarize geography's basic concepts
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
Global Sci. Std.: 7: Demonstrate the ability to make connections between concepts across
Geography
4) According to Immanuel Kant, the most important distinction between the disciplines of
geography and history is
A) the type and source of material being studied.
B) the reasons why certain historical events occur.
C) location. The choice of how best to research human behavior and activities.
D) time. Both Geographers and Historians ask "why" but Geographers want to know "where?"
and Historians want to know "when?".
E) whether relationships are strong or weak between historic and geographic events.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section: 1.1: Why is Geography a Science?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Learning Outcome: 1.1.1: Summarize geography's basic concepts
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 4: The physical and human characteristics of places
Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society
5) Geographers are interested in the relationships between locations on Earth, which include
A) regions, places, and connections.
B) scale, regions, and space.
C) maps, space, and scale.
D) scale, space, and connection.
E) local, global, and regional.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section: 1.1: Why is Geography a Science?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Learning Outcome: 1.1.1: Summarize geography's basic concepts
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 4: The physical and human characteristics of places
Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society
6) Which of the following concepts is true in human geography?
A) Location is the relationship between a portion of the Earth being studied and the whole Earth.
B) Connection refers to the physical gap between two objects.
,C) Place is a specific point on Earth distinguished by specific qualities.
D) Commonly used words such as space and place are the same thing.
E) A region may be represented by a city block, a neighborhood, a city boundary or an entire
metropolitan area.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section: 1.1: Why is Geography a Science?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Learning Outcome: 1.1.1: Summarize geography's basic concepts
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 4: The physical and human characteristics of places
Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society
7) Which of the following statements is most correct regarding the origins of geography?
A) Geography was invented as a science in the late eighteenth century.
B) Physical geography has been studied since ancient times, but human geography was first
studied in the twentieth century.
C) Geography owes its existence to the Renaissance period in Western Europe.
D) Humans have practiced geography at least since the time of ancient Greek civilization.
E) Human geography was not practiced until powerful computers capable of mapping detailed
information were invented.
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Section: 1.1: Mapping
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Learning Outcome: 1.1.2: Explain the development of the science of cartography
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society
8) The art and science of making maps is
A) demography.
B) cartography.
C) topography.
D) geomorphology.
E) geography.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 1.1: Mapping
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Learning Outcome: 1.1.2: Explain the development of the science of cartography
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial
technologies, and spatial thinking to communicate information
Global Sci. Std.: 1: Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of scientific inquiry
, 9) Which of the following statements about maps is correct?
A) Fairly accurate navigational maps could only be produced after the start of the Industrial
Revolution.
B) The first "true" maps appeared because of modern printing presses in the twentieth century.
C) Sailors during the European Renaissance had paper maps that were far more useful to them
than were the "stick charts" possessed by Polynesian sailors and fishers.
D) Maps have appeared in many forms in different societies and times, including modern paper
maps, GPS in cars, and the urban maps of ancient Turkey.
E) Maps that distort the sizes of Greenland and Antarctica are generally the best, although they
make Africa and South America appear too small while simultaneously expanding the size of
Europe.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section: 1.1: Mapping
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Learning Outcome: 1.1.2: Explain the development of the science of cartography
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments
on Earth's surface; 17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
Global Sci. Std.: 3: Read and interpret graphs and data
10) The creation and dissemination of geographic data contributed as a service by individuals is
known as
A) Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI).
B) remote sensing.
C) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) programming.
D) Global Positioning System (GPS) ground truthing.
E) citizen geography.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 1.1: Contemporary Geographic Tools
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Learning Outcome: 1.1.3: Identify geography's principal contemporary mapping tools
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial
technologies, and spatial thinking to communicate information
Global Sci. Std.: 1: Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of scientific inquiry
THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN
GEOGRAPHY
13TH EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: THIS IS GEOGRAPHY
1) Human geography can best be defined as
A) a tool to study factors such as site, place, location, region, and communication.
B) humans in medieval times creating maps to travel between villages.
C) the identification of the when and why of important human events.
D) the study of where things are on earth and why they are found there.
E) a social science concerned with Earth's physical features.
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Section: 1.1: Why is Geography a Science?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Learning Outcome: 1.1.1: Summarize geography's basic concepts
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 4: The physical and human characteristics of places
Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society
2) The relationship among people and objects across space is defined as
A) scale.
B) connection.
C) diffusion.
D) density.
E) location.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 1.1: Why is Geography a Science?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Learning Outcome: 1.1.1: Summarize geography's basic concepts
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 4: The physical and human characteristics of places
Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society
3) According to the surviving evidence, the first person to write the word geography was
A) Aristotle.
B) Eratosthenes.
C) Strabo.
D) Thales of Miletus.
E) Thucydides.
,Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 1.1: Why is Geography a Science?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Learning Outcome: 1.1.1: Summarize geography's basic concepts
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
Global Sci. Std.: 7: Demonstrate the ability to make connections between concepts across
Geography
4) According to Immanuel Kant, the most important distinction between the disciplines of
geography and history is
A) the type and source of material being studied.
B) the reasons why certain historical events occur.
C) location. The choice of how best to research human behavior and activities.
D) time. Both Geographers and Historians ask "why" but Geographers want to know "where?"
and Historians want to know "when?".
E) whether relationships are strong or weak between historic and geographic events.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section: 1.1: Why is Geography a Science?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Learning Outcome: 1.1.1: Summarize geography's basic concepts
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 4: The physical and human characteristics of places
Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society
5) Geographers are interested in the relationships between locations on Earth, which include
A) regions, places, and connections.
B) scale, regions, and space.
C) maps, space, and scale.
D) scale, space, and connection.
E) local, global, and regional.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section: 1.1: Why is Geography a Science?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Learning Outcome: 1.1.1: Summarize geography's basic concepts
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 4: The physical and human characteristics of places
Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society
6) Which of the following concepts is true in human geography?
A) Location is the relationship between a portion of the Earth being studied and the whole Earth.
B) Connection refers to the physical gap between two objects.
,C) Place is a specific point on Earth distinguished by specific qualities.
D) Commonly used words such as space and place are the same thing.
E) A region may be represented by a city block, a neighborhood, a city boundary or an entire
metropolitan area.
Answer: C
Diff: 2
Section: 1.1: Why is Geography a Science?
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Learning Outcome: 1.1.1: Summarize geography's basic concepts
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 4: The physical and human characteristics of places
Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society
7) Which of the following statements is most correct regarding the origins of geography?
A) Geography was invented as a science in the late eighteenth century.
B) Physical geography has been studied since ancient times, but human geography was first
studied in the twentieth century.
C) Geography owes its existence to the Renaissance period in Western Europe.
D) Humans have practiced geography at least since the time of ancient Greek civilization.
E) Human geography was not practiced until powerful computers capable of mapping detailed
information were invented.
Answer: D
Diff: 1
Section: 1.1: Mapping
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Learning Outcome: 1.1.2: Explain the development of the science of cartography
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
Global Sci. Std.: 5: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of science on society
8) The art and science of making maps is
A) demography.
B) cartography.
C) topography.
D) geomorphology.
E) geography.
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Section: 1.1: Mapping
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Learning Outcome: 1.1.2: Explain the development of the science of cartography
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial
technologies, and spatial thinking to communicate information
Global Sci. Std.: 1: Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of scientific inquiry
, 9) Which of the following statements about maps is correct?
A) Fairly accurate navigational maps could only be produced after the start of the Industrial
Revolution.
B) The first "true" maps appeared because of modern printing presses in the twentieth century.
C) Sailors during the European Renaissance had paper maps that were far more useful to them
than were the "stick charts" possessed by Polynesian sailors and fishers.
D) Maps have appeared in many forms in different societies and times, including modern paper
maps, GPS in cars, and the urban maps of ancient Turkey.
E) Maps that distort the sizes of Greenland and Antarctica are generally the best, although they
make Africa and South America appear too small while simultaneously expanding the size of
Europe.
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Section: 1.1: Mapping
Bloom's Taxonomy: Applying/Analyzing
Learning Outcome: 1.1.2: Explain the development of the science of cartography
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments
on Earth's surface; 17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
Global Sci. Std.: 3: Read and interpret graphs and data
10) The creation and dissemination of geographic data contributed as a service by individuals is
known as
A) Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI).
B) remote sensing.
C) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) programming.
D) Global Positioning System (GPS) ground truthing.
E) citizen geography.
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Section: 1.1: Contemporary Geographic Tools
Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding
Learning Outcome: 1.1.3: Identify geography's principal contemporary mapping tools
Nat'l Geo. Std.: 1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial
technologies, and spatial thinking to communicate information
Global Sci. Std.: 1: Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of scientific inquiry
