ENVSOCTY 1HB3- FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Complete the following sentence: what is where, why there, __________. - ANS Why care?
The spatial arrangement of geographic phenomena (e.g., people) within an area. This is the
definition for what concept? - ANS Distribution.
In class we used the idea of wrapping a basketball to illustrate how to produce what kind of map
projection? - ANS Cylindrical Projections- Accuracy is greatest at the equator, and distortion
increases as you move towards the poles.
What theory aimed to understand the "path to development" for newly independent
(politically)nations by examining the experience of the economically powerful (more developed)
countries? - ANS Modernization Theory
According to the United Nations, approximately how many people, world-wide, are believed to
be officially undernourished? - ANS About 700-800 million people are undernourished
worldwide.
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, This program was launched by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to
help ensure that no poor country faced a debt burden that was too large for it to handle. -
ANS Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative
Population dynamics are the ways through which population changes over time. At a global
level, which of the following sets of factors are the ones we need to consider in order to predict
future populations? - ANS Population at a previous time period, births since that time period,
deaths since that time period, immigrants since that time period, emigrants since that time
period
The long-term or permanent relocation of an individual or group of people from one area to
another. This is the definition for which concept? - ANS Migration
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines HEALTH with which of the following? -
ANS A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
What proportion of the global population now lives in urban areas? - ANS A little above 50%
A megacity is a metropolitan area with more than _____ people. - ANS 10 million
The residential clustering of specific populations (minority groups), usually as a matter of choice
or preference. This is the definition for which concept? - ANS Congregation
The international shipping practice of storing freight (goods or commodities) within a standard-
sized container and transporting it via one (or more) intermodal technologies (i.e., ship, rail,
truck),and thereby reducing shipping costs. This is the definition for which concept? -
ANS Containerization
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
Complete the following sentence: what is where, why there, __________. - ANS Why care?
The spatial arrangement of geographic phenomena (e.g., people) within an area. This is the
definition for what concept? - ANS Distribution.
In class we used the idea of wrapping a basketball to illustrate how to produce what kind of map
projection? - ANS Cylindrical Projections- Accuracy is greatest at the equator, and distortion
increases as you move towards the poles.
What theory aimed to understand the "path to development" for newly independent
(politically)nations by examining the experience of the economically powerful (more developed)
countries? - ANS Modernization Theory
According to the United Nations, approximately how many people, world-wide, are believed to
be officially undernourished? - ANS About 700-800 million people are undernourished
worldwide.
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, This program was launched by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to
help ensure that no poor country faced a debt burden that was too large for it to handle. -
ANS Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative
Population dynamics are the ways through which population changes over time. At a global
level, which of the following sets of factors are the ones we need to consider in order to predict
future populations? - ANS Population at a previous time period, births since that time period,
deaths since that time period, immigrants since that time period, emigrants since that time
period
The long-term or permanent relocation of an individual or group of people from one area to
another. This is the definition for which concept? - ANS Migration
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines HEALTH with which of the following? -
ANS A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
What proportion of the global population now lives in urban areas? - ANS A little above 50%
A megacity is a metropolitan area with more than _____ people. - ANS 10 million
The residential clustering of specific populations (minority groups), usually as a matter of choice
or preference. This is the definition for which concept? - ANS Congregation
The international shipping practice of storing freight (goods or commodities) within a standard-
sized container and transporting it via one (or more) intermodal technologies (i.e., ship, rail,
truck),and thereby reducing shipping costs. This is the definition for which concept? -
ANS Containerization
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