Coach Howard Chapter One
Exploring the Foundations of Geography
Test your knowledge of the origins and key concepts of geography through this comprehensive quiz designed for geography enthusiasts, students, and educators alike. Delve deep into the elements that shape our understanding of human and physical geography, map projections, and navigational techniques.
Key Features:
- 58 insightful questions
- Multiple choice and checkbox format
- Explore historical figures and foundational concepts
Which of the following statements is most correct regarding the origins of geography?
Geography was invented as a science in the late 18th century.
Geography owes its existence to the Renaissance period in Western Europe.
Humans have practiced geography at least since the time of ancient Greek civilization.
According to the surviving evidence, the first person to write the word geography was
Aristotle
Thales of Miletus
Eratosthenes
What elements of study do human and physical geography have in common?
They are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do.
They are focused primarily on managing the world's growing human population.
They represent a network of academic professionals dedicated primarily to studying coal mining's effects on physical and human systems.
Scale is
The system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map.
The ratio of the largest to smallest areas on a map.
The relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape.
1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?
A metric scale
A written scale
A ratio or fraction
A mathematical process for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is a(n)
Distribution
Projection
Illustration
You are given the coordinates 128 E longitude, 45 N latitude. This is an example of a
Site-situation intersection.
Situation on the grid system.
Mathematical location.
Which statement is more accurate?
Every parallel begins and ends at the poles.
Every meridian is the same length and has the same beginning and end.
Every meridian is distorted by magnetic declination.
Greenwich Mean Time is measured from
90 degrees longitude.
0 degrees longitude.
0 degrees latitude.
The International Date Line is measured approximately from
90 degrees latitude.
90 degrees longitude
180 degrees longitude.
We can judge from the various kinds of maps shown in this chapter that
Maps have appeared in many forms in different societies and times, including modern paper maps, GPS in cars, the "stick charts" of Polynesia, and the carved maps of ancient Turkey.
Fairly accurate navigational maps could only be produced after the start of the Industrial Revolution.
The first "true" maps appeared because of modern printing presses in the 20th century.
A map projection may distort a continent, making it appear stretched in some areas and smashed in others in order to
Depict accurately the physical area of a country or continent.
Distort the distances and relative sizes of countries and continents.
Depict accurately the shape of that same continent.
If the scale of a map is 1:100,000, then 1 centimeter on the map represents ________ on Earth's surface.
10,000 kilometers
1 kilometer
1,000 centimeters
Which of the following types of maps would have the largest scale?
Continent
World
City
Distortion is especially severe and apparent on
Large-scale maps.
Small-scale maps.
Topographic maps.
You see the coordinates 5 E longitude, 10 N latitude. You do not need to look at a map in order to deduce that this location is
Near the International Date Line and the prime meridian.
Near both the equator and the prime meridian.
Near both the equator and the International Date Line.
The coordinates 150 E longitude, 89 N latitude are
near both the International Date Line and the North Pole.
Near the equator but quite far from the prime meridian.
Near the North Pole and the prime meridian.
Without looking at a map, we might deduce that the coordinates 170 W longitude, 11 S latitude are likely
Just east of the International Date Line and just south of the equator.
Just east of the prime meridian and just south of the equator.
Just south of the International Date Line and just east of the equator.
If we did not have a map handy, we would deduce that the coordinates 171 E longitude, 12 S latitude are likely
Just south of the equator and just east of the prime meridian.
Just west of the International Date Line and just south of the equator.
Just south of the International Date Line and just east of the equator.
Just south of the International Date Line and just east of the equator.
In the Pacific Ocean just west of the International Date Line.
just east of the International Date Line in the Pacific Ocean.
Just south of the equator in the Atlantic Ocean.
Without glancing at a map, we can guess that the coordinates 178 E longitude, 20 S latitude are likely
Just east of the International Date Line in the Pacific Ocean.
Just south of the equator in the Atlantic Ocean.
In the Pacific Ocean just west of the International Date Line.
A ship's position is given as 0 degrees latitude and 27 degrees west longitude. We can conclude from this information that the ship is located
Equidistant between the Prime Meridian and the International Date Line.
On the equator and in the Atlantic Ocean.
On the Prime Meridian and in the Atlantic Ocean.
Driving around to gather information for street navigation devices is called
Ground truthing.
GIS programming.
GPS grounding.
The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite, spacecraft, or specially equipped high-altitude balloon is
Aerial photography.
GIS
Remote sensing.
A computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data is
GPS
Remote Sensing
GIS
Global Positioning Systems reference ________ location.
Mathematical
Exact
Relative
F NASA sends a space probe into orbit around Mars, and that probe transmits images of the Martian surface back to Earth, we could say that
The space probe is gathering surface data, but it cannot be described as engaging in remote sensing because this is an operation that, by definition, can only be accomplished from Earth orbit.
The USGS has programmed the space probe to mimic the work of Earth satellites. Answer: C
The space probe is engaging in remote sensing, although it is gathering data from a planet other than Earth.
If a geographer uses some of the components and applications of a computer system to organize and display maps, but she doesn't use it for other functions,
She is still using a GIS, although she may not be using all of its potential to store, organize, retrieve, and analyze data.
She is using only the topographic analysis functions, because she is not using all of its potential to store, organize, retrieve, and analyze data.
She is using only the components of a remote sensing system, because she is not storing, organizing, retrieving, or analyzing data.
A geographer might use a GPS to
Make a map or find a route to a favorite store, but not to log the locations where photographs were taken over the course of a research project.
Log the locations where photographs were taken, but not to find the best route to a store.
Find the best route to a store or log the locations where photographs were taken.
The name of a location on Earth's surface is a
Toponym.
Site.
Geonym.
Situation identifies a place by its
Primary dimensions.
Location relative to other objects or places.
Primary dimensions.
Site identifies a place by its
Unique physical characteristics.
primary dimensions.
Mathematical location on Earth's surface.
New York City's ________ is approximately 100 miles northeast of Philadelphia and 100 miles southwest of Boston.
Location
Situation
Site
A geographer would be primarily interested in determining or locating a suitable ________ if he were wishing to study a remote, rural valley in western Africa where diamonds are mined.
Jurisdiction
Geocache
Site
Which of the following are fundamental elements of culture?
Customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms
Physical environments and material traits
Material beliefs, customary forms, physical norms, and material social traits
The concept that the distribution of one phenomenon is related to the location of other phenomena is
Regional association.
Geographic analysis.
Spatial association.
An area distinguished by one or more unique characteristics is a(n)
Biome.
Region
Ecosystem.
The nine regions that the Census Bureau has established within the United States are examples of
Formal regions.
Functional regions.
Nodal regions.
The state of Texas is best considered a formal region because
Transportation systems converge in the major highways of the region.
the climate is the same everywhere in the region.
The same state laws apply everywhere in the region.
Culture means to
Develop new variations.
care about and nurture something.
Teach art, music, and literature.
The South is established as a vernacular region of the United States by
Low high school graduation rates, climate, cotton and corn (maize) production, and abuses of the rights of voters and minorities.
Climate, low educational attainment, cotton production, and the prevalence of talk radio stations.
Climate, low educational attainment, cotton production, and the prevalence of Baptist churches.
Which of the following is most likely a functional region?
An area where new ideas seem to be circulating the fastest
the area of dominance of a television station
Area where people tend to be fans of a particular professional football team
Which of the following could be a vernacular region?
The area of dominance of a certain worldview or philosophy
The area served by a pizza delivery person
A sports "conference" or area within which sports teams compete with one another
Moving toward the southwestern border of the United States, Spanish is increasingly spoken in addition to English. What type of region does this gradual change of language reflect?
Functional
Vernacular
Formal
Which of the following best describes the idea of a cultural landscape?
A landscape set aside for historical preservation, like a Civil War battlefield.
A landscape where human activity has modified the natural environment in some way.
A landscape that has been completely modified, like a city center.
Examining maps of cancer death rates drawn at different scales reveals that
A region with an overall low cancer death rate may have some areas with high cancer death rates.
corporations will strongly oppose civil suits that attempt to hold them liable for cancer.
the use of different scales only confuses such a study, and it is best to use only one map at a small scale.
When geographers say that the South is partly defined as a region by the Baptist Church, they understand that
the Presbyterian, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Methodist, and other churches are supported by the state governments of the South.
the Presbyterian, Roman Catholic, Methodist, and other churches also attract adherents in the South, but to a lesser extent than do Baptist churches.
Low educational attainment and economic factors are not as important as religion in determining the boundaries and characteristics of this region.
To geographers, the spread of McDonald's around the world represents
economic proliferation.
economic and cultural globalization.
The relocation diffusion of restaurants.
In recent years, the global movement of money has been enhanced primarily by
uneven development of national banking sectors.
Establishment of new stock exchanges in London, New York, and Tokyo.
Improvements in electronic communications.
Globalization of the economy has
heightened economic differences among places.
leveled economic differences between places.
Drained resources from more developed countries.
Among the elements of globalization of culture are tendencies toward
Uniform consumption preferences, slower communications, unequal access to resources, greater access to entertainment, and a mixture of uniformity and variety in cultural forms.
Uniform consumption preferences, enhanced communications, unequal access to resources, and uniformity in cultural forms.
maintaining local traditions along with uniformity of cultural beliefs and forms.
Common practices of ________ include exploiting the distinctive economic assets of different countries and regions, organizing production according to a spatial division of labor, placing earnings in offshore bank accounts to avoid paying taxes, and moving factories from high wage regions to low wage regions.
Democratic governments
Locally owned corporations
Transnational corporations
The township and range system
Was used for navigation by early pioneers, traders, and explorers in North America.
Established a gridlike pattern for much of present-day land use in the United States.
was used throughout Europe until the mid-1800s, after which the United States adopted it.
The U.S. Land Ordinance of 1785 divided much of the country into a system of
Town-county boundaries.
The U.S. Land Ordinance of 1785 divided much of the country into a system of
Townships, ranges, sections, and quarter sections.
The arrangement of a phenomenon across Earth's surface is
Regional dissociation.
Distribution.
spatial association.
The frequency of something within a given unit of area is
Concentration.
Density.
Pattern.
A ________ is the spread of something over a given study area.
Concentration
Distribution
Density
A hearth is
an area defined by one or more distinctive features or trends.
The perimeter or boundary marked by a regional feature.
A region from which a phenomenon originates.
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