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Question 1

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Globalization is a process that really accelerated during the ______________ century.
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  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th

Question 2

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Regions perceived to exist by their inhabitants are called _____________ regions.
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  • popular
  • vernacular
  • folk
  • preceived
  • psychological

Question 3

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Popular culture is considered to have a ____________ rate of diffusion.
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  • slow
  • average
  • rapid
  • lateral
  • dynamic

Question 4

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Climate, vegetation, terrain, wildlife and soil are all basic components of:
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  • culture
  • human geography
  • physical environment

Question 5

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Cultural homogeneity is the hallmark of a ____________ region.
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  • functional culture
  • formal culture
  • vernacular culture
  • none of hese

Question 6

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Which type of regions display a core-periphery pattern to settlement?
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  • vernacular
  • formal
  • functional

Question 7

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The most reflective landscape of consumption in popular culture is the:
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  • commercial strip
  • central business district
  • shopping mall
  • hotel

Question 8

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Photography, literature, television and film often contribute to the creation of:
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  • peripheral place zones
  • tourist illiteracy
  • place image
  • modernity

Question 9

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Environmental determinism was a belief that _____________ impacted where culture grew.
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  • mobility
  • landscapes
  • events
  • technology

Question 10

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The wavelike spread of ideas primarily involves the concept of:
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  • stimulus diffusion
  • hierarchical diffusion
  • contagious diffusion
  • absorbing barriers

Question 11

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Clearly defined borders are a common feature of a ___________ region.
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  • functional
  • formal
  • vernacular
  • multiple trait

Question 12

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Detailed knowledge about the environment by traditional cultures is often called
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  • cultural convergence
  • agricultural adaptation
  • indigenous technical knowledge

Question 13

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Perhaps the most enduring feature of folk culture is:
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  • architecture
  • language
  • clothing
  • occupation
  • food

Question 14

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Active folk cultures would most likely be found in ____________ today.
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  • North America
  • Equatorial Africa
  • Japan & Taiwan
  • the Middle East

Question 15

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The Eiffel tower in Paris is part of the city skyline. This is an example of:
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  • artistic landscape
  • architectural landscape
  • symbolic landscape
  • cultural landscape

Question 16

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Human Geography is the study of ________________________________ of peoples activity.
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  • cultural organization
  • environmental impact
  • spatial organization

Question 17

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Which of the following is not one of the major themes our text uses in Human Geography?
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  • cultural landscape
  • globalization
  • nature culture
  • economics

Question 18

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The movement of people, ideas and things outward to a new location is called
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  • diffusion
  • globalization
  • mobility
  • sustainability

Question 19

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Belief that the surrounding physical conditions can be shaped by the inhabiting culture is
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  • possibilism
  • environmental perception
  • environmental determinism
  • ecofeminism

Question 20

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Which of the following is mostly likely to resist changing?
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  • popular cultures
  • folk cultures
  • indigenous cultures

Question 21

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The reason hierarchical diffusion is greater in popular culture than folk or indigenous is
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  • class system
  • classless system
  • technology
  • consumerism

Question 22

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Diffusion of people leads to the creation of settlement in ______________ patterns.
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  • core/ periphery
  • formal/ functional
  • urban/ rural
  • none of these

Question 23

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A belief that globalization of economies and countries will homogenize culture is
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  • core/ periphery theory
  • place/ image theory
  • convergence theory
  • consumption culture

Question 24

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The concept of consumer nationalism as practiced by some countries:
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  • decreases globalization
  • increases globalization
  • has no effect on globalization

Question 25

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The basic difference between folk and popular architecture is the absence of
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  • materials
  • know how
  • formal plan
  • locations

Question 26

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Which of the following would not be a characteristic found in folk cultures?
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  • strong family
  • static
  • heterogeneous
  • rural

Question 27

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Areas inhabited by people with more than one trait in common are called:
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  • functional regions
  • folk cultures
  • indigenous cultures
  • formal regions

Question 28

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When ideas and practices spread through out a population at a rapid rate is called
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  • relocation diffusion
  • hierarchical diffusion
  • stimulus diffusion
  • expansion diffusion

Question 29

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A repetitive action by an individual is a
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  • trait
  • custom
  • habit
  • mental disabilty

Question 30

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Popular culture spreads faster and has a greater impact on the wider world because:
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  • richer and higher levels of education are available
  • modern forms of transportation and communication
  • more efficient uses of natural resources

Question 31

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One of the greatest negative impacts of popular is
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  • mass consumption
  • changing styles and tastes
  • moral confusion

Question 32

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Further one goes from the point of introduction of change the less the impact explains:
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  • possibilism
  • convergence theory
  • time/ distance decay
  • determinism

Question 33

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Ecofeminism or Gendered nature theorists believe that women are:
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  • more suited to caring for the environment
  • less suited for caring for the environment

Question 34

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The repetitive action of a group over an extended period of time is called a
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  • trait
  • custom
  • habit
  • losing streak

Question 35

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The combination of different forms of media that color our perception is known as:
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  • place image
  • nature culture
  • cultural landscape
  • leisure landscape

Question 36

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A cultural belief that is shaped by choices or opportunities available is called:
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  • humans as modifiers of Earth
  • Environmental determinism
  • possibilism
  • sustainability

Question 37

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Which of the following would not be a characteristic of popular culture?
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  • heterogeneous
  • individualistic
  • little mobility
  • urban

Question 38

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The convergence hypothesis is related to the theme of geography ______________
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  • nature/ culture
  • region
  • cultural landscape
  • globalization

Question 39

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One of the greatest challenges to globalization in many countries is
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  • uneven development
  • sustainable development
  • environmental mangement

Question 40

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The greatest challenge for subsistence economies becoming commercial economies is
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  • the lack of available resources to be used in production
  • the ecological and societal impact they have
  • the loss of control of environmental factors
  • all of the above
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