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Package Title: Testbank Course Title: de Blij, Regions 16e Chapter Number: 00 Question Type: Multiple Choice 01) Which of the following is the way that humans efficiently and safely navigate their everyday

world? a) geographic information system b) mental map c) scale d) relative location Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 1: 0.1 Explain the importance of maps. Section Reference 1: A World on Maps Bloom: Comprehension 02) Which of the following would be most useful for analyzing and displaying multiple forms of

spatial data? a) a single, paper map b) several satellite images c) a smartphone GPS app d) geographic information systems Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 1: 0.1 Explain the importance of maps. Section Reference 1: A World on Maps Bloom: Evaluation 03) What best describes the spatial perspective that is unique to geography? a) It is an interest in how space is organized. b) It is an observation that spaces are completely random. c) It considers only the space's internal physical processes.

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d) It considers only the space's global human/cultural processes. Answer: a Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 2: 0.2 Analyze geography’s spatial perspective as it applies to human activity. Section Reference 2: Geography’s Perspective Bloom: Comprehension 04) Which of the following is not an example of the two-way street that is the relationship

between humans and their environment? a) A human society is dependent on the physical landscape for its livelihood and sustenance. b) Humans develop technologies that allow for faster communication and social interaction. c) A human society derives its cultural traits, like architecture, from its environment. d) Humans develop technologies that improve the harvesting of land’s natural resources. Answer: b Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 2: 0.2 Analyze geography’s spatial perspective as it applies to human activity. Section Reference 2: Geography’s Perspective Bloom: Application 05) What is an alternative description of operational scale? a) small-scale b) level of analysis c) map scale d) scale level Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 2: 0.2 Analyze geography’s spatial perspective as it applies to human activity. Section Reference 2: Geography’s Perspective Bloom: Comprehension 06) What term describes the reality of what is found at the meeting point of where two or more




realms meet? a) transition zones b) shifting borders c) distinct boundaries d) defining traits Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 2: 0.2 Analyze geography’s spatial perspective as it applies to human activity. Section Reference 2: Geography’s Perspective Bloom: Knowledge 07) What is true about the nature of geographic realms? a) They exist primarily in the human imagination. b) They have always looked the same way through history. c) They are bounded by clearly established borders. d) They result from interactions of humans and environments. Answer: d Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective3: 0.3 Define what makes up a geographic realm and explain why they form the building blocks of world regional study. Section Reference 3: World Geographic Realms Bloom: Synthesis 08) When regions are considered as systems, what term represents the area that surrounds and is served by a city? a) periphery b) formal region c) hinterland d) core Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 4: 0.4 Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions. Section Reference 4: Regions within Realms Bloomcode: Knowledge




09) What is the best description for relative location? a) It is location as referenced to other locations. b) It is location by using the latitude of a place. c) It is location by using the longitude of a place. d) It is location by referring to a coordinate grid. Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 4: 0.4 Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions. Section Reference 4: Regions within Realms Bloomcode: Comprehension 10) What is a functional region? a) It is defined by some measurable variable. b) It often is made up by a city and its hinterland. c) It is also commonly known as a formal region. d) It always has a transition zone at its center. Answer: b Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 4: 0.4 Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions. Section Reference 4: Regions within Realms Bloomcode: Comprehension 11) Which of the following is the most accurate difference between a formal region and a functional region? a) The nature of the unifying properties: formal homogeneity versus functional integration. b) The area involved: formal regions are very large, whereas functional regions are smaller. c) The formal region is typically urban in nature, while the functional region is typically rural. d) The age of the regions: the functional region is normally older than the formal region. Answer: a Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective 4: 0.4 Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions. Section Reference 4: Regions within Realms Bloomcode: Analysis




12) What is not one of the properties that all regions possess? a) some form of location b) an area on earth’s surface c) homogeneity d) clear, visible boundaries Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 4: 0.4 Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions. Section Reference 4: Regions within Realms Bloomcode: Comprehension 13) By what name is Wegener's supercontinent known? a) Tectonica b) Atlantis c) Eurasia d) Pangaea Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Knowledge 14) Which of the following pairs of continents provide the best evidence for Wegener’s theory of continental drift?

a) North America and Eurasia b) Africa and South America c) Australia and North America d) South America and Eurasia

Answer: b Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting




Bloomcode: Evaluation 15) What water body is surrounded by the geologically active “Ring of Fire”? a) Great Lakes b) Arctic Ocean c) Atlantic Ocean d) Pacific Ocean Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Knowledge 16) What occurs during an interglacial period? a) Ice creeps across continents from the poles toward the equator. b) Non-frozen ecological zones shrink away from the poles. c) Sea levels tend to rise because of all the freshwater available. d) Ice descends to lower elevations from the peaks of mountains. Answer: c Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Analysis 17) Which of the following aspects has been identified as having an accelerating impact on contemporary global climate change? a) variability of precipitation patterns across regions b) anthropogenic causes, like industrial gas emissions c) greenhouse effect trapping sun’s radiation d) growth of the Arctic Ocean icecap

Answer: b Difficulty: Medium




Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Analysis 18) What term specifically describes the process wherein the sun's radiation becomes trapped in the earth's atmosphere, resulting in a warming trend in global temperatures? a) global climate change b) rising temperature c) anthropogenic d) greenhouse effect Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Comprehension 19) What is not true about A climates? a) They are also known as humid equatorial. b) They have high temperatures all year. c) Some A climates experience monsoons. d) No A climate regions ever have dry spells. Answer: c Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Analysis 20) What climate type do savanna environments belong to? a) dry b) humid cold c) humid temperate d) humid equatorial




Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Knowledge 21) Under what climate letter is the Mediterranean climate classified? a) A b) B c) C d) Med Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Knowledge 22) What is not true about B climates? a) B climates only occur in the low latitudes. b) Their soils are often poorly developed. c) They have a large daily temperature range. d) B climates occur as true deserts and semiarid. Answer: a Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Analysis 23) What is not true about D climates? a) They may be known as “snow climates.” b) They include some very productive soils. c) They are found in the Southern Hemisphere.




d) They have quite low average precipitation. Answer: c Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Analysis 24) What is the prevailing midlatitude climatic type of the southeastern United States, western Europe, southern Brazil and northern Argentina? a) humid cold b) semiarid Medium c) humid temperate or humid subtropical d) dry winter tundra Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Comprehension 25) Which of the following major rivers is not associated with one of the world's great population clusters? a) Mississippi b) Huang He (Yellow) c) Rhine d) Ganges Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Analysis 26) East Asia, South Asia, and Europe are considered the three major world population concentrations because they are areas with the:




a) most average population density. b) highest average global incomes. c) major share of world population. d) most advanced infrastructures. Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Analysis 27) What is another term for the large cluster of population in the northeastern United States? a) the urban heartland b) megalopolis c) the world region d) the global core Answer: b Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Application 28) Which country is not located within one of the world's three largest population clusters? a) Japan b) the United States c) Pakistan d) France Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Comprehension 29) What geographic dynamic is most likely responsible for the growth of some languages and the extinction of others?




a) political and economic interaction b) cultural isolation c) environmental interaction d) physical isolation Answer: b Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective 7: 0.7 Explain the concept of cultural landscape. Section Reference 7: Realms of Culture Bloomcode: Evaluation 30) Which of the following is not one of the languages that are included in the most widely distributed language family? a) Persian b) Hindi c) Mandarin d) English Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 7: 0.7 Explain the concept of cultural landscape. Section Reference 7: Realms of Culture Bloomcode: Comprehension 31) What term represents a bridge language that facilitates national politics, commerce, and trade in multilingual societies? a) extinct language b) lingua franca c) Indo-European dialect d) regional speech disparity Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 7: 0.7 Explain the concept of cultural landscape. Section Reference 7: Realms of Culture Bloomcode: Knowledge




32) What dynamic marked the emergence of the first modern state? a) states conquering one another b) states with centralized power c) states that grew with farm surpluses d) states negotiating treaties Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 8: 0.8 Explain the meaning of state. Section Reference 8: A World of States Bloomcode: Comprehension 33) The term sovereignty indicates an internal political dynamic whereby a government rules supreme within its borders, but what statement reflects the external political dynamic? a) States must have global trade connections to survive. b) States need to have access to the ocean or a river. c) States normally are recognized by other states. d) States are all united by a global climate system. Answer: c Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective 8: 0.8 Explain the meaning of state. Section Reference 8: A World of States Bloomcode: Analysis 34) What is the core problem with the nation-state concept? a) One cannot manage a representative government within a uniform territory. b) There are no true culturally homogeneous populations in a contiguous territory. c) One cannot manage trade connections with globalized modern states. d) There are no true environmentally homogeneous areas within political boundaries. Answer: b Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective 8: 0.8 Explain the meaning of state. Section Reference 8: A World of States Bloomcode: Analysis




35) Which of the following is the best example of the challenge “from below” to the modern state system? a) the decline in the global food supply b) the growth of local manufacturing exports c) an immigrant group assimilating d) a minority group calling for independence Answer: b Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 8: 0.8 Explain the meaning of state. Section Reference 8: A World of States Bloomcode: Application 36) What tension exists within international organizations? a) States are not willing to transfer their powers. b) International organizations cannot compete with states. c) States often retain the authority to make decisions. d) International organizations encounter secession. Answer: c Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective 8: 0.8 Explain the meaning of state. Section Reference 8: A World of States Bloomcode: Analysis 37) The World Bank ranks countries within four groups. Which of the following is not one of those groups? a) high-income countries b) upper-middle-income countries c) lower-middle-income countries d) middle-income countries Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 9: 0.9 Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme. Section Reference 9: Geographies of Development Bloomcode: Comprehension




38) Which of the following is true about the core areas of the world? a) They include areas located only in the Northern Hemisphere. b) They include areas located only in Europe and North America. c) They are constituted by countries that are evenly developed. d) They constitute the area where the richer countries are clustered. Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 9: 0.9 Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme. Section Reference 9: Geographies of Development Bloomcode: Analysis 39) The index of regional disparity is useful for examining which of the following? a) economic differences between different regions of a country b) political differences between functional and formal regions c) temperature differences between core and periphery d) similarities among African and Asian countries Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 9: 0.9 Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme. Section Reference 9: Geographies of Development Bloomcode: Evaluation 40) Which of the following is not an example of globalization? a) a new McDonald’s franchise opening in Montpellier, France b) the creation of the North American Free Trade Area c) Japanese cars that are being assembled in Thailand d) the movement of workers from one Chinese province to another Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 10: 0.10 Compare and contrast the various aspects of globalization. Section Reference 10: Globalization




Bloomcode: Application 41) What term represents the gradual reduction of regional contrasts resulting from increasing cultural, economic, political, and other types of exchanges? a) regional disparity b) core-periphery widening c) the European trade model d) globalization Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 10: 0.10 Compare and contrast the various aspects of globalization. Section Reference 10: Globalization Bloomcode: Knowledge 42) What has occurred along with the increase in transnational migrants? a) the decline in transportation costs connecting core and periphery b) the growth of economic opportunities in the periphery c) the spread of cultural diversity, especially in the global core d) the increase in international organizations to aid migration Answer: c Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 10: 0.10 Compare and contrast the various aspects of globalization. Section Reference 10: Globalization Bloomcode: Application 43) Which of the following is a systematic subfield of geography? a) regional geography b) cartography c) geographic information science d) urban geography Answer: d Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 11: 0.11 Illustrate how the global state boundary framework relates to the realms and regions discussed in this book.




Section Reference 11: Realms and Regions: The Structure of This Book Bloomcode: Application 44) What does GIS stand for? a) geographic information systems b) geographic information station c) global information station d) geodetic insolation standards Answer: a Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 1: 0.1 Explain the importance of maps. Section Reference 1: A World on Maps Bloomcode: Knowledge 45) What term refers to the science of mapmaking? a) cartography b) cartogram c) mental map d) animation Answer: a Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 1: 0.1 Explain the importance of maps. Section Reference 1: A World on Maps Bloomcode: Knowledge 46) What subfield would study the geographical distribution of a flu or allergy outbreak? a) medical geography b) demography c) alienology d) climatology Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 11: 0.11 Illustrate how the global state boundary framework relates to the realms and regions discussed in this book.




Section Reference 11: Realms and Regions: The Structure of This Book Bloomcode: Application 47) Geography can be thought of as a bridge between natural sciences and what other science? a) topo science b) pure science c) social science d) agri-science Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 11: 0.11 Illustrate how the global state boundary framework relates to the realms and regions discussed in this book. Section Reference 11: Realms and Regions: The Structure of This Book Bloomcode: Comprehension 48) “The State of Mississippi is between Louisiana and Alabama and south of Tennessee” represents what form of description? a) site location b) relative location c) multiple nuclei d) center fuse concept Answer: b Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 4: 0.4 Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions. Section Reference 4: Regions within Realms Bloomcode: Application 49) What technology involves the obtaining of images of a distant place usually from above? a) global sensing (GS) b) remote sensing (RS) c) random sensing (RNS) d) radon testing (RDS) Answer: b Difficulty: Easy




Learning Objective 1: 0.1 Explain the importance of maps. Section Reference 1: A World on Maps Bloomcode: Comprehension 50) What is a method of determining very accurate locational information utilizing radio signals from satellites? a) global positioning system (GPS) b) internal global systems (IGS) c) intercontinental (IC) d) geographic information systems (GIS) Answer: a Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 1: 0.1 Explain the importance of maps. Section Reference 1: A World on Maps Bloomcode: Comprehension Question Type: True/False 51) Activity spaces are the places where human activities are most routinely carried out. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 1: 0.1 Explain the importance of maps. Section Reference 1: A World on Maps Bloomcode: Comprehension 52) Our mental maps are static, and once they form they do not change. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 1: 0.1 Explain the importance of maps. Section Reference 1: A World on Maps Bloomcode: Comprehension 53) Geography is interested in the way that space is organized, which is known as spatial perspective.




Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 2: 0.2 Analyze geography’s spatial perspective as it applies to human activity. Section Reference 2: Geography’s Perspective Bloomcode: Knowledge 54) Transition zones are found where geographic realms meet. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective3: 0.3 Define what makes up a geographic realm and explain why they form the building blocks of world regional study. Section Reference 3: World Geographic Realms Bloomcode: Knowledge 55) Monocentric realms are dominated by a single major political entity, and they have no cultural diversity. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective3: 0.3 Define what makes up a geographic realm and explain why they form the building blocks of world regional study. Section Reference 3: World Geographic Realms Bloomcode: Comprehension 56) A region marked only by homogeneity is known as a functional region. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective3: 0.3 Define what makes up a geographic realm and explain why they form the building blocks of world regional study. Section Reference 3: World Geographic Realms Bloomcode: Comprehension 57) Besides location, regions also have area.




Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective3: 0.3 Define what makes up a geographic realm and explain why they form the building blocks of world regional study. Section Reference 3: World Geographic Realms Bloomcode: Knowledge 58) Relative location is less useful to human geographers than absolute location. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective3: 0.3 Define what makes up a geographic realm and explain why they form the building blocks of world regional study. Section Reference 3: World Geographic Realms Bloomcode: Evaluation 59) A spatial system is one where activities and interconnections commonly link one place to others. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective3: 0.3 Define what makes up a geographic realm and explain why they form the building blocks of world regional study. Section Reference 3: World Geographic Realms Bloomcode: Comprehension 60) Globalization has a one-way effect of making regions and places more alike or more homogeneous. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective3: 0.3 Define what makes up a geographic realm and explain why they form the building blocks of world regional study. Section Reference 3: World Geographic Realms Bloomcode: Comprehension 61) Natural landscapes across the globe have the exact same set of physical features, such as mountains and rivers.




Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Comprehension 62) Earth’s physical features can easily be overcome by human ingenuity and innovation. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Evaluation 63) Earth is over 4.5 billion years old, and its crust is still moving. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Knowledge 64) Pangaea is the name of Wegener's supercontinent. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Knowledge 65) Tectonic plates are slabs of heaver rock that drift over giant circulation cells of magma below.




Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Comprehension 66) An ice age is also known as an interglacial period. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Comprehension 67) The earth’s climate system does not change, and areas on the continents have always had the same climate. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Comprehension 68) During the Wisconsinan Glaciation, continental glaciers extended as far as 40 degrees toward the equator. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Comprehension 69) Weather is the aggregate, total record of atmospheric conditions at a place or region.




Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Comprehension 70) The D climates are humid cold climates that only occur in the Northern Hemisphere. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Comprehension 71) In the Köppen-Geiger scheme, the world's drier climates are largely grouped under the letter A. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Comprehension 72) In general, the eastern coasts of continents between 40 and 20 degrees North and South latitude zones receive relatively high precipitation. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Analysis 73) Highland (H) climates closely resemble the cold polar (E) climates. Answer: True

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Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Comprehension 74) Highland climates are the only climate region that is created by topography and not latitude. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Comprehension 75) The geographic realm with the smallest population size is the Austral realm with less than 30 million people. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Comprehension 76) The world’s rate of population growth has been increasing in all geographic realms in recent years. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Comprehension 77) Population density is a way to show how many people occupy a unit of area. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy




Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Knowledge 78) Southeast Asia does not rank among the world's four largest population clusters. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Comprehension 79) The great majority of the people of East Asia are concentrated in cities, particularly very large ones like Beijing (Peking) and Shanghai. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Comprehension 80) The three largest population clusters in the world today all lay on a single landmass: Eurasia. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Comprehension 81) All geographic realms have the same level of urbanization. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Comprehension




82) The European population concentration is mostly found in rural areas. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Comprehension 83) A cultural landscape consists of a composite of human imprints on the physical landscape. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 7: 0.7 Explain the concept of cultural landscape. Section Reference 7: Realms of Culture Bloomcode: Comprehension 84) Each geographic realm’s cultural landscape is created from a similar human response to the surrounding environment. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 7: 0.7 Explain the concept of cultural landscape. Section Reference 7: Realms of Culture Bloomcode: Comprehension 85) Languages can become extinct as they are replaced by other languages or morph into new versions. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 7: 0.7 Explain the concept of cultural landscape. Section Reference 7: Realms of Culture Bloomcode: Comprehension 86) The language family of the European colonizers was English. Answer: False




Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 7: 0.7 Explain the concept of cultural landscape. Section Reference 7: Realms of Culture Bloomcode: Comprehension 87) Although patterns of religion are diffuse, geographic realms are often dominated by a single religion or family of religions. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 7: 0.7 Explain the concept of cultural landscape. Section Reference 7: Realms of Culture Bloomcode: Comprehension 88) Unlike the general geographic realm concept, patterns of religion have clearly defined boundaries between one religion’s area and another. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 7: 0.7 Explain the concept of cultural landscape. Section Reference 7: Realms of Culture Bloomcode: Comprehension 89) Proto-states or polities are examples of the European state model. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 8: 0.8 Explain the meaning of state. Section Reference 8: A World of States Bloomcode: Comprehension 90) Subnational political units or subdivisions within states are increasingly asserting power, which is an example of the challenge “from below” to the modern state. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 8: 0.8 Explain the meaning of state. Section Reference 8: A World of States




Bloomcode: Application 91) The power of a state’s physical geography is somewhat permanent, but the meaning and value of that physical geography may change over time. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 8: 0.8 Explain the meaning of state. Section Reference 8: A World of States Bloomcode: Comprehension 92) Only core countries contain core areas. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 9: 0.9 Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme. Section Reference 9: Geographies of Development Bloomcode: Comprehension 93) Uneven development exists at a range of scales, occurring within states and between states. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 9: 0.9 Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme. Section Reference 9: Geographies of Development Bloomcode: Comprehension 94) The concept of development is used to gauge a state’s economic, social, and institutional growth. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 9: 0.9 Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme. Section Reference 9: Geographies of Development Bloomcode: Knowledge




95) Globalization in the economic sphere is guided by the World Trade Organization. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 9: 0.9 Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme. Section Reference 9: Geographies of Development Bloomcode: Comprehension 96) The World Trade Organization has improved economic relationships between the core and the periphery. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 9: 0.9 Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme. Section Reference 9: Geographies of Development Bloomcode: Comprehension Question Type: Fill-in-the-Blank 97) The ratio of distance on a map to actual ground distance is known as that map's ______. Answer: scale Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 2: 0.2 Analyze geography’s spatial perspective as it applies to human activity. Section Reference 2: Geography’s Perspective Bloomcode: Comprehension 98) Massive slabs of rock, known as __________, move on the earth's surface generating earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Answer: tectonic plates Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their




general geographic characteristics. Section Reference: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Comprehension 99) The Köppen-Geiger climate letter ____ represents desert and steppe climates. Answer: B Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting 100) The world's population is approximately _____ billion. Answer: 7 Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Knowledge 101) Population ________ describes the number of people located in a given unit area. Answer: density Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Knowledge 102) The world’s largest population cluster is centered in the country of ________, the giant of its realm. Answer: India Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Comprehension




103) Of the three world population concentrations, Europe has the highest level of ________ and South Asia and East Asia still have mostly rural societies. Answer: urbanization Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Application 104) Employing the spatial perspective, ________ geography focuses on the discipline's topical fields of study. Answer: systematic Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 11: 0.11 Illustrate how the global state boundary framework relates to the realms and regions discussed in this book. Section Reference 11: Realms and Regions: The Structure of This Book Bloomcode: Comprehension 105) A _____ is a clearly and legally defined territory that is governed from a capital city. Answer: state Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 8: 0.8 Explain the meaning of state. Section Reference 8: A World of States Bloomcode: Knowledge 106) Most functional regions are considered _____ ____ that are comprised of nodes of variable centrality and importance. Answer: spatial networks Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective9: 0.9 Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme. Section Reference 9: Geographies of Development Bloomcode: Comprehension




Question Type: Listing 107) List the three major population clusters (regions of realms). Answer:

South Asia East Asia Europe

Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population Bloomcode: Knowledge 108) List the six major climate types as described by Koppen-Geiger. Answer:

Humid Equatorial Dry Humid Temperate Humid Cold Cold Polar Highland

Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Knowledge 109) List the 12 major subfields or specialties within geography. Answer: Geomorphology Climatology Urban Historical Economic Medical Cultural Population Behavioral




Political Biogeography Marine Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 11: 0.11 Illustrate how the global state boundary framework relates to the realms and regions discussed in this book. Section Reference 11: Realms and Regions: The Structure of This Book Bloomcode: Knowledge 110) List the 12 realms and regions of the world as divided up by this text. Answer:

Europe Russia North America Middle America South America Subsaharan Africa North Africa/Southwest Asia South Asia East Asia Southeast Asia Pacific and Polar Austral Realm Pacific Realm

Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 11: 0.11 Illustrate how the global state boundary framework relates to the realms and regions discussed in this book. Section Reference 11: Realms and Regions: The Structure of This Book Bloomcode: Knowledge 111) List the three major criteria for geographic realms. Answer: Physical and Human Functional Historical Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 3: 0.3 Define what makes up a geographic realm and explain why they form the building blocks of world regional study. Section Reference 3: World Geographic Realms




Bloomcode: Knowledge 112) What are the two basic kinds of location? Answer: relative location and absolute or mathematical location Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 4: 0.4 Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions. Section Reference 4: Regions within Realms Bloomcode: Knowledge 113) List the major tectonic plates. Answer:

Australian Pacific North American South American African Eurasian Antarctic Nazca Cocos Caribbean Arabian Indian Philippine

Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting Bloomcode: Knowledge 114) What are the two major categories of world geographic realms? Answer: monocentric and polycentric Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 3: 0.3 Define what makes up a geographic realm and explain why they form the building blocks of world regional study. Section Reference 3: World Geographic Realms Bloomcode: Knowledge




115) List the five criteria for regions. Answer:

Area Boundaries Location Homogeneity Regions as Systems

Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 4: 0.4 Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions. Section Reference 4: Regions within Realms Bloomcode: Knowledge Question Type: Multiple Choice 116) In Figure G-2, what map has the largest scale?




a) Map A b) Map B c) Map C d) Map D Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 2: 0.2 Analyze geography’s spatial perspective as it applies to human activity. Section Reference 2: Geography’s Perspective




117) In Figure G-2, what happens as the map zooms in starting with Map A and ending with Map D?

a) Area and detail increase. b) Area and detail decrease. c) Detail stays the same, but the area decreases. d) Detail stays the same, but the area increases. Answer: a Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective 2: 0.2 Analyze geography’s spatial perspective as it applies to human activity. Section Reference 2: Geography’s Perspective




118) Based on your observations of Figure G-4, which of the following statements is a likely future configuration of the world’s tectonic plate?

a) The North American Plate and Pacific Plate will create a new ocean between them. b) The African Plate will start subducting underneath the South American Plate. c) The Nazca Plate will disappear as it subducts underneath the South American Plate. d) The Indian Plate will eventually start spreading away from the Eurasian Plate. Answer: a Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting 119) According to Figure G-5, what location has the lowest incidence of volcanic activity?




a) the United States b) South America c) East Asia d) Australia Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting 120) Analyzing Figure G-5, which of the following statements is true regarding the relationship between tectonic plates and recent earthquake and volcanic eruptions?




a) Tectonic plates and earthquakes have absolutely no relationship to one another. b) Tectonic plate boundaries and location of volcanic eruptions are always exactly the same. c) Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions mostly match plate boundaries, but not always. d) Tectonic plate boundaries and location of earthquakes are always exactly the same. Answer: c Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting 121) According to Figure G-6, which U.S. city was not covered by glaciers during the Pleistocene?




a) Seattle b) Omaha c) Cincinnati d) Salt Lake City Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting 122) According to Figure G-7, what geographic realm has the greatest area classified as the climate region with the most substantial and consistent average rainfall?




a) South Asia b) Austral realm c) Europe d) Southeast Asia Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 5: 0.5 Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics. Section Reference 5: The Physical Setting 123) According to Figure G-8, what geographic realm has the largest population size in a relatively small area?




a) North America b) Subsaharan Africa c) East Asia d) South Asia Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 6: 0.6 Name and locate the three largest world population clusters. Section Reference 6: Realms of Population 124) Using Figure G-9, what language family has the greatest area extent globally?




a) Indo-European b) Altaic c) Dravidian d) Amerindian Answer: a Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective 7: 0.7 Explain the concept of cultural landscape. Section Reference 7: Realms of Culture 125) Using Figure G-10, what global religion, including its sects, has the greatest area extent?




a) Islam b) Buddhism c) Traditional and Shamanist d) Christianity Answer: d Difficulty: Medium Learning Objective 7: 0.7 Explain the concept of cultural landscape. Section Reference 7: Realms of Culture 126) Considering the geography of traditional and shamanist religions in Figure G-10, which of the following statements is true?




a) They are spreading into the more populous regions of the realms. b) They are found in transition zones and isolated physical landscapes. c) They are found along each realm’s coastlines and islands. d) They are shrinking into more mountainous regions. Answer: d Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective 7: 0.7 Explain the concept of cultural landscape. Section Reference 7: Realms of Culture 127) Which of these countries is not considered a high-income economy, as classified by the World Bank in Figure G-11?




a) the United States b) Canada c) Russia d) Japan Answer: c Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective9: 0.9 Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme. Section Reference 9: Geographies of Development 128) This realm is considered one of the top three population clusters but is not considered part of the global core according to Figure G-12:




a) Europe b) North America c) East Asia d) South Asia Answer: d Difficulty: Hard Learning Objective9: 0.9 Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme. Section Reference 9: Geographies of Development




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