classroom response system questions chapter 1: introduction to human geography
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Classroom Response System Questions
Chapter 1: Introduction to Human Geography
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4. Use with your preferred Classroom Response System software.
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1) What might a geographer think when they see this photograph (Fig.1.1)?
a) Tea plantations in Kenya were established by British colonists.b) Why would poor Kenyans farm tea instead of something they could eat?c) We live in a globalized world.d) Globalization is a complex process.e) All of the above.
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2) This map (Fig 1.2):
a) Indicates the more than 10% of Americans are undernourished.b) Indicates that the greatest concentration of undernourished people
live in Africa.c) Indicates that Costa Rica has the highest percentage of undernourished
people in Central America.d) Is misleading because the numbers are shown as percentages.e) Has nothing to do with
geography.
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3) This map (Fig. 1.4):
a) Shows where farmers live.b) Shows the number of farmers per 1000 people.c) Indicates that India, Nigeria, and Haiti have very high percentages of
arable land.d) Indicates that Egypt and Australia have about the same percentage of
arable land.e) Indicates that Russia has
the lowest percentage of arable land in Asia.
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4) This map (Fig. 1.5):
a) Was used to prove that cholera is transmitted through polluted air.b) Forces Dr. Snow to quit his job at London’s water treatment plant.c) Indicates the location of London pubs and traffic fatalities.d) Shows a relationship between water pump location and homes of
cholera victims.e) Is evidence that government cannot
solve urban problems.
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5) Which theme below is not one of geography’s “Five Themes”?
a) Locationb) Placec) Human-Environment Interactiond) Movemente) Maps
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6) This map (Fig. 1.10) indicates that:
a) Chicago is located on Lake Michigan.b) Chicago is the dominant city in the Midwestern region.c) Chicago is located in the state of
Illinois.d) Chicago is about 75 miles from
Indianapolis.e) All of the above.
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7) This map (Fig. 1.11) suggest that: a) Countries that border the Pacific Ocean receive the most rain.b) Average annual precipitation around the world does not vary.c) Average annual precipitation around the world varies from zero to more than
15 feet.d) North Africa receives between 0 and 100 inches of rain per year.e) Germany receives between 10 and 30 centimeters of rain per year.
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8) The photograph (Fig. 1.21): a) Should be in a history book, not a geography book.b) Clearly illustrates the geographic theme of human-environment
interaction.c) Commemorates two heroes of the American Civil War.d) Represents the debates and disputes in the American South over how
the past is to be commemorated on the region’s landscape.e) None of the above.
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9) Carl Sauer and Torsten Hägerstrand a) Were anthropologists who did not approve of geographers
studying culture.b) Produced the first maps of the cultural geography of
Europe.c) Focused their studies on the impact of glaciers on tourism
in Sweden.d) Focused their studies on the diffusion of ideas from Asia to
Australia.e) Focused their studies on how time and distance affect
human behavior and the diffusion of people and ideas.
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10) The statement “Climate is the critical factor in how humans behave”
a) Could be proven to be true using Geographic Information
Systems (GIS).b) Is an example of possibilism.c) Is an example of cultural ecology.d) Is an example of environmental determinism.e) All of the above.