Type:
Test Bank
Contemporary Human Resource: Geography Edition:
5th Edition
Author(s):
James M. Rubenstein
Contemporary Human Geography, 5e (Rubenstein) Chapter 1 This Is Geography 1) Which of the following do geographers NOT do? A) They identify the location of important places. B) They organize material chronologically. C) They explain why one human activity is found near another. D) They ask where and why. E) They organize material spatially. Answer: B Diff: 1 Section: 1.1 Welcome to Geography Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding National Geography Std.: NGS1 How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information Global Science Standard: GSLO7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections between concepts across Geography Learning Outcome: 1.1 Compare and contrast geography and history in terms of what geographers and historians do. 2) To explain why different places are interrelated, geographers have three basic concepts A) place, region, and connection. B) place, region, and space. C) place, scale, and space. D) scale, space, and connection. E) scale, space, and region. Answer: D Diff: 1 Section: 1.1 Welcome to Geography Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding National Geography Std.: NGS1 How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information Global Science Standard: GSLO7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections between concepts across Geography Learning Outcome: 1.2 Summarize geography's five most basic concepts.
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3) History and geography differ in one especially important matter. A) History is a much older discipline than geography. B) A geographer can travel to a different place, but a historian cannot travel back in time. C) A geographer is limited because most places are inaccessible. D) History is constantly changing, but geography remains static. E) Geography studies from a temporal perspective while history examines events from a spatial perspective. Answer: B Diff: 1 Section: 1.1 Welcome to Geography Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding National Geography Std.: NGS17 How to apply geography to interpret the past Global Science Standard: GSLO7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections between concepts across Geography Learning Outcome: 1.1 Compare and contrast geography and history in terms of what geographers and historians do. 4) The first person to use the word geography was A) Aristotle. B) Eratosthenes. C) Strabo. D) Thales of Miletus. E) Thucydides. Answer: B Diff: 1 Section: 1.3 Making Maps Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding National Geography Std.: NGS17 How to apply geography to interpret the past Global Science Standard: GSLO7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections between concepts across Geography Learning Outcome: 1.3 Trace the development of geography in the ancient world through the Middle Ages to the Age of Exploration.
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5) Who was the first to conclude the Earth was spherical based upon empirical evidence? A) Aristotle B) Anaximander C) Strabo D) Ptolemy E) Pei Xiu Answer: A Diff: 1 Section: 1.3 Making Maps Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding National Geography Std.: NGS17 How to apply geography to interpret the past Global Science Standard: GSLO7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections between concepts across Geography Learning Outcome: 1.3 Trace the development of geography in the ancient world through the Middle Ages to the Age of Exploration. 6) The science of taking measurements of the Earth's surface is known as A) demography. B) photogrammetry. C) topography. D) geotagging. E) meteorology. Answer: B Diff: 1 Section: 1.2 Contemporary Geographic Tools Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding National Geography Std.: NGS1 How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information Global Science Standard: GSLO7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections between concepts across Geography Learning Outcome: 1.4 Identify contemporary analytic tools of geographers, including remote sensing, GPS, and GIS.
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7) GIS stands for A) General Information System. B) Geocoded Information Satellite. C) Geographic Information System. D) Geographic Intended Science. E) Geotagged Informative Situation. Answer: C Diff: 1 Section: 1.2 Contemporary Geographic Tools Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding National Geography Std.: NGS1 How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information Global Science Standard: GSLO7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections between concepts across Geography Learning Outcome: 1.4 Identify contemporary analytic tools of geographers, including remote sensing, GPS, and GIS. 8) A map that overlays data from one source on top of a map provided by a mapping service (such as Google Maps) is known as a A) mashup. B) VGI. C) GPS. D) GIS. E) citizen science project. Answer: A Diff: 1 Section: 1.2 Contemporary Geographic Tools Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding National Geography Std.: NGS1 How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information Global Science Standard: GSLO7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections between concepts across Geography Learning Outcome: 1.5 Describe the role of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) and mashups in contemporary geography.
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9) A computer system that stores, queries, and displays geographic data is known as a A) GIS. B) GPS. C) remote sensing system. D) USGS. E) mashup. Answer: A Diff: 1 Section: 1.2 Contemporary Geographic Tools Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding National Geography Std.: NGS1 How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information Global Science Standard: GSLO7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections between concepts across Geography Learning Outcome: 1.4 Identify contemporary analytic tools of geographers, including remote sensing, GPS, and GIS. 10) The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from another long-distance method is A) GIS. B) GPS. C) remote sensing. D) aerial photography. E) USGS. Answer: C Diff: 1 Section: 1.2 Contemporary Geographic Tools Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding National Geography Std.: NGS1 How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information Global Science Standard: GSLO7 Demonstrate the ability to make connections between concepts across Geography Learning Outcome: 1.4 Identify contemporary analytic tools of geographers, including remote sensing, GPS, and GIS.
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11) Map scale is A) the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map. B) the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area. C) the difference in elevation between two points in an area. D) the relationship between the length of a feature's size on a map to its actual size on Earth. E) the ratio of the largest to smallest areas on a map. Answer: D Diff: 1 Section: 1.4 The Geographic Grid Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding National Geography Std.: NGS1 How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information Global Science Standard: GSLO3 Read and interpret graphs and data Learning Outcome: 1.6 Explain three ways of representing scale on a map: ratio scales, written scales, and graphic scales. 12) 1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale? A) Bar line B) Metric scale C) Graphic scale D) Written scale E) Ratio Answer: E Diff: 1 Section: 1.4 The Geographic Grid Bloom's Taxonomy: Remembering/Understanding National Geography Std.: NGS1 How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information Global Science Standard: GSLO4 Demonstrate the quantitative skills needed to succeed in Geography Learning Outcome: 1.6 Explain three ways of representing scale on a map: ratio scales, written scales, and graphic scales.
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