Chapter 1: Introduction to Geography
1. What elements of study do human and physical geography have in common?
A) They both focus primarily on natural phenomena such as earthquakes and rivers.
B) They are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do.*
C) They are trying to solve the problem of how to manage the natural environment.
D) They are trying to solve the problem of how to manage the global birth rate.
2. When a society is NOT shaped by the environment, but instead adjusts to hot and arid (dry) climatic conditions by building an indoor ski slope in Dubai, this is an example of:
A) climate.
B) environmental determinism.
C) possibilism.*
D) spatial association.
3. An area distinguished by a unique combination of cultural or physical features is a(n):
A) biome.
B) region.*
C) uniform unit.
D) ecosystem.
4. Multiple "layers" of spatial information are stored in a computer system known as a(n):
A) GPS (Global Positioning System).
B) API.
C) remote sensing.	
D) GIS (Geographic Information Systems).*
5. The acquisition of data about the Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from another long-distance method is:
A) remote sensing.*
B) GIS.
C) GPS.
D) topographical analysis.
6. Situation identifies a place by its:
A) mathematical location on the Earth's surface.
B) location relative to other places.*
C) nominal location.
D) unique physical characteristics.
7. Scale is:
A) the system used by geographers to project a curved surface onto a flat surface.
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 an object on a map and that feature on the Earth (actual distance).*
8. Every map projection distorts the surface of Earth in some way.   
A) True *
B) False 
9. Formal regions are organized around a central node or focal point.
A) True 
B) False *
10. The spread of an idea through the movement/migration of people is known as stimulus diffusion. 
A) True 
B) False *