Geography Quiz

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This quiz is taken from a college textbook. Can you pass?
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Question 1

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What is the purpose of human geography?
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  • It helps us become more aware of the realities and prospects of our own society
  • to allow us to understand the world we live in
  • helps make us better citizens

Question 2

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Which of the following describes a ideological subsystem?
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  • consists of the object with which people live
  • consists of ideas, beliefs, and knowledge of a culture which uses speech and other forms of communication
  • consists of the total of the expected and accepted relations and social rituals

Question 3

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Which of the terms below does the following description match: a region that comes from patterns between space and time which connect places
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  • Thematic region
  • Perceptual region
  • Administrative region
  • Functional region

Question 4

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The difference between absolute and relative location is that absolute is location of a place by some [blank_start]precise[blank_end] coordinates and relative is the position of a place in [blank_start]relation[blank_end] to that of another place.
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  • precise
  • relation

Question 5

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[blank_start]Hunter-gatherers[blank_end] were preagricultural people who relied on the availability of plan and animal foodstuffs
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  • Hunter-gatherers

Question 6

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The spread of a cultural trait from one place to another is known as [blank_start]expansion[blank_end] diffusion
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  • expansion

Question 7

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This type of density shows the relation between number of people and the area they occupy
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  • physiological density
  • agricultural density
  • population density

Question 8

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What type of migration makes sure that the mover is part of the migrant flow?
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  • chain migration
  • step migration
  • counter migration
  • channelized migration

Question 9

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Migration based solely on the people is known as
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  • chain migration
  • forced migration
  • counter migration
  • channelized migration

Question 10

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What term is described as having access to dietary needs sufficiently?
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  • Food security
  • Crop security
  • Dietary security
  • Nutrition security
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