Human Geography (Malinowski), 1st Edition

Chapter 2: Geography through the Ages

Quiz



1.

Which of the following is true about the Greek subdivisions of the Earth called climata?
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A)They included lettered regions away from the equator (A, B, C, D, etc.).
B)They included ideas later used by the Romans in earth exploration.
C)They did not take the equator into account.
D)They called the area around the equator the torrid zone.
2.

What is notable about Ibn Batuta’s travels?
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A)He travelled from Southern Africa to Scandinavia.
B)He travelled from Spain to Shanghai.
C)He travelled from Argentina to Alaska.
D)He travelled from Siberia to Sri Lanka.
3.

One unfortunate result of the explorations of the Portuguese along the coasts of Africa was
A)the discovery of iron ore in Angola which delayed the British processes in the industrial revolution.
B)the use of Nigerian oil as fuel for their ships – starting the world’s petroleum dependency.
C)the use of African reeds to make new ships that failed – waterbound.
D)the beginning of the slave trade in which most other European countries also participated.
4.

To measure speed of a ship, a sailor threw a 'chip log' off of the side of a ship. This results today in measuring nautical speed in
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A)'chips'.
B)'rope feet'.
C)'knots'.
D)'kilometers per hour' (having a clock, of course).
5.

Ellsworth Huntington's brand of environmental determinism
A)acutely analyzed differences in native housing throughout tropical regions.
B)emphasized the close study of cultural processes through observation.
C)taught that skyscraper development was the result of atmospheric phenomena.
D)stereotyped tropical peoples as lazy and prone to moral lapses.
6.

The implication of the figure shown is
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A)Geography is connected to many outside disciplines.
B)Geography is most connected to the Earth Sciences.
C)Geography should usually be seen as a cultural way of thinking.
D)Geography is almost always positivistic.
7.

Debates on social theory in geography today often revolve around
A)whether culture (as in people’s choices) or the physical environment is more influential in the activities of people.
B)whether agency (choice) or structure (systems) are more influential in the activities of people.
C)whether origin (hearth or core) or diffusion (or dispersal) are more important in the activities of people.
D)whether absolute location or relative location are more important in the activities of people.
8.

Marx and Engels
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A)were geographers who proposed important geographic theories.
B)were political leaders who rose to power in the Soviet Union.
C)were writers who influenced early structuralist geographers.
D)developed communism through organized revolts of various workers.
9.

Modernist views of landscape and geography might
A)be rational and regular.
B)generally even in form, 'cookie cutter' in style.
C)a pattern seen as a ‘break’ that then became the tradition.
D)all of the above.
10.

Which of the following has the least application to a GIS system?
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A)Maps analyzed with computer power.
B)Overlays of information that can be turned on and off.
C)The analysis of printed topographic maps.
D)Spatial calculations using complex statistics.
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