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present without diminishing Earth's ability to provide for future generations is called a. subsistence agriculture. b. sustainability. c. cultural ecology. d. environmental determinism. e. the organic movement. - correct answer 1) b. sustainability 2) Who argued that virtually no landscape has escaped alteration by human activities? a. Ptolemy b. George Perkins Marsh c. Eratosthenes d. Carl Sauer e. W.D. Pattison - correct answer 2) d. Carl Sauer 3) The oldest field of geography is a. cultural ecology. b. conservation biology. c. cartography. d. environmental geography. e. physical geography. - correct answer 3) c. cartography 4) A perceptual region's boundaries are a. determined by a set of uniform physical or cultural characteristics across a particular area. b. drawn around the functions that occur between a particular place and the surrounding area. c. determined by the portion of a particular area that have been modified by human activities. d. fuzzy because they allow for individual interpretation. e. designated by the inclusion of a particular cultural characteristic. - correct answer 4) d. fuzzy because they allow for individual interpretation. 5) Geographic scale refers to a. the ratio between distance on a map and distance on Earth's surface. b. the scale at which a geographer analyzes a particular phenomenon. c. a notion of place based on an individual's perception of space. d. the many ways that people define regions. e. the level of aggregation at which geographers investigate a particular process. - correct answer 5) b. the scale at which a geographer analyzes a particular phenomenon. 6) The prime meridian is what degree of longitude? a. 0 degrees b. 45 degrees c. 90 degrees d. 120 degrees e. 180 degrees - correct answer 6) a. 0 degrees 7) If an area has objects in it that are tightly arranged, it is said to be what? a. Dense b. Clustered c. Dispersed d. Scattered e. Regionalized - correct answer 7) b. Clustered 8) The linking of places by common traits or characteristics is defined as a. place. b. location. c. region. d. area. e. zone. - correct answer 8) c. region. 9) 1:100,000 is an example of what type of scale? a. Word b. Line statement c. Fractional d. Small scale e. Large scale - correct answer 9) c. Fractional 10) What is another name for a meridian? a. Parallel b. Longitude c. Latitude d. Poles (North and South) e. Equator - correct answer 10) b. Longitude 11) The ratio between distance on a map and distance on Earth's surface is called the a. projection. b. resolution. c. scale. d. azimuth. e. aggregation - correct answer 11) d. azimuth. 12) Cartography is the art and science of a. demographics. b. mapmaking. c. spatial orientation. d. cognitive imagery. e. making visualizations. - correct answer 12) b. mapmaking. 13) Map projections attempt to correct for errors in a. transferability. b. area, distance, scale, and proportion. c. area, distance, shape, and direction. d. distance, proximity, and topology. e. distance, shape, and lines of latitude and longitude. - correct answer 13) c. area, distance, shape, and direction. 14) The Mercator projections preserve a. direction. b. area. c. shape. d. scale. e. distance. - correct answer 14) a. direction. 15) Topographic maps use which of the following symbols to convey change over space? a. tonal shadings b. isolines c. proportional symbols d. location charts e. cartograms - correct answer 15) b. isolines 16) Which of the following map projections preserves the correct shape of Earth's landmasses? a. Fullers dymaxion b. Mercator c. Robinson d. Mollewide e. Smithsonian - correct answer 16) a. Fullers dymaxion 17) The size of a map's smallest discernable unit is its a. scale. b. density. c. region. d. resolution. e. projection. - correct answer 17) d. resolution. 18) A thematic layer is a. a method used in cartography to produce mathematically accurate map projections. b. a map portraying a particular feature that is used in a GIS. c. used in GPS systems to provide more accurate navigational information. d. a map used by early explorers to find particular resources in new regions of the earth. e. used as a method to analyze thematic regions. - correct answer 18) b. a map portraying a particular feature that is used in a GIS. 19) Human-induced environmental change is often referred to as a. anthropomorphic b. anthropocentric c. anthropogenic d. unsustainable e. environmental determinism - correct answer 19) c. anthropogenic 20) Which of the following is true concerning regions? a. They are strict functional units. b. They are usually defined by a standard mathematical formula. c. They are figments of the imagination. d. They are conceptual units. e. They all have well-defined boundaries. - correct answer 20) d. They are conceptual units. 21) Which of the following regions is currently experiencing the fastest population growth? A. Northern Asia B. Tropical Africa C. Eastern Europe D. Sun Belt E. Northeast United States - correct answer B. Tropical Africa 22) Most of the world's people live in A) The world's poorest countries B) The southern hemisphere C) The developed world D) China E) Urban areas in the developed world. - correct answer 21)A. The world's poorest countries 23 _____________ occurs when a population is adding a fixed percentage of people to a growing population each year. A. Doubling B. Arithmetic growth C. Overpopulation D. Exponential growth E. Demographic accounting - correct answer 23) E. Exponential Growth 24) Throughout human history, world population has... A) Grown at a steady rate B) Experienced numerous periods of dramatic decline C) Been confined to countries in the southern hemisphere D) Grown most rapidly over the last 200 years E) Grown mostly rapidly in the developed world - correct answer 24) D) Growth most rapidly over the last 200 years 25) Life expectancy has increased A. Only in the most-developed countries B. Only in the least-developed countries C. Due to increased food production D. Worldwide E. Due to the green revolution - correct answer 25) D. Worldwide 26) Which of the following best represents the phenomenon of demographic momentum? A. Despite a falling fertility rate, the population of a country with a large percentage of young people continues to grow. B. In countries where birth rates have declined, the proportion of elderly people naturally increases. C. The drop in infant mortality accounts for a large part of the decline in the overall death rate in recent years in many countries. D. The difference between the number of births and the numbers of deaths during a specific period is explained by demographic momentum. E. The average number of years that a child can expect to live increases as a country industrializes. - correct answer 26. A. Despite a falling fertility rate, the population of a country with a large percentage of young people continues to grow 27) The pressure that people place on the land to produce enough food is measured by: A. Arithmetic (or crude) density B. Physiological population density C. Population concentrations D. The stationary p