Which three of the following alternatives present particular strengths of Geography?
a.its holistic nature
b.its integration of a wide variety of subject matter
c.its consideration of the human life world in isolation from the physical environment
d.its ability to connect functional interrelationships which is not generally noticed in
fields of knowledge which are narrowly defined
e.its rejection of inductive and deductive reasoning as scientific approaches
Which two of the following alternatives are not typically associated with the
methodologies which are used in geographical research?
a.clinical trials
b.Geostatistics
c.prototyping
d.Cartography
e.qualitative methods
f.Remote Sensing (RS)
The spatial tradition in Geography can be described as ...... .
Select one:
a.the geographical study of a portion of the earth’s surface
b.the geographical study of human interactions with the environment
c.the study of the characteristics of natural phenomena and systems
d.the investigation of geographical phenomena from a spatial perspective
A client has requested you to provide him/her with a 1:25 000 map of a holiday resort on
which the scale is indicated by means of a word scale. Which one of the following
phrases (word scales) would you be able to add to the map?
, a.1 centimetre on the map represents 250 metres in reality
b.1 centimetre on the map represents 25 kilometres in reality
c.1 centimetre on the map represents 25 metres in reality
d.1 centimetre on the map represents 2500 metres in reality
Which of the following are important parallels?
Select one or more:
a.Tropic of Capricorn
b.Greenwich Meridian
c.Antarctic Circle
d.North Pole
e.Equator
f.International Date Line
To determine the time in Country B, located 30 degrees to the west of your current
location, theoretically, you need to turn your clock …… from where you are. Assume that
the international date line is not crossed, and that standard time zones are used.
Select one:
a.two hours back
b.one hour forward
c.two hours forward
d.four hours back
e.three hours back
Regions demarcated in terms of rainfall, temperature, vegetation or soil exhibit essential
uniformity in terms of certain physical features and can be regarded as …... regions.
Select one:
a.formal
b.functional
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