WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW SHEET
VERIFIED QUESTION BANK
●● 2. The uniqueness of a location and its shaping refers to:
a) territory.
b) place.
c) environment.
d) culture.
Answer: B) place
●● 3. The terraced rice fields of Ifugao Province in the Philippines is an
example of:
a) cultural landscape.
b) manifest destiny.
c) environmentalism.
d) human behavior.
Answer: A) Cultural landscape
●● 4. The physical context of the earth refers to:
a) landscape.
b) space.
,c) environment.
d) place.
Answer: C) Enviornment
●● 5. What do abstract connections and constructs of time, distance, and
relations refer to?
a) space
b) landscape or territory
c) geographic concepts of place
d) land-use
Answer: A) Space
●● 6. The two major fields of study within geography are physical
geography and _____________.
a) landscape and topography
b) history and development
c) geology and climate
d) human geography
Answer: D) human geography
●● 7. Which of the following could a physical geographer study?
a) cultural landscape
b) economic patterns
,c) migration patterns
d) climate and landforms
Answer: D) climate and landforms
●● 8. A study of migrant workers from Indonesia going to Saudi Arabia
is a study of:
a) human geography.
b) space and place.
c) human-environment relations.
d) geography of religion.
Answer: A) human geography
●● 9. _____________ means considering and understanding the context
of what is going on in the world.
a) Being politically astute
b) Contexting
c) Conceptualizing
d) Thinking geographically
Answer: D) Thinking geographyically
●● 10. Understanding World Regional Geography is designed to
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a) regions.
, b) threshold concepts.
c) human regions.
d) geographic definitions.
Answer: B) threshold concepts
●● 11. Understanding the context behind the transmission of AIDS in
Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America is using a
_____________approach.
a) regional
b) conceptual
c) factual
d) spatial
Answer: A) regional
●● 12. Research in new regional geography sees regions as:
a) natural locations.
b) defining characteristics of place.
c) human constructs.
d) basic world units for study.
Answer: C) human constructs
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW SHEET
VERIFIED QUESTION BANK
●● 2. The uniqueness of a location and its shaping refers to:
a) territory.
b) place.
c) environment.
d) culture.
Answer: B) place
●● 3. The terraced rice fields of Ifugao Province in the Philippines is an
example of:
a) cultural landscape.
b) manifest destiny.
c) environmentalism.
d) human behavior.
Answer: A) Cultural landscape
●● 4. The physical context of the earth refers to:
a) landscape.
b) space.
,c) environment.
d) place.
Answer: C) Enviornment
●● 5. What do abstract connections and constructs of time, distance, and
relations refer to?
a) space
b) landscape or territory
c) geographic concepts of place
d) land-use
Answer: A) Space
●● 6. The two major fields of study within geography are physical
geography and _____________.
a) landscape and topography
b) history and development
c) geology and climate
d) human geography
Answer: D) human geography
●● 7. Which of the following could a physical geographer study?
a) cultural landscape
b) economic patterns
,c) migration patterns
d) climate and landforms
Answer: D) climate and landforms
●● 8. A study of migrant workers from Indonesia going to Saudi Arabia
is a study of:
a) human geography.
b) space and place.
c) human-environment relations.
d) geography of religion.
Answer: A) human geography
●● 9. _____________ means considering and understanding the context
of what is going on in the world.
a) Being politically astute
b) Contexting
c) Conceptualizing
d) Thinking geographically
Answer: D) Thinking geographyically
●● 10. Understanding World Regional Geography is designed to
highlight 24:
a) regions.
, b) threshold concepts.
c) human regions.
d) geographic definitions.
Answer: B) threshold concepts
●● 11. Understanding the context behind the transmission of AIDS in
Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America is using a
_____________approach.
a) regional
b) conceptual
c) factual
d) spatial
Answer: A) regional
●● 12. Research in new regional geography sees regions as:
a) natural locations.
b) defining characteristics of place.
c) human constructs.
d) basic world units for study.
Answer: C) human constructs
