CHAPTER 1
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: A CULTURAL APPROACH
WHAT IS A CULTURAL APPROACH TO HUMAN GEOGRAPHY?
Multiple-Choice
1. A grouping of similar places, or of places with similar characteristics, is the concept of:
a. landscapes
b. diffusion
c. environment
*d. region (p. 1)
2. The word geography comes from a Greek word meaning:
a. to understand culture
*b. to describe the land (p. 1)
c. to build monuments
d. to farm the earth
3. The word geography means:
*a. earth description (p. 1)
,b. earth discovering
c. earth graphics
d. world mapping
4. We would not need geography if:
a. all countries had common boundaries
*b. every place on earth were identical (p. 1)
c. geological structures were different
d. all regions were significantly heterogeneous
5. Which of the following is NOT a part of culture?
*a. genetics (p. 2)
b. ideology
c. value systems
d. livelihood
6. Learned collective human behavior is known as:
a. instinct
b. husbandry
*c. culture (p. 2)
d. mores
,7. Culture is:
a. instinctive behavior
b. inherited, individual behavior
c. genetically derived group behavior
*d. learned, collective behavior (p. 2)
8. Which would NOT be studied by human geography?
a. religion
b. language
c. government
*d. anatomy (p. 2)
9. Which would NOT be studied by physical geography?
a. climate
b. terrain
*c. government (p. 2)
d. vegetation
10. Which of the following is not essential to the understanding of a culture?
a. its physical habitat
b. its environmental context
c. its ecological aspects
, *d. its key theorists (p. 3)
11. In order to investigate the spatial pattern of wheat production in the world, a
geographer would investigate:
1) climate and soil characteristics
2) available technology
3) cultural preferences
4) food taboos
5) government policies
a. 1 only
b. 1 and 2
c. 3, 4, and 5
*d. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (p. 3)
True/False
12. If every place on Earth were identical, we would not need geography.
*a. True (p. 1)
b. False
13. The concern for the practical aspects of geography first arose among the ancient Greeks
and Romans.
*a. True (p. 1)
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: A CULTURAL APPROACH
WHAT IS A CULTURAL APPROACH TO HUMAN GEOGRAPHY?
Multiple-Choice
1. A grouping of similar places, or of places with similar characteristics, is the concept of:
a. landscapes
b. diffusion
c. environment
*d. region (p. 1)
2. The word geography comes from a Greek word meaning:
a. to understand culture
*b. to describe the land (p. 1)
c. to build monuments
d. to farm the earth
3. The word geography means:
*a. earth description (p. 1)
,b. earth discovering
c. earth graphics
d. world mapping
4. We would not need geography if:
a. all countries had common boundaries
*b. every place on earth were identical (p. 1)
c. geological structures were different
d. all regions were significantly heterogeneous
5. Which of the following is NOT a part of culture?
*a. genetics (p. 2)
b. ideology
c. value systems
d. livelihood
6. Learned collective human behavior is known as:
a. instinct
b. husbandry
*c. culture (p. 2)
d. mores
,7. Culture is:
a. instinctive behavior
b. inherited, individual behavior
c. genetically derived group behavior
*d. learned, collective behavior (p. 2)
8. Which would NOT be studied by human geography?
a. religion
b. language
c. government
*d. anatomy (p. 2)
9. Which would NOT be studied by physical geography?
a. climate
b. terrain
*c. government (p. 2)
d. vegetation
10. Which of the following is not essential to the understanding of a culture?
a. its physical habitat
b. its environmental context
c. its ecological aspects
, *d. its key theorists (p. 3)
11. In order to investigate the spatial pattern of wheat production in the world, a
geographer would investigate:
1) climate and soil characteristics
2) available technology
3) cultural preferences
4) food taboos
5) government policies
a. 1 only
b. 1 and 2
c. 3, 4, and 5
*d. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (p. 3)
True/False
12. If every place on Earth were identical, we would not need geography.
*a. True (p. 1)
b. False
13. The concern for the practical aspects of geography first arose among the ancient Greeks
and Romans.
*a. True (p. 1)
