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Geog2 Exam Questions With Correct
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When an idea or practice spreads from person to person, with the persons in less populous
regions inventing or adopting the idea or practice first, and people in large cities only later, this is
an example of ________ diffusion - Answer✔reverse-hierarchical
According to the text, one of the reasons why libraries have such small geography sections is: -
Answer✔geography is a discipline, and libraries shelve books by subject. Therefore, books
written by geographers are scattered throughout the library.
Regional geography is a style of geography that is helpful because it helps us: -
Answer✔understand how regions of the world differ across the globe
When you geotag a photo using computer software, or your smartphone, what are you doing? -
Answer✔assigning an absolute location to the photo
the art and science of map making is called - Answer✔Cartography
the ability to read and produce legible maps is called __________ in the textbook -
Answer✔cartographicacy
geographers that gather data for analysis have preferences that other scholars might not. Which
of the following bit of survey data would interest a geographer most? - Answer✔zip code
which of the following is a good example of a formal region - Answer✔corn belt
which of the following types of region is characterized by a core and periphery pattern -
Answer✔formal
is someone were to text you their latitude and longitude coordinates, they would be sending you
their: - Answer✔absolute location
in the text, the book uses a star wars analogy to describe geography as a discipline. Which of the
following does the text call the geographers' "light saber"? - Answer✔geographic information
systems software
When an idea or practice spreads from person to person, with the nearest persons adopting an
idea or practice first and far away people adopting later, this is an example of ________
diffusion - Answer✔contagious
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the place where a behavior, idea or invention occurred first is called the - Answer✔cultural
hearth
If you understand how you "know what you know" then you have some understanding of your -
Answer✔epistemology
a formal region has ____________ borders - Answer✔fuzzy
Which of the following folk agriculture types is commonly associated with African Americans? -
Answer✔Shotgun house
Which of the following folk house types is most commonly found in Indiana and Illinois -
Answer✔I house
Why is it difficult to find folk housing in the western park or the United States? -
Answer✔Because the western states were settled largely after the age of the railroad which
greatly undermined the maintainable of folk traditions
Which of the following folk culture regions affects Tennessee and kentucky - Answer✔-
Which of the following folk culture regions affect Vermont and Maine - Answer✔Yankee
Which of the following was NOT a factor in the popularity of Cypress tree word in the
construction of folk houses in low land south. - Answer✔-
Which of the following folk house types is most commonly found in Vermont and Maine -
Answer✔New England Large
If you were a prosperous farmer in Indiana in 1830, and you built a house, it would have been
which of the following? - Answer✔An I house
Which of these houses is likely to have a really steep roof to help keep snow from collapsing the
roof in the winter? - Answer✔-
The peculiar architecture of New Orleans' French Quarter reflects the influence of which of the
following ethnic groups - Answer✔Spanish
The text argues that Mission Revival architecture is popular in California because - Answer✔it
evokes romantic notions of California's past, and wealthy neighborhoods in various parts of the
state
Which of these factors is NOT among the reasons mentioned in the text explaining the intense
support for local college football teams? - Answer✔-
The "I house" - Answer✔was a sign of social prestige among the middle class farmers during the
19th century and remains common today in the Midwest
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Geog2 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers A+
When an idea or practice spreads from person to person, with the persons in less populous
regions inventing or adopting the idea or practice first, and people in large cities only later, this is
an example of ________ diffusion - Answer✔reverse-hierarchical
According to the text, one of the reasons why libraries have such small geography sections is: -
Answer✔geography is a discipline, and libraries shelve books by subject. Therefore, books
written by geographers are scattered throughout the library.
Regional geography is a style of geography that is helpful because it helps us: -
Answer✔understand how regions of the world differ across the globe
When you geotag a photo using computer software, or your smartphone, what are you doing? -
Answer✔assigning an absolute location to the photo
the art and science of map making is called - Answer✔Cartography
the ability to read and produce legible maps is called __________ in the textbook -
Answer✔cartographicacy
geographers that gather data for analysis have preferences that other scholars might not. Which
of the following bit of survey data would interest a geographer most? - Answer✔zip code
which of the following is a good example of a formal region - Answer✔corn belt
which of the following types of region is characterized by a core and periphery pattern -
Answer✔formal
is someone were to text you their latitude and longitude coordinates, they would be sending you
their: - Answer✔absolute location
in the text, the book uses a star wars analogy to describe geography as a discipline. Which of the
following does the text call the geographers' "light saber"? - Answer✔geographic information
systems software
When an idea or practice spreads from person to person, with the nearest persons adopting an
idea or practice first and far away people adopting later, this is an example of ________
diffusion - Answer✔contagious
1
, ©Jason MacConnell 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
the place where a behavior, idea or invention occurred first is called the - Answer✔cultural
hearth
If you understand how you "know what you know" then you have some understanding of your -
Answer✔epistemology
a formal region has ____________ borders - Answer✔fuzzy
Which of the following folk agriculture types is commonly associated with African Americans? -
Answer✔Shotgun house
Which of the following folk house types is most commonly found in Indiana and Illinois -
Answer✔I house
Why is it difficult to find folk housing in the western park or the United States? -
Answer✔Because the western states were settled largely after the age of the railroad which
greatly undermined the maintainable of folk traditions
Which of the following folk culture regions affects Tennessee and kentucky - Answer✔-
Which of the following folk culture regions affect Vermont and Maine - Answer✔Yankee
Which of the following was NOT a factor in the popularity of Cypress tree word in the
construction of folk houses in low land south. - Answer✔-
Which of the following folk house types is most commonly found in Vermont and Maine -
Answer✔New England Large
If you were a prosperous farmer in Indiana in 1830, and you built a house, it would have been
which of the following? - Answer✔An I house
Which of these houses is likely to have a really steep roof to help keep snow from collapsing the
roof in the winter? - Answer✔-
The peculiar architecture of New Orleans' French Quarter reflects the influence of which of the
following ethnic groups - Answer✔Spanish
The text argues that Mission Revival architecture is popular in California because - Answer✔it
evokes romantic notions of California's past, and wealthy neighborhoods in various parts of the
state
Which of these factors is NOT among the reasons mentioned in the text explaining the intense
support for local college football teams? - Answer✔-
The "I house" - Answer✔was a sign of social prestige among the middle class farmers during the
19th century and remains common today in the Midwest
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