Geography 150 Exam 1 Dr. Timms |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
questions with answers |\ |\
Eratothenes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(240 BC) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- coined term "geography"
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- accepted Earth as round
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- calculated Earth's circumference within 0.5% accuracy
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- divided Earth into 5 climactic regions
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- described known world in one of the 1st geography
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books
Strabo - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(63 BC - 24 AD)
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- 17 volume work titled 'Geography'
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- described the known world in this work
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Ptolemy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(100 AD - 170 AD)
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- wrote 8-volume "Guide to Geography"
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- codified basic principles of mapmaking
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- made numerous maps (those weren't improved on for
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over 1,000 years)
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* underestimated size of Earth
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* overestimated size of Asia
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,Oldest existing map - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Turkey,
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6200 BC |\
- of a neighborhood
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Oldest "world" map - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(600 BC)
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Crate's Globe - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(150 BC)
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- ecumen & antipode
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Ecumen - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Where you inhabit
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Antipode - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The point on the globe
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that is opposite to where you inhabit.
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T.O. Map - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- religious centric
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- Jerusalem was the center
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Polynesian sticks and shells map - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔- helped navigate ocean's wind patterns, currents,
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swells
Muhammad al Idrisi - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(1100s AD) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
, - trade maps
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- made a book of all maps and brought it back to Europe
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- like enlightenment for geography
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Ibn Battutah - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(1300s AD)
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- Moroccan scholar
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- wrote "Rihla" (which means travels)
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- based on 3 decades of journeys
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- covering over 75,000 mi (120,000 km) through the
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Muslim world of North Africa, Southern Europe, and Asia
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Pre 1800s - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔descriptive/where
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Post 1800s - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔explanatory/why
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Ortelius - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(1571) |\ |\ |\ |\
- map is much more advanced and includes Australia
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Cultural Ecology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔human-
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environmental relationships |\
Environmental Determinism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
physical environment determines how people live
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questions with answers |\ |\
Eratothenes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(240 BC) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- coined term "geography"
|\ |\ |\
- accepted Earth as round
|\ |\ |\ |\
- calculated Earth's circumference within 0.5% accuracy
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- divided Earth into 5 climactic regions
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- described known world in one of the 1st geography
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
books
Strabo - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(63 BC - 24 AD)
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- 17 volume work titled 'Geography'
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- described the known world in this work
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Ptolemy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(100 AD - 170 AD)
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- wrote 8-volume "Guide to Geography"
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- codified basic principles of mapmaking
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- made numerous maps (those weren't improved on for
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
over 1,000 years)
|\ |\
* underestimated size of Earth
|\ |\ |\ |\
* overestimated size of Asia
|\ |\ |\ |\
,Oldest existing map - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Turkey,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
6200 BC |\
- of a neighborhood
|\ |\ |\
Oldest "world" map - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(600 BC)
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Crate's Globe - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(150 BC)
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- ecumen & antipode
|\ |\ |\
Ecumen - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Where you inhabit
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Antipode - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The point on the globe
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
that is opposite to where you inhabit.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
T.O. Map - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- religious centric
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- Jerusalem was the center
|\ |\ |\ |\
Polynesian sticks and shells map - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔- helped navigate ocean's wind patterns, currents,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
swells
Muhammad al Idrisi - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(1100s AD) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
, - trade maps
|\ |\
- made a book of all maps and brought it back to Europe
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- like enlightenment for geography
|\ |\ |\ |\
Ibn Battutah - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(1300s AD)
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- Moroccan scholar
|\ |\ |\
- wrote "Rihla" (which means travels)
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- based on 3 decades of journeys
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
- covering over 75,000 mi (120,000 km) through the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Muslim world of North Africa, Southern Europe, and Asia
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Pre 1800s - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔descriptive/where
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Post 1800s - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔explanatory/why
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Ortelius - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔(1571) |\ |\ |\ |\
- map is much more advanced and includes Australia
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Cultural Ecology - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔human-
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
environmental relationships |\
Environmental Determinism - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
physical environment determines how people live
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