GEOGRAPHY,, PEOPLE, PLACE,
AND CULTURE, 10TH EDITION,
ERIN H. FOUBERG, ALEXANDER
B. MURPHY, HARM J. DE BLIJ
,Chapter 01: Introduction to Human Geography
Multiple Choice
1. The South American country with the highest average daily calorie consumption per capita is
a) Argentina
b) Peru
c) Brazil
d) Chile
Ans: C
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Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: Intro. to Human Geography
Type: Factual
2. Most of the one billion malnourished people in the world:
a) have little power
b) have little money
c) are women or children
d) all of the above
Ans: D
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Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: Intro. to Human Geography
3. Two countries with very high percentages of arable land are:
a) the United States and South Africa.
b) Colombia and Togo.
c) Rwanda and Poland
d) Russia and India.
Ans: C
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Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: Intro. to Human Geography
Type: Applied/Critical Thinking
4. Much of Kenya’s income comes from:
a) oil
, b) coffee and tea production
c) iron ore
d) tourism
Ans: B
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Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: Intro. to Human Geography
Type: Factual
5. _____% of Kenya’s land is arable.
a) 72
b) 48
c) 23
d) 8
Ans: D
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Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: Intro. to Human Geography
Type: Factual
6. The set of processes that are increasing interactions, deepening relationships and heightening
interdependence regardless of national boundaries are called __________
processes.
a) spatial
b) nationalizing
c) ecological
d) globalization
Ans: D
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Difficulty: Moderate
Topic: Intro. to Human Geography
Type: Applied/Critical Thinking
7. Human geographers focus
a) on how people make places.
b) on how we organize space a society.
c) on how we interact with each other in places and across space.
d) all of the above
Ans: D