CHAPTER 1
GEOGRAPHY: AN EXPLORATION OF CONNECTIONS
INTRODUCTION
Multiple-Choice
1. A retailer consults a geographer because the company wants to open a new upscale
clothing store in a particular neighborhood of New York City. Which of the following factors
would a geographer be LEAST likely to consider in his or her analysis of the location?
a) The patterns of pedestrian traffic in the neighborhood
b) Subway and bus routes through the neighborhood
c) The income level of neighborhood residents
d) The history of architecture in the neighborhood* [Pg. 2]
2. When searching for an ideal location for a new grocery store, a geographer might
consider all of the following EXCEPT:
a) physical characteristics of potential sites.
b) traffic patterns of potential sites.
c) the annual sales of the grocery store chain.* [Pg. 2]
d) socioeconomic characteristics of potential sites.
3. As an academic discipline, geography is unique because it:
a) is taught from primary grades through college.
b) links the physical sciences with the social sciences.* [Pg. 3]
,c) teaches students about the world they live in.
d) is useful to urban planners.
4. Which of the following is the BEST example of a variable at the smallest, most local scale?
a) The number of houses on a particular street* [Pg. 3]
b) The number of people living in a particular city
c) The number of single parents in the United States
d) The number of homeless people in the world
5. Geography as a discipline links the _________________ with the _____________________.
a) city; state
b) physical sciences; social sciences* [Pg. 3]
c) study of biology; study of sociology
d) people; government
6. Lines of longitude are also known as:
a) meridians.* [Pg. 3]
b) parallels.
c) poles.
d) positional lines.
7. Which of the following refers to the relationship between the distances shown on the map
and the actual distances on Earth’s surface?
,a) Scale* [Pg. 2]
b) Spatial analysis
c) Cartography
d) Regional geography
8. Which of the following terms refers to the study of how people, objects, or ideas are, or
are not, related to one another across space?
a) Regional geography
b) Physical geography
c) Cartography
d) Spatial analysis* [Pg. 2]
9. Choropleth maps are used when:
a) data are collected according to predetermined boundaries.* [Pg. 4]
b) data are collected over a long period of time.
c) data are collected across space but not within predetermined boundaries.
d) data are collected at the regional scale.
10. Which of the following terms refers to the making of maps?
a) Scale
b) Spatial analysis
c) Cartography* [Pg. 2]
d) Regional geography
, 11. Which of the following kinds of data would best be displayed in an isorhythmic map?
a) Population data by census track
b) Voting patterns by electoral district
c) Elevation data* [Pg. 4]
d) Income levels by state
12. The prime meridian runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through:
a) New York City, USA.
b) Berlin, Germany.
c) London, England.
d) Greenwich, England.* [Pg. 3]
13. Through which ocean does the longitude line at 180° run?
a) Atlantic
b) Pacific* [Pg. 3]
c) Indian
d) Arctic
14. The globe is divided into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres at the:
a) International Date Line.
b) equator.* [Pg. 3]
c) Tropic of Cancer.
GEOGRAPHY: AN EXPLORATION OF CONNECTIONS
INTRODUCTION
Multiple-Choice
1. A retailer consults a geographer because the company wants to open a new upscale
clothing store in a particular neighborhood of New York City. Which of the following factors
would a geographer be LEAST likely to consider in his or her analysis of the location?
a) The patterns of pedestrian traffic in the neighborhood
b) Subway and bus routes through the neighborhood
c) The income level of neighborhood residents
d) The history of architecture in the neighborhood* [Pg. 2]
2. When searching for an ideal location for a new grocery store, a geographer might
consider all of the following EXCEPT:
a) physical characteristics of potential sites.
b) traffic patterns of potential sites.
c) the annual sales of the grocery store chain.* [Pg. 2]
d) socioeconomic characteristics of potential sites.
3. As an academic discipline, geography is unique because it:
a) is taught from primary grades through college.
b) links the physical sciences with the social sciences.* [Pg. 3]
,c) teaches students about the world they live in.
d) is useful to urban planners.
4. Which of the following is the BEST example of a variable at the smallest, most local scale?
a) The number of houses on a particular street* [Pg. 3]
b) The number of people living in a particular city
c) The number of single parents in the United States
d) The number of homeless people in the world
5. Geography as a discipline links the _________________ with the _____________________.
a) city; state
b) physical sciences; social sciences* [Pg. 3]
c) study of biology; study of sociology
d) people; government
6. Lines of longitude are also known as:
a) meridians.* [Pg. 3]
b) parallels.
c) poles.
d) positional lines.
7. Which of the following refers to the relationship between the distances shown on the map
and the actual distances on Earth’s surface?
,a) Scale* [Pg. 2]
b) Spatial analysis
c) Cartography
d) Regional geography
8. Which of the following terms refers to the study of how people, objects, or ideas are, or
are not, related to one another across space?
a) Regional geography
b) Physical geography
c) Cartography
d) Spatial analysis* [Pg. 2]
9. Choropleth maps are used when:
a) data are collected according to predetermined boundaries.* [Pg. 4]
b) data are collected over a long period of time.
c) data are collected across space but not within predetermined boundaries.
d) data are collected at the regional scale.
10. Which of the following terms refers to the making of maps?
a) Scale
b) Spatial analysis
c) Cartography* [Pg. 2]
d) Regional geography
, 11. Which of the following kinds of data would best be displayed in an isorhythmic map?
a) Population data by census track
b) Voting patterns by electoral district
c) Elevation data* [Pg. 4]
d) Income levels by state
12. The prime meridian runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through:
a) New York City, USA.
b) Berlin, Germany.
c) London, England.
d) Greenwich, England.* [Pg. 3]
13. Through which ocean does the longitude line at 180° run?
a) Atlantic
b) Pacific* [Pg. 3]
c) Indian
d) Arctic
14. The globe is divided into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres at the:
a) International Date Line.
b) equator.* [Pg. 3]
c) Tropic of Cancer.
