WGU C255 Intro to Geography QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Geography correct answer: The study of the interaction of all physical and human phenomena at individual places and of how interactions among places form patterns and organize larger spaces physical geography correct answer: Studies the characteristics of the physical environment. When geography concentrates on topics such as climate, soil, and vegetation, it is a natural science human geography correct answer: Studies human groups and their activities, such as language, industry, and the building of cities; it is a social science Remote sensing correct answer: Mapping Earth from satellites and aircraft Geographical information systems (GIS) correct answer: Used for storing, displaying, and analyzing geographic data regional geography correct answer: Special geography that describes and analyzes places in terms of categories such as local population, customs, politics, economy, and religion topical geography (systematic geography) correct answer: The study of universal laws or principles that apply to all places; topics may be as diverse as the geography of soils (pedology), of life forms (biogeography), of politics (political geography), of economic activities (economic geography), and of cities (urban geography) system correct answer: An interdependent group of items that interact in a regular way to form a unified whole site correct answer: Sescribes the exact location of a place and can be described either in terms of latitude and longitude or in terms of the characteristics of the place situation correct answer: The location of a place relative to other places region correct answer: An area defined by one or more distinctive characteristics or features, such as climate, soil type, language, or economic activity area analysis correct answer: Analysis which integrates the geographic features of an area or a place. Focuses on regions. spatial analysis (locational analysis) correct answer: Analysis which emphasizes interactions among places. Looks for patterns in the distribution of human actions, environmental processes, and interactions among and between places or regions