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Geosystems:hAnhIntroductionhtohPhysicalhGeography,h4eh(Christopherson)hCh
apterh1h EssentialshofhGeography

1.1 MultiplehChoicehQuestions

1) Whathdoesh"Geography"hliterallyhmean?
A) Placehmemorization.
B) Thehstudyhofhrocks.
C) Maphmaking.
D) Tohwriteh(about)h
Earth.Answer:hDhD
iff:h1hType:h MC
Chapter/section:h1.1hThehSciencehofhGeographyh
Bloom'shTaxonomy:h1/2hKnowledge/Compreh
ension
LO:h 1.1hDefinehgeographyhinhgeneralhandhphysicalhgeographyhinhparticular.

2) Whathishthehmainhmethodologyhgoverninghgeographichinquiry?
A) Behaviouralhanalysis.
B) Spatialhanalysis.
C) Chronologicalhorganization.
D) Field
work.
Answer:h B
Diff:h1hType:h MC
Chapter/section:h1.1hThehSciencehofhGeographyh
Bloom'shTaxonomy:h1/2hKnowledge/Compreh
ension
LO:h 1.1hDefinehgeographyhinhgeneralhandhphysicalhgeographyhinhparticular.

3) Whichhofhthehfollowinghcomprisehthehfundamentalhdualityhinhthe
fieldhofgeography?
h

A) Physicalhversushhuman/cultural.
B) Physicalhversusheconomic.
C) Economichversushpolitical.
D) Politicalhversushenviro
nmental.Answer:hAhDiff:h1h
Type:hMC
Chapter/section:h1.1hThehSciencehofhGeographyh
Bloom'shTaxonomy:h1/2hKnowledge/Compreh
ension
LO:h 1.1hDefinehgeographyhinhgeneralhandhphysicalhgeographyhinhparticular.

,4) Whichhofhthehfollowinghwouldhahphysicalhgeographerhlikelyhstudy?
A) Theheconomichimpacthtransportationhrestructuringhinhthehlowerh mainlandho
fhBritishColumbia.
B) Theh socio-politicalh effectsh ofh theh changesh toh forestryh conservationh legislation.
C) Theh 9.0h magnitudeh earthquakeh inh Japanh inh 2011.
D) Thehdiffusionhofhvarioushreligionshfromhthehso-
calledhMiddlehEast.Answer:h C
Diff:h2hType:h MC
Chapter/section:h1.1hThehSciencehofhGeographyh
Bloom'shTaxonomy:h1/2hKnowledge/Compreh
ension
LO:h 1.1hDefinehgeographyhinhgeneralhandhphysicalhgeographyhinhparticular.

5) Geographyh canh besth beh describedh ash whath typeh ofh science?
A) AnhEarthhscience.
B) Ahhumanhscience.
C) Ahphysicalhscience.
D) Ahspatialhscien
ce.Answer:hDhDiff:h
2hType:hMC
Chapter/section:h1.1hThehSciencehofhGeographyh
Bloom'shTaxonomy:h1/2hKnowledge/Compreh
ension
LO:h 1.1hDefinehgeographyhinhgeneralhandhphysicalhgeographyhinhparticular.

6) Whath doesh theh wordh spatialh referh to?
A) Thehnaturehandhcharacterhofhphysicalhspace.
B) Itemsh thath relateh specificallyh toh society.
C) Thingshthatharehuniquehandhspecial.
D) Erashofhti
me.Answer:
A
Diff:h2hType:h MC
Chapter/section:h1.1hThehSciencehofh
GeographyBloom'shTaxonomy:h3/4
hApplication/Analysis

LO:h 1.1hDefinehgeographyhinhgeneralhandhphysicalhgeographyhinhparticular.

7) Whichhofhthehfollowinghbesthdescribeshthehconcernshofhgeographers?
A) Theyh areh solidh Earthh systemsh scientists.
B) Theyharehprimarilyhconcernedhwithhplacehnames.
C) Theyharehconcernedhwithhspatialhandhtemporalhrelationships.
D) Theyhconcernedhwithhtwo-
dimensionalhnumericalhanalysis.Answer:hC
Diff:h2hType:h MC
Chapter/section:h1.1hThehSciencehofh
GeographyBloom'shTaxonomy:h3/4
hApplication/Analysis

LO:h 1.1hDefinehgeographyhinhgeneralhandhphysicalhgeographyhinhparticular.

, 8) Relativehtohthehfundamentalhthemeshofhgeography,hthehTajhMahalhinhIndi
ahandhAyersRockhinhAustraliaharehbesthdescribedhwithinhwhichhofhthehfivehthe
mes?
A) Location.
B) Place.
C) Regions.
D) Human-
Earthhrelationships.Ans
wer:hBhDiff:h2hType:hMC
Chapter/section:h1.1hThehSciencehofhGeographyh
Bloom'shTaxonomy:h1/2hKnowledge/Compreh
ension
LO:h 1.1hDefinehgeographyhinhgeneralhandhphysicalhgeographyhinhparticular.

9) Whichhofhthehfollowinghbesthdescribeshthehfieldhofhphysicalhgeography?
A) Understandinghsoilhdevelopmenthashahresponsehtohthehbreakdownho
fhorganichmatterbyhdecomposers.
B) MappinghthehrockhtypeshinhthehCanadianhShield.
C) Thehstudyhofhweather,hincludinghstabilityhandhhumidity.
D) Thehspatialhanalysishofhallhthehphysicalhelements,hprocesses,handhsystem
shthathmakeuphthehenvironment.
Answer:h D
Diff:h2hType:h MC
Chapter/section:h1.1hThehSciencehofhGeographyh
Bloom'shTaxonomy:h1/2hKnowledge/Compreh
ension
LO:h 1.1hDefinehgeographyhinhgeneralhandhphysicalhgeographyhinhparticular.

10) Whichhofhthehfivehfundamentalhthemeshofhgeographyhdoeshth
ehphrase'communicationhandhdiffusion'hreferhto?
A) Location.
B) Place.
C) Human-Earthhrelationships.
D) Movemenht.A
nswer:hhDhDiff:h 2
hType:h MC

Chapter/section:h1.1hThehSciencehofhGeographyh
Bloom'shTaxonomy:h1/2hKnowledge/Compreh
ension
LO:h 1.1hDefinehgeographyhinhgeneralhandhphysicalhgeographyhinhparticular.
Diff:h2hType:hMC
Chapter/section:h1.1hThehSciencehofhGeographyhBloom'
shTaxonomy:h1/2hKnowledge/Comprehension
LO:h 1.1hDefinehgeographyhinhgeneralhandhphysicalhgeographyhinhparticular.