GEOS 1123: Human Geography Final
Cumulative Exam previous questions
Chapters 1-10 (Exams 1-3) PART 1 2025
Which of the following people invented the word Geography and calculated the Earth's
circumference within 0.5% accuracy?
A) Ptolemy
B) Eratosthenes
C) Aristotle
D) Hecateus - CORRECT ANSWERSB
Which of the following people is known as the "father of human geography"
A) Karl Marx
B) Yi Fu Tuan
C) Max Weber
D) Carl Sauer - CORRECT ANSWERSD
1: 1,500,000 would be an example of what kind of scale?
A) Metric scale
B) Fraction/ratio scale
C) Written scale
D) Bar scale - CORRECT ANSWERSB
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is measured from
A) 0 degrees latitude
B) 180 degrees longitude
C) 90 degrees longitude
D) 0 degrees longitude - CORRECT ANSWERSD
Time changes by one hour for each 15 degree change in longitude; this is because
A) 15 degrees insures that major population centers have unique time zones
B) twenty-four longitude lines were chosen so that 24 hours represents a 360 degree
revolution around the planet
C) it was determined by how fast 17th century ships could travel
D) early navigation instruments did not allow better accuracy than 15 degrees -
CORRECT ANSWERSB
Stating the city of Beirut has 3,861 people per square kilometer is a measure of
A) concentration
B) density
, C) distribution
D) pattern - CORRECT ANSWERSB
A name given to a portion of Earth's surface is known as
A) site
B) situation
C) toponym
D) location - CORRECT ANSWERSC
______ helps us find unfamiliar _______ by comparing its location with a familiar one
A) Situation, place
B) Maps, situation
C) Place, situation
D) Geographers, location - CORRECT ANSWERSA
An area distinguished by a unique combination of features or characteristics is a(n)
A) country
B) landscape
C) region
D) biome - CORRECT ANSWERSC
Which of the following is BEST described as a functional region
A) the state of New Mexico
B) the service area for a cable company
C) the Bible belt of the USA
D) the Rocky Mountains - CORRECT ANSWERSB
The state of Illinois is BEST considered a formal region because
A) it is part of the United States
B) only one language is spoken everywhere in the region
C) the same state laws apply everywhere in the region
D) the climate is the exact same everywhere in the region - CORRECT ANSWERSC
Which of the following is a form of expansion diffusion
A) hierarchical
B) contagious
C) stimulus
D) they are all forms of expansion diffusion - CORRECT ANSWERSD
The spread of something over a given study area is
A) concentration
B) density
C) pattern
D) none of these - CORRECT ANSWERSA
According to environmental determinism
Cumulative Exam previous questions
Chapters 1-10 (Exams 1-3) PART 1 2025
Which of the following people invented the word Geography and calculated the Earth's
circumference within 0.5% accuracy?
A) Ptolemy
B) Eratosthenes
C) Aristotle
D) Hecateus - CORRECT ANSWERSB
Which of the following people is known as the "father of human geography"
A) Karl Marx
B) Yi Fu Tuan
C) Max Weber
D) Carl Sauer - CORRECT ANSWERSD
1: 1,500,000 would be an example of what kind of scale?
A) Metric scale
B) Fraction/ratio scale
C) Written scale
D) Bar scale - CORRECT ANSWERSB
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is measured from
A) 0 degrees latitude
B) 180 degrees longitude
C) 90 degrees longitude
D) 0 degrees longitude - CORRECT ANSWERSD
Time changes by one hour for each 15 degree change in longitude; this is because
A) 15 degrees insures that major population centers have unique time zones
B) twenty-four longitude lines were chosen so that 24 hours represents a 360 degree
revolution around the planet
C) it was determined by how fast 17th century ships could travel
D) early navigation instruments did not allow better accuracy than 15 degrees -
CORRECT ANSWERSB
Stating the city of Beirut has 3,861 people per square kilometer is a measure of
A) concentration
B) density
, C) distribution
D) pattern - CORRECT ANSWERSB
A name given to a portion of Earth's surface is known as
A) site
B) situation
C) toponym
D) location - CORRECT ANSWERSC
______ helps us find unfamiliar _______ by comparing its location with a familiar one
A) Situation, place
B) Maps, situation
C) Place, situation
D) Geographers, location - CORRECT ANSWERSA
An area distinguished by a unique combination of features or characteristics is a(n)
A) country
B) landscape
C) region
D) biome - CORRECT ANSWERSC
Which of the following is BEST described as a functional region
A) the state of New Mexico
B) the service area for a cable company
C) the Bible belt of the USA
D) the Rocky Mountains - CORRECT ANSWERSB
The state of Illinois is BEST considered a formal region because
A) it is part of the United States
B) only one language is spoken everywhere in the region
C) the same state laws apply everywhere in the region
D) the climate is the exact same everywhere in the region - CORRECT ANSWERSC
Which of the following is a form of expansion diffusion
A) hierarchical
B) contagious
C) stimulus
D) they are all forms of expansion diffusion - CORRECT ANSWERSD
The spread of something over a given study area is
A) concentration
B) density
C) pattern
D) none of these - CORRECT ANSWERSA
According to environmental determinism
