MCT practice Unit 1
What type of diffusion best represents the use of a celebrity to endorse a product?
a) hierarchial
b) Relocation
c) stimulus
d) all options
e) contagious correct answers a) hierarchial
Dr. John Snow pursued many important research projects. Which research led him to
treat a member of the Royal Family?
a) appropriate dosage for anesthesia
b) prevention of pain in dentistry
c) Infectious diseases among miners
d) spread of cholera
e) infections in canines correct answers a) appropriate dosage of anesthesia
Football games are broadcast to specific markets. Below is a football television market
map for 9/12/21. What type of region is best represented by the image above?
a) cultural regions
b) vernacular regions
c) functional regions
d) all the options
e) formal regions correct answers c) functional regions
Global Positioning System (GPS) rely upon satellites orbiting the Earth to help us
accurately identify the ________ location of a place on Earth.
a) cognitive
b) relative
c) absolute
d) spatial
e) nominal correct answers c) absolute
The concept of distance decay is described in which scenario:
a) people throughout a region speaking the same language
b) the increased use of high speed rails in canada
c) disease spreading along a highway coordinator
d) fewer people watch new orleans saints games outside of louisiana
e) the use of slower forms of transportation in water areas correct answers d) fewer
people watch new orleans saint games outside of louisiana
The images show a topographic map and a geographic information systems (GIS)
representation of Mount Shasta in California. Which of the following statements best
, explains why these printed images are geometrically distorted representations of Earth's
surface? (This one has a picture)
a) The three dimensions of earths surface are displayed on a 2d page
b) the planets gravitational poles are not located at the poles of earths axis
c) some maps do not show the actual vegetation and coloration of earths surface
d) GIS can only display 2d layers
e) printed maps alter the sense of place that people can have about a location correct
answers a) the 3d dimensions of earths surface are displayed on a 2d page
How did Cholera come to England?
a) Stimulus Diffusion
b) contagious diffusion
c) relocation diffusion
d) expansion diffusion
e) hierarchial diffusion correct answers c) relocation diffusion
Which projection uses right angles and distorts the size of countries?
a) robinson
b) conic
c) azimuthal
d) mercator
e) gall-peters correct answers d) mercator
Which of the following is not true of the natural landscape?
a) it provides setting for human action
b) it is shaped by human action into a cultural landscape
c) it includes concepts such as sustainability, renewable natural resources, and non-
renewable natural resources
d) it determines how people live in a particular place
e) it is perceived, interpreted, and used in different ways by different cultures. correct
answers d) it determines how people live in a particular place
Identify the geographic scale of the image below (Map of Texas and other southeastern
states)
a) world regional
b) national regional
c) global
d) local
e) national correct answers b) national regional
Which of the following criteria would make the shaded area below a formal region?
a) all areas have varying topography and climates
b) all are former british colonies or have had significant british influence
c) all are former british colonies that have expoted goods back to great britain
d) all areas are trade networks that provided markets for great britain
What type of diffusion best represents the use of a celebrity to endorse a product?
a) hierarchial
b) Relocation
c) stimulus
d) all options
e) contagious correct answers a) hierarchial
Dr. John Snow pursued many important research projects. Which research led him to
treat a member of the Royal Family?
a) appropriate dosage for anesthesia
b) prevention of pain in dentistry
c) Infectious diseases among miners
d) spread of cholera
e) infections in canines correct answers a) appropriate dosage of anesthesia
Football games are broadcast to specific markets. Below is a football television market
map for 9/12/21. What type of region is best represented by the image above?
a) cultural regions
b) vernacular regions
c) functional regions
d) all the options
e) formal regions correct answers c) functional regions
Global Positioning System (GPS) rely upon satellites orbiting the Earth to help us
accurately identify the ________ location of a place on Earth.
a) cognitive
b) relative
c) absolute
d) spatial
e) nominal correct answers c) absolute
The concept of distance decay is described in which scenario:
a) people throughout a region speaking the same language
b) the increased use of high speed rails in canada
c) disease spreading along a highway coordinator
d) fewer people watch new orleans saints games outside of louisiana
e) the use of slower forms of transportation in water areas correct answers d) fewer
people watch new orleans saint games outside of louisiana
The images show a topographic map and a geographic information systems (GIS)
representation of Mount Shasta in California. Which of the following statements best
, explains why these printed images are geometrically distorted representations of Earth's
surface? (This one has a picture)
a) The three dimensions of earths surface are displayed on a 2d page
b) the planets gravitational poles are not located at the poles of earths axis
c) some maps do not show the actual vegetation and coloration of earths surface
d) GIS can only display 2d layers
e) printed maps alter the sense of place that people can have about a location correct
answers a) the 3d dimensions of earths surface are displayed on a 2d page
How did Cholera come to England?
a) Stimulus Diffusion
b) contagious diffusion
c) relocation diffusion
d) expansion diffusion
e) hierarchial diffusion correct answers c) relocation diffusion
Which projection uses right angles and distorts the size of countries?
a) robinson
b) conic
c) azimuthal
d) mercator
e) gall-peters correct answers d) mercator
Which of the following is not true of the natural landscape?
a) it provides setting for human action
b) it is shaped by human action into a cultural landscape
c) it includes concepts such as sustainability, renewable natural resources, and non-
renewable natural resources
d) it determines how people live in a particular place
e) it is perceived, interpreted, and used in different ways by different cultures. correct
answers d) it determines how people live in a particular place
Identify the geographic scale of the image below (Map of Texas and other southeastern
states)
a) world regional
b) national regional
c) global
d) local
e) national correct answers b) national regional
Which of the following criteria would make the shaded area below a formal region?
a) all areas have varying topography and climates
b) all are former british colonies or have had significant british influence
c) all are former british colonies that have expoted goods back to great britain
d) all areas are trade networks that provided markets for great britain
