Question.279 - That places are interdependent means that individual places are Select one: a. connected to events and processes around them. b. ?independent of the world around them. c. not unique, but just like the places around them. d. separated from the world around them. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: connected to events and processes around them. Question?2 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Because of the difficulty of projecting a round, 3-dimensional earth on a 2-dimensional piece of paper, paper maps of the world intentionally must distort any or all of the following?except Select one: a. relative areas of the places on the map. b. absolute altitude of the land masses. c. compass directions. d. shapes of the land masses. e. distances between places. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: absolute altitude of the land masses. Question?3 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The conventional way of imagining space as a container, defined by rectangular coordinates and measured in units of distance like kilometers, is to think in terms of Select one: a. regional space. b. absolute space. c. topological space. d. geometrical space. e. outer space. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: absolute space. Question?4 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text To university alumni who return for a homecoming reunion and reminisce about their times and common experiences and identities, their college campus and surrounding community is probably best thought of in terms of Select one: a. absolute space. b. socioeconomic space. c. topological space d. wasted space. e. cultural space. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: cultural space. Question?5 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Which map or map projection?most intentionally?distorts the relative sizes of countries? a. Mercator projection map b. isoline c. topological map d. Millweide projection map e. cartogram Feedback Your answer is incorrect. The correct answer is: cartogram Question?6 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The study of natural events such as tornadoes, forest fires, or landslides are explored within the ________ branch of geography. a. physical b. regional c. spatial d. natural e. human Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: physical Question?7 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The increasing job opportunities for an Andean farmer in Peru due to a global rise in demand for quinoa demonstrates? Select one: a. complementarity. b. time-space convergence. c. site. d. situation. e. cognitive distance. Feedback Your answer is incorrect. The correct answer is: complementarity. Question?8 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Human Geography is best described as the Select one: a. both the study of how human activity is organized in space and the relationships between people and their environment(s). b. description of the world's environments in terms of its landforms. c. location of places (capitals, rivers, countries, etc.) around the earth d. study of how human activity is organized in space. e. relationship between people and their environment(s). Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: both the study of how human activity is organized in space and the relationships between people and their environment(s). Question?9 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The utility of a specific place to live is generally measured in terms of Select one: a. housing costs. b. cost of living. c. access to things like work, school and leisure. d. quality of life. e. access to things like work, school and leisure, housing costs, quality of life, and cost of living Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: access to things like work, school and leisure, housing costs, quality of life, and cost of living Question?10 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The concept of ________ suggests that the farther one has to travel to Green Bay, WI, the less likely that person is to attend a Green Bay Packers football game. Select one: a. cognitive distance b. absolute distance c. relative distance d. distance decay e. friction of distance Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: friction of distance Question?11 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Despite great demand for fresh water in Saudi Arabia and the great availability of fresh water in Canada, spatial interdependence between the two countries is limited due to Select one: a. high transferability. b. low complementarity. c. low transferability. d. high complementarity. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: low transferability. Question?12 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The best example of cascade (or hierarchical) diffusion is the spread of Select one: a. a rumor across campus. b. a disease from one side of a country to the other. c. an agricultural innovation across a farming region. d. fashion across the world's major urban centers. Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: fashion across the world's major urban centers. Question?13 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text The dependence of Minneapolis on vegetables from Florida, New York City on energy from Quebec, California on immigrant labor from Mexico, and Colorado on tourists from New York City demonstrates the interdependence of a. projection b. place c. latitude d. site e. situation Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: place Question?14 Correct 1.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Complementarity is the result of several factors, including a. division of labor b. physical environments, specialization and economies of scale, resource endowments, and division of labor. c. physical environments d. specialization and economics of scale e. resource endowments Feedback Your answer is correct. The correct answer is: physical environments, specialization and economies of scale, resource endowments, and division of labor. Question?15 Incorrect 0.00 points out of 1.00 Flag question Question text Based on all the songs and stories written about it, the Mississippi River carries a strong ________ for both those who have lived on it and those who have not. a. social construction b. mental map c. geographical imagination d. sense of place
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