GEOGRAPHY 1 (HUMAN GEOGRAPHY) TERMINOLOGY REVIEW 1

Chapter 1
INSTRUCTIONS: Read and answer the following items carefully. Shade the letter of the
correct answer in your ZipGrade answer sheet.
The quiz that you are about to take is TEXT-DEPENDENT, meaning the items are constructed
based from the readings that have been provided and assigned to you. Specifically, the main text
is THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE An Introduction to HUMAN GEOGRAPHY by Rubenstein.
1. What is the definition of "Cultural 4. What does "Physiological density"
landscape"? refer to?
a. The spread of something over a given a. The relationship between the portion of
area. Earth being studied and Earth as a whole.
b. The fashioning of a natural landscape by a b. The number of people per unit of arable
cultural group. land.
c. The ratio of the number of farmers to the c. An area organized around a node or focal
total amount of land suitable for agriculture. point.
d. The total number of people divided by the d. The rapid, widespread diffusion of a
total land area. feature or trend.
2. What is the primary focus of 5. What is the purpose of the "Principal
"Environmental determinism"? meridian"?
a. The spread of a feature or trend from one a. To designate an east-west line for
key person to other persons or places. surveying townships.
b. The theory that physical environment may b. To determine the precise position of
set limits on human actions. something on Earth.
c. The process of spread of a feature or trend c. To store, organize, analyze, and display
from one place to another over time. geographic data.
d. Actions or processes that involve the d. To facilitate the surveying and numbering
entire world. of townships.
3. What is the concept of "Remote 6. Which term is defined as "The science
sensing"? of making maps"?
a. The spread of a feature or trend through a. Stimulus diffusion
bodily movement of people from one place b. Cartography
to another. c. Distribution
b. The acquisition of data about Earth’s d. Hierarchical diffusion
surface from a satellite or other long-
7. What is the significance of "Distance
distance methods.
decay"?
c. An area in which everyone shares one or
more distinctive characteristics. a. The importance of diminishing resources
d. An approach that emphasizes human- over time.
environment relationships. b. The diminishing in importance and

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disappearance of a phenomenon with b. A system that determines the precise
increasing distance. position of something on Earth.
c. The spread of an underlying principle. c. A company that conducts research,
d. The arrangement of something across operates factories, and sells products in
Earth’s surface. many countries.
d. The time based on the prime meridian.
8. What does "Pattern" refer to in
geography? 12. Which term describes "Land created
by draining water from an area"?
a. The number of people divided by the total
land area. a. Section
b. The geometric arrangement of something b. Hearth
in a study area. c. Polder
c. An east-west line designated to survey d. Site
townships.
13. What does "Vernacular region"
d. The action of making something
emphasize?
worldwide in scope.
a. The spread of something over a given
9. What is the primary characteristic of a
area.
"Functional region"?
b. An area that people believe exists as part
a. An area organized around a node or focal of their cultural identity.
point. c. The diminishing in importance and
b. A spread of feature or trend through eventual disappearance of a phenomenon.
bodily movement of people. d. The rapid, widespread diffusion of a
c. A two-dimensional representation of feature.
Earth's surface.
14. What is the role of "Globalization"?
d. An area in which everyone shares one or
more distinctive characteristics. a. The relationship between the size of an
object on a map and the actual feature on
10. What is the main function of
Earth's surface.
"Geographic information system (GIS)"?
b. The actions or processes that involve the
a. To determine the time in a specific zone. entire world.
b. To acquire data about Earth's surface from c. The spread of a feature or trend among
long-distance methods. people from one area to another.
c. To store, organize, analyze, and display d. The acquisition of data about Earth's
geographic data. surface from a satellite.
d. To fashion a natural landscape by a
15. What is the key feature of "Uneven
cultural group.
development"?
11. What is the focus of "Transnational
a. The spread of an underlying principle.
corporation"?
b. The reduction in the time it takes to
a. The increasing gap in economic diffuse something to a distant place.
conditions between core and peripheral c. The increasing gap in economic
regions. conditions between core and peripheral

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regions. 19. What is the main function of the
d. The numbering system used to indicate "Base line"?
location of meridians.
a. Determines the position of something on
16. What does "Location" refer to in Earth.
geography? b. Conducts research, operates factories, and
sells products in many countries.
a. The number of people divided by the total
c. An east-west line designated to facilitate
land area.
the surveying of townships.
b. The position of anything on Earth's
d. Records the physical character of a place.
surface.
c. The physical gap between two objects. 20. Which term is described as "A
d. A square normally 1 mile on a side. representation of Earth's surface based
on what an individual knows about a
17. What does "Global Positioning
place"?
System (GPS)" do?
a. Mental map
a. Records the total number of people.
b. Geographic information system
b. Determines the precise position of
c. Relocation diffusion
something on Earth.
d. Contagious diffusion
c. Stores and organizes geographic data.
d. Emphasizes human-environment
relationships.
18. What is the primary characteristic of
a "Formal region"?
a. Everyone shares one or more distinctive
characteristics.
b. An area organized around a focal point or
node.
c. The theory that physical environment sets
limits on human actions.
d. The rapid, widespread diffusion of a
feature or trend.

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Answer Key
1. b. The fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group.
2. b. The general laws sought by human geographers could be found in physical sciences.
3. b. The acquisition of data about Earth’s surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from
other long-distance methods.
4. b. The number of people per unit of arable land.
5. d. To facilitate the surveying and numbering of townships.
6. b. Cartography
7. b. The diminishing in importance and disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing
distance.
8. b. The geometric arrangement of something in a study area.
9. a. An area organized around a node or focal point.
10. c. To store, organize, analyze, and display geographic data.
11. c. A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many
countries.
12. c. Polder
13. b. An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.
14. b. The actions or processes that involve the entire world.
15. c. The increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions.
16. b. The position of anything on Earth's surface.
17. b. Determines the precise position of something on Earth.
18. a. Everyone shares one or more distinctive characteristics.
19. c. An east-west line designated to facilitate the surveying of townships.
20. a. Mental map

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