Human Geography Chapter 2 Quiz

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Question 1:

What are some of the methods used in qualitative approaches?
a) Ethnography
b) Participant-observation
c) Sampling
d) Both b and c.
e) Both A and b.

Question 2:

What are some methods used in quantitative approaches?
a) Questionnaires
b) Fieldwork
c) Model development
d) Both a and c.
e) Both b and c.

Question 3:

Space, location, place, region, distance, scale, diffusion, perception, development, discourse, and globalization are ________ to human geographers.
a) key concepts
b) philosophical constructs
c) techniques of analysis
d) methods

Question 4:

Empiricism, positivism, humanism, and Marxism are ________ to human geographers.
a) key concepts
b) philosophical constructs
c) techniques of analysis
d) methods

Question 5:

Positivism ________.
a) is the scientific method
b) employs hypotheses, theories and facts
c) is typically rejected by Marxist and humanist scholars
d) All of the above.

Question 6:

An isopleth map depicts ________.
a) data using tonal shadings proportional to the density of phenomena in the defined aerial units
b) lines that link points having the same value
c) a scale of 1:250,000
d) a Robinson projection

Question 7:

The Mercator projection ________.
a) exaggerates high-latitude land masses
b) depicts all regions in correct relative size
c) compresses high-latitude regions
d) is an equal-area projection

Question 8:

Which is the most accurate global map projection?
a) Robinson projection
b) Mercator projection
c) Mollweide projection
d) None of the projections are perfect, all have some form of distortion.

Question 9:

Some advances in remote sensing include ________.
a) the use of telescopes
b) visual recording devices
c) electromagnetic radiation for data transfer
d) the use of satellites
e) All of the above.

Question 10:

A geographic information system (GIS) ________.
a) is a tool which stores, displays, analyses, and maps spatially referenced data
b) uses vectors to represent spatial data
c) describes the location of points, lines and areas
d) All of the above.

Question 11:

Humanistic geographers can make use of the following forms of data:
a) popular music
b) cartoons
c) correlation tests
d) Both b and c.
e) Both a and b.

Question 12:

Humanist geographers study ________.
a) people’s capacity to feel, think and act in different places
b) the relations of production
c) a concern for a rapidly increasing connectedness between people and places globally
d) the spatial grouping of humans or human activities

Question 13:

Human geographers relate ideas of power using ________.
a) Marxist social theory
b) quantitative methods
c) the concept of ‘discourse’
d) Both a and c.
e) Both a and c.

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