Week 2: Physical Geography Main Concepts Quiz

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What is the main focus of geography according to the text?

  • Understanding the sights, sounds, and smells of different places (correct)
  • Exploring the use of physical aspects to modify environments
  • Studying Earth's physical processes
  • Analyzing human behavior

Which best describes physical geography?

  • Analysis of how people create environmental problems
  • Focus on human impact on environmental processes
  • Study of Earth's physical processes without considering human impact (correct)
  • Study of landscapes and regions created by humans

What does the term 'cultural landscape' refer to?

  • Only features designed intentionally by humans
  • Natural features unaffected by human interaction
  • Combination of human and natural features in a landscape (correct)
  • Features evolving unintentionally from human interactions

Why do most geographers specialize in subdisciplines?

<p>To cooperate in analyzing spatial distributions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do maps include to help explain spatial relationships?

<p>Legend and map scale (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How are regions useful in geography?

<p>Regions help break up the world into manageable units (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is responsible for influencing major Earth features?

<p>Landforms and plate tectonics (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to an area of low rainfall on the drier side of a mountain range?

<p>Rain Shadow (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In human geography, what does HDI (Human Development Index) measure?

<p>Per capita income, life expectancy, and education (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of economy includes economic activities that are not reported to the government as taxable income?

<p>Informal Economy (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of Political Ecology?

<p>Studying interactions among development, politics, human well-being, and the environment (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Sustainable Development aim to achieve?

<p>Improving current living standards without jeopardizing those of future generations (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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