Package Title: Testbank
Course Title: de Blij, Regions 15e
Chapter Number: 00

Question Type: Multiple Choice

1) The area that surrounds and is served by a city is known as its:

a) periphery
b) formal region
c) hinterland
d) core
e) relative location

Answer: d

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Reference: Regions within Realms

2) In regional geography, relative location:

a) is more meaningful and practical than absolute location
b) refers to the latitude of a place
c) refers to the longitudinal position of a point on the Earth's surface
d) a and b above
e) all of the above

Answer: a

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Reference: Regions within Realms 

3) A functional region:

a) is defined on the basis of some variable, such as the area where corn is grown
b) is exemplified by a city and its hinterland
c) is also known as a formal region
d) has a transition zone at its center
e) is the same as a homogeneous region

Answer: b

Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Reference: Regions within realms 

4) Which of the following statements is incorrect?

a) Regions marked by internal homogeneity are classified as formal regions.
b) Regions conceptualized as “spatial systems” are collectively identified as functional regions.
c) A country likely constitutes a formal political region because within its boundaries certain conditions of nationality, law, and political tradition prevail.
d) Functional regions are generally more static and immobile than formal regions.
e) Functional regions have a core and a periphery.

Answer: d

Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Reference: Regions within Realms 

5) The difference between formal and functional regions is:

a) the nature of the unifying properties: static homogeneity vs. functional cohesion
b) the area involved: formal areas are very large, while functional areas are smaller
c) the formal region is urban in nature, the functional region is rural
d) the age of the regions: the functional region is normally much older than the formal region
e) the formal region characterizes the non-Western world, the functional region is typically European or North American

Answer: a

Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Reference: Regions within Realms

6) All regions possess all of the following except:

a) location
b) area
c) homogeneity
d) boundaries
e) regions possess all of the above

Answer: c

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the defining criteria for geographic realms and regions.
Section Reference: Regions within Realms 

7) Wegener's supercontinent is known as:

a) Tectonica
b) Atlantis
c) Eurasia
d) Pangaea
e) Wegneria

Answer: d

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

8) Water covers about _____ percent of the Earth's surface.

a) 5
b) 10
c) 50
d) 70
e) 85

Answer: d

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

9) The process by which a tectonic plate consisting of less heavy rock rides up over a heavier plate is known as:

a) subduction
b) reduction 
c) volcanism
d) continental drifting
e) physiographic collision

Answer: a

Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

10) The current interglacial period is known as the:

a) Wisconsinan
b) Wegenerian
c) Pleistocene
d) Global Warmup
e) Holocene

Answer: e

Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

11) Which water body is surrounded by a geologically-active Ring of Fire:

a) the Great Lakes
b) Arctic Ocean
c) Atlantic Ocean
d) Pacific Ocean
e) the Gulf of Mexico

Answer: d

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

12) Which of the following statements is true?

a) Desertification occurs only on the Eurasian landmass.
b) Deserts are mainly found on the eastern sides of the continents.
c) Rainfall is least dependable in the drier portions of the world.
d) Wegener derived the theory of climatic regions.
e) None of the above.

Answer: c

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

13) Which of the following statements about the A climates is incorrect?

a) They are referred to as humid equatorial climates.
b) They are characterized by heavy precipitation and high year-round temperatures.
c) In the Af climate, precipitation rates increase suddenly due to the arrival of the monsoons.
d) The Aw subtype is identified as savanna.
e) They include monsoon climates.

Answer: c

Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

14) Rainfall patterns in humid tropical (A) climates are characterized by all except:

a) substantial precipitation every month, year-round, in the Af (rainforest) subtype
b) a sudden increase in rainfall resulting from the arrival of the monsoon in the Am (monsoon) subtype
c) a “double maximum” sometimes involving “long rains” and “short rains” in the savanna (Aw) subtype
d) the specter of hunger in savanna areas because of comparatively infertile soils and unreliable seasonal precipitation
e) principally nighttime rainfall in rainforest (Af) areas

Answer: e

Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

15) Savanna environments belong to the general climate type known as:

a) dry
b) humid cold
c) humid temperate
d) humid equatorial
e) polar

Answer: d

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

16) The Mediterranean climate is classified under which of the following Köppen-Geiger letters?

a) B
b) H
c) Med
d) C
e) A

Answer: d

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

17) Which of the following statements about B climates is incorrect?

a) B climates only occur in the low latitudes.
b) B climates may be divided into BW (true desert) and BS (semiarid steppe) subtypes.
c) A pervasive characteristic of the world's dry areas is a large daily temperature range.
d) An example of an area exhibiting the BW climate type is the central Sahara.
e) B climates occur in Australia.

Answer: a

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

18) Which of the following statements about D climates is incorrect?

a) They are sometimes referred to as “snow climates.”
b) They are most frequently found within the interior of large landmasses.
c) D climates are more common in the Southern Hemisphere than the Northern Hemisphere.
d) Some highly productive soils are found in areas with D climates.
e) Parts of the northeastern United States possess a D climate.

Answer: c

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

19) The prevailing mid-latitude climatic type in the southeastern United States, western Europe, southern Brazil and northern Argentina, and eastern China is the:

a) humid cold
b) semiarid moderate
c) humid temperate
d) dry winter tundra
e) dry summer savanna

Answer: c

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

20) Which of the following major rivers is not associated with one of the world's great population clusters?

a) Mississippi
b) Huang He (Yellow)
c) Rhine
d) Ganges
e) Chang Jiang (Yangzi)

Answer: a

Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Reference: Realms of Population

21) This population cluster lies centered on China and includes the Pacific-facing Asian coastal
zone from the Korean Peninsula to Vietnam.

a) South Asia
b) Europe 
c) East Asia 
d) North America 
e) South America 

Answer: c

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Reference: Realms of Population

22) The large cluster of population in the northeastern United States is known as:

a) the urban heartland
b) Megalopolis
c) the world-region
d) the global core
e) Greater New York

Answer: b

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Reference: Realms of Population

23) Which country is not located within one of the world's three largest population clusters:

a) Japan
b) the United States
c) Pakistan
d) France
e) China

Answer: b

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Reference: Realms of Population

24) The most widely distributed language family does not include:

a) Persian
b) Hindi
c) Mandarin
d) English
e) Spanish

Answer: c

Difficulty: Easy 
Learning Objective: Explain the concept of cultural landscape.
Section Reference: Realms of Culture 

25) Which of the following statements concerning the world's most widely distributed language family is incorrect?

a) It is known as Indo-European.
b) It includes English.
c) It prevails throughout the Americas.
d) Its many languages are mutually understandable.
e) Its current geographic extent is the result of colonialism.

Answer: d

Difficulty: Hard
Learning Objective: Explain the concept of cultural landscape.
Section Reference: Realms of Culture 

26) A bridge language of national politics, commerce, and trade is known as a(n):

a) Extinct language.
b) Lingua franca.
c) Indo-European dialect.
d) Regional speech disparity.
e) Language family.

Answer: b

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Explain the concept of cultural landscape.
Section Reference: Realms of Culture 

27) Which statement below best characterizes the concept of culture?

a) A civilized pattern of behavior, dominated by appreciation of serious music and good food.
b) Learned patterns of thought and behavior characteristic of a population or society.
c) An expression of the artistic qualities in a nation, such as painting and other fine arts.
d) It plays no role in shaping the human landscape.
e) It is strongly shaped by the natural environment.

Answer: b

Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: Explain the concept of cultural landscape.
Section Reference: Realms of Culture 

28) The downtown of an American city, which is usually characterized by a square-grid layout, is called the:

a) Core-periphery interface
b) Urban townscape
c) Central business district
d) Hinterland
e) Functional region

Answer: c

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Explain the concept of cultural landscape.
Section Reference: Realms of Culture 

29) States first began to develop:

a) In areas where cities could begin to command their hinterlands
b) In open areas between empires
c) In prehistoric East Africa
d) After the colonial era ended in the 1950's
e) In areas where boundaries had already been drawn by royal decree

Answer: a

Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of state.
Section Reference: A World of States 

30) The European state model includes all of the following except:

a) A population governed from a capital city
b) A clearly and legally defined territory
c) A representative government
d) A very low level of urbanization
e) It prevails in the aftermath of the collapse of colonial empires

Answer: d

Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of state.
Section Reference: A World of States 

31) The World Bank ranks countries within four groups. Which of the following is not one of those groups?

a) High-income countries
b) Upper-middle income countries
c) Lower-middle income countries
d) Middle-income countries
e) Low-income countries

Answer: d

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Reference: Geographies of Development

32) The core areas of the world:

a) Include areas located only in the Northern Hemisphere
b) Include areas located only in Europe and North America
c) Are constituted by countries that do not contain areas of underdevelopment
d) Include most of the countries of East Asia
e) Constitute the area where the richer countries are clustered

Answer: e

Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Reference: Geographies of Development

33) An index of regional disparity would be useful for examining:

a) Economic differences between different regions of a country
b) Political differences between functional and formal regions
c) Temperature differences between core and periphery
d) Similarities among African and Asian countries
e) Differences between the Western and Eastern Hemispheres

Answer: a

Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Reference: Geographies of Development

34) Which of the following is not an example of globalization?

a) McDonald's opening in France
b) NAFTA
c) The expanding use of English
d) Japanese cars being made in Thailand
e) Tariffs imposed on automobiles

Answer: e

Difficulty: Moderate
Learning Objective: Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Reference: Geographies of Development

35) The gradual reduction of regional contrasts resulting from increasing cultural, economic, political and other types of exchanges is known as:

a) Regional disparity
b) Regional equalization
c) Core-periphery widening
d) The European trade model
e) Globalization

Answer: e

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Reference: Geographies of Development

36) Which of the following is a systematic subfield of geography?

a) Regional geography
b) Cartography
c) Geographic Information Science
d) Urban geography
e) Geology

Answer: d

Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Illustrate how the global state boundary framework relates to the realms and regions discussed in this book.
Section Reference: Realms and Regions: The Structure of this book 

Question Type: True/False

37) Geography is concerned with providing a spatial perspective on the world.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Analyze geography’s spatial perspective as it applies to human activity.
Section Reference: Geography’s Perspectives

38) A classification system is known as a taxonomy.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Define what makes up a geographic realm and explain why they form the building blocks of world regional study.
Section Reference: World Geographic Realms

39) Transition zones mark the places where geographic realms meet.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Define what makes up a geographic realm and explain why they form the building blocks of world regional study.
Section Reference: World Geographic Realms

40) A region marked by homogeneity is known as a functional region.

Answer: False

Learning Objective: Define what makes up a geographic realm and explain why they form the building blocks of world regional study.
Section Reference: World Geographic Realms

41) Besides location, a region must also have area.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Define what makes up a geographic realm and explain why they form the building blocks of world regional study.
Section Reference: World Geographic Realms

42) A region need not possess the geographic property of location.

Answer: False

Learning Objective: Define what makes up a geographic realm and explain why they form the building blocks of world regional study.
Section Reference: World Geographic Realms

43) Relative location has far less relevance in human geography than absolute location.

Answer: False

Learning Objective: Define what makes up a geographic realm and explain why they form the building blocks of world regional study.
Section Reference: World Geographic Realms

44) Wladimir Koppen developed the hypothesis of continental drift.

Answer: False

Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

45) Pangaea is the name of Wegener's supercontinent.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

46) Deserts are mainly found on the eastern sides of the continents.

Answer: False

Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

47) The D climates are humid cold climates.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

48) More than 70 percent of the Earth's surface is ocean.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

49) In the Köppen-Geiger scheme, the world's drier climates are largely grouped under the letter A.

Answer: False

Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

50) In general, the eastern coasts of continents in tropical and mid-latitude zones receive relatively high precipitation.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

51) Highland (H) climates closely resemble the cold polar (E) climates.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

52) Megalopolis is a multi-metropolitan agglomeration in the northeastern United States.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Reference: Realms of Population

53) The world's population is now more than 3.8 billion in total size, and is expected to surpass 4 billion by the year 2010.

Answer: False

Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Reference: Realms of Population

54) Southeast Asia does not rank among the world's four largest population clusters.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Reference: Realms of Population

55) The great majority of the people of East Asia are concentrated in cities, particularly very large ones like Beijing (Peking) and Shanghai.

Answer: False

Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Reference: Realms of Population

56) The three largest population clusters in the world today all lie on a single landmass: Eurasia.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Reference: Realms of Population

57) More than 60 percent of the world's population now resides in urban areas.

Answer: False

Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Reference: Realms of Population

58) Culture is totally genetically predetermined; it is completely instinctive.

Answer: False

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of cultural landscape.
Section Reference: Realms of Culture

59) Carl O. Sauer developed a school of cultural geography that had the concept of cultural landscape as its focus.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of cultural landscape.
Section Reference: Realms of Culture

60) A cultural landscape consists of a composite of human imprints on the surface of the Earth.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of cultural landscape.
Section Reference: Realms of Culture

61) The European state model has gained ground in the aftermath of the collapsed colonial and communist empires.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of state.
Section Reference: A World of States

62) A state constitutes a political region.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of state.
Section Reference: A World of States

63) The gap between advantaged and disadvantaged states in the world is growing.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Reference: Geographies of Development

64) Colonies were places from which European powers obtained raw materials and to which they sold finished products.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Reference: Geographies of Development

65) The concept of development is used to gauge a state’s economic, social, and institutional growth.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Reference: Geographies of Development

66) Economic globalization is guided by a host of different organizations, one of which is the World Trade Organization.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Reference: Geographies of Development

67) The goal of the World Trade Organization is to lower all remaining trade barriers.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Reference: Geographies of Development

68) The first “globalization revolution” was triggered by Europe.

Answer: True

Learning Objective: Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Reference: Geographies of Development

Question Type: Fill-in-the-Blank

69) The ratio of distance on a map to actual ground distance is known as that map's ______.

Answer: Scale

Learning Objective: Analyze geography’s spatial perspective as it applies to human activity.
Section Reference: Geography’s Perspective 

70) Desert and steppe climates belong to the Köppen-Geiger climate type identified by the letter ______.

Answer: B

Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

71) The world's population is approximately _____ billion in size.

Answer: 6.7

Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Reference: Realms of Population

72). The second biggest country in population size is ___.

Answer: India

Learning Objective: Discuss the spatial dimensions of economic development and the World Bank’s global classification scheme.
Section Reference: Geographies of Development

73) The urbanized northeastern seaboard of the United States is known as ______.

Answer: Megalopolis

Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Reference: Realms of Population

74) ________ geography focuses on the discipline's topical fields of study.

Answer: Systematic

Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

75) The most recent glaciation to affect North America is named after the U.S. State of ______.

Answer: Wisconsin

Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

76) A clearly and legally defined territory, such as India or France, governed from a capital city is known as a ________.

Answer: state

Learning Objective: Explain the meaning of state.
Section Reference: A World of States 

77) ________ are massive slabs of rock which move on the earth's surface, colliding with one another and generating earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Answer: tectonic plates

Learning Objective: Identify the major elements of the natural environment and their general geographic characteristics.
Section Reference: The Physical Setting

78) Population ________ describes the number of people located in a given unit area.

Answer: density

Learning Objective: Name and locate the three largest world population clusters.
Section Reference: Realms of Population