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1

The tradition of geography which allows for the simplest and most easily delimited regions is:
A)earth-science
B)culture-environment
C)locational
D)area-analysis
2

An example of a functional region is:
A)a boreal forest
B)the Delmarva Peninsula
C)a newspaper circulation area
D)a vernal pool
3

Which of the following statements with respect to regions is incorrect?
A)All formal regions are functional regions as well.
B)All regions have some type of boundary.
C)Regions have a spatial component.
D)They are hierarchically arranged.
4

Which type of region is usually used as a planning tool?
A)climate
B)economic
C)landform
D)political
5

With the end of British rule on the Indian subcontinent in 1947, the countries of India and Pakistan were created based upon:
A)economic differences
B)language differences
C)race
D)religious differences
6

The most immediate feature which distinguishes the Black Hills as a separate region from the surrounding area is:
A)rainfall
B)topography
C)sandstones
D)water gap
7

The retention or creation of regionally distinctive or even externally unintelligible languages is due primarily to:
A)discrimination
B)isolation
C)regional bias
D)spatial diffusion
8

For which region is the three-dimensional component important?
A)climate
B)landform
C)natural resource
D)urban
9

Among the formal cultural regions, the most rigorously defined is the:
A)culture hearth
B)ecosystem
C)megalopolis
D)nation-state
10

The most sharply defined physical region with naturally defined boundaries is which of the following?
A)climate
B)landform
C)soil
D)vegetation
11

Continental Polar, Maritime Polar, Maritime Tropical, and Continental Tropical are designations for what type of region?
A)air mass
B)fishery
C)military special forces
D)airline service
12

The tradition of geography which recognizes and defines the widest array of regional types is the:
A)earth-science
B)culture-environment
C)locational
D)area-analysis
13

Cultural realms are best defined as:
A)informal regions
B)multifactor regions
C)nodal regions
D)single factor
14

Areal relationships to industrial concentrations are an important aspect of which region type?
A)mental
B)resource
C)religious
D)political
15

The classification of Appalachia as a distinct region by the locational tradition would define it in what terms?
A)cultural traits
B)economic activities
C)linguistic
D)physiographic
16

The name of a region emphasizes the importance of its:
A)function
B)absolute location
C)relative location
D)hierarchy
17

Functional regions are most likely to be expressed in which form?
A)ecosystem regions
B)religious regions
C)resource regions
D)urban regions
18

In any analysis of settlement, the regional patterns identified can be most closely associated with:
A)the spatial distribution of people
B)characteristics of site
C)spatial relationships to wildlife
D)census figures
19

The characteristics which define air masses as uniform regions are:
A)precipitation and humidity
B)precipitation and visibility
C)temperature and cloud type
D)temperature and humidity
20

An example of an ecosystem as a region would be:
A)Appalachia
B)Black Hills
C)Delmarva Peninsula
D)a vernal pool
21

The study of spatial relationships from the standpoint of systems analysis emphasizes:
A)the spatial dominance of the phenomenon giving definition to the region
B)the organization, structure, and functional dynamics within an area and provides for the quantification of the linkages between the things in space
C)the bringing of clarity to the seeming confusion of the observable physical and cultural features of the world we inhabit
D)that regions are spatial expressions of ideas or summaries useful to the analysis of the problem at hand
22

The largest area over which a valid generalization of attribute uniformity may be made is a:
A)functional region
B)bounded region
C)formal region
D)culture region
23

An example of a region which is independent of human influence and unaffected by time on the human scale is the:
A)language region
B)political region
C)landform region
D)ecosystem region
24

An example of a region which can be both formal and functional in nature is the:
A)city
B)air mass
C)mental region
D)language region
25

Which of the following does not qualify as a multifactor formal region?
A)air mass
B)culture realm
C)urban region
D)landform region
26

All geographers agree on the regional boundaries of the Midwest.
A)True.
B)False.
27

Geographers use the regional concept to bring order to the diversity of the earth's surface.
A)True.
B)False.
28

A region's location is seldom expressed in its name.
A)True.
B)False.
29

All regions have a spatial extent.
A)True.
B)False.
30

Regions have sharp boundaries with almost no transition zone.
A)True.
B)False.
31

The Black Hills are an example of a climatic region.
A)True.
B)False.
32

The Everglades is an example of an ecosystem region.
A)True.
B)False.
33

As evidenced in Latin America, a country's total national territory is usually the same as its effective national territory.
A)True.
B)False.
34

The Yurok World View is classified in the text as a mental region.
A)True.
B)False.
35

Appalachia can be regionalized in terms of economics and social conditions.
A)True.
B)False.





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