Thinking Geographically

Question 1

A physical geographer would most likely study all of the following subjects except __________.

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political systems

Question 2

What is the difference between perception and perspective?

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Perception is how you perceive and understand the world; perspective is the way you look at something.

Question 3

Which of the following is not an example of a study within human geography?

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landforms and natural environments

Question 4

Geographers use two key questions every day. When using these two key questions to study the migration of birds, a geographer would ask "where are the birds going?" and "__________?"

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why are they going there

Question 5

Analyze the image below and answer the question that follows. Image courtesy of NASA Geographers studying the effects of climate change might look at the issue on a small __________ by studying how it affects the brush fires in Australia, shown in the image above.

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scale

Question 6

A human geographer would most likely study __________.

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the housing styles of the Baka people of the Congo

Question 7

Cartography is the art of designing __________.

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maps

Question 8

The particular animals of a given geographic region are called its __________.

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fauna

Question 9

A meteorologist __________.

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analyzes weather patterns and predicts weather events

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