Unit 01 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

Question 1:

The term 'geography' was coined by:
a) Aristotle
b) von Humboldt
c) Eratosthenes
d) Davis
e) Geographicus

Question 2:

Which of the following is not a field of human geography?
a) cultural geography
b) physical geography
c) historical geography
d) economic geography
e) urban geography

Question 3:

Which of the following is not part of biogeography?
a) geomorphology
b) ecology
c) phytogeography
d) zoogeography
e) plant geography

Question 4:

Pedology is most closely related to:
a) marine geography
b) phytogeography
c) climatology
d) geomorphology
e) soil geography

Question 5:

Geomorphology is most closely related to the cognate discipline of:
a) hydrology
b) pedology
c) geology
d) ecology
e) meteorology

Question 6:

Which of the following is not an open system?
a) a completely self contained system
b) one that allows energy and matter to cross its boundaries
c) a system that contains more than two subsystems
d) one in which negative feedback occurs
e) a city

Question 7:

The geography of flora is largely concerned with:
a) vegetation
b) animals
c) wildlife
d) soils
e) zoogeography

Question 8:

The word 'spatial' refers only to terrestrial space.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

Climatology lies at the intersection of physical geography and meteorology.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

Phytogeography lies at the intersection of biogeography and zoogeography.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

A negative feedback mechanism operates to keep a system in its original condition.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

A model can never be an abstraction of the real world.
a) True
b) False

Question 13:

A closed system is difficult to find on or near Earth's surface.
a) True
b) False

Question 14:

The science that studies soils is called:
a) zoology
b) zoogeography
c) conservation
d) pedology
e) phytology

Question 15:

Wallace's Line is an important concept in the field known as:
a) phytogeography
b) plant science
c) pedology
d) sustainable development
e) zoogeography

Question 16:

The geography of plants and animals is:
a) biogeography
b) zoogeography
c) pedology
d) phytogeography
e) photosynthesis

Question 17:

The river most closely associated with the TVA is the:
a) Amazon
b) Mississippi
c) Tennessee
d) Thames
e) Tigris

Question 18:

Which government initiated the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration?
a) Jean Chretien
b) Paul Martin
c) R.B. Bennett
d) Mackenzie King
e) Kim Campbell

Question 19:

Biodiversity is heavily concerned with the number of species residing in a given area.
a) True
b) False

Question 20:

Phytogeography is concerned with plants and flora in general.
a) True
b) False

Question 21:

The TVA was created just after the Civil War.
a) True
b) False

Question 22:

Less than one million of Earth's 30 million species have been identified and classified.
a) True
b) False

Question 23:

Soils represent the interface between the lithosphere and hydrosphere
a) True
b) False

Question 24:

Alexander von Humboldt was a pioneer in identifying faunal regions near Australia.
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

Physical Geography: The Global Environment, Canadian Edition - Unit 01