Jeopardy Basic ICulture Landscapes & Regions Maps Basics II Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Basic Geo. When you learn about the evolving landscape and spatial organization of the earth’s surface, what discipline are you learning?

$100 Answer from Basic Geo. The discipline of Geography

$200 Question from Basic Geo. What is the name of the area of the U.S. that is experiencing rapid population growth through both emigration and immigration?

$200 Answer from Basic Geo. The Sun Belt

$300 Question from Basic Geo. What is the name of the area of the U.S. that is experiencing rapid population decline due to the closing/moving of factories overseas?

$300 Answer from Basic Geo. The Rustbelt

$400 Question from Basic Geo. Software that contains digitized place-specific information is called what?

$400 Answer from Basic Geo. Geographic Information Systems or GIS

$500 Question from Basic Geo When we talk about the arrangement and organization of things on the surface of the earth what approach are we referring to?

$500 Answer from Basic Geo. The Spatial approach or idea.

$100 Question from Culture The study of how cultures change over time is called what?

$100 Answer from Culture Cultural Geography

$200 Question from Culture Cultural geographers identify a group of places practicing a particular trait such as the practice of Islam as a:

$200 Answer from Culture Culture Region

$300 Question from Culture The fact that trends in popular culture (e.g. fashion) proceed from large global centers (Milan, Paris, New York) through a series of progressively smaller cities is an example of what type of diffusion?

$300 Answer from Culture Hierarchical Diffusion

$400 Question from Culture With Distance Decay, the likelihood of diffusion _________________ as time and distance from the hearth ________________.

$400 Answer from Culture Decreases, Increases

$500 Question from Culture The spread of the flu (influenza) to the extent where nearly all adjacent communities are affected is an example of what type of diffusion?

$500 Answer from Culture Contagious Diffusion

$100 Question from Landscapes & Regions Ideas in our minds, based on accumulated knowledge about a place is called what type of region?

$100 Answer from Landscapes & Regions Perceptual Region

$200 Question from Landscapes & Regions The notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape is called what?

$200 Answer from Landscapes & Regions Sequent Occupance

$300 Question from Landscapes & Regions _________________ refers to the infusing of a locality with meaning and emotion.

$300 Answer from Landscapes & Regions Sense of Place

$400 Question from Landscapes & Regions Which of the following sets of maps would help explain how scale of inquiry affects truth? A. Maps showing the area of France before and after surveying B. Maps of Hudson Bay drawn by Native Americans and by the earliest Europeans C. Maps showing Michigan’s religious distribution by counties and the United States religious distribution by state D. Maps showing the number of auto thefts per block in Seattle in the decades before and after the Depression E. Maps of gang graffiti in Pittsburgh

$400 Answer from Landscapes & Regions C. Maps showing Michigan’s religious distribution by counties and the United States religious distribution by state

$500 Question from Landscapes & Regions In terms of popular culture, cities like Paris, New York, and Milan are referred to as what?

$500 Answer from Landscapes & Regions Hearths

$100 Question from Maps The map above shows what kind of projection?

$100 Answer from Maps Mercator Projection

$200 Question from Maps The Map Projection that has the least distortion in this group is: A. Robinson B. Mercator C. Polar D. Nevers accu-globe E. Interrupted

$200 Answer from Maps Robinson Projection

$300 Question from Maps Which one of the following correctly lists the four main properties of maps? A. area, direction, latitude, longitude B. equivalence, shape, latitude, longitude C. conformality, equivalence, direction, symbols D. shape, area, distance, direction E. region, site, confluence, location

$300 Answer from Maps D. shape, area, distance, direction

$400 Question from Maps The map projection that has the highest degree of distortion at the poles is the: A. Polar B. Mercator C. Homosoline D. Interrupted E. Robinson

$400 Answer from Maps B. Mercator

$500 Question from Maps Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about the Polar Projection: A. it exaggerates the shape of areas south of the equator B. it shows parallels of latitude as concentric circles’ C. it is the most useful map for airplane navigation D. the shortest distance between two points E. it is a relatively new projection

$500 Answer from Maps A. it exaggerates the shape of areas south of the equator

$100 Question from Basics II What does map scale define?

$100 Answer from Basics II relationship between the size of an earth feature and its size on the map.

$200 Question from Basics II What is GIS (geographic information systems)?

$200 Answer from Basics II It is software that contains digitized place-specific information.

$300 Question from Basics II Geography as a discipline: A. originated in ancient Greek interest in the physical structure of the earth. B. developed as an outgrowth of the "Age of Discovery" beginning in the 15th century. C. developed out of a tradition of cave painting and story telling. D. was developed in response to a national need to map and describe the American West. E. only became a serious study when it was organized by German professors

$300 Answer from Basics II A. originated in ancient Greek interest in the physical structure of the earth.

$400 Question from Basics II A drawn to scale map of Potomac Mills mall would be a: A. large scale map B. small scale map C. mental map D. activity chart E. scale less chart

$400 Answer from Basics II A. large scale map

$500 Question from Basics II The notion that cultural factors are the product of environmental conditions (e.g. the ancient Greek idea that Europeans were fierce and brutish because of the cold climate), is an example of: A. environmental prejudice B. modern environmental psychology C. environmental determinism D. environmental possibilism E. cultural landscape

$500 Answer from Basics II C. environmental determinism

Final Jeopardy Geographers define space and location in both absolute and relative measures. A. Define absolute location and include in your definition, TWO tools that one might use to determine absolute location. B. Define relative location and explain why the human use of relative location is much more common than that of absolute location.

Final Jeopardy Answer A.Exact location of a place on the earth using either a street address or latitude/longitude (coordinates) Two tools include: a compass, atlas/globe, GPS, map B. Relative location is describing a location/place in terms of it’s relation to other features such as landmarks. Relative location is much more common and easier to use than Absolute location. No tools are needed to give the relative location of a place. It involves using your mental mapping/cognitive skills.