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40 Cards in this Set
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Generally, what is considered extreme is often a matter of ___ viewpoint:
a. ethnocentric b. educational c. socioeconomic d. ethnoelastic |
a. ethnocentric
(p. 423) |
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To a resident of any climate, what is extreme is something ___:
a. experienced b. not experienced c. known d. not known |
b. not experienced
(p. 423) |
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Which of the following is criteria is agreed constitutes the classification as a desert:
a. 2 inches of rainfall annually b. 10 inches of rainfall annually c. 15 inches of rainfall annually d. no agreement |
d. no agreement
(p.424) |
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Which of the following is not given as a variable used to determine the climates of a desert:
a. latitude b. elevation c. longitude d. topography |
c. longitude
(p. 424) |
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___ is the tendency of many formerly productive lands to turn into deserts
a. desertification b. salinization b. aridificatoin c. illumination |
a. desertification
(p. 425) |
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___ is the the result of salt deposits left on the land surface after water has evaporated:
a. desertification b. salinization b. aridificatoin c. illumination |
b. salinization
(p. 425) |
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__ problems can be juxtaposed against those of ___:
a.arid lands; deserts b. costal regions; cold regions c. arid lands; cold regions d. costal regions; deserts |
c. arid lands; cold regions
(p. 425) |
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__, a western temperature-climate architecture, serve to collect heat from the sun and act as radiators:
a. radiators b. wood doors c. Venetian blinds d. cloth screens |
c. Venetian blinds
(p. 426) |
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A white, loose-fitting garment worn by Arabs is called a:
a. agaal b. kama c. gutra d. thobe |
d. thobe
(p. 426) |
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The head garment worn by Arabs is called a:
a. agaal b. kama c. gutra d. thobe |
c. gutra
(p. 426) |
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Arab head garments are kept in place by a:
a. agaal b. kama c. gutra d. thobe |
a. agaal
(p. 426) |
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Western Arabs have a ___ gutra where eastern Arabs have a ___ gutra:
a. checked; white b. white; checked c. spotted; black d. black; spotted |
b. white; checked
(p. 427) |
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__ is a prime example of a community designed specifically for deserts:
a. Shade Gap b. Shame Gap c. Shay Gap d. Swade Gap |
c. Shay Gap
(p. 427) |
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Lawrence Howroyd found the concept of the ___ was both a physical and psychological barrier:
a. medieval village b. medieval streams c. medieval crops d. medieval wall |
d. medieval wall
(p. 427) |
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Due to Howroyd, Shay Gap was placed in a location sheltered by ___ on three sides:
a. hills b. walls c. trees d. streams |
a. hills
(p. 427) |
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___ placed close to each other multiply shade:
a. trees b. houses c. walls d. obese people |
b. houses
(p. 427) |
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The study of Shay Gap is an example of a:
a. PDR b. dumb luck c. POE d. careful planning |
c. POE
(p. 428) |
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Shay Gap prohibited which of the following:
a. large families b. bicycles c. small families d. cars |
d. cars
(p. 429) |
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The ___ was a success as the behavioral focal point of Shay Gap:
a. shopping center b. social club c. movie theater d. visitor center |
a. shopping center
(p. 429) |
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The ___ was the place for the most recreation in Shay Gap:
a. shopping center b. social club c. movie theater d. visitor center |
b. social club
(p. 429) |
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The off-white interiors were designed by Howroyd in Shay Gap to provide for the maximum ___:
a. individual expression b. central cooling c. social cohesiveness d. central heating |
a. individual expression
(p. 429) |
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Howroyd realized that ___ families would need and ___ environment that would not clash with a wide range of colors and objects:
a. miners; exterior b. miners; interior c. farmers; exterior d. farmers; interior |
b. miners; interior
(p. 429) |
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The Arctic is defined as all areas lying above the __ (lat. 66 deg 33 min):
a. Arctic Sphere b. Arctic Globe c. Arctic Circle d. Arctic Crescent |
c. Arctic Circle
(p. 429) |
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Most of the Arctic is actually the permanent frozen ___:
a. Atlantic Ocean b. Indian Ocean c. Pacific Ocean d. Arctic Ocean |
d. Arctic Ocean
(p. 429) |
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above the Arctic circle the ___ does not appear over the horizon in midwinter:
a. sun b. moon c. stars d. people |
a. sun
(p. 429) |
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___ is where the mean temperature of the warmest month does not exceed 50 deg F:
a. Arctic climate b. polar climate c. frozen climate d. tundra climate |
b. polar climate
(p. 429) |
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one of the ways to tell is 50 deg F or below is to open the door and ___:
a. throw water out b. crack an egg c. spit d. light a match |
c. spit
(p. 431) |
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___ is the only substance that will not frost up from breathing:
a. bear hide b. rabbit hide c. dog hide d. wolf hide |
d. wolf hide
(p. 431) |
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___ are specifically made boots filled with air as insulation and they must be deflated for air travel:
a. 'rabbit' boots b. 'bear' boots c. 'wolf' boots d. 'dog' boots |
a. 'rabbit' boots
(p. 431) |
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___ will peel paint of logs just from the force of moisture passing through:
a. hydromorphic pressure b. hydrostatic pressure c. hydrosomic pressure d. hydrophilic pressure |
b. hydrostatic pressure
(p. 431) |
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The __ in the heating system is critical, if it goes out, plumber estimate about ___ minutes before the place becomes uninhabitable:
a. water pump; 45 b. heater; 45 c. water pump; 15 d. heater; 15 |
a. water pump; 45
(p. 431) |
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Cars in cold regions must be fitted with a(n) ___ around the battery:
a. special hydraulic fluid b. electric blanket c. special heating gel d. nothing extra |
b. electric blanket
(p. 431) |
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Finding a vacant __ to plug into is more vital then finding a place to park in cold regions:
a. space b. outlet c. head bolt d. charger |
c. head bolt
(p. 431) |
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Human flesh freezes in ___ seconds in a ___ mile-and-hour wing at ___ deg below zero:
a. 0 b. 10 c. 20 d. 30 |
d. 30
(p. 431) |
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___ is condensed human (and animal) breath:
a. ice fog b. breath fog c. vapor fog d. frost fog |
a. ice fog
(p. 432) |
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A lack of sunlight produces a particular type of depressions called:
a. M.A.D.D. b. S.A.D. c. D.A.M. d. G.A.D. |
b. S.A.D.
(p. 432) |
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___ refers to the age of buildings. type and number of buildings and other such factors:
a. physical state b. fluid state c. physical plant d. fluid plant |
c. physical plant
(p. 433) |
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The most important factor of a cold region home is the a design that allows ___ and ___ without constant interference:
a. adults, environment b. children, environment c. family, environment d. children, adults |
d. children, adults
(p. 439) |
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The bane of the north is:
a. housewife syndrome b. frostbite c. dead cars d. water pipe failure |
a. housewife syndrome
(p. 441) |
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Women without jobs spend ___ out of 24 in the house compared with their husbands:
a. 15hrs 45min b. 20hrs 30min c. 23hrs 45min d. 5hrs 10min |
b. 20hrs 30min
(p. 441) |
