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1.The location tradition is the same as whose spatial tradition?
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Pattison’s
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2.What are the four factors in Location tradition
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1. Distance 2. Form 3. Direction 4. Position
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3.What is form?
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is like rivers or mountains or farms it is whatever the shape of it comes in
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4.What is direction
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Cardinal directions, over , under, down, outer space ect. Also time fits into this because it changes things.
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5.What is position
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The absolute position of where things are
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6. Who was the first geographer to to introduce the concept of space? He also said things have change over time?
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Immanuel Kant
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7. According to Getts, Getis, and Fellman, what are three other factors contributing to location tradition?
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Where-absolute and relative terms, Distribution- location pattern principles or location, and Location of one-elements effects another element.
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8.Whenever you affect one element?
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You will affect all the elements
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9.Claudius Ptolemy, Georgraphia 2nd, Century BCE, all these are connected with?
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Pattison
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10.Sailing records, distances, coastlines, landmarks are all what?
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Things Pattison recorded
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11.What is the art of mapping
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geometry
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12.Grid system and measurements is
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geometry
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13. Has the world’s highest tides, they go up 50 ft and 100 billion gallons of water are dumped into it twice a day. It is located in Canada New Brunswick and a bit of Maine?
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Bay of Fundy
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15. One factor effecting Rural land use is site characteristics, what types of things may site characteristics include?
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Soil type, fertility, drainage, sun wind, moisture, temp.
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16. A factor effecting Rural land use is Cultural Preferences and perceptions, what are some examples of this?
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Food preferences and taboos, the Anglo-Saxons didn’t recognize the richness of the “American Desert” (great plains), land management, food taboos.
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17. What are the two systems of Production?
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? Peasant (Precapitalist) and capitalist (commodified)
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18. Describe the (peasant mode) of production ?
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relatively labor intense, most people farm, small-scale production, minimal use
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.20 percent of earth’s surface 15 million people have what?
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subsistence agriculture
21. Describe Intensive subsistence agriculture? Most done by hand, very small plots of land, physiological density high (# People/acre of farmland) , mostly in rivers valleys, irrigated. |
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21.Describe Intensive subsistence agriculture?
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Most done by hand, very small plots of land, physiological density high (# People/acre of farmland) , mostly in rivers valleys, irrigated.
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22. Some problems faced by subsistence ag?
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Soil quality, rain, environmental conditions, lack of advanced tools, fertilizer, seed, cash crops sold for revenue rather than to feed people,
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23. High-yield hybrids , fertilizers, pesticides increase yield. Has only been successful in western parts of the world. Vey Expensive?
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Green Revolution
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24.Who is the leading producer of rice in the world?
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Vietnam
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25.How does Vietnam harvest their crops?
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? Either by hand or with gov help so they can have machines to help.
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26.What is rice called in Vietnam?
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White Gold
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28. In 1986 farmers were no longer allowed to what?
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Grow and sell their own crops
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27.In 1975 after the Vietnam conflict, what was established?
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Cooperative Framing called the Iron Rice Bowl
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30.The difference in net profits between two units of land?
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Economic rent
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31.wHat is the epitome of contemporary capitalist system of the food production?
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U.S Commercial Agriculture
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32. In U.S commercial farming railroads and steamships were replaced by what?
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Barges
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33. In 1900 US was a major exporter of what?
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Wheat
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34.U.S. Agriculture was dominated by what?
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A few agribusiness firms
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35.What type of production is US agriculture
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Extremely capital intensive.
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36.What percent of people are farmers?
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2 percent
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37.What part of the population is fed by commercial agriculture?
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, working outside of faring
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38.What is used in US Commercial farming?
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Machinery, fertilizers, high-yield seeds
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39.What are US commercial farms like?
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Extremely Large
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40.Who is the Agricultural superpower, exporting 20% of all food traded internationally?
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the USA
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41.What is the Law of Demand?
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When a prices increases or decreases the demand will increase or decrease.
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42.What are the types of production?
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Flexible versus Just in Time
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43.What is involved in a basic sector?
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Production Exports, importation on money
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44.What is involved in Non-Basic Sector?
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Production of local goods and services, Recirulation of money
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45.Who developed the central place theory?
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Walter Christaller
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47.What are the Dominant world cities?
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New York, London, Tokyo
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48. Washing DC Los Angeles, Chicago, Sao Paula, Singapore, Frankfurt, Brussels, Paris, are what?
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Major World Cities
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49.What does Burgess’s Concentric Model do?
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Puts them into zones such as Working Class Zone, Residential Zone, Commuter Zone.
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50.What is Burgess’s Concentric Ring Model based upon?
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Chicago’s land use in the 1920’s
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51. Colors represent low class, middle class high class of a state one example of this is Denver?
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Hoyt’s Sector Model
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52.Whose model included manufacturing and industrial suburb as well as high, medium low class?
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Harris and Ullman’s Multiple Nuclei Model
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53. This model adds shopping areas highways airports and offices?
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Peripheral (beltway) model
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54.Where are wealthy empty nesters and young professionals most likely to live?
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Near the City Center
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55.Young families live?
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Further from the city center
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56.Family status agrees with what?
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Concentric Model
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57.Social Status agrees with?
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Sector model
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58.Describe Western European Cities?
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More compact and have less area than the US, long historical tradition, developed for pedestrians, apartment dwellers.
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59. Limit city size, ensure international equality of neighborhoods, segregate land uses , uniformity of apartment building styles, and mass transit systems were all goals of what?
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Communist period planning goals
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60. Established as ports or outposts built by Europeans following their models, its layout is based upon function?
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Colonial and neo-colonial legacies
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61. Have primate cities, vibrant city centers with traffic problems?
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Urban Primacy and rapid growth
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62. 80% of new housing in the developing countries is in the informal or shantytown/squatter towns, Massive in-migrations?
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Squatter Settlements
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Removal from the primate cities?
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Planned Cities
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64. Lower portion of the atmosphere?
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Troposphere
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Upper most portion of the lithosphere?
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crust
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67.Non living energy source?
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sun
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68.Living world of plants and animals?
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ecosystem
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69.When cities obtain water from rivers lakes and ground water primarily?
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Municipal water supply
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70. Water geared towards manufacturing, like steam for generation, extraction, or cooling finished products?
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Industrial water supply
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71.Greatest consumer of water used for crop production?
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Agricultural water supply
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72.Lacustrine water?
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lakes
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groundwater?
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well water
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Desalinated water (also most expensive)
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Oceans and seas
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75.Ogallala Aquifer-US Great Plains
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Largest underground water supply in the US
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76.Results of using this water has been disastrous?
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Aral Sea-Central Asia
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77.Used for recreation?
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Damns
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78.Used to restrict flooding?
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levees
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79. Used to straitening rivers so water can be removed more quickly?
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Channelization
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80. When it rains a lot these chemicals are washed into rivers, this is a non-point sources. What type of pollution is this?
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Agricultural pollution
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81. Combination of nitrogen dioxides with hydrocarbons creates ozone?
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Photochemical smog
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82.Who wrote Nature of Geography?
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Richard Hartshorne
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