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1. |
What is the present day name of the University
William Patterson represented in the article "The Four Traditions of
Geography"? |
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2. |
Which theory is mentioned under the category of "Spatial
Tradtion"? |
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a. |
Theory of Evolution |
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b. |
Central Place Theory |
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c. |
Von Thunen Model |
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d. |
Theory of relativity |
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3. |
According to the Pattison reading, what was a common theme
of attempts to define Geography in the first half of the 20th century? |
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definintions were too narrow and singularly focused |
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b. |
they too often excluded human geography |
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c. |
they too often excluded physical geography |
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d. |
most of the definitions were not concerned with location
patterns |
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4. |
The "classic" article by Pattison was written in what year? |
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1909 |
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b. |
1959 |
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c. |
1989 |
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d. |
1964 |
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5. |
What does the word "idiographic", associated with the areal
tradtion mean? |
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a. |
of signs and symbols |
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b. |
descriptive, especially of the unique |
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of laws or general concepts |
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d. |
it’s the same as 'nomothetic' |
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One of Pattison's traditions, found Geographers trying to
explain to rise and fall of Empires based on environmental causes. Which
of the traditions included this type of Geography? |
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a. |
Spatial Tradition |
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b. |
Area-Studies |
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Man-Land |
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d. |
Earth Science |
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7. |
Pattison suggests that the reaction to the environmentalism
movement was found among those who saw humans as: |
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cultural historians |
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modifiers of the earth |
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helpless victims of the earth's wrath |
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d. |
all of these |
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Of the four traditions, only one tradition has a "sujbect".
The others are 'approaches' to a sujbect. Which tradition is it? |
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a. |
Spatial Tradition |
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b. |
Area-Studies |
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c. |
Man-Land |
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d. |
Earth Science |
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9. |
One of the problems with Pattison's article, identified by
Robinson, via David Harvey is that the four traditions are essentially: |
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methodology not philosophy |
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niether philosophical or methodological |
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c. |
philosophy not methodology |
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d. |
none of these |
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What "revolution" is mentioned in the Robinson article? |
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quantitative |
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qualitative |
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geomorphic |
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d. |
geologic |
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Which word does Robinson suggest as an alternative to
"spatial" |
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space-bound |
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aspatial |
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areal |
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d. |
regional |
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12. |
Which of the traditions does Robinson suggest was really
boring to lots of students because it involved learning a load of
unrelated facts? |
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a. |
regional geography |
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b. |
systematic geography |
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c. |
areal geography |
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d. |
mathematical geography |
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13. |
An economic geographer would be classified as a:
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regional specialist |
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spatial specialist |
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systematic specialist |
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d. |
wacko |
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14. |
If you want to study water pollution's effect on marine
life in the Santa Monica Bay, you would best fit into what tradtion? |
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a. |
Spatial Tradition |
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b. |
Area-Studies |
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c. |
Man-Land |
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d. |
Earth Science |
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15. |
When did earth science tradtion get revived in the US? |
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a. |
1950s |
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b. |
1960s |
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c. |
1970s |
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d. |
1980s |
