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Geography 417

Practice Quiz 1

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The following quiz is provided for you to check your understanding of the material you will be responsible for knowing both on future quizzes and future lectures. This quiz previews both in class quizzes and lecture. Simultaneously, it functions as a review of the previous session's lecture and a preparatory quiz for upcoming lecture topics.

 

Directions: Consult your class notes, your reading assignments or on-line exercises to find the information you need to complete this quiz. Similar questions will appear on the in-class version of this quiz, but it will be worth a greater portion of your semester-end grade. Click on the radio button that corresponds to the letter next to the best answer to the question.

 

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Question Answer Letter Questions and Answer Options

1.

Review previous material to prepare for upcoming quiz


1. Which of the following questions is the best example of an ontological question?
a. Which event happened first?
b. Can anyone know this for sure?
c. Can this place be reached?
d. All of these are ontological questions.
2. Review


2. According to lecture, geography is generally divided into:
a. regional and local geography
b. historical and social scientific
c. scientific and humanistic geography
d. human and physical geography
3. Review 3. If you were standing at 2 degrees west longitude on the equator, then you could walk north and eventually wind up in ____________.
a. England
b. The United States
c. China
d. Russia
4. Review 4. Which of the following lines of latitude is the reference point for all the others?
a. the great circle
b. international date line
c. equator
d. prime meridian
5.
Readings		 5. This California city has a massive military presence, thanks in part to its excellent natural harbor:
a. Los Angeles
b. San Francisco
c. San Diego
d. Sacramento

6.
Readings

 6. Which of these valleys was the ancestral home to the Miwok Indians?
a. San Joaquin
b. Los Angeles
c. San Fernando
d. Sacramento
7.
Readings		 7. Which two valleys are in California's Colorado Desert ?
a. Inyo and Alto
b. Antelope and Apple
c. Coachella and Imperial
d. Colorado and Mojave
8.
Readings		 8. About how much of virgin coastal redwood forest still exists?
a. about half
b. about 5 percent
c. only about 50 acres
d. none, it's all been forested once
9.
Readings		 9. Which of the following climates will you NOT FIND in California?
a. Steppe or Semi-Arid
b. Desert
c. Cool and  rainy
d. Hot, humid rainforest
10.
Readings		 10. Which of these mountains is the highest in the lower 48 states?
a. Pikes Peak
b. Mt. Shasta
c. Old Baldy
d. Mt. Whitney






When you click the button below, you will be directed to a web page that shows your answers. The instructor will get a copy of this email as well, but you may want to keep a copy for your records. If you are curious about the correct answers, please bring your questions to class.

 

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