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WGU C255 - Geography (OA Focused) Exam Complete Guide A+ Newest Version-2024
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WGU C255 - Geography (OA Focused) Exam Complete Guide A+ Newest Version-2024Five Themes of Geography - Correct Answer-Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, Region
Relative location - Correct Answer-The position of a place in relation to another place
indicated by such terms as nearer and farther, easier or more difficult to reach, between, and on the way or out of the way.
formal region - Correct Answer-one that exhibits essential uniformity in one or more physical or cultural features, such as a climate type or language area
state
functional region - Correct Answer-one defined by interactions among places, such as trade or communication. The city of Chicago, for example, is a formal region, whose government covers the legal limits of the city's incorporation
"metropolitan" region
perpectual region (vernacular region) - Correct Answer-defined by widespread popular perception of their existence by people within or outside them
It is well known to many, and yet its boundaries as shown on this map are only defined by common usage
Human Environment Interaction - Correct Answer-People interacting with their natural surroundings
Example:
Building a bridge across the river
Constructing houses along the river shore
Transporting goods on ships on the river...
Desertication - Correct Answer-The spread of arid conditions and loss of
vegetation
the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. a process by which semiarid vegetation and soil become more desertlike as a result of human use, has occurred in semiarid lands around the world.
the process can degrade the soil so that only plants adapted to lower soil moisture and nutrient availability, as in deserts, can survive
deforestation - Correct Answer-Loss of trees in an area, sometimes caused by physical factors such as fires, floods, pests, etc., but more often human-induced (caused by agriculture, logging, and fuelwood consumption).
Characteristics of Resources - Correct Answer-A substance is merely part of nature until a society has a use for it. Consequently, a natural resource is defined by the three elements of society:
• A society's cultural values influence people's decision that a commodity is desirable and acceptable to use.
• A society's level of technology must be high enough to use the resource.
• A society's economic system affects whether a resource is affordable and accessible.
Consider petroleum as an example of a natural resource in North America:
• Cultural values—North Americans want to drive private automobiles rather than use public transportation such as trains.
• Technology—Petroleum is the preferred fuel in private automobiles because autos are
easily powered by gasoline engines.
• Economic system—North Americans are willing to pay high enough prices for gasoline
to justify removing petroleum from beneath the seafloor and importing it from distant places
Natural resource - Correct Answer-Materials used by humans that are not made by humans
Renewable resource - Correct Answer-A resource that can be replenished
Example:
Soil fertility
Wind energy
Trees/Lumber
Water
Non-renewable resources - Correct Answer-resources that cannot be replaced
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