GEOG 201 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2025
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Course
IAAO 201
Institution
IAAO 201
Placism - ANSWER Making judgements about a place, person, or group based on location.
Examples of Placism - ANSWER Assumption that New Englanders are brash.
Assumption that Kentuckans are in-breds and of a lower intelligence.
Hicks and city-slickers.
Course Objectives - ANSWER Explain how...
GEOG 201 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH SOLUTIONS 2025
Placism - ANSWER Making judgements about a place, person, or group based on location.
Examples of Placism - ANSWER Assumption that New Englanders are brash.
Assumption that Kentuckans are in-breds and of a lower intelligence.
Hicks and city-slickers.
Course Objectives - ANSWER Explain how each region of the world is similar to and different from other
regions of the world with regard to natural, historical, cultural, political, economic, and demographic
characteristics.
Geography - ANSWER An interdisciplinary science studying the physical features of the earth and its
atmosphere, and of the human activity as it affects and is affected by these. This includes the
distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries.
Utilizes Spatial Analysis and Spatial Attributes.
Not just memorizing locations.
Geographers Ask... - ANSWER What is where?
Why is it there?
Why should we care?
A different way at looking at the definition of geography, from the reference frame of a member of the
discipline.
Spatial Analysis - ANSWER Explaining the location of places and their defining characteristics.
This includes patterns, distributions, presence, and absence.
Spatial Attributes - ANSWER Defining characteristics of the earth's surface and how they vary from place
to place.
,Tools Used by Geographers - ANSWER Remote Sensing
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Remote Sensing - ANSWER Using remotely-gathered imagery to visualize and quantify features on the
earth's surface.
Aerial shots from distance, taken by satellite (land-sat).
Gathers information about land areas so examining change is possible.
Quickbird Image - ANSWER A special feature of satellites used in Remote Sensing.
It can accurately take photos on the earth's surface with spacial resolution.
Geographic Information System (GIS) - ANSWER Stores geographic data in a series of layers.
Each layer contains measurements of a specific variable.
Location Types - ANSWER Relative
Absolute
Relative Location - ANSWER Location that is based on the location of something else.
E.g. "I'm parked near the red ford focus."
Absolute Location - ANSWER Location according to a fixed reference system.
E.g. 43.51 deg. N, 83.96 deg. W
Fixed Reference System - ANSWER Latitude and Longitude
Advantages of Relative Location - ANSWER Easier to work with.
Equipment isn't necessary.
More convenient for everyday use.
, Disadvantages of Relative Location - ANSWER Not as precise.
Could be multiple markers (e.g. more than one red ford focus).
Markers can change (e.g. the red ford focus moves).
Markers must be understood (person must know what a ford focus is/looks like).
Advantages of Absolute Location - ANSWER Incredibly exact.
Unique points for every area.
Mistakes are difficult to make.
Disadvantages of Absolute Location - ANSWER Need special equipment to look up coordinates.
Must understand the system of coordinates (e.g. latitude first, then longitude).
Latitude - ANSWER Position north or south of the equator (0 deg.).
Measured in degrees of angle (max 90 deg.).
There are 69 miles per degree, 60 minutes per degree, and 60 seconds per minute.
This is used when fine tuning location within the 69 by 69 mile square.
E.g. SVSU is 43.5 deg. N of the equator. That times 69 miles equals 3,001.5 miles. Therefore, SVSU is
3,001.5 miles north of the equator.
Also called "parallels."
The 49th parallel is the northern U.S. - Canada border.
Longitude - ANSWER Position east or west of the Prime Meridian (0 deg.) (The International Date Line is
on the other side at 180 deg.).
Measured in degrees of angle (max 180 deg.).
69 miles per degree, but only at the equator because as you move up or down the lines they get closer
together before converging at the poles. 60 minutes per degree, 60 seconds per minute.
Also called "meridians."
Hemispheres - ANSWER The earth is divided into a northern and a southern half by the equator.
The earth is divided into an eastern and a western half by the prime meridian and IDL.
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