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Which of the following statements is an accurate comparison of the Mercator and Robinson projections?A) The Mercator projection accurately shows direction but distorts the size of some areas compared to the Robinson projection.B) The Robinson projection accurately shows direction but distorts the size of some areas compared to the Mercator projection.C) The Mercator projection accurately shows distances but distorts direction compared to the Robinson projection.D) The Robinson projection accurately shows shapes but distorts direction compared to the Mercator projection.E) The Mercator projection accurately shows area but distorts shapes compared to the Robinson projection.
Which of the following statements best explains the concept of sustainability?A) Natural resources are the domain of humans because of the ability of humans to take appropriate action for their use without fear of resource depletion.B) Natural resources should be used until they become too scarce or too expensive because of the immediate need for human survival.C) Natural resource use should be balanced with the needs of the environment and future generations because many resources are nonrenewable.D) Natural resources will be replaced by technological goods because of concerns that all natural resources will become obsolete within the next generation.E) Natural resource use should generate economic profits because of the new technologies that make procuring the resources cost effective.
The lush golf courses in the United Arab Emirates, the dikes and polders in the Netherlands, and the Three Gorges Dam in China are significant examples of land use.These examples reflect which of the following viewpoints of human-environment interaction?A) Environmental determinismB) EcotourismC) PossibilismD) Heartland theoryE) Malthusian theory
Which of the following are the best examples of vernacular regions?A) The Canadian Maritimes and the Northwest TerritoryB) The American West and the American MidwestC) South Africa and AustraliaD) South America and the CaribbeanE) Scandinavia and the Iberian Peninsula
Sportman's Paradise, Crossroads, Cajun Country, Plantation Country, and Greater New Orleans
A Jew from Galilee in northern Israel who sought to reform Jewish beliefs and practices. He was executed as a revolutionary by the Romans. He is the basis of the world's largest religion.
religious and political movement in Vietnam, 1920s; taught a mixture of Buddhism & Taoism
A religion that developed in early Persia and stressed the fight between the forces of good and the forces of evil and how eventually the forces of good would prevail. The amount of followers has declined after Muslims began to dominate.
An area of earth defined by one or more characteristic
actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope
A place where everyone shares one or more distinctive characteristics
The idea that physical environment sets limits on human actions
The arrangement of something across earths surface
The location of a place relative to other places. Ex: west neck is to the right of kellam
Where did both Christianity and Islam originate?
the extermination of Jews around (1940-1945) was called the _________
When you cross what line does the time go back 24 hours crossing west or forward 24 hours east
The region from which innovative ideas originated
the alteration of the original shape of a object in this case on maps
The system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map.