AS Geography 1410 Test #1 November 2005

1 AS Geography 1410 Test #1 November 2005.

Instructions: 1. Record your name and student number on the scantron form in the various locations required, and on this page. 2. You must answer all of the questions in section A. Do so by filling in the appropriate slots on the scantron form. 3. In section B (the knowledge questions) - answer all the questions. 4. In Section C you have to answer only one of the three essay questions. 5. When you have finished, make sure that both the scantron form and this booklet have your student number on it.

Your name (capitals) ______

Your student number ______

Your T.A.’s name ______

The number of your workshop/lab group ______

Section A is worth 14 marks (1 mark each) Section B is worth 16 marks (2 marks each) Section C is worth 20 marks. 2

SECTION A: You must answer all fourteen of these multiple choice questions (1 mark each).

1. The opening chapter of the text suggests a number of reasons why “places matter”. Which one of the following is not on the list in the text: a. An arena for contesting social norms b. A setting for processes of socialization c. Hubs of social interaction d. Structure the daily routine of people’s lives

2. In his approach to geography, Friedrich Ratzel stressed: a. The interdependence of people and nature in particular regions b. The interdependence of people plants and animals in particular regional settings c. That geography was one of the two general (non-disciplinary) fields of knowledge d. The adaptation of species to environmental conditions.

3. Lines of latitude are measured as: a. The angular distance east and west of the prime Greenwich meridian b. Lines around the earth’s surface that pass through both Poles c. The angular distance north and south of the Equator d. The height of any point above sea-level

4. According to what you were told in the lectures, only one of the following aspects of globalization is true: which? a. It is inevitable b. It is legislated by governments c. It is a new process d. It is rarely resisted

5. In chapter 2 of the text, subaltern theory examines a. The way the periphery is marginalized by the colonizing centre b. The way multinational firms depend on orders from the periphery c. The way the armies of developing countries depend on western armaments d. The way culture in the periphery is mixed with western culture.

6. One of the following industries was not a leading industry in the period of industrial development 1850-1870: a. Machine tools b. Railroads c. Ironworking d. Steamships

7. In the first half of the Twentieth Century the Junction Triangle is described in the video as being like: a. A railway town b. A company town c. A rural town d. A new town 3

8. Which of the following is a characteristic of Ted Turner’s “Slow World” a. Coping b. High mobility c. News makers d. High interest in the “new”

9. Glasgow’s recovery as a thriving city in the 1980s and 1990s was based on: a. Its port b. Its cultural industries c. Its high-tech industries d. Shipbuilding

10. Which one of the following activities is usually considered to be a nonbasic function: a. Casinos b. Hairdressers c. Film industry d. Federal Government

11. In the post-industrial city, which of the following statements best describes what is happening in older inner city industrial areas: a. The working class are moving in b. New factories are being built c. Creative workers are moving in d. Retailing is expanding

12. Which one of the following is rarely concentrated in the suburbs: a. Warehousing b. Printing and packaging c. Finance and insurance d. Assembly plants

13. The Eiffel tower: a. Marks the achievements of Napoleon III; b. Was a gift from the United States to mark the American Revolution; c. Was a celebration of victory in the Franco-Prussian War d. Demonstrated French technical superiority in 1889.

14. One of the following is not a characteristic of the postmodern city: a. New expressways b. New wildspaces c. Saving bits of old buildings in new ones d. Restoration of old neighbourhoods

END OF SECTION A. 4

SECTION B: KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS: Note - the answers to these questions are mostly from one to four words. Answer all 8 questions, worth 2 marks, each).

B1. What is the name of the new sub-field of geography that sees disasters not primarily as “natural” but as caused by humans (two words)?

______

B2. What is the title of David Harvey’s brilliant book on Paris published in 2003?

______

B3. What type of point patterns would the following produce:

a. lightning strikes in the Priairies ______

b. a small pox epidemic? ______

B4. List two industries of particular importance in the Junction Triangle during World War 2:

a. ______

b. ______

B5. Name two institutions where residents of the Junction Triangle took their battle to stop high-rise development in the area in the 1990s.

a. ______

b. ______

B6. What are the two fundamental problems in mapping?

______

B7. What does the acronym, NIDL, stand for?

______

B8. Don Mills, in Toronto, was the pioneering example, within Canada, of a

______(2 words).

END OF SECTION B Section C: (worth 20 marks). Write a short essay on one of the following topics (do not exceed the 5 space available): a) In 1994, the Association of American Geographers published a report on The Power of Geography. Summarize their main argument. b) How important has progress in transportation been to the project of Modernity? c) Outline the geographical evolution of the city suburb. 6