A) Which of the following statements is true of natural disasters?

Question

They and their impacts cannot be lessened by laws, infrastructure, and communication.
• They affect different regions in different ways.
They are defined by a potential for a geologic, hydrologic, atmospheric, or biological event to occur.
• They only occur in the Ring of Fire.
Question 23
A) Dust storms are associated with which natural hazard? (1 point)
• hurricanes
• droughts
• earthquakes
) floods
Question 24
A) Which of the following region types is defined by how it is perceived by people, either those within the region or outside?
(1 point)
• political
O functional
O formal
O perceptual
Question 25
A) Which of the following could be considered a cultural hearth for the reason given? (1 point)
• North Africa, because much of the region is desert Mesopotamia, because that's one of the places where agriculture first emerged
• Los Angeles, because it is the largest city in California Japan, because it became an industrial nation in the late nineteenth century
Question 26
A) How have innovation and trade led to cultural diffusion in the twenty-first century? (1 point)
Migrants to Europe assimilated to European culture as they started businesses in European cities.
The internet speeds up the rate at which music and other media spread from one place to another.
Merchants used new sailing technologies to establish communities in far-off regions, spreading their religious practices.
Multinational companies just began the process of spreading fast-food culture to new places in the twenty-first century.

Answer 1

Here are the answers to your questions:

Question 22: A) Which of the following statements is true of natural disasters?

• True Statement: They affect different regions in different ways.

Question 23: A) Dust storms are associated with which natural hazard? (1 point)

• Answer: droughts

Question 24: A) Which of the following region types is defined by how it is perceived by people, either those within the region or outside? (1 point)

• Answer: perceptual

Question 25: A) Which of the following could be considered a cultural hearth for the reason given? (1 point)

• Answer: Mesopotamia, because that's one of the places where agriculture first emerged

Question 26: A) How have innovation and trade led to cultural diffusion in the twenty-first century? (1 point)

• Answer: The internet speeds up the rate at which music and other media spread from one place to another.