The correct response is: the forming of a new culture from mixing the meanings and practices of multiple groups.
What is cultural hybridity?(1 point)
Responses
the spreading of a culture over space to other locations through communication, trade, and migration
the spreading of a culture over space to other locations through communication, trade, and migration
the official incorporation and protection of cultures from multiple ethnic groups
the official incorporation and protection of cultures from multiple ethnic groups
the forming of a new culture from mixing the meanings and practices of multiple groups
the forming of a new culture from mixing the meanings and practices of multiple groups
the increasing interconnectedness of the world’s regions since the 1980s in terms of trade and communication
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Studying regions enables us to gain a better understanding of planet Earth’s physical and human characteristics. What else is true about studying regions?(1 point)
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Studying regions enables us to apply the concept of scales of analysis.
Studying regions enables us to apply the concept of scales of analysis.
Studying regions enables us to learn about the details of a place.
Studying regions enables us to learn about the details of a place.
Studying regions enables us to avoid generalization.
Studying regions enables us to avoid generalization.
Studying regions allows us to avoid recognizing that regions overlap.
Responses
Studying regions enables us to apply the concept of scales of analysis.
Studying regions enables us to apply the concept of scales of analysis.
Studying regions enables us to learn about the details of a place.
Studying regions enables us to learn about the details of a place.
Studying regions enables us to avoid generalization.
Studying regions enables us to avoid generalization.
Studying regions allows us to avoid recognizing that regions overlap.
The correct response is: Studying regions enables us to apply the concept of scales of analysis.
Which of the following statements is true of natural disasters?(1 point)
Responses
They are defined by a potential for a geologic, hydrologic, atmospheric, or biological event to occur.
They are defined by a potential for a geologic, hydrologic, atmospheric, or biological event to occur.
They only occur in the Ring of Fire.
They only occur in the Ring of Fire.
They and their impacts cannot be lessened by laws, infrastructure, and communication.
They and their impacts cannot be lessened by laws, infrastructure, and communication.
They affect different regions in different ways.
Responses
They are defined by a potential for a geologic, hydrologic, atmospheric, or biological event to occur.
They are defined by a potential for a geologic, hydrologic, atmospheric, or biological event to occur.
They only occur in the Ring of Fire.
They only occur in the Ring of Fire.
They and their impacts cannot be lessened by laws, infrastructure, and communication.
They and their impacts cannot be lessened by laws, infrastructure, and communication.
They affect different regions in different ways.
The correct response is: They affect different regions in different ways.
Dust storms are associated with which natural hazard?(1 point)
Responses
droughts
droughts
floods
floods
earthquakes
earthquakes
hurricanes
Responses
droughts
droughts
floods
floods
earthquakes
earthquakes
hurricanes
The correct response is: droughts.
Which of the following region types is defined by how it is perceived by people, either those within the region or outside?(1 point)
Responses
formal
formal
functional
functional
perceptual
perceptual
political
Responses
formal
formal
functional
functional
perceptual
perceptual
political
The correct response is: perceptual.
Which of the following could be considered a cultural hearth for the reason given?(1 point)
Responses
North Africa, because much of the region is desert
North Africa, because much of the region is desert
Los Angeles, because it is the largest city in California
Los Angeles, because it is the largest city in California
Mesopotamia, because that’s one of the places where agriculture first emerged
Mesopotamia, because that’s one of the places where agriculture first emerged
Japan, because it became an industrial nation in the late nineteenth century
Responses
North Africa, because much of the region is desert
North Africa, because much of the region is desert
Los Angeles, because it is the largest city in California
Los Angeles, because it is the largest city in California
Mesopotamia, because that’s one of the places where agriculture first emerged
Mesopotamia, because that’s one of the places where agriculture first emerged
Japan, because it became an industrial nation in the late nineteenth century
The correct response is: Mesopotamia, because that’s one of the places where agriculture first emerged.
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