Q1: according to baldridge, geological studies in the southwest are most important because the results can be applied:
a. to understand other areas of the earth.
b. to find potentially useful new natural resources.
c. to southwestern cities grow in a planned way.
d. to better define the location of the southwest.
q2: what did philosopher edward casey mean when he said "our access to space and time is how they happen in a given place? "
a. nature is open to study only in certain places at certain times.
b. we study nature in and by means of places.
c. places are independent of space and time.
d. space and time can vary from place to place.
q3: according to the american geosciences institute, in 2015 arizona was second in the nation in what category?
a. primary natural disaster areas caused by drought.
b. short tons of coal produced.
c. megawatt-hours of solar power produced.
d. nsf geosciences grant dollars awarded to state universities.
q4: which of these statements best describes places?
a. places can be thought of as cultural equivalents of natural landscape features.
b. places must be physically real; they cannot be virtual.
c. places exist only as long as people actually live in them.
d. places are not physical and only exist in the human imagination.
q5: according to the gis study by larkin et al., the locus of the natural or physical southwest region is in whereas the locus of the cultural or human southwest region is in
a. arizona, new mexico
b. new mexico, arizona
c. arizona, texas
d. california, arizona