MCQs of Geography – Spatial Interaction and Spatial Behavior

The two most common responses to the uncertainty of natural hazards are to eliminate the uncertainty and:

Directional biases to information flows in North America tend to follow:

In the social applications of the gravity model, distance is usually measured by:

Which of the following would not be considered a reason to migrate for a contemporary American?

With respect to migration fields:

City 1 (200,000 population ) and city 2 (600,000 population ) are 50 miles apart. The breaking point (BP) or boundary marking the outer edge of their respective trade areas is:

An example of a pull factor for migration is:

The length of time required to make a transcontinental telephone connection has declined from 14 minutes in 1920 to less than 30 seconds today. This is an example of:

Because of the multiple work , child- care, and home maintenance tasks, women’s trip behavior differs from that of men by the fact that they make:

Of all types of trips taken by urban residents, that which is least influenced by distance decay is:

In most societies , the most mobile segment of the population is:

All of the following are included in Ravenstein ‘s laws of migration except:

The gravity model and the potential model differ from each other because:

The extent of individual activity space depends on all of the following except:

People choose to settle in hazardous areas for all of the following reasons except:

Chain migration occurs when:

California produces vegetables in wintertime for sale to markets in the East and Midwest. This would be explained by the principle of :

After work and family proximity , the factors most often reported as a reason for interstate moves by adults is:

With respect to space- time prisms, they are steepest and spatially most narrow under which mode of transportation?

The value of a place as a migration destination is known as its:

The presence or absence of connecting channels strongly affects the likelihood that spatial interaction will occur. This is an indication of:

Female migrants are motivated primarily by:

Which of the following is not one of the three interrelated considerations in transfer ability as an expression of the mobility of a commodity?