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01The first to define the science of geography were:

Past exam question Unit: Geographic Theory, Its Development and Branches

  1. Athe Babylonians

    The Babylonians drew maps on clay tablets but did not define geography as a science.

  2. Bthe Greeks ✓ Correct answer

    The Greeks were the first to give geography its name and a definition, associated with scholars such as Eratosthenes.

  3. Cthe Phoenicians

    The Phoenicians were known for navigation and sea trade, and no definition of geography is attributed to them.

  4. Dthe ancient Egyptians

    The ancient Egyptians used surveying to organise the lands along the Nile and did not define geography.

Reference: ETEC Geography Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.12.1 (core concepts, aims, history and branches of geography), indicator 2, p. 8

02The climate region that is mild all year, with relatively warm winters, cool summers and rain in every season, is found in:

Past exam question Unit: Physical Geography

  1. AWestern Europe ✓ Correct answer

    Westerly winds and warm currents bring humid sea air, so Western Europe is mild and rainy year-round.

  2. BCentral Siberia

    Its climate is continental, very cold in winter, with a large temperature range.

  3. CSouth Asia

    Its climate is monsoonal, with rain concentrated in summer.

  4. DNorth Africa

    Its climate is Mediterranean or desert, with hot, dry summers.

Reference: ETEC Geography Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.12.4 (climatology), indicator 4, p. 8

03The Canary Current flows in the:

Past exam question Unit: Physical Geography

  1. APacific Ocean

    The best-known cold currents of the Pacific are the Humboldt and California currents.

  2. BIndian Ocean

    Currents in the Indian Ocean follow the monsoon winds; the Canary Current is not among them.

  3. CArctic Ocean

    The Arctic Ocean is mostly ice-covered and this current does not flow there.

  4. DAtlantic Ocean ✓ Correct answer

    The Canary Current is a cold current of the North Atlantic running along the coast of north-west Africa.

Reference: ETEC Geography Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.12.7 (seas, oceans and related phenomena), indicator 2, p. 9

04The number of people divided by the number of dwelling rooms is known as:

Past exam question Unit: Human Geography

  1. APhysiological density

    Physiological density divides population by arable land, not by rooms.

  2. BArithmetic density

    Arithmetic density divides population by total area.

  3. CFertility rate

    The fertility rate concerns childbearing and has nothing to do with housing.

  4. DCrowding index ✓ Correct answer

    Crowding index = population ÷ number of rooms, and it measures overcrowding in housing.

Reference: ETEC Geography Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.12.8 (population geography and its relation to other sciences), indicator 4, p. 9

05The branch of geography concerned with the movement and exchange of goods between places is the geography of:

Past exam question Unit: Human Geography

  1. Atransport ✓ Correct answer

    Transport geography is a branch of economic geography that studies how goods and people are moved and exchanged between places.

  2. Btourism

    Tourism geography studies attractions and tourist flows, not the movement of goods.

  3. Cagriculture

    Agricultural geography studies crop distribution and agricultural land use.

  4. Dpopulation

    Population geography studies the distribution, growth and characteristics of people.

Reference: ETEC Geography Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.12.9 (economic geography and its relation to development), indicator 1, p. 9

06All the following satellites are American-built except:

Past exam question Unit: Cartography and Geographic Information Technology

  1. ALandsat

    Landsat is an American Earth-resources series launched by NASA and the US Geological Survey.

  2. BNOAA

    NOAA is an American series run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for weather and environment.

  3. CSPOT ✓ Correct answer

    SPOT is a French Earth-observation series, so it is the exception among these satellites.

  4. DGOES

    GOES are American geostationary satellites used in meteorology.

Reference: ETEC Geography Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.12.14 (GIS and remote sensing), indicator 3, p. 10

07The Islamic world overlooks ............ oceans.

Past exam question Unit: Regional Geography

  1. A3 ✓ Correct answer

    Correct. It faces the Atlantic in the west (Morocco, Mauritania), the Indian Ocean (many states) and the Pacific in the east (Indonesia).

  2. B4

    Wrong. Islamic-world countries do not face a fourth ocean such as the Arctic or Southern Ocean.

  3. C5

    Wrong. The world has five oceans, but the Islamic world does not face all of them.

  4. D6

    Wrong. The world does not have six oceans at all.

Reference: ETEC Geography Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.12.15 (physical geography of the Islamic and Arab world), indicator 1, p. 11

08The rocks of the Arabian Shield were formed in the geological time of:

Past exam question Unit: Regional Geography

  1. Athe Jurassic

    Jurassic rocks are sedimentary, such as those of the Tuwaiq Mountains in central Arabia, not of the Shield.

  2. Bthe Precambrian ✓ Correct answer

    The Arabian Shield is an ancient mass of igneous and metamorphic rock dating to the Precambrian.

  3. Cthe Cretaceous

    Cretaceous rocks are sedimentary and lie in the sedimentary shelf east of the Shield.

  4. Dthe Ordovician

    Ordovician rocks are sedimentary, such as sandstone in the sedimentary shelf, and are far younger than the Shield.

Reference: ETEC Geography Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.12.17 (physical geography of Saudi Arabia), indicator 2, p. 11

09The statement «a shortage of resources harms humanity» is classified in the structure of geographic knowledge as a:

Past exam question Unit: Geographic Skills, Research Methods, Teaching and Learning Resources

  1. AFact

    A fact is a specific, verifiable piece of information, such as Riyadh being the capital. This statement is broader than that.

  2. BConcept

    A concept names a class of things or phenomena, such as «resource» or «desertification», and is not a sentence linking them.

  3. CTheory

    A theory is a wide explanatory framework that contains several generalizations and is open to testing. A single sentence like this does not amount to one.

  4. DGeneralization ✓ Correct answer

    A generalization links two or more concepts and holds for many cases. This statement links a resource shortage to its effect on people.

Reference: ETEC Geography Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.12.19 (aims of teaching, scientific methods and statistics), indicator 2, p. 12

10A teacher explained map scale to students, then asked them to measure the distance between Riyadh and Dammam on the map and work out the real distance. Which cognitive level in Bloom's taxonomy does this activity achieve?

Past exam question Unit: Geographic Skills, Research Methods, Teaching and Learning Resources

  1. ARemembering

    Remembering is limited to recalling information without using it.

  2. BApplication ✓ Correct answer

    Using what students learned about scale in a new situation is the application level.

  3. CAnalysis

    Analysis requires breaking a topic into parts and showing relationships, which is not asked here.

  4. DEvaluation

    Evaluation requires making a judgment against criteria, and there is no judgment in this activity.

Reference: ETEC Geography Teacher Standards (2020), Standard 6.12.20 (professional practices of effective teaching), indicator 3, p. 12

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