Which of the following best describes the major difference between an endemic and a pandemic
disease?
a) An endemic disease moves swiftly through the population of a local area, whereas a pandemic disease
is present, affecting millions of people.
b) A pandemic disease is limited to the population of a local area, whereas an endemic disease is present,
affecting millions of people.
c) A pandemic disease moves through the population of a large area of the world, whereas an endemic
disease is present, affecting millions of people.
d) An endemic disease is present at the global scale affecting billions of people, whereas a pandemic
disease moves swiftly through the population of a local area.
e) There is no difference between an endemic and a pandemic disease.
2. Russia is divided into 10 physiographic regions. The one with the largest population is:
a) Central Asian Range b) Ural Mountains c) Eastern Highlands
d) A and B e) None of the above 3. One of the devices Stalin used to “protect” the Soviet Union against possible Western influences was a program of intensive Russification, thus creating a sanitized area with the West. Consequently, most key
positions were filled by Russians sent from elsewhere in the Soviet Union.
a) True b) False
4. Spatial diffusion is a subject Hagerstrand spent many years working on. Stimulus diffusion may be
defined as:
a) spread from one person of power to another person of power
b) rapid, wide spread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population
c) spread of an underlying principle although some of the characteristics may fail
d) None of the above
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