Cultural Geography ? Geog 2001 Study Guide Fall Semester Test One: Chapters 1-4 J. Naumann 1) How does Environment Determinism explain the relationship between the environment (physical conditions of nature) and culture? 2) How does Possibilism explain the relationship between the environment (physical conditions of nature) and culture? 3) What were the adverse environmental impacts of rechannelling the Kissimmee River in Florida ? 4) What are characteristics of meridians in the Earth's Coordinate System? 5) What are characteristics of parallels in the Earth's Coordinate System? 6) What is map scale? 7) What are the characteristics of a small scale map? A large scale map?