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Ap Human Geography unit 1
Ap Human Geography unit 1
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IN this type of region the relationship between core and peripheral areas is emphasized.
Uniform regions
Functional regions
Vernacular regions
Perceptual regions
2
GIS would most likely be helpful in solving problems related to
The viability of building houses on hillsides
Navigation of airplanes and ships
Identification of ethnic settlement patterns
Core-periphery relationships
3
The Meridians on the picture show
Distance east and west of the prime meridian
Relative location of bodies of water to land masses
Distance north and south of the equator
The spatial relationship objects on earths surface
4
Linear, centralized , random and grid patterns help to define the
physical gap between 2 objects
correct arrangement of objects(continents) on earth
Position of something on earth's surface
Organization of earth's surface into distinct areas
5
This map describes the countries and inhabitants of the world as known to
German scholars in the 17th century
Ancient Greeks
Europeans during the middle ages
Muslim scholars in the middle east
6
Which modern trend is directly responsible for the phenomena of space-time compression?
regionalization
acculturation
globalization
fragmentaion
7
This computer system captures, stores, analyzes and displays data.
U.S. Census tracking
A GPS
spatial data pattern
A GIS
8
If it's 9am in New York city , what time would it be in Los Angeles
6am
noon
8am
7am
9
Which of the following is not a physical site characteristic.
elevation
amount of rainfall
type of soil
the location of a smaller street in relation to a main st
10
The art and science of map making is called
topography
spatial analysis
cartography
physical geography
11
Which characteristic of a place is most important in determining centrality or isolation?
toponym
absolute location
relative location
pattern
12
US government agency responsible for counting + collecting info about the country's inhabitants
census bureau
department of health and human services
federal reserve board
central intelligence agency
13
Which of the following is an examples of the spatial analysis tradition in geography?
The sizes of major oceans
The number of ships constructed in new england
A checkerboard pattern created by agricultural use of land
Natural vegetation on hillsides
14
The geographer who first calculated the earth's circumference with relative accuracy was
Idrisi
Eratosthenes
Ptolemy
George Micheal Jackson
15
Which of the following would best be illustrated by a large scale map?
the arrangement of streets in a village
highways that connect regions in a large country
connecting highways between small towns
connections among major world cities
16
If it is midnight at the prime meridian, then at the international dateline it is
midnight on the next day
6 pm
Midnight of the previous day
noon
17
Mathematical calculations using latitude and longitude allow us to determine
Arrangement of objects on earth’s surface
Physical site characteristics of all places on earth
Toponym of a particular place
Absolute location of a particular place
18
A special type of map designed to reveal the nature of local topography is called a
Contour map
Peters projection
space continuum
Robinson projection
19
Which of the following is the most important function of a toponym
Identify cultural and physical similarities in a region
To distinguish a particular place from other places on earth
To determine precise absolute locations on earth
size on a map vs actual size: find mathematical relationship
20
All of the following are correct statements about time zones except
Timezones are 15 degrees of longitude apart
Some areas practice daylight savings in spring and summer
China is Bigger then USA and has more timezones
local time in neighboring zones is exactly 1 hour different