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