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Duplicate of AP Human Geography Chapter 1 Basics
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Which of the following is an example of geospatial technology?
Cartogram
GPS
GIS
satellite images
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All map projections contain which of the following distortions
Shape
Size
Distance
Elevation
3
This shows and labels property
plat map
physical map
road map
political map
4
Geography, as a field of inquiry, looks at the world from a ____________________
non-spatial perspective
global perspective
spatial perspective
human perspective
5
Eratosthenes used geometry to calculate Earth’s circumference and coined the term
Geography
Cultural Geography
Human Geography
Eurasia
6
Anything built by humans is part of the
cultural landscape
Landscape
Nature
Natural Landscape
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He expanded the focus of geography to include human activity
Carl Sauer
Erastothenes
Aristotle
Ptolemy
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Geography is the why of
How
Where
What
When
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Uses symbols of different sizes to indicate different amounts of something
Graduated Symbol
Cloropleth
Cartogram
Isoline
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the precise spot where something is according to some system
Absolute location
Situation
Relative location
Site
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Time zones use
Longitude
Parallels
equator
Latitude
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Used to show the specific location and distribution of something across the map
Isoline
Cartogram
Dot Distribution
Cloropleth
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the ratio between the size of things in the real world and the size of those things on the map
Projection
Scale
Cartographic
Geographic
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Cartographic Scale can be shown in all ways except
Ratio
scale
Words
Line
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the number of something in a specifically defined area
Density
Pattern
Distribution
Concentration
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Africa can be divided into Subsaharan and __________ Africa
South
Muslim
Central
North
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Relative location
Connects 2 or more places
is absolute
needs Latitude and Longitude
is never accurate
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Sizes of countries are shown according to some specific statistic
Cartogram
Isoline
Topgraphic
Dot Density
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the contact, movement, and flow of things between location
Growth Mindset
Locational Interactions
Spatial interaction
Interaction of things
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The art and science of map making is
locationography
mapography
ideolography
cartography
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the way a phenomenon is spread out over an area
Concentration
Pattern
Distribution
Density
22
Definition of sense of place
location of a place related to other places
characteristics at the immediate location
perceiving characteristics of places in different ways
specific human and physical characteristics of a location
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is the measurement of how far or how near things are to one another
Distance
Location
Place
Human Environment Interaction
24
The Americas can be divided in English and
South American
Spanish American
Latin American
Central America
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Uses lines that connect points of equal value to depict variations in the data across space
Dot Density
Cartogram
Cloropleth
Isoline
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Robinson projection is
Not SADD
perfect
least SADD
Some SADD
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Formal regions include all except
common traits
Homogeneous
node
uniform
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Spatial Thinking of Geography
Understanding relationships between location & distribution
Thinking about space
Understanding the growth of space travel
Directing relational movement of locations
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¨The geometric arrangement of objects in space
Density
Pattern
Concentration
Distribtution
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Vernacular region includes all except
homogeneous traits
perceptions
different defintions
undefined borders
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The inverse relationship between distance and connection (cultural and spatial)
World Systems Theory
Space-Time connectivity
Place-Space accessibility
Distance Decay
32
Mercator Projection strength is
Shape of Continents
Size
Area of Continents
Direction
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refers to the specific human and physical characteristics of a location.
Location
Human Environment Interation
Distance
Place
34
Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things
Wallerstein's World Systems Theory
Mercator's Laws of Mapmaking
Tobler's First Law of Geography
Kant's Third Law of Geography
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the process geographers use to divide and categorize space into smaller areal units
globalization
areaization
regionalization
cartographization
36
Functional regions include all except
defined by a certain activity
defined border
node
focal point
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Uses various colors, shades of one color, or patterns to show the spatial data
Cloropleth
Isoline
Dot Density
Cartogram
38
Not used to collect Geospatial data
GPS
textbooks
Fieldwork
Observation
39
Landforms and climate are the most powerful forces shaping human behavior
Human Environment Interation
Cultural Ecology
environmental determinism
Possiblilism
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shows and labels human-created boundaries, such as countries, states, cities, and capitals
political map
road map
plat map
physical map
41
Goode- Homosoline weakness is
Area
Direction
Shape
Distance
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He is considered the father of geography
Ptolemy
Kant
Aristotle
Eratosthenes
43
The relationship between humans and the natural world is
Human Environmental Interaction
Location
Distance
Place
44
the shrinking between locations because of improved methods of transportation and communication
Proximity
Time-space compression
situation
technology
45
indicates that when things are closer together, they tend to be more connected
Spatial interation
Friction of distance
Distance Decay
Time Space Compression
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He created a world map for sailors and is still widely used today
James Robinson
Buckminster Fuller
Gerardus Mercator
Arno Peters
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Peters Projection strength is
Direction
Shape
Area
Distance
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He calculated the circumference of the Earth
Ptolemy
Aristotle
Strabo
Erastosthenes
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shows and labels natural features, such as mountains, rivers, and deserts
road map
physical map
plat map
political map
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show and label highways and streets
physical map
road map
plat map
political map
