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AP Human Geography Chapter 1 Basics
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He is considered the father of geography
Kant
Aristotle
Ptolemy
Eratosthenes
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The inverse relationship between distance and connection (cultural and spatial)
Distance Decay
World Systems Theory
Space-Time connectivity
Place-Space accessibility
3
is the measurement of how far or how near things are to one another
Human Environment Interaction
Place
Location
Distance
4
He calculated the circumference of the Earth
Erastosthenes
Ptolemy
Aristotle
Strabo
5
He expanded the focus of geography to include human activity
Erastothenes
Ptolemy
Aristotle
Carl Sauer
6
Mercator Projection strength is
Size
Direction
Shape of Continents
Area of Continents
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Uses lines that connect points of equal value to depict variations in the data across space
Dot Density
Isoline
Cloropleth
Cartogram
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Geography, as a field of inquiry, looks at the world from a ____________________
global perspective
human perspective
spatial perspective
non-spatial perspective
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Which of the following is an example of geospatial technology?
GPS
GIS
Cartogram
satellite images
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The Americas can be divided in English and
Spanish American
South American
Latin American
Central America
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¨The geometric arrangement of objects in space
Concentration
Distribtution
Density
Pattern
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the shrinking between locations because of improved methods of transportation and communication
Time-space compression
technology
Proximity
situation
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Relative location
is absolute
is never accurate
Connects 2 or more places
needs Latitude and Longitude
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the ratio between the size of things in the real world and the size of those things on the map
Geographic
Scale
Projection
Cartographic
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Uses symbols of different sizes to indicate different amounts of something
Graduated Symbol
Cartogram
Cloropleth
Isoline
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All map projections contain which of the following distortions
Shape
Size
Elevation
Distance
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indicates that when things are closer together, they tend to be more connected
Distance Decay
Spatial interation
Time Space Compression
Friction of distance
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Spatial Thinking of Geography
Directing relational movement of locations
Thinking about space
Understanding relationships between location & distribution
Understanding the growth of space travel
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refers to the specific human and physical characteristics of a location.
Location
Distance
Place
Human Environment Interation
20
Cartographic Scale can be shown in all ways except
Ratio
Line
scale
Words
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the contact, movement, and flow of things between location
Locational Interactions
Growth Mindset
Interaction of things
Spatial interaction
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Time zones use
Longitude
Parallels
equator
Latitude
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shows and labels human-created boundaries, such as countries, states, cities, and capitals
physical map
road map
political map
plat map
24
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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Landforms and climate are the most powerful forces shaping human behavior
environmental determinism
Cultural Ecology
Human Environment Interation
Possiblilism
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Not used to collect Geospatial data
textbooks
Observation
Fieldwork
GPS
27
show and label highways and streets
physical map
plat map
road map
political map
28
Vernacular region includes all except
homogeneous traits
undefined borders
different defintions
perceptions
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Sizes of countries are shown according to some specific statistic
Dot Density
Cartogram
Topgraphic
Isoline
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Goode- Homosoline weakness is
Area
Distance
Direction
Shape
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Africa can be divided into Subsaharan and __________ Africa
Central
North
South
Muslim
32
Anything built by humans is part of the
cultural landscape
Natural Landscape
Nature
Landscape
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Robinson projection is
least SADD
Some SADD
perfect
Not SADD
34
Eratosthenes used geometry to calculate Earth’s circumference and coined the term
Geography
Eurasia
Cultural Geography
Human Geography
35
Used to show the specific location and distribution of something across the map
Cloropleth
Cartogram
Dot Distribution
Isoline
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Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things
Mercator's Laws of Mapmaking
Wallerstein's World Systems Theory
Kant's Third Law of Geography
Tobler's First Law of Geography
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the precise spot where something is according to some system
Situation
Absolute location
Site
Relative location
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He created a world map for sailors and is still widely used today
Gerardus Mercator
James Robinson
Buckminster Fuller
Arno Peters
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This shows and labels property
road map
plat map
political map
physical map
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Functional regions include all except
node
focal point
defined border
defined by a certain activity
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Geography is the why of
How
Where
When
What
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shows and labels natural features, such as mountains, rivers, and deserts
political map
plat map
physical map
road map
43
Formal regions include all except
uniform
common traits
Homogeneous
node
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the way a phenomenon is spread out over an area
Pattern
Distribution
Concentration
Density
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Peters Projection strength is
Distance
Direction
Shape
Area
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the number of something in a specifically defined area
Pattern
Density
Distribution
Concentration
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The relationship between humans and the natural world is
Human Environmental Interaction
Location
Distance
Place
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The art and science of map making is
cartography
ideolography
locationography
mapography
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the process geographers use to divide and categorize space into smaller areal units
cartographization
globalization
regionalization
areaization
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Uses various colors, shades of one color, or patterns to show the spatial data
Dot Density
Cartogram
Isoline
Cloropleth
