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A #geography quiz to review relevant materials from #unit1 #APHumanGeography #APHUG #APHUGE
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This word describes angular distance east or west of the prime meridian
Longitude
Meridians
Parallels
Latitude
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Came up with the basic principles of cartography by defining absolute location & using long/lat
Aristotle
Ptolemy
Eratosthenes
Galileo
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This measure of density tells you how a country's farming efficiency and level of development
Physical
Agricultural
Arithmetic
Psyiological
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Time-space compression is best described as...
the literal shrinking of the world
increasing connectivity which makes distant places closer
the ability to change the pace of time & make things closer
the fusing of time and space to increase connectivity
5
This type of diffusion occurs when an idea is brought by migrants and introduced in a new area
Stimulus
Relocation
Contagious
Heirarchical
6
Which specifically refers to techniques that get info about the earth's surface from a distance
Geomancy
Ethnography
Geographic Information Systems
Remote Sensing
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The middle east, or the deep south are best described as what type of region?
Perceptual
Formal
Functional
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This concept illustrates a negative correlation between distance and connectivity
The Gravity Model
Intervening Opportunities
Transferability
Distance Decay
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Eratosthenes was the first to...
calculate earth's circumference and coin the term geography
invent the idea of the cultural landscape
codify the basic principles of map making
introduce the idea of geographic information systems
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A map that uses symbols that become bigger or smaller with a traits density are called
Dot Maps
Isoline Maps
Proportional Symbol Maps
Choropleth Maps
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This measure of density tells you how crowded a country is
Physical
Agricultural
Psyiological
Arithmetic
12
The corn belt and rust belt are examples of this type of region....
Formal
Perceptual
Functional
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A mental map is best described as....
An objective image of an area informed by individual beliefs
A map that someone memorizes and then recreates later
An objective image of an area informed by absolute location
A subjective image informed by individual preceptions
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When shape, area, direction, and distance are altered in the cartographic process we call it...
Disambiguity
Contortion
Displacement
Distortion
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The Goodes-Homolosine Projection is best for..
Preserving the size and shape of the contitnents
understanding the worlds oceans
giving a proper sense of distance
Navigation
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The idea that the environment completely determines cultural practices is known as...
Determinism
Compatibilism
Possibilism
Causalism
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This measure of density tells you how easily a country can feed its people
Arithmetic
Physical
Psyiological
Agricultural
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This is used to explain the connectivity between two places and takes distance and size
Space-Time Compression
Distance Decay
Transferibility
Gravity Model
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Terraced farming, Polders, Floating Gardens, and the U.S. Imperial Valley are examples of..
Stimulus Diffusion
Environmental Degredation
Environmental Determinism
The Cultural Landscape
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This type of diffusion occurs when an idea is spread directly from person-to-person
Contagious
Relocation
Stimulus
Heirarchical
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A disadvantage of The Robinson Map is...
Everything is a little bit distorted
Size is completely distorted
Africa is far too small
Is completely useless as a general reference map
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This type of diffusion occurs when an idea spreads, the principle is adopted but changed to fit
Contagious
Stimulus
Heirarchical
Relocation
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This type of diffusion occurs when an idea goes from persons or nodes of power to other places
Relocation
Heirarchical
Contagious
Stimulus
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Density, concentration, and pattern are all properties of....
Demographics
Distribution
Diffusion
Dispersement
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Shrimp farmers in central IL are taking advantage of this concept to sell their product in Chi
Distance Decay
Expansion Diffusion
Intervening Opportunities
The Gravity Model
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Density is best described as...
the number of things present in a square mile
the frequency that something occurs in a given space
changes in distribution how dispersed or clustered a trait
arrangement of the distribution of features in a given space
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This type of region is centered on a focal point or central node
Formal
Functional
Perceptual
28
Mecca, since it is the origin of Islam, would be best described as...
A cultural center
A functional node
A cultural hearth
A cultural genesis
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The Mercator is a projection that is most useful for ....
determining the proper size of continents
using as a general reference map
Navigation
determining the proper shape of continents
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A map that uses different shades of color to show how certain traits occur
Isoline Map
Choropleth Map
Dot Map
Cartogram
