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1
What is a toponym?
The study of people's names in a certain region.
The name of a region in the local language.
The name given to a certain place on Earth.
The study of place names.
2
Which of these are especially important decisions to consider when creating a map?
The color of each region
The location of the compass on the map
The projection of the map
The scale of the map
3
What is a vernacular region?
Area organized around a node
Area modified by humans
Area where specific language dialect is widely used
A place people consider part of their cultural identity
4
What is the reduction of time it takes for something to reach another place known as?
Distance Decay
Space Time Continuum
Space Distortion
Space-Time Compression
5
Which projection is this?
Robinson Projection
Roundhouse Projection
Mercator Projection
Mollweide Projection
6
What is the phenomena where interaction decreases as distance increases?
Distance Decay
Hearth Diffusion
Funk Phenomena
Time-Space Compression
7
Which of these is an example of a situation factor?
None of the answers
Houston's access to the Gulf of Mexico
The elevation of Moscow, Russia
The official currency of Bangladesh (taka)
8
What is a functional region?
An area where everybody works
A region that is successful economically and socially
A region where everyone speaks the same dialect
An area organized around a node or focal point
9
What is relative location?
The location of one's relatives (aunts, uncles cousins, etc)
A location based on degrees of longitude and latitude
Physical location of geographic phenomena across space
A location that is defined by its relation to other places
10
What is cultural ecology?
Study of how mainstream culture affects humans
Study of human development in a certain culture
Study of human-environmental relationships
Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
11
Which of the following is not a type of diffusion?
Contagious Diffusion
Expansion Diffusion
Media Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
12
Which type of map is this?
Diffusive Map
Choropleth Map
Thematic Map
Isoline Map
13
Which of the following is a formal region?
Kamchatka Krai
The province of British Columbia
Romania
The state of Telangana
14
What's the belief that the environment only sets exact limitations with the rest up to humans?
Set Determinism
Minecraftism
Environmental Determinism
Possibilism
15
Which of the following helps spread globalization?
Local businesses
Transnational corporations
Indigenous people groups
Heritage preservation foundations
16
What is at 0° longitude?
The Prime Meridian
The freezing point
The North Pole
The Equator
17
Which of the following is an example of a functional region?
An area that receives service from a specific radio station
A threshold for a business, such as an Apple store
The Pacific Northwest
An area that uses a specific airport
18
The North and South poles have which type of climate?
Tropical
Polar
Continental
Temperate
19
Both the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn are...
Lines of Longitude
Lines of Latitude
Horoscopes
Parallels
20
What does GPS stand for?
Geographic Point System
Global Positioning System
Globalization Per State
Grade Point per Semester
21
What is the main purpose of a GPS?
To analyze and display geographic information.
To determine one's exact location on the Earth.
To locate the closest civilization to a person's location.
To determine any obstacles or adverse weather in one's path.
22
What is a connection?
A universal language understood globally
Relationships among people and objects across a space
Relationship between a map's distance and actual distance
Method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to a map
23
Which biome is characterized by the image?
Desert biome
Forest biome
Minecraft biome
Alpine biome
24
What is the (AP Human Geography) definition of situation?
The location of a place relative to other places
The physical characteristics of a place
One's place in the world
A set of circumstances one is facing
25
What is a parallel?
The day-to-day movement of a person
A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the Equator
Lines of longitude
Lines of latitude
26
Tropical, Dry, Warm Mid-Latitude, Cold Mid-Latitude and Polar are all types of ...
Crops
Climates
Diffusion
Regions
27
What does a culture include?
None of the above
Social forms
Material traits
Customary beliefs
28
What is the definition of site?
The physical characteristics of a place
The name given to a place on Earth
The location of a place relative to other places
The mental characteristics of a place
29
Which of the following is an example of stimulus diffusion?
The spread of malaria
The concept of swing music turning to Electro Swing
The spreading of computer usage
Subway restaurants spreading to predominantly Hindu India
30
What are two exactly opposite points on Earth's surface called?
Anti-Meridians
Antipodes
Skewerod Points
Toponyms
31
Which of the following is an example of hierarchical diffusion?
The spread of AIDS
The spread of famine after the "Great Leap Forward"
The spread of suburban homes from high class to mid class
The spread of revolution from Che Guevara to Marxist people
32
What is a polder?
Land reclaimed by another territory
A point opposite to another point on a globe
A small coastal hamlet
A piece of land created by draining water from an area
33
What is hierarchical diffusion?
The spread of something within a social class
Spread of something in a triangular shape from the hearth
Diffusion that occurs in a place that practices hierarchism
Spread of something from a higher authority to other people
34
Who was the first person recorded to use the term "Geography"?
Aristotle
Eratosthenes
Hippocrates
Euclid
35
Which of the following makes a certain place unique?
Mathematical Location (Longitude and Latitude)
Toponym
Situation
Site
36
How many continents are there?
21
10
6
7
37
What is the process where a characteristics spread across space from one place to another?
Hearthspread
Emission
Osmosis
Diffusion
38
Which type of map is shown?
Cartogram
Isoline Map
Instagram
Histogram
39
How many time zones are there?
The same number of hours in a day
24
12
256
40
In which country are polders most likely to be found?
Mexico
Kazakhstan
Laos
The Netherlands
41
Which of these is an example of contagious diffusion?
The spread of the Bubonic Plague in the 14th Century
The spread of house music from Chicago to the globe
The diffusion of chopsticks from East Asia to North America
The spreading of strawberry jam on a loaf of bread
42
What is a place where a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another?
Origin
Home
Hearth
Diffuse Point
43
From which language is the word "geography" derived from?
Mandarin (ERIC!!)
Latin
Greek
Spanish
44
What is relocation diffusion?
The diffusion of something via the Internet
The spread of of an idea via the physical movement of people
When businesses move from CBDs to Suburbia
The spread of something from a high authority to others
45
What does GIS stand for?
None of the Above
Geographic Intervention System
Geographic Information System
Geography Induced Science
46
Which of the following maps would have the smallest scale?
A map of the city of Alicante, Spain
A map of Africa
A map of Kyzgystan
A map of Herschel V. Jenkins High School
47
What are vernacular regions also known as?
Perceptual regions
Nodal regions
Functional regions
Vital regions
48
What is a map?
A two-dimensional model of Earth's surface
A physical gap between two objects
A three dimensional model of the Earth
A two dimensional model of portions of Earth's surface
49
What is a meridian?
A line of latitude
A line of longitude
A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the Equator
An arc drawn between the North and South poles
50
Which line is the Equator?
50° Latitude
180° Longitude
0° Latitude
0° Longitude
51
What is the science of map making known as?
Cartography
Hydraulics
Geology
Mapology
52
Which biome is this?
Desert biome
Savanna biome
Africa biome
Jungle biome
53
Which of these is a site factor?
Climate and vegetation type
Soil and water availibilty
Elevation
Local dialect
54
What is a location of something on Earth as expressed with degrees of longitude and latitude?
Pinpoint Location
Situation
Absolute Location
Relative Location
55
When is the AP Exam?
March 12th (Its already done)
May 12th (You better get ready!)
November 13th (You got ample time!)
Never!!!
56
What are the earliest surviving maps?
Babylonian clay tablets
Norse Viking Maps
Google Maps
Anaximander's map
57
Which type of map is this?
Isoline Map
Isometric Map
Choropleth Map
Cartogram
58
Who created the first geography book?
Alexander the Great
Mr. Freenor
Hecateus of Miletus
Thales and Anaximander
59
Which map projection is shown in the image?
Mercator Projection
Miller Cylindrical Projection
MIller Squared Projection
Mollweide Projection
60
What is a mental map?
One's perceived image of the surrounding landscape
A virtual map created via neurotransmission onto a screen
Maps that show all functional, formal and vernacular regions
A map of regions according to an individual
61
What is contagious diffusion?
The diffusion of something in a small contained area
The rapid, widespread spreading throughout a population
The spreading of something at a slow, gradual rate
The spreading of something without several characteristics
62
What is the antipode for most of the contiguous United States?
China
Siberia
The Indian Ocean
East Africa
63
What is the spread of an underlying principle without the spread of certain characteristics?
Wannabe Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Taco Bell Diffusion
64
How many climate regions are there according to the Köppen system?
4
10
3
5
65
What is the belief that the physical environment completely determines social development?
Polderism
Cultural Determinism
Possibilism
Environmental Determinism
66
What is the acquisition of information about Earth's surface to a map referred to?
Gerrymandering
Satellite Scanning
GIC (Geographic Information Collection)
Remote Sensing
67
What is globalization?
Process where something is made worldwide in scope
The process where folk culture is preserved from pop culture
The production of plastic globes in a factory
When a local business receives aid from a global enterprise
68
What is this map showing?
The international marine transport lines.
The continents of the world.
The time zones of the world.
The GPS division units.
69
Who defined cultural landscapes?
Morris Sauer
Trevon Sauer
Carl Sauer
Chuck Sauer
70
Which map projection is shown?
Mercator
Mollweide
Robinson
Winkel Tripel
71
What is a GIS?
A system that determines one's location on Earth.
A geostationary GPS satellite.
A system that analyzes and displays geographic data.
A satellite used to keep time on Earth.
72
Which map projection is represented in the image?
Adamson
Robinson
Sensason
Leif Erikson
73
The Equator and its surroundings are characterized with which climate?
Cold arid
Dry climate
Tropical
Polar
74
What are meridians (properly) also known as?
Lines of Longitude
Lines on the globe
Lines of Latitude
Parallels
75
Which body of water is more centered in a Korean made map?
The Mediterranean Sea
The Pacific Ocean
The Arctic Ocean
Bight of Biafra
76
Hierarchical diffusion, contagious diffusion and stimulus diffusion could result in ...
Expansion Diffusion
Dire Diffusion
Extensive Diffusion
Bigger Diffusion
77
How many themes of geography exist?
5
7
18
3
78
What does GMT stand for?
Greenwich Mean Time
Geographic Measuring Table
Greensboro Mean Time
Global Master Terrain
79
What is an example of relocation diffusion?
The spread of smartphones to people worldwide
The spread of Oktoberfest from Bavarian immigrants
Indian immigrants bringing biryani to the Western world
The spread of Wal-Marts across the U.S.
80
Which system is used to classify the world's climate regions?
Köppen Climate Classificiation System
Marco Climate Classification System
Carl Sauer Climate Culture System (CSCCS)
Weber's Least Cost Triangle
81
In the Mercator Projection, which part of the map is most distorted?
On the Prime Meridian
Towards the North and South Poles
Afro-Eurasia
On the Equator
82
Where is most of the International Date Line?
72° Latitude
180° Longitude
90° Latitude
0° Longitude
83
Which of the following is a vernacular region?
The Middle East
The South
New England
Wichita
