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