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AP Human Geography Chapter 1 Basics
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the ratio between the size of things in the real world and the size of those things on the map
Cartographic
Scale
Projection
Geographic
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Formal regions include all except
uniform
Homogeneous
node
common traits
3
Robinson projection is
Not SADD
Some SADD
least SADD
perfect
4
The Americas can be divided in English and
Latin American
South American
Spanish American
Central America
5
the contact, movement, and flow of things between location
Growth Mindset
Spatial interaction
Interaction of things
Locational Interactions
6
shows and labels natural features, such as mountains, rivers, and deserts
road map
physical map
political map
plat map
7
show and label highways and streets
political map
physical map
plat map
road map
8
the process geographers use to divide and categorize space into smaller areal units
cartographization
globalization
areaization
regionalization
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All map projections contain which of the following distortions
Shape
Distance
Size
Elevation
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He created a world map for sailors and is still widely used today
James Robinson
Buckminster Fuller
Arno Peters
Gerardus Mercator
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Uses symbols of different sizes to indicate different amounts of something
Isoline
Cloropleth
Cartogram
Graduated Symbol
12
Which of the following is an example of geospatial technology?
Cartogram
GIS
satellite images
GPS
13
Peters Projection strength is
Direction
Area
Distance
Shape
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The inverse relationship between distance and connection (cultural and spatial)
Place-Space accessibility
Distance Decay
Space-Time connectivity
World Systems Theory
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indicates that when things are closer together, they tend to be more connected
Distance Decay
Time Space Compression
Spatial interation
Friction of distance
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Functional regions include all except
focal point
defined border
node
defined by a certain activity
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is the measurement of how far or how near things are to one another
Distance
Place
Location
Human Environment Interaction
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Cartographic Scale can be shown in all ways except
Ratio
Line
scale
Words
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¨The geometric arrangement of objects in space
Distribtution
Density
Concentration
Pattern
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the way a phenomenon is spread out over an area
Distribution
Concentration
Pattern
Density
21
Mercator Projection strength is
Shape of Continents
Area of Continents
Size
Direction
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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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Anything built by humans is part of the
Landscape
Natural Landscape
cultural landscape
Nature
24
Sizes of countries are shown according to some specific statistic
Dot Density
Isoline
Cartogram
Topgraphic
25
the shrinking between locations because of improved methods of transportation and communication
Proximity
technology
situation
Time-space compression
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Time zones use
Longitude
Parallels
Latitude
equator
27
He calculated the circumference of the Earth
Ptolemy
Erastosthenes
Strabo
Aristotle
28
the precise spot where something is according to some system
Relative location
Site
Absolute location
Situation
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the number of something in a specifically defined area
Pattern
Density
Distribution
Concentration
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Geography is the why of
What
Where
How
When
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Landforms and climate are the most powerful forces shaping human behavior
Possiblilism
environmental determinism
Human Environment Interation
Cultural Ecology
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Relative location
is absolute
needs Latitude and Longitude
Connects 2 or more places
is never accurate
33
Not used to collect Geospatial data
Fieldwork
Observation
textbooks
GPS
34
He is considered the father of geography
Eratosthenes
Aristotle
Ptolemy
Kant
35
Spatial Thinking of Geography
Understanding relationships between location & distribution
Directing relational movement of locations
Understanding the growth of space travel
Thinking about space
36
Uses lines that connect points of equal value to depict variations in the data across space
Isoline
Cloropleth
Cartogram
Dot Density
37
Vernacular region includes all except
undefined borders
different defintions
homogeneous traits
perceptions
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The relationship between humans and the natural world is
Location
Distance
Place
Human Environmental Interaction
39
He expanded the focus of geography to include human activity
Erastothenes
Carl Sauer
Ptolemy
Aristotle
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Geography, as a field of inquiry, looks at the world from a ____________________
human perspective
non-spatial perspective
global perspective
spatial perspective
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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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refers to the specific human and physical characteristics of a location.
Location
Distance
Human Environment Interation
Place
43
Africa can be divided into Subsaharan and __________ Africa
Central
South
North
Muslim
44
Uses various colors, shades of one color, or patterns to show the spatial data
Cartogram
Isoline
Cloropleth
Dot Density
45
shows and labels human-created boundaries, such as countries, states, cities, and capitals
road map
political map
physical map
plat map
46
Eratosthenes used geometry to calculate Earth’s circumference and coined the term
Geography
Eurasia
Cultural Geography
Human Geography
47
This shows and labels property
road map
political map
plat map
physical map
48
Goode- Homosoline weakness is
Distance
Direction
Area
Shape
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Definition of sense of place
characteristics at the immediate location
perceiving characteristics of places in different ways
specific human and physical characteristics of a location
location of a place related to other places
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The art and science of map making is
cartography
locationography
mapography
ideolography
