AP HuG Chapter 1 - Basic Concepts

Modifying the environment by building irrigation, a polder or a bridge would be altering the

Which map is often used in magazines because it "looks good?"

The circles that travel E-W around the globe and help us measure how far something is N-S?

Which map is known for keeping the meridians and parallels perpendicular?

Which tool do geographers use to produce layered maps?

Which of the following best represents the date of the first known maps?

Italian migrants came to US in early 1900s, but a generation later, their kids speak English

What type of region is best described by a radio station?

As Mexican immigrants arrive in the US, some areas now speak "Spanglish"

Which of the following pairs is incorrect?

How was the Jewish faith spread around the globe?

1 to 100 is an example of _____

All different types of diffusion have to start somewhere - What term describes that place?

Oxford, Ohio is located 5 miles east of the Indiana state line and 35 miles NW of Cincinnati

What is the field that map makers work in?

Which system includes the earth's mantle and crust?

A country that uses a lot of machinery to conduct its farming is likely to have a

Which of the following is NOT renewable?

__ would study differences in public transit on the North & South (minority) sides of Chicago?

What type of region would best describe the people that shop at Lincoln Mall?

Greenwich, England is the historical city through which _______ passes.

Chicago's ________ is 92 miles south of Milwaukee and 180 miles northwest of Indianapolis

____ describes the way that "sweet tea" spread across the southern US as an alternative to tea.

Which type of map has the largest distortions at the poles?

Which of the following is the smallest scale map?

Seeing mixes of people dressed in sarongs, saris, business suits or blue jeans in NYC suggests

The circles that travel N-S around the globe and help us measure how far something is E-W?

Which geographers tool is the best for identifying exactly where a person is on the planet?

The 9 regions established by the Census Bureau represent _______ regions.

A development plan that uses the earth's resources to ensure the availability in the future

Which way do you need to cross the International Date Line to gain a day?

What is the significant "line" that is located around 180 degrees longitude?

The coordinates 89 N latitude, 170 E longitude are

GPS provides _______ location

Which geographer would focus on why pilgrims traveled to the US in the 1600s?

What is the idea that a radio station's signal loses strength as you drive away from it?

Which way do you need to cross the International Date Line to lose a day?

Which of the following is the largest scale map?

The number of people in a country per square mile is an expression of which type of density?

The physical environment sets broad limits on humanity, but we can adjust to it best describes

Acquiring data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet is best described as

Someone claiming that people living in a desert are naturally lazy because of the intense heat

Which type of map is preferred by the authors of your textbook?

If you wanted to know the # of farmers that work on a typical farm in a country, you'd need the

People adapting to living in the Arizona desert heat by using air conditioning is an example of

A ship at 0 latitude and 150 west longitude is likely

What type of region is Matteson?

170W longitude and 11 S latitude are likely

What type of region is the Pacific Northwest?

Polders in the Netherlands are a great example of

The spread of Christianity in Africa suggestions

Spreading information during the Middle Ages was usually done through

Which method of indicating location is providing the latitude & longitude coordinates of a city

Examining the impact of Muslims pilgrimage to Mecca would be something that a ______ would do.

The extent of a feature's spread over space is defined as _________.

The Land Ordinance of 1785 divided the US into smaller (6 mile by 6 mile) squares called _____.

The signal area of ABC Channel 7 news (Chicago) is an example of which type of region?

What type of diffusion does migration lead to?

A city located in the NE US on the Altantic coast, with a temp. climate, & 2 Ivy League schools

What type of diffusion does the spread of Culver's restaurants across the United States?

Although the initial spread of HIV/AIDS in the US is ___, the spread of treatment is ____

Which law established the township and range system for organizing most of the USA?

Olympia Fields, Washington Ave, and Illinois are all examples of _____

Which type of map actually distorts everything in a map, its angles, distances, and areas?

Globalization of the economy has

Mormon's high concentration in Salt Lake City, with lower concentrations occurring further out

Which of the following is a distortion found in maps? (make sure you answer :)

What is the waistline of the earth?

A country that doesn't have enough farm land to produce enough food for it people will have a

Hip-hop music spread from a few big cities, to smaller cities, and then to suburban areas

How would a geographer describe the "shrinking" of the world thanks to technology?

What term describes how much the distance between two places impacts there interactions?

What are the lines (or arcs) that are drawn between the North and South poles called?

All world maps are distorted because (read all answers please)