AP Human Geography Unit 1 - Geography: Its Nature and Perspective

Question 1

What is the main barrier to interaction today?

Accepted Answer

Many people cannot access technology.

Question 2

What is stimulus diffusion?

Accepted Answer

The spread of an underlying principle

Question 3

What is relocation diffusion?

Accepted Answer

The spread of an idea through physical movement.

Question 4

The Gravity model states that...

Accepted Answer

As places get farther away, interaction decreases., Bigger places interact more.

Question 5

True/False: The two uses of maps are as a reference tool and as a communications tool.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

True/False: The four types of distortion are size, shape, distance, and location.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

What is the geographers most important tool for thinking spatially?

Accepted Answer

Maps

Question 8

What is the cultural landscape?

Accepted Answer

A combination of all cultural features., The textbook we are reading.

Question 9

Chapter 1 KBAT and Current Events

Accepted Answer

I get to do more? Awesome!

Question 10

Why are models important in geography?

Accepted Answer

They help to simplify geographic concepts., They help to demonstrate geographic concepts.

Question 11

Is it possible to be sustainable?

Accepted Answer

Yes, there is no limit to the amount of resources., Yes, if we make the right choices., No, we have already passed the sustainability threshold.

Question 12

What is the difference between site and situation?

Accepted Answer

Site is physical characteristics, situation is relative.

Question 13

What is a region?

Accepted Answer

An area defined by one or more characteristics., An area bigger than a place and smaller than the Earth.

Question 14

What is Tobler's First Law?

Accepted Answer

All places are related, but near more than far.

Question 15

What scale is map is focused on a smaller area?

Accepted Answer

Bigger

Question 16

What is scale?

Accepted Answer

Relationship between a portion of and the whole Earth.

Question 17

What are the two major misuses of resources?

Accepted Answer

Depleting nonrenewable sources and destroying renewable.

Question 18

What is the definition of "place?"

Accepted Answer

A specific point on Earth distinguished by a characteristic.

Question 19

What is a chloropleth map?

Accepted Answer

A map that uses colors to show data

Question 20

What is friction of distance?

Accepted Answer

Distance takes effort and money to overcome.

Question 21

Key Issue 3

Accepted Answer

No! We have to keep going!

Question 22

Done!

Accepted Answer

I did really well. A+ material, definitely., 100 percent! Woooooooo!

Question 23

True/False: The four spheres are the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and bioshpere.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

What is a cartogram?

Accepted Answer

A map that has been simplified out of scale to show a stat.

Question 25

Key Issue 2

Accepted Answer

That last issue was so easy!, I can't wait!

Question 26

Why is situation important?

Accepted Answer

It helps us to understand the importance of place., It helps us find unfamiliar places.

Question 27

True/False: The three things that define distribution are density, concentration, and pattern.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

What is a functional region?

Accepted Answer

A region with magnitude of a trait decreasing farther away., A region organized around a central point, or node.

Question 29

"There are many hurricanes hitting the South," is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

Vernacular region

Question 30

Key Issue 1

Accepted Answer

Hooray!, I am so excited!

Question 31

What is a use of a GIS?

Accepted Answer

It interacts with and records geographic data., It makes more attractive maps., It makes more accurate maps.

Question 32

What has helped globalization the most?

Accepted Answer

The widespread availability of technology., This square thing in my pocket.

Question 33

True/False: The three ways of describing location are place name, site, and situation.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

What concept is demonstrated by AIDS spreading to the U.S. because of people moving?

Accepted Answer

Relocation diffusion

Question 35

What are the two types of resources?

Accepted Answer

Nonrenewable and renewable.

Question 36

What is expansion diffusion?

Accepted Answer

The spread of a feature in an additive process.

Question 37

"North Korea is relatively near to the U.S., so it interacts more," is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

The Gravity Model

Question 38

What is the formula for physiological density?

Accepted Answer

Number of people/unit of arable land

Question 39

What are the two main types of diffusion?

Accepted Answer

Relocation diffusion and expansion diffusion

Question 40

What is a hearth?

Accepted Answer

The place that a characteristic diffuses from.

Question 41

What is an isoline map?

Accepted Answer

A map that connects data of equal value with a line.

Question 42

What is space-time compression?

Accepted Answer

The reduction in time it takes to the same place over time.

Question 43

True/False: The three types of regions are formal, functional, and nodal.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 44

What is a map projection?

Accepted Answer

A way to turn a 3-D globe into a 2-D map.

Question 45

What is possibilism?

Accepted Answer

The belief that the environment hinders, but humans adapt.

Question 46

What is uneven development?

Accepted Answer

The increasing gap between the rich and the poor

Question 47

What two things does culture encompass?

Accepted Answer

What people care about, and what people take care of.

Question 48

What is geography?

Accepted Answer

The study of where things are found and why

Question 49

Key Issue 4

Accepted Answer

I wish this went on longer.

Question 50

What is relative location?

Accepted Answer

Location measured by proximity to other places.

AP Human Geography Unit 1 - Geography: Its Nature and Perspective

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AP Human Geography Unit 1 - Geography: Its Nature and Perspective

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