Chapter 1 AP Human Geography

A good example of a formal region would be a:

To map the surface of the earth, geographers use different projections because

Spread of ideas, cultural traits, knowledge from their place of origin to other areas

Which term best describes this map type?

Intellectual constructs designed to help us understand the nature and distribution of phenomena

Given a topographic contour map, which pattern of contour lines would show the steepest slope?

Spanish-American War

An Example would be: city has a surrounding region within which workers commute to the downtown

A good example of a functional region would be:

Highlights particular features or a single variable such as temperature on city size

What term best describes this picture?

What pattern type is this?

Maps in which the shapes are deliberately distorted to show a disease in an area

Berlin Wall falls

_____ is the name given to a place on earth

What term best describes this picture?

A real pattern of sets of places and the routes (links) connecting them

_____% of Kenya's land is arable.

What term best describes this?

In 1991, an outbreak of cholera killing over 10,000 people occurred in:

A ____ is a relationship among locations marked by concentration.

Of the 12 major regions of the US and so. Canada identified by Zelinsky, the one that is unique

What is the "red line" called?

Sense of connection that brings people closer together even though their distances are the same

It is estimated that _____ of the world's population is seriously malnourished

In distance decay models, the slope of the decay function illustrates

Which is a good example of a functional region?

Which of the following is not an example of a form of expansion diffusion?

The mental map you have of places you routinely visit is a map of your:

the art & science of making measurements of the earth using ___ on airplanes or satellites

____ includes the costs of overcoming the friction of absolute distance separating two places

An area with an uneven distribution of temperature, or other resources can cause _____

What is the "Red Line"?

Which term best describes what type of map this is?

World War 1

Israel is created from Palestine lands

Exact location of a place on a mathematical grid

Cartographic scale refers to

A region that observes uniform time and is divided along meridians

Geographical research that applies only to one place or region is

Ratio of the distance on the map to the distance on the ground

What is most responsible for “hierarchical” diffusion, as opposed to “contagious” diffusion?

maps in our minds of places we have been and places we have merely heard of

It categorizes a variable into classes & depicts each with different shading patterns or colors

Bolshevik Revolution

Conference of Berlin

An example would be: Chicago is on lake Michigan

The concept of culture is closely identified with:

The concern of geography with space puts _________ at the center of its agenda.

Wilbur Zelinsky dlimited the perceptual regions of the US and southern Canada by analyzing

An example would be: Lines of equal elevation above sea level

Founding of People's Republic of China

Shown by those features and patterns reflecting human occupation and use of natural resources

Locates place surface accurately

What term best describes this map type?

The importance of the spatial approach that geographers use in their studies is that it shows

Except for South and Southeast Asia, which ocean influences the moistest areas of the world?

All choropleth maps use

Degree of linkage between one particular location and other locations in a transport network

Hagerstrand claimed culture hearths should be viewed in the context of ___as well as space.

___ in which areas are shaded or patterned in proportion to the measurement

An example of this would be: Similar language or religion - French speaking part of Canada

the degree of linkage between locations in a network) among places

What refers to the infusing of a locality with meaning and emotion

Which form of diffusion cannot be transmitted by media (television, internet, radio)?

Plessy vs Ferguson

First portable PC is introduced by IBM

Geographer Carl O. Sauer is most closely connected with:

Vietnam War

The measure of the capacity of a location to be reached by, or to reach different locations

MTV begins boardcasting

In their study on students' perceptions of place, Gould and White found that

The diffusion of the hamburger to India with a vegetable patty instead of the prohibited beef

Cultural geographers identify a single element of normal practice (e.g. cattle herding) as:

The South American country with the lowest daily calorie consumption per capita

Lack of alcohol in Islamic regions illustrates the effect of ___ on cultural diffusion

Two countries with very high percentages of arable land

Branch of geography focuses upon natural landforms, climate, soils and vegetation of the Earth

An example would be if one economy crashes, other countries will feel a strain on their economy

Cholera vaccines exist, but the problem is that:

US invasion of Iraq begins

The diffusion of Birkenstock shoes or of new styles of music tend to be examples of

Hagerstrand emphasized that culture hearths should be viewed in the context of ? and space

First use of an atomic bomb in combat over Hiroshima, Japan

The greater the distance from the hearth the less likely an innovation will be adopted. This is

Study of human cultures and their ability to adapt within a particular physical environment

Example of this: places where floods are common, houses are built higher up to avoid flooding

Women's right to vote

The misrepresentation of shape, area, distance, or direction of or between geographic features

Which term best describes this map

A cultural complex is defined as:

On a Mercator projection map, where are the landmasses most exaggerated in relative size?

Processes that increase interactions, deepening relationships and heightening interdependence

Chicago's relative location changed markedly in 1959 because:

Cholera is an ancient disease with its source area in: