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Chapter 1 AP Human Geography
Chapter 1 AP Human Geography
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Reviewing Ch 1 for the exam tomorrow.
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1
Most of the one billion malnourished people in the world:
have little money
all of these
are lazy
are women or children
2
Latitude and longitude may be used to determine which of the following:
Meaning of a place
Absolute Location of a place
relative location of a place
site features of a place
3
Which of these is an example of a perceptual region?
The South
Metropolitan Tokyo
Corn Belt
Northeast Corridor
4
What term best describes this picture?
Clustered Pattern
Scattered Pattern
Random Pattern
Uniform Pattern
5
Lines of longitude on the globe.
latitude, Equator
meridans, Date Line
are the same length north to south
latitude, Prime Meridian
6
A two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it.
Map
Cloropeth
Scale
Topography
7
All of the following are characteristics of a region except:
area
boundary
scale
location
8
What term best describes this map type?
Choropleth Map
Thematic Map
Dot Map
Cartogram Map
9
Which form of diffusion
cannot
be transmitted by media (television, internet, radio)?
stimulus
relocation
hierarchical
expansion
10
Locates place surface accurately
GPS
GIS
ARS
CGI
11
Intellectual constructs designed to help us understand the nature and distribution of phenomena
Perceptual Region
Physical Region
Cultural Region
Formal Region
12
Which map would have the smallest scale?
Country
City
World
Continent
13
An example of this would be: Similar language or religion - French speaking part of Canada
Nodal Region
Functional Region
Perceptual Region
Formal Region
14
Exact location of a place on a mathematical grid
Absolute Site
Absolute Distance
Absolute Location
Absolute Direction
15
What pattern type is this?
Random Pattern
Uniform Pattern
Clustered Pattern
Centralized Pattern
16
What type of map is this?
Choropleth
Graduated Symbol
Isoline
Cartogram
17
What term best describes this?
Random Pattern
Agglomerated Pattern
Uniform Pattern
Clustered Pattern
18
Processes that are increasing interactions and heightening interdependence among countries are
Ecological
Spatial
Nationalizing
Globalization
19
An example would be: Chicago is on lake Michigan
Relative Location
Absolute Location
Absolute Direction
Site
20
An example would be: Lines of equal elevation above sea level
Statistical Map
Isoline Map
Dot Map
Thematic Map
21
____ includes the costs of overcoming the friction of absolute distance separating two places
Relative Distance
Relative Direction
Relative Location
Relative Situation
22
Maps in which the shapes are deliberately distorted to show a disease in an area
Medical Map
Political Map
Landscape Map
Cartogram Map
23
What is the "Red Line"?
Greenwich Meridian Line
International Date Line
Equator
Parallel
24
What does a large scale map show?
A large area
unbalanced area
a small area
undefined area
25
Fashion may spread through which type of diffusion?
relocation
migrant
stimlus
hierarchical
26
The International Date Line is measured approximately from
0 degrees longitude
180 degrees latitude
180 degrees longitude
0 degrees latitude
27
Ratio of the distance on the map to the distance on the ground
Map Scale
Absolute Location
Absolute Direction
Absolute Distance
28
The frequency of occurrence of something within a specifically defined area is the
Pattern
Incidence
Density
Distribution
29
The importance of the
spatial
approach that geographers use in their studies is thatit shows:
the history of an area
the arrangement and organization of things on Earth
the political impact of boundaries
human activity only
30
Which of the following are formal regions:
The South
The state of Louisiana
the attendance area of your high school
the Far East
31
Which term best describes this map type?
Statistical Map
Isoline Map
Dot Map
Thematic Map
32
It categorizes a variable into classes & depicts each with different shading patterns or colors
Isoline Map
Chloropleth Map
Thematic Map
Cartogram Map
33
Which of the following would
not
be part of the cultural landscape?
Rainfall
Fences
Barns
Roads
34
The greater the distance from the hearth the less likely an innovation will be adopted.
adoption avoidance
distance decay
inverse innovation rule
cultural repulsion
35
The exact measurement of distance on the surface of the Earth
Absolute Location
Absolute Direction
Absolute Distance
Absolute Spot
36
Which tool would be most useful for comparing data about the spread of a disease & the locations of at-risk populations?
GIS Map
A Remote Sensor
Small-Scale map
GPS Receiver
37
What term best describes this picture?
Agglomerated Pattern
Clustered Pattern
Random Pattern
Uniform Pattern
38
The measure of the capacity of a location to be reached by, or to reach different locations
Network
Connectivity
Accessbility
Remote Sensing
39
The mental map you have of places you routinely visit is a map of your
inner world
neighborhood
activity spaces
region
40
Highlights particular features or a single variable such as temperature on city size
Cartogram Map
Dot Map
Isoline Map
Thematic Map
41
A ____ is a relationship among locations marked by concentration.
Linear Pattern
Uniform Pattern
Centralized pattern
Relative Pattern
42
The concern of geography with space puts _________ at the center of its agenda.
distance
patterns
scale
places
43
Which of the following describes the site of New York City:
built on granite bedrock
a large number of people
a high crime rate
a large number of languages spoken
44
Human geographers focus
on how we interact with each other in places & across space
on how we organize space a society
ALL of these
on how people make places
45
What type of map is this?
Mecator Projection
Azimuthal Projection
Gall-Peters Projection
Cylindrical Projection
46
The frequency an object appears in a given area is its
density
dispersion
diffusion
distribution
47
Direct linkage between one particular location & other locations in a transport network is
Movement
Landscape
Connectivity
Spatial Interaction
48
_____ is the name given to a place on earth
Random Pattern
Built Landscape
Toponym
Cultural Landscape
49
The misrepresentation of shape, area, distance, or direction of or between geographic features
Offset
Distortion
Grid
Mental map
50
The art & science of making measurements of the earth using
___
on airplanes or satellites
Remote Sensing
GPS
AVR
GIS
51
Which of the following is
not
an example of a form of expansion diffusion?
contagious
independent invention
stimulus
hierarchical
52
Which scale of analysis would be most useful to study the impact on a community of the closing of one store?
Regional
National
Local
Global
53
Which term best describes what type of map this is?
Statistical map
Isoline Map
Thematic Map
Dot Map
54
The mental map you have of places you routinely visit is a map of your:
Activity Spaces
Inner world
neighborhood
Distances
55
A real pattern of sets of places and the routes (links) connecting them
Network
Connectivity
Time-Space
Accessibility
56
Sense of connection that brings people closer together even though their distances are the same
Distance Decay
Mental Distance
Time-Space Compression
Network
57
An object at 90 degrees north latitude is located
on the Equator
at the Tropic of Capricorn
at the North Pole
at the Tropic of Cancer
58
___ in which areas are shaded or patterned in proportion to the measurement
Cartogram Map
Dot Map
Statistical Map
Isoline Map
59
A region that observes uniform time and is divided along meridians
Time zones
Random pattern
Uniform Pattern
Uniform zone
60
A place’s location relative to other objects or places is called its
Topography
Situation
Absolute Location
Site
61
Which of the following is a consequence of globalization?
Sustainable-Development Challenges
Cultural Diversity
Distance Decay
Overpopulation
62
The degree of linkage between locations in a network) among places
Spatial Thinking
Spatial Interaction
Mental map
Spatial Perspective
63
Cairo, Egypt, is about 4,500 miles from Cape Town, South Africa. This is an example of which of the following?
Absolute DIrection
Projection Data
Absolute Distance
Relative Distance
64
What is the "red line" called?
Greenwich Meridian Line
International date line
Time Zone
Equator
65
An Example would be: city has a surrounding region within which workers commute to the downtown
Functional Region
Vernacular Region
Formal Region
Uniform Region
66
The branch of geography that focuses upon landforms, climate & vegetation of the Earth is:
Physical Geography
Human Geography
Biogeography
Cultural Geography
67
Which of the following is NOT a formal culture region?
a French-speaking region in Canada
a wheat growing country in Kansas
the part of Italy called "Lombardy"
the distribution network for USA Today newspaper
68
Maps in our minds of places we have been and places we have merely heard of
Thematic Maps
Linear Maps
Site Maps
Mental Maps
69
_________________ refers to the infusing of a locality with meaning and emotion.
Human-Environment Interaction
Regionalization
Location Theory
Sense of place
70
The study of human cultures & their ability to adapt, exist within a physical environment
cultural determinism
possibilism
cultural ecology
culture history
71
Which geography theme would involve the study of the drainage of part of the FL Everglades?
Movement
Location
Human-Environment
Place
72
The concept of culture is closely identified with
sociology
archaelogy
anthropology
psychology
73
How is the spatial perspective demonstrated?
through economic geography
through the use of maps
through religion
through the history of a region
74
Which term best describes this map
Dot Map
Isoline Map
Choropleth Map
Thematic Map
75
What type of map is this?
Dot
Isoline
Choropleth
Cartogram
76
An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features
Cultural Region
Density
Region
Section
77
The arrangement of something across Earth's surface.
Distribution
Pattern
Section
Situation
78
Example of this: places where floods are common, houses are built higher up to avoid flooding
Perceptual Region
Situation Location
Possibilism
Physical Region
79
An area with an uneven distribution of temperature, or other resources can cause _____
Clustered Distribution
Dispersed Distribution
Scattered Distribution
Overpopulation
80
One way that possibilism differs from environmental determinism is that it emphasizes
Climate
Trade
Culture
History
81
The physical location of a place using the Earth latitude-longitude grid is properly called the
Grid Plan
Referenced Location
Relative Location
Absolute Location
82
Shown by those features and patterns reflecting human occupation and use of natural resources
Landscape
Virtual Landscape
Physical Landscape
Built Landscape
83
An example would be if one economy crashes, other countries will feel a strain on their economy
Relative Pattern
Situation Location
Globalization
Centralized Pattern
84
The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:
absolute location
site
relative location
actual location
85
What map type is this?
Cartogram
Isoline
Graduated Symbol
Dot Map