APHG Unit 1 Exam Review

Question 1

What type of map is this

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Azimuthal projection

Question 2

The word Madrid is a toponym because it designates

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the name of a specific location

Question 3

Which of the following lists the BEST map scale for depicting areas clearly, from largest to smallest?

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a city, a country, a continent, the world

Question 4

The region outlined contains delivery destinations by United Trucking. Which of the following best fits

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Functional

Question 5

Which of the following is the primary assumption of environmental determinism?

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The physical environment determines the development of human cultures.

Question 6

Which of these categories contain qualitative data?

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Columns A & C only.

Question 7

The diffusion of HIV/AIDS to the United States, from its origins in Africa, is an example of which type of diffusion

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Relocation diffusion

Question 8

Which of the following is the primary assumption of environmental determinism?

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The physical environment determines the development of human cultures.

Question 9

Which of the following does NOT directly promote space-time compression?

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vernacular regions

Question 10

Identify the type of region displayed

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Vernacular/Perceptual

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of a functional, or nodal, region?

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a television market

Question 12

A formal region such as pictured above defines an area in which

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there is uniformity in one or more physical or human characteristics

Question 13

Which statement best describes the absolute location of Paris, France?

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49° N, 2° E

Question 14

Wealthy elites became the first people to practice Islam, but people converted slowly over the course of time

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Hierarchical Diffusion

Question 15

Identify the type of data presented in the map and the scale of the map.

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Quan Data and Small/International Scale

Question 16

Which of the following would help explain how scale of analysis affects truth?

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Map showing SC’s population density by counties and the USpop density

Question 17

The map above organizes a portion of the earth’s surface ____ regions emphasizing core and peripheral areas.

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Functional

Question 18

The picture above represents a system that determines precise Absolute Locations on earth?

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GPS

Question 19

Which statement describes the relative location of Barcelona, Spain?

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386 miles west of Madrid and 644 miles south of Paris

Question 20

Describe the type of geographic data that can be depicted most effectively with this type of map.

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Choropleth map depicting quantitative data

Question 21

Which of the following viewpoints of human-environment interactions are best described by these land-use examples?

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Ecotourism, Possibilism

Question 22

Why is the map projection shown here especially useful for navigation on the surface of the earth?

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Direction is constant across the map.

Question 23

Greenwich Mean Time (Prime Meridian) is measured from:

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0° longitude

Question 24

The equator is located at...

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0° latitude

Question 25

The term geographic scale refers to which of the following?

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The area of the world being studied.

Question 26

The Map scale of the choropleth map above is ___, but the scale of analysis is _____

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national, county

Question 27

Which relationships would a geographer who is interested in possibilism be most likely to examine?

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Looking at the effect that C has on B, and the relationship to A

Question 28

Which of the following types of regions best describes the U.S. Midwest?

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Perceptual

Question 29

Which of the following statements best describes human geography?

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The study of how humans understand and use Earth.

Question 30

Describe a conclusion that is supported by the data in the map.

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The share of the population infected with HIV is highest in southern Africa, the population infected with HIV is low in most places in the world, the population infected with HIV is higher in some regions than in others

Question 31

Which scale of analysis would be most useful to study the impact on a community of the closing of one store?

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Local

Question 32

London is a world city because of its range to ports & other places that foster development. This is due to Londons

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Situation

Question 33

Which decision-makers would be most interested in geographic data about crime rates, school zones, and property taxes?

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Business owners and home buyers.

Question 34

All maps have some kind of distortion. Why

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The earth’s surface is curved and a map is flat.

Question 35

The international dateline is measured approximately from:

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180° longitude

Question 36

Identify the type of region displayed

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Formal/Uniform

Question 37

To geographers, the spread of McDonald's around the world represents

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Economic and cultural globalization

Question 38

Identify the type of region displayed

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Functional or nodal Region

Question 39

The central vertical line on a map is the

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Prime Meridian

Question 40

Which statement accurately describes an advantage of using this projection

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projection preserves the appearance of a globe without severe distortions.

Question 41

The science of map making is...

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Cartography

Question 42

The map above represents what kind of projection?

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Robinson

Question 43

Which of the following lists the BEST map scale for depicting areas clearly, from largest to smallest?

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A city, a country, a continent, the world.

Question 44

A system for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is

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Projection

Question 45

Relative location defines a place in terms of

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how central or isolated it is in relation to other places

APHG Unit 1 Exam Review

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APHG Unit 1 Exam Review

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