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AP Human Geography Chapter 1 Basics
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Definition of sense of place
characteristics at the immediate location
specific human and physical characteristics of a location
perceiving characteristics of places in different ways
location of a place related to other places
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Landforms and climate are the most powerful forces shaping human behavior
Cultural Ecology
Human Environment Interation
Possiblilism
environmental determinism
3
Sizes of countries are shown according to some specific statistic
Cartogram
Dot Density
Topgraphic
Isoline
4
Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things
Wallerstein's World Systems Theory
Mercator's Laws of Mapmaking
Tobler's First Law of Geography
Kant's Third Law of Geography
5
Africa can be divided into Subsaharan and __________ Africa
Central
South
North
Muslim
6
the precise spot where something is according to some system
Site
Absolute location
Relative location
Situation
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the contact, movement, and flow of things between location
Spatial interaction
Interaction of things
Locational Interactions
Growth Mindset
8
He calculated the circumference of the Earth
Strabo
Erastosthenes
Ptolemy
Aristotle
9
Robinson projection is
least SADD
Some SADD
Not SADD
perfect
10
Eratosthenes used geometry to calculate Earth’s circumference and coined the term
Cultural Geography
Geography
Human Geography
Eurasia
11
the ratio between the size of things in the real world and the size of those things on the map
Cartographic
Projection
Geographic
Scale
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Geography, as a field of inquiry, looks at the world from a ____________________
human perspective
global perspective
non-spatial perspective
spatial perspective
13
Geography is the why of
How
Where
What
When
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The inverse relationship between distance and connection (cultural and spatial)
World Systems Theory
Place-Space accessibility
Distance Decay
Space-Time connectivity
15
show and label highways and streets
political map
physical map
plat map
road map
16
Cartographic Scale can be shown in all ways except
Line
scale
Ratio
Words
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Anything built by humans is part of the
Landscape
cultural landscape
Nature
Natural Landscape
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Uses symbols of different sizes to indicate different amounts of something
Isoline
Cartogram
Graduated Symbol
Cloropleth
19
Goode- Homosoline weakness is
Area
Direction
Distance
Shape
20
the process geographers use to divide and categorize space into smaller areal units
cartographization
regionalization
globalization
areaization
21
The art and science of map making is
ideolography
cartography
locationography
mapography
22
Used to show the specific location and distribution of something across the map
Cloropleth
Isoline
Cartogram
Dot Distribution
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Relative location
is absolute
needs Latitude and Longitude
is never accurate
Connects 2 or more places
24
shows and labels natural features, such as mountains, rivers, and deserts
road map
physical map
political map
plat map
25
He expanded the focus of geography to include human activity
Ptolemy
Aristotle
Carl Sauer
Erastothenes
26
All map projections contain which of the following distortions
Distance
Size
Elevation
Shape
27
Uses lines that connect points of equal value to depict variations in the data across space
Dot Density
Cloropleth
Cartogram
Isoline
28
Time zones use
Longitude
equator
Parallels
Latitude
29
Functional regions include all except
focal point
defined by a certain activity
defined border
node
30
The relationship between humans and the natural world is
Distance
Place
Location
Human Environmental Interaction
31
He is considered the father of geography
Ptolemy
Kant
Aristotle
Eratosthenes
32
The Americas can be divided in English and
Central America
Spanish American
South American
Latin American
33
shows and labels human-created boundaries, such as countries, states, cities, and capitals
physical map
plat map
political map
road map
34
is the measurement of how far or how near things are to one another
Distance
Location
Place
Human Environment Interaction
35
This shows and labels property
road map
physical map
plat map
political map
36
Not used to collect Geospatial data
textbooks
Observation
Fieldwork
GPS
37
the shrinking between locations because of improved methods of transportation and communication
situation
Time-space compression
technology
Proximity
38
Mercator Projection strength is
Area of Continents
Direction
Shape of Continents
Size
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Spatial Thinking of Geography
Understanding the growth of space travel
Understanding relationships between location & distribution
Thinking about space
Directing relational movement of locations
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the number of something in a specifically defined area
Pattern
Distribution
Concentration
Density
41
Formal regions include all except
common traits
uniform
Homogeneous
node
42
Which of the following is an example of geospatial technology?
Cartogram
satellite images
GIS
GPS
43
indicates that when things are closer together, they tend to be more connected
Spatial interation
Distance Decay
Time Space Compression
Friction of distance
44
the way a phenomenon is spread out over an area
Pattern
Density
Distribution
Concentration
45
Uses various colors, shades of one color, or patterns to show the spatial data
Cartogram
Dot Density
Cloropleth
Isoline
46
He created a world map for sailors and is still widely used today
Arno Peters
Buckminster Fuller
Gerardus Mercator
James Robinson
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refers to the specific human and physical characteristics of a location.
Place
Location
Distance
Human Environment Interation
48
Peters Projection strength is
Area
Direction
Shape
Distance
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Vernacular region includes all except
homogeneous traits
undefined borders
perceptions
different defintions
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¨The geometric arrangement of objects in space
Distribtution
Density
Concentration
Pattern
