AP HuG: Thinking Geographically

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The location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called:

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absolute location

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The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:

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relative location

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Scale is…

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the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape

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What type of region would a corn field be? Options: Perceptual, Formal, Functional, Vernacular

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Formal

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Places that share similar characteristics are called

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regions

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Which of the following shows places on the Earth's surface the most accurately? thematic maps, globes, general-purpose maps, physical maps

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globes

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Environment influences, but does not strictly determine, how a culture interacts with the environment.

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Environmental Possibilism

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The physical environment causes social and cultural development. Options: Cultural Environmentalism, Environmental Possibilism, Environmental Determinism, Cultural Possibilism

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Environmental Determinism

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The science of making maps

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cartography

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According to the surviving evidence, the first person to write the word geography was

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Eratosthenes