AP Human Geography Unit 1

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Which of the following statements is most correct regarding the origins of geography?
Geography was invented as a science in the late 18th century,
Geography owes its existence to the Renaissance period in Western Europe.
Humans have practiced geography at least since the time of ancient Greek civilization.
Human geography was not practiced until powerful computers capable of mapping detailed information were invented.

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Humans have practiced geography at least since the time of ancient Greek civilization.

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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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If the scale of a map is 1:100,000, then 1 centimeter on the map represents ________ on Earth's surface.

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1 kilometer

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What elements of study do human and physical geography have in common?

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They are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do.

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

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projection

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The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from another long-distance method is

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remote sensing.

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A computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data is

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GIS

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Global Positioning Systems reference what type of location?

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mathematical

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Which of the following is a fundamental element of culture? customary beliefs, material traits, social forms, all of the above

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all of the above

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The first person to use the word geography was

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Eratosthenes.