AP Human Geography, Units 1-4 Midterm Review

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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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The process of the spread of an idea and/or dissemination of an innovation from its source area to other cultures, is the process of cultural:

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diffusion

Front

The physical qualities of the original location for a city is referred to as the

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site

Front

Billy thinks that in the south, everyone eats grits, eats fried chicken and watches football. He would be creating what type of region of the south with these ideas?

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Perceptual

Front

Measuring the distance people are willing to travel to shop at a store would be creating what type of region for that store? Options: Formal, Perceptual, Functional, Uniform

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Functional

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

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Formal

Front

The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior is called ____.

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diffusion

Front

Imaginary North-South line that passes through Greenwich, England, and has a value of 0 degrees

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longitude