APHG Unit 1 Review

Front

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

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absolute location

Front

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

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relative location

Front

Which type of location does not change? Options: Absolute, Relative, Positive, Negative

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Absolute

Front

What type of region would a county be?

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Formal

Front

Measuring the distance people are willing to travel to shop at a store would be creating what type of region for that store?

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Functional

Front

The imprint that humans leave, such as buildings, roads, cemeteries, etc., on a place are all considered to be part of the:

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Cultural Landscape

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

Telecommunication networks, whose areas of service radiate outward from central nodes best represent which of the following types of regions?
Options: Vernacular, Formal, Folk, Functional

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Functional

Front

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

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Prime Meridian

Front

Which type of map would show the boundaries of countries? Options: vegetation map, political map, land-use map, elevation map

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political map