AP HUG Unit 1

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Which of the following do geographers use to compare a variety of spatial data by creating digitized representations of the environment by combining layers of spatial data, and creating maps in which patterns and processes are superimposed? Options: GPS, GIS, Scale, Mental Maps

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GIS

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Which of the following uses a coordinate system to precisely plot where something is: Relative location, Absolute location, Generalized Maps, GIS?

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Absolute location

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Relative location is....

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location of a place in relation to other human and physical features.

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Representation of a real world phenomenon at a certain level of reduction or generalization (ex. local, regional, global)

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Scale

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What are mental maps?

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Maps on our minds of places we have been and places we have merely heard of.

Front

The French-speaking region of Europe is what type of region? Options: Formal, Functional, Perceptual, Rescale

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Formal

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Which type of region is defined by a particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it?

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Functional

Front

Which of the following is a perceptual region? South China Karst Region, City of Denver, Southern United States, French-speaking region in Europe

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Southern United States

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An area where cultural traits develop and from which cultural traits diffuse is...

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Cultural Hearth

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What is expansion diffusion?

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When an innovation or idea develops in a hearth and remains strong there while also spreading outward.