APHG Unit 1 Review

Which of the following is NOT a site characteristic?

• Location of a smaller street in relation to a main street

• Amount of rainfall

• Type of soil

• Elevation

Toponymy is the study of

• Place names

• Extinct languages

• Religious affiliations

• Dialects

Which of the following modern trends is most directly responsible for the phenomenon of space-time compression?

• Regionalization

• Globalization

• Democratization

• Acculturation

Mathematical calculations using latitude and longitude allow us to determine the

• Relative location of a particular place

• Physical site characteristics of all places on Earth

• Toponym of a particular place

• Absolute location of a particular place

A special type of map designed to reveal the nature of local topography is called a

• Peters projection map

• Robinson projection map

• Reference map

• Contour map

Which of the following is a type of region that emphasizes the relationship between core and peripheral areas?

• Formal region

• Functional region

• Perceptual region

• Vernacular region

Which of the following is a computer system that captures, stores, analyzes, and displays data; storing information in layers and presenting an overall image?

• GIS

• Local-global continuum

• U.S. Census tracting

• GPS

The science of mapmaking is called

• Topography

• Cartography

• Physical geography

• Spatial analysis

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) would likely be most helpful in solving problems related to

• Navigation of ships and airplanes

• Identification of settlement patterns

• Core-periphery relationships

• Viability of building houses on hillsides

The prime meridian is what degree of longitude?

• 0 degrees

• 45 degrees

• 90 degrees

• 120 degrees