Unit 1review

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

• A.  referenced location 
• A.  central location
• A.  relative location
• A.  absolute location 

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

• absolute location
• relative location
• site
• situation

Scale is…                                     

• the system used by geographers to transfer locations  from a globe to a map
• the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area
•  the difference in elevation between two points in an area
•  the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape

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: 

• diffusion
• simultaion
• adaptation
• movement

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

• site
• situation
• relative location
• absolute location

The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?

• Cultural Landscape
• Place
• Location
• Human Environment Interaction

What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?

• Cartogram
• Projection
• Globe
• Instagram

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?

• Formal
• Functional
• Perceptual
• Uniform

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

• Formal
• Perceptual
• Functional
• Uniform

Geographers group like things together into regions in order to make them easier to study.  What type of region would a corn field be?

• Perceptual
• Formal
• Functional
• Vernacular