Unit 1 Practice Quiz

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?

• GPS
• GIS
• Scale
• Mental Maps

Which of the following uses a coordinate system to precisely plot where something is.

• Relative location
• Absolute location
• Generalized Maps
• GIS

Relative location is....

• location of a place in relation to other human and physical features.
• Precise coordinates of a place.
• General trends we see of a given phenomenon.
• Digitized representations of the environment.

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

• Mental Maps
• Scale
• GPS
• Regions

The French-speaking region of Europe is what type of region?

• Formal
• Functional
• Perceptual 
• Rescale

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

• Formal
• Functional
• Perception
• Rescale

Which of the following is a perceptual region?

• South China Karst Region
• City of Denver
• Southern United States
• French-speaking region in Europe

What is expansion diffusion?

• When an innovation or idea develops in a hearth and remains strong there while also spreading outward.
• a pattern in which the main channel of diffusion is some segment of those who are susceptible to what is being diffused.
• The distance controlled spreading of an idea, innovation, or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person-- analogous to the communication of a contagious illness.
• A form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place.

Under Armour diffusing from college to professional football players who were trying to stay cool and keep their clothing light, to lacrosse players and other athletes who were friends of the football players' sportswear, other athletes, to their favorite players, and now as a fashion trend is an example of which type of diffusion?

• Stimulus
• Contagious
• Hierarchical
• Expansion

The declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innovation with increasing time and distance from its point of origin or source is called...

• hierarchical diffusion
• time-distance decay
• cultural hearth
• Possibilism