APHUG UNIT ONE REVIEW: NATURE & PERSPECTIVE

Geography literally means to...

• write [graph] the earth.

• locate [find] places

• identify spatial relationhips

• show the earth

One of the most important geographic tools.

• maps

• GPS

• GIS

• remote sensing

An area of the earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics.

• place

• site

• situation

• region

A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic, a unique location or position on Earth's surface.

• region

• place

• situation

• landform

To explain why different places are interrelated, geographers use three basic concepts

• scale, space, and connections

• scale, regions, and places

• distribution, diffusion, and connectivity

• maps, globes, and GPS

The relationship between the portion of Earth study and the Earth as a whole...

• region

• situation

• scale

• map projection

Which of the following is the LARGEST scale?

• a world map

• a Middle East map

• a map of Luxembourg

• a map of Fox River Grove

In which map is distance most severely distorted?

• a world map

• a map of Europe

• a map of China

• a map of Cary, IL

The science/art of mapmaking.

• epidemiology

• anthropology

• topography

• cartography

Coined the word geography

• Eratosthenes

• Ptolemy

• Pei Xiu

• Aristotle