AP Human Geo Unit 1 Review

Which of the following statements does NOT describe a transnational corporation?

• They exploit the specific economic assets of different countries

• They operate only in core countries

• They place earnings in offshore bank accounts

• They move factories from high wage countries to low wage countries

• They organize production according to the spatial division of labor

The concept that the distribution of one phenomenon is related to the location of another is

• geographic analysis

• spatial analysis

• spatial association

• spatial distribution

• regional association

The difference in time it took for Columbus to cross the Atlantic and John Glenn to cross the Atlantic is an example of

• better time managment

• better geographic knowledge

• space-time compression

• establishing longitude as part of the grid

• establishing the prime meridian

A branch of human geography that emphasizes the different ways that individuals form ideas about place and give those places symbolic meaning is

• Post structuralist Geography

• Humanistic Geography

• Behavioral Geography

• Feminist Geography

• Regulation Theory

To geographers, the spread of McDonalds around the world represents

• economic proliferation

• a unique taste in nearly every location

• the relocation diffusion of restaurants

• economic globalization

• globalization and stimulus diffusion

The frequency of something within a given unit of area is

• concentration

• density

• distribution

• pattern

• dispersion

The increasing gap in economic conditions between regions is described as

• balance of power

• trade theory

• uneven development

• capitalism

• resource exploitation

Which of the following are forms of expansion diffusion?

• contagious and eponymous

• hierarchical and formal

• economic and relocation

• contagious and hierarchical

• relocation and stimulus

Identify this projection

• Robinson
• Winkel Tripel
• Polar
• Mercator

All map projections are somehow incorrect.

• True
• False