AP Human Geography - Midterm Review

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

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

One way geographers describe the location of a place is by situation. Situation identifies a place by its

• location relative to other objects.

• absolute location on the Earth's surface.

• unique physical characteristics.

• cultural features, such as language and religion.

Which of the following terms describes the art, science, and practice of making maps?

• Projection

• Cartography

• Demography

• Topography

GPS satellites allow for the determination of which of the following?

• Amount of detail that can be shown on a thematic map

• The weather forecast in for any area

• Absolute location on the surface of the Earth

• Relationship between the size of an earth feature and its size on the map

Which of the following is a term used in the study of place names?

• Loconyms

• Toponyms

• Isonyms

• Phenonyms

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

• Regionalization

• Globalization

• Periodization

• Acculturation

Environment influences, but does not strictly determine, how a culture interacts with the environment.

• Environmental Determinism
• Environmental Possibilism
• Cultural Determinism
• Cultural Environmentalism

Which of the following types of maps would have the smallest map scale?

• Street map of Annapolis

• Subway system map in London

• Political world map

• Map of the United States

The map above illustrates

• a Robinson projection map.

• a contour map.

• a Mercator projection map.

• a Peters projection map.

The map above represents what kind of map projection?

• A homolosine projection with continuity of landmasses

• A gnomic projection with distortions of bodies of water

• A Robinson projection with distortions at the equator

• A Mercator projection with distorted land areas