Chapter 1

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

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

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

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

Which of the following shows places on the Earth's surface the most accurately?

• thematic maps
• globes
• general-purpose maps
• physical maps

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

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

The idea that one's environment is responsible for who people are and how they live

• Positivism
• 'Merica
• Possibilism
• Environmental Determinism

1)  The map projection most used in the classroom, which has the most distortion at the edges is called ______.

• Mercator
• Robinson

The map projection with the greatest amount of distortion, although visually appealing because of its nice, straight lines, is called _____.

• Mercator
• Gall-Peters
• Azimuthal
• Homolosine