APHG Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz

What assumption could you make about the climate of a place near water with mountains on the other side?

• It will be colder than nearby areas
• It will have more rainfall than most nearby areas
• It will be much warmer than nearby areas
• It will be more humid than surrounding areas

What assumption could you make about the climate of a place covered in dense forests?

• It will be colder than nearby areas
• It will have more rainfall than most nearby areas
• It will be much warmer than nearby areas
• It will be more humid than surrounding areas

The science of making maps

• cartography
• concentration
• connection
• distribution

The long-term average weather condition at a particular location

• climate
• weather
• region
• hearth

The spread of something over a given area

• concentration
• connection
• density
• distribution

An area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics

• formal region
• region
• functional region
• vernacular region

An area organized around a node or focal point

• functional region
• region
• formal region
• vernacular region

The development and analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite and other electronic electronic information technologies

• GIScience
• GPS
• environmental determinism
• GIS

A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers

• GPS
• GIScience
• GIS
• stimulus diffusion

A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data

• GIS
• GPS
• GIScience
• Space-time compression