AP Human Unit 1

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 visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?

• Cultural Landscape
• Place
• Location
• Human Environment Interaction

What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?

• Cartogram
• Projection
• Globe
• Instagram

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

• Positivism
• 'Merica
• Possibilism
• Environmental Determinism

What is the measure of distance in degrees north and south from the equator?

• latitude
• longitude
• elevation
• topography

Lines of Longitude measure how far from the _______ a place is located.

• Equator
• International Date Line
• Prime Meridian
• Tropic of Cancer

What is true about distance decay?

• Space-time compression has greatly reduced the effect of distance decay today

• Space-time compression has not impacted the effect of distance decay in the modern world

• Space-time compression has provided for equal access to technology across the planet today

• Space-time compression has greatly increased the effect of distance decay today

The invisible line at 0 degrees longitude is called the _________.

• International Date Line
• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Antarctic Circle

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

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

The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called: 

• absolute location
• relative location
• site
• situation