AP Human Geography: Chapter 1.1- Thinking Geographically

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

• A. referenced location

• A. central location

• A. relative location

• A. absolute location

• grid location

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

• absolute location

• relative location

• site

• situation

• central 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

• region

What is the term for attempting to fit a 3D image onto a 2D surface?

• Cartogram

• Projection

• Globe

• Instagram

• Map Scale

All of the following are types of map distortion except for

• size

• distance

• shape

• consistency

• direction

Places that share similar characteristics are called

• human systems

• environments

• regions

• physical systems

• satellite nations

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

• thematic maps

• globes

• general-purpose maps

• physical maps

• mercator

Imaginary vertical line that passes through Greenwich and England and has a value of 0 degrees

• latitude

• longitude

• scale

• prime meridian

• equator

What are lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees?

• equator

• parallels

• meridians

• longitude

• mercators