AP Human Geography Chapter 1

This computer system captures, stores, analyzes, and displays data.

• spatial data pattern

• GIS

• GPS

• U.S. Census Tracking

GIS would most likely be helpful in solving problems related to...

• Navigation of airplanes and ships

• Identification of ethnic settlement patterns

• Core-periphery relationships

• The viability of building houses on hillsides

Which of the following is an example of the spatial analysis tradition in geography?

• A checkerboard pattern created by agricultural use of land

• The number of ships constructed in New England

• The sizes of major oceans

• Natural vegetation on hillsides

All of the following are correct statements about time zones except...

• Local time in neighboring zones are exactly 1 hour different

• Some areas practice daylight savings in spring and summer

• China is bigger than USA and has more time zones

• Time zones are 15 degrees of longitude apart

The Meridians on the picure show

• The spatial relationship objects on Earth's surface

• Distance north and south of the Equator

• Distance east and west of the Prime Meridian

• Relative location of bodies of water to land masses

A special type of map designed to reveal the nature of local topography is called a

• Robinson Projection

• Contour Map

• Space Continuum

• Peters Projection

Which of the following is not a physical site characteristic?

• Elevation

• Type of Soil

• amount of rainfall

• the location of a smaller street in relation to a main street

Mathematical calculations using latitude and longitude allow us to determine

• Toponym of a particular place

• Arrangement of objects on Earth's surface

• Absolute location of a particular place

• physical site characteristics of all places on Earth

The geographer who first calculated the Earth's circumference with relative accuracy was...

• Idrisi

• Eratosthenes

• Michael Jackson

• Ptomely

Linear, centralized, random, and grid patterns help to define the...

• Position of something on Earth's surface

• Organization of Earth's surface into distinct areas

• Correct arrangement of objects (continents) on Earth

• Physical gap between 2 objects