Human Geography Unit 1

Imagine that one day you go hiking in a national park. After walking all day and then camping for the night, you realize that you are lost. Instead of becoming worried, you pull out a handheld device that provides your location, the time, and evens maps that you can use to guide yourself out of the park. What type of technology does this device use?

• Geographic Information System (GIS)  
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Hiking Location System (HLS)
• Park Assistance System (PAS)

What geographic tool is represented in the picture above?

• Grid
• Scale
• Projection
• Legend (Key)

What geographic tool is represented in the picture above?

• Grid
• Scale
• Projection
• Legend (Key)

What is the 0⁰ line of latitude called?

• Prime Parallel
• Prime Meridian
• Equator

spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns

• innovation
• acculturation
• invention
• diffusion

occurs when a society changes beacuse it accepts or adopts an innovation

• innovation
• invention
• acculturation
• diffusion

What is cultural diffusion? 

• the spread of disease
• the spread of culture
• the spread of geography
• the shrinking of culture

The location of something in relation to another place or feature is

• absolute location
• distance and direction
• relative location
• site

Which of the following is not a type of expansion diffusion? 

• hierarchical 
• contagious
• relocation

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

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