Ap Human Geography Review 1

The word "geography" literally means...

• the study of space

• earth study

• people and nature

• earth writing

• human ground

The cultural landscape can best be defined as...

• the types of art, music, dance, and theater practiced in a particular region

• the ways that people in differing cultures perceive the environment.

• the imprint of human activity superimposed on the physical environment.

• the diversity of distinctive cultures within a particular geographic area.

Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape?

• Coastal wetland

• Cloud forest

• Stand of mangrove trees

• Eroded shoreline

• Adobe ruins

The physical location of a place as described by the Earth latitude-longitude grid, Township and Range, or some other coordinate system is called its...

• relative location

• absolute (or mathematical) location

• referenced location

• grid plan

Which of the following defines Chicago's position in relation to the infrastructure of the United States?

• Site

• situation

• absolute location

• vernacular region

• transition

Toponyms in southern California reflect which of the following?

• cultural heritage of the settlers

• importance of time-space convergence

• growing influence of globalization

• significance of locational theory

• role of popular culture in American society

In descriptions of interaction between people and the environment, the term "environmental determinism" implies that

• the physical environment exclusively shapes humans and their action

• humans by their actions and technologies alter the physical environment to suit their needs

• determination of environmental limitations is a primary task of geographers.

• capitalist economies do not contribute to global environmental degradation

• there exists no interacting relationship between people and their surrounding physical environment

A straight line on a navigation map using the Mercator projection represents

• the shortest distance between two points

• a line of constant compass bearing

• the distance from the prime meridian

• the distance to the international date line

• travel time between an origin and a destination

On a Mercator projection map, where will you find the landmasses most exaggerated in relative size?

• near the poles

• near the prime meridian

• near the equator

• land masses aren't exaggerated on a Mercator

In the distance decay function represented above

• the friction of distance has little effect on interaction

• interaction is related to the position of a central place

• distance imposes a significant barrier to spatial interactions

• topological space acts independently of distance

• absolute decay is different than relative decay