APHUG Unit 1 Review

What type of map is this?

• Cartogram

• Dot Distribution

• Isoline

• Choropleth

• Graduated Symbol

What type of map is this?

• Cartogram

• Dot Distribution

• Isoline

• Choropleth

• Graduated Symbol

The circulation area of a newspaper is an example of a

• climatic region

• functional region

• formal region

• vernacular region

• media region

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 relationship between the portion of Earth being studied, and the Earth as a whole.

The spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected.

• Contagious Diffusion

• Hierarchical Diffusion

• Stimulus Diffusion

• Distribution

• Expansion Diffusion

A system for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map.

• Distribution

• Interruption

• Scale

• Projection

• Rendition

The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority to other persons or places.

• Contagious diffusion

• Hierarchical diffusion

• Stimulus diffusion

• Distribution

• Uneven development

The concept that the physical environment limits human actions, but that people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment is:

• cultural ecology

• environmental determinism

• possibilism

• spatial association

• cultural relativism

Lines on a globe that measure distance north and south of the equator are:

• longitudes

• latitudes

• isolines

• baselines

• townships

A hearth is

• a region from which a phenomenon originates.

• the process by which a feature or trend spreads.

• an area defined by one or more distinctive features or trends.

• the modification of a culture as a result of contact with a more powerful one.

• a perimeter of a regional feature.