AP Review 1.1

Which statement best describes the absolute location of Paris, France?

• 127 miles away from the English Channel

• in the Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere

• 49 degrees N, 2 degrees E

• the capital of France

• in the heart of France

Which statement best describes the relative location of Barcelona, Spain?

• 386 miles west of Madrid and 644 miles south of Paris

• in the Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere

• 41 degrees N, 2 degrees E

• the capital of the Catalonia region

• one of the largest cities in Spain

The word Madrid is a toponym because it designates

• a center of political power

• the name of a specific location

• the community in a plains region

• the largest city in a county

• that it is part of a region called the Iberian Peninsula

Which best describes the effect on time-space compression of the internet?

• It decreased it because modern computers use less space than old computers

• It decreased it by shortening the time writing took

• It decreased it by making communication easier and faster

• It increased it by making writing more efficient

• It increased it by speeding up communications

Which best explains why houses are considered part of the built environment?

• They are found primarily in rural areas

• They are often used as part of boundaries

• They are designed to impact the flow of humans

• They are part of the landscape created by humans

• They are a product invented to solve a problem

Which technology had the greatest effect on the application of the distance-decay function?

• food preservatives because they reduce decay

• cars because they weakened the family connection

• barbed wire because it stretches for long distances

• new medicines because they kept people healthier

• a jet, because it strengthens the connections between distant places

The frequency of occurrence of something with a specifically defined area is the

• density

• distribution

• incidence

• interconnection

• pattern

One way that possibilism differs from environmental determinism is that it emphasizes

• culture

• climate

• history

• regions

• trade