ap human geography midterm review

For centuries, sugar crystals were made from the evaporated juice of sugarcane, a plant grown only in tropical and subtropical climates. In the 1800s, industrial methods were developed to manufacture crystalline sugar from sugar beets. This allowed for large amounts of sugar to be produced in colder, temperate climate zones.

Which of the following geographic concepts best explains the ability of humans to use technology to overcome the limitations of climate and modify the landscape?

• Environmental determinism

• Possibilsm

• Cultural relativsm

• Contagious diffusion

• Political ecology

In his book My Tears Spoiled My Aim, John Shelton Reed explains the difficulty of defining the American South. "Where is the South?... The South is, to begin with, a concept- and a shared one. It's an idea that people can talk about, think about, use to orient themselves and each other. People know whether they're in it or not."

Based on Reed's explanation, the South is best described as which kind of region?

• Functional

• Vernacular

• Formal

• Peripheral

• Linguistic

According to the theory of environmental determinism, which of the following areas would have the most productive settlements?

• Tropical regions

• Temperate regions

• Mountainous regions

• Arctic regions

• Arid regions

Which of the following terms most directly refers to geographical techniques that collect information about the Earth’s surface from distantiated (distant) perspectives?

• GIS

• Geocaching

• Remote sensing

• Ethnography

• Demography

Which of the following BEST describes the site of New York City?

• The largest urban area in the USA

• A world financial center

• A tourist destination

• A harbor with water access major parts of the city

• A seven-hour flight from European markets

the map above represents what type of projection?

• Mercator projection with distorted land areas

• a planar projection with diverting lines at the poles

• a homolosine projection with continuity of landmasses

• a Robinsons projection with distortions at the equator

• a gnomonic projections with distorted bodies of water

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