Human Geography Unit 1 Review

The first person to use the word geography was

• Thucydides

• Eratosthenes

• Aristotle

The science of map making is

• cartography

• topography

• geomorphology

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

• distribution

• projection

• interruption

Scale is

• the difference in elevation between two points in an area

• the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map

• the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that features on the landscape

Global Positioning Systems reference what type of location?

• situation

• absolute

• relative

People, goods, and ideas moving from place to place are all examples of

• location

• movement

• place

Greenwich Mean Time is measured at the Prime Meridian which is located at

• 0 degrees latitude

• 90 degrees longitude

• 0 degrees longitude

A __________ is defined by its unique characteristics. These characteristics could be physical or cultural.

• place

• location

• movement

Which is NOT an example of a functional region?

• area served by a sports franchise

• the area dominated by a particular crop

• the market area of a supermarket

The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from another long-distance method is

• GIS

• GPS

• Remote sensing