APHG Unit 1 Test

The name given to a location is referred to as a

• site

• situation

• toponym

• region

According to possibilism

• the physical environment is directly responsible for a group's development

• the physical environment sets limits on humans that they can overcome by choices

• human beings are responsible for caring for their physical environment

• humans only live in places where life is possible

An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features

• Region
• Place
• Situation
• Mapped

The location of a place relative to another place

• Site
• Situation
• Relativity Theory
• Absolute Location

The development and analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technologies

• Geographic Information System
• Geographic Information Science
• Global Positioning
• Chloroflurocarbon

The notion that the physical environment causes social development – the environment limits human activity

• environmental determinism

• possibilism

• culture

• resources

The Dutch use of polders to drain and use land THAT IS BELOW SEA LEVEL is a good example of

• environmental determinism

• possibilism

Which of the following best describe the site of Manhattan?

• a regional transportation hub for the northeastern U.S.

• a midway point along an urban corridor stretching from Boston to Washington D.C.

• an island bordered by the Hudson and East Rivers

• an important center for international trade and commerce

• an urban center located two hours northeast of Philadelphia by train

Spatial coordinates of latitude and longitude express

• relative location

• absolute location

• relative direction

• absolute direction

• relative distance

A method for representing the three dimensional surface of the earth on the two-dimensional surface of a map is known as

• scale

• globalization

• proximity

• ethnography

• projection