AP Human Geography: Unit 1 Review

The New York train station, known as Grand central station, is an example of a _____ region

• Formal

• Perceptual

• Functional

• Vernacular

• Uniform

Answer explanation

This answer is correct because Grand central station is a transportation hub that connects the people of New York City. The station itself is a node that services the surrounding community

Identify the map above and identify which of the following descriptions most accurately describes the map.

• Mercator: The shape and size of land masses are distorted, but direction is accurate

• Robinson: Distortion is only happening with the size of the land masses, shape and direction are accurate

• Mercator: Land mass size is accurate due to distortion being spread across all aspects of the map

• Goode Homolosine: Does not use cardinal directions, minimizes distortion but is confusing to read

• Robinson: Distortion is evenly spread out across shape, size, and direction making it less noticeable

Answer explanation

The Mercator map was used for marine navigation and shows direction actually, but distorts the size/shape of land masses.

Which of the following statements is not an example of quantitative research?

• The government conducting the census

• A shoe company analyst looks at the zip codes of the customers that purchased shoes from the store to better understand their customers

• Target looking at the median household income for the city of Kendallville to better understand where to open their next store

• A school superintendent looking at the racial and economic breakdown of the city when determining where to open a new school

• A city council official sending out a survey to his constituents asking how they feel about the work his office is doing

Answer explanation

This is an example of qualitative research, the survey can not be replicated, the data is also subjective.

Which of the following would geographers not be interested in observing when looking at a local place?

• The physical terrain

• The religious breakdown of citizens

• The different languages that are spoken

• The demographic breakdown of the entire country

• The amount of rivers and lakes in the area

Answer explanation

The question was asking for a local scale, but this answer is talking about a national scale

You being able to video chat with people in other cities is an example of what spatial concept?

• Distance decay

• Tobler’s first law of geography

• Time-space compression

• Scale of inquiry

• Clustering of information

Answer explanation

Time-space compression happens due to the increased access to technology allowing people to interact with places and people further away with ease. (Reduces distance decay)

Which of the statements below is not true regarding the maps above?

• Map B is a small scale map

• Map A is showing a local scale of analysis

• Map B is showing a global scale of analysis

• Map A is a large scale map

• Map B is showing a national scale of analysis

Answer explanation

The scale in this map is global but the scale of analysis is national (not global). This is due to the data being organized by countries' boundaries. (Remember this is a not question, it was asking for which of the answers was not true)

Which of the following answers below connect with the theory of environmental possibilism?

• Citizens of a settlement have to relocate due to a lack of water

• Farmers utilize aqueducts to modify the flow of water to support their crops

• Tariffs put in place by foreign countries hinder economic growth

• Societies growth rate changes over time as they become more advanced

• Food is located in certain regions based on transportation costs

Answer explanation

Here we can see the environment has put constraints on farmers, but farmers have modified the environment to account for the challenges.

What problem arises when we look at data on a small scale map?

• Information uses less generalization which makes data confusing due to conflicting information

• Information becomes generalized and many details are left out

• Data can only be shown in number form which leads to large graphs

• The data is presented accurately, however, the amount of data is statistically irrelevant

• Data can only illustrated as a nodal or vernacular region

Answer explanation

A small scale map, you can see a large amount of the earth’s surface and few details in the data. This makes it difficult for the readers to gain a full understanding of the information being displayed, as there will be details left out.

Which of the following regions is being illustrated in the map above?

• Formal

• Perceptual

• Functional

• Nodal

• Uniform

Answer explanation

These regions would differ depending on who you ask. The cardinal directions being used make these regions relative.

At what scale of analysis is it best to answer the following question? How many commuters use public transportation in the city of Chicago?

• Global

• National

• Regional

• State

• Local

Answer explanation

Chicago would be an example of a local scale, which would be able to accurately show the daily rides for the public transportation in the city.