AP HUG U1

Which of the following do geographers use to compare a variety of spatial data by creating digitized representations of the environment by combining layers of spatial data, and creating maps in which patterns and processes are superimposed?

• GPS
• GIS
• Scale
• Mental Maps

Which of the following uses a coordinate system to precisely plot where something is.

• Relative location
• Absolute location
• Generalized Maps
• GIS

Relative location is....

• location of a place in relation to other human and physical features.
• Precise coordinates of a place.
• General trends we see of a given phenomenon.
• Digitized representations of the environment.

What are mental maps?

• Maps on our minds of places we have been and places we have merely heard of.
• Helps us see general trends 
• Data collected by satellites and aircraft
• Compares a variety of spatial data by creating digitized representations.

The French-speaking region of Europe is what type of region?

• Formal
• Functional
• Perceptual 
• Rescale

Which of the following is a perceptual region?

• South China Karst Region
• City of Denver
• Southern United States
• French-speaking region in Europe

The choices that a society makes depend on what its members need and on what technology is available to them this is called...

• environmental determinism
• Possibilism 
• political ecology
• cultural ecology

What is cartography?

• The art of mapmaking
• Human-environment relationships
• The science of mapmaking
• Thinking spatially

What does GIS stand for?

• Great Information System
• Geographic Information System
• Global Information System
• Geographic Idea System

The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called: 

• absolute location
• relative location
• site
• situation