Semester 1 APHG Review

Scale is…                                     

• the system used by geographers to transfer locations  from a globe to a map
• the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area
•  the difference in elevation between two points in an area
•  the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape

The process of the spread of an idea and/or dissemination of an innovation from its source area to other cultures, is the process of cultural: 

• diffusion
• simultaion
• adaptation
• movement

The physical qualities of the original location for a city is referred to as the

• site
• situation
• relative location
• absolute location

The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?

• Cultural Landscape
• Place
• Location
• Human Environment Interaction

Asking the question "why is something found in a particular place", is using which theme of geography?

• Place
• Movement
• Human Environment Interaction
• Location

Measuring the distance people are willing to travel to shop at a store would be creating what type of region for that store?

• Formal
• Perceptual
• Functional
• Uniform

Environment influences, but does not strictly determine, how a culture interacts with the environment.

• Environmental Determinism
• Environmental Possibilism
• Cultural Determinism
• Cultural Environmentalism

The physical environment causes social and cultural development.

• Cultural Environmentalism
• Environmental Possibilism
• Environmental Determinism
• Cultural Possibilism

Why is the mercator map projection useful.

• The distortion is minimized

• Directions is constent across the map

• Distances are correctly protrayed

• Area of the land masses is shown accurately.

The diffusion of the idea of the hamburger to India but with vegetable patty instead of beef is an example of

• Cultural Barrier

• Cultural mimicry

• Independent invetion

• Stimulus diffusion