AP Human Geography Unit 1 Review

What is the technique that collects information from the earth from a distance?

• Geographic Information Systems

• Global Positioning Systems

• Ethnography

• Remote Sensing

• Demography

A hiker would use

• an isoline map

• a choropleth map

• a graduated symbol map

• a small scale map

• a political map

Which map would have the smallest scale?

• Orlando

• Orange County

• Florida

• United States

• World

Humans possess the ability to dominate their environment is known as

• environmental determinism

• possibilism

• cartography

• animism

• demographics

Cell phones have contributed to

• possibilism

• networks

• time-space compression

• regionalism

• density

Which of the following statements best explains the concept of sustainability?

• Natural resources are the domain of humans because of the ability of humans to take appropriate action for their use without fear of resource depletion.

• Natural resources should be used until they become too scarce or too expensive because of the immediate need for human survival.

• Natural resource use should be balanced with the needs of the environment and future generations because many resources are nonrenewable.

• Natural resources will be replaced by technological goods because of concerns that all natural resources will become obsolete within the next generation.

• Natural resource use should generate economic profits because of the new technologies that make procuring the resources cost effective.

Which of the following questions must be answered in order to identify a functional region?

• What specific characteristic defines a region?

• What general characteristics define the area’s identity?

• What do people call the region?

• What languages are spoken in the area?

• What area is influenced by a node?

For centuries, sugar crystals were made from the evaporated juice of sugarcane, a plant grown only in tropical and subtropical climates. In the 1800s, industrial methods were developed to manufacture crystalline sugar from sugar beets. This allowed for large amounts of sugar to be produced in colder, temperate climate zones.

Which of the following geographic concepts best explains the ability of humans to use technology to overcome the limitations of climate and modify the landscape?

• Environmental determinism

• Possibilism

• Cultural relativism

• Contagious diffusion

• Political ecology

Which of the following map types is shown?

• Isopleth

• Choropleth

• Dot density

• Reference

• Topographic

Which of the following types of information is shown in the table?

• Tax records

• Military enlistments

• Census data

• Diplomatic records

• School enrollments