Unit 1 Review 23-24

The science of making maps is

• demography
• cartography
• topography
• geomorphology

If the scale of a map is 1:24,000, then 1 inch on the map represents how many FEET on the Earth's surface?

• 1
• 2000
• 2400
• 24000

The first person to use the word geography was

• Aristotle
• Eratosthenes
• Strabo
• Thucydides

The name given to a portion of Earth's surface is known as

• location
• site
• situation
• toponym

Site identifies a place by its

• location relative to other objects.
• mathematical location on Earth's surface.
• nominal location.
• unique physical characteristics.

Greenwich Mean Time is measured from

• 0 degrees latitude.
• 0 degrees longitude.
• 90 degrees latitude.
• 180 degrees longitude.

The International Date Line is measured approximately from

• 0 degrees latitude.
• 0 degrees longitude.
• 90 degrees latitude.
• 180 degrees longitude.

Which perceptual region of the United States is established by the characteristics of Climate, the Baptist Church, low high school graduation rates, and High Cotton Production?

• The South
• The Southwest
• The Midwest
• The Northeast

Diffusion of the Flu or Ebola are examples of which type of diffusion?

• hierarchical
• contagious
• relocation
• stimulus

Which type of diffusion specifically refers to cultural traits, ideas and innovations moving with people to new locations, weakening at the hearth, while strengthening at the new location?

• Expansion Diffusion
• Contagious Diffusion
• Relocation Diffusion
• Reverse Hierarchical Diffusion