AP Human Geography

Which statement best describes the relative location of Barcelona, Spain?

• in the Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere

  
  

• in the Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere

  
  

• one of the largest cities in Spain

• 41 degrees north, 2 degrees east

Latitude and longitude may be used to determine which of the following characteristics of a place?

• its site features

• its absolute location

  
  

• its relative location

• its situation

  
  

In cartography, parallels refer to

• lines of latitude.

• meridians.

• lines of longitude.

• the alignment of the poles.

 

The type of map that would best describe the massive human migration that followed the partition of India in 1947 would be

• a dot density map.

• a flow line map.

• a cartogram.

• an isoline map.

Based on this picture the use of this geographic data is known as -

• technical geography.

• human geography

• world geography.

• physical geography

Every map projection has some degree of distortion because

• a curved surface cannot be represented on a flat surface without distortion.

• latitude lines are shorter than meridian lines.

• Earth is not a perfect sphere.

• the grid system is two-dimensional, while the real world is three-dimensional.

Which of the following is a limitation of the map of population change from 2010 to 2018?

• The small size of urban counties in the eastern United States masks the significance of the population change in most eastern cities.

• The pattern shown is not different than the voting patterns of the last presidential election.

• Larger county sizes in the western United States mask the significance of the Hispanic population in most western counties.

• States with the largest total populations mask the significance of the population change in those states.

The map shown below best fits which of the following map types?

• cartogram

• choropleth

• graduated symbol

• flow-line

Compare the two maps shown, then answer the following question.

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Mercator projection?

• The size and shape of countries in the higher latitudes are greatly exaggerated.

• The projection is designed to maintain undistorted outlines of landmasses.

• The size of all countries is accurate, but the shape is distorted.

• Countries near the Equator appear 50 percent larger than countries in the middle latitudes.

Identify TWO ways Physical Map can be used today.