AP Human Geography Unit 1 Modules 4-6 Quiz

What is the major difference between environmental determinism and possibilism?

• environmental determinism is the view that all environments offer equal opportunity for cultures to develop technology. Possibilism suggests that some environments hinder the development of technology, whereas others promote it.

• environmental determinism suggests that human culture is primarily shaped by the environment. In contrast, possibilism suggest that humans make choices and interact with the environment rather simply being shaped by it.

• environmental determinism suggests that humans have a negative impact on the environment, whereas possibilism suggests that humans are beneficial to the environment

• environmental determinism suggests that humans determine the locations of their settlements based on environmental opportunities and constraints. Possibilism suggests that the environment plays an insignificant role in human settlement.

Two Roman Catholic Churches with totally different appearances show _____

• variations in people-land relationships

• why geographers seek to understand cultural differences

• ways that geographers might map a region

• how ideas move through a population

What is one example of environmental determinism?

• the idea that temperate climates produce more advanced civilizations

• the Japanese city of Osaka constructing an airport out in the Seto Inland Sea

• the Dutch draining land for agricultural and other uses

• Singapore building island for its oil storage and processing industries

Possibilism _______

• says that near a natural disaster, anything can happen

• says there are many choices a culture can take within a certain environment

• says that the environment shapes cultures in predetermined ways

• says that a culture can do anything in wants and get away with it

What is a field of study that involves the interactions between societies and their local environments?

• environmental determinism

• cultural ecology

• ecology

• environmental perception

• ecosystem

Bergen, Norway. What perspective would lead to the conclusion that the people living in the village shown are commercial fishers?

• environmental determinism

• possibilism

• ecology

• globalization

• cultural landscape

Scotland, 2017. What renewable resource for energy production is shown in the image?

• Sun

• Water

• Wind

• Geothermal

• Nuclear

What type of map would be useful to a geographer studying flood-prone areas?

• relief map

• street map for a port city

• choropleth map

• cartogram

• proportional circle map

How might an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico affect the economy of a household?

• a decrease in the number of homes available in coastal areas

• an increased in the price of gasoline

• an increase in the cost of flood insurance

• an increase in the cost of strawberries from Costa Rica

• a decrease in the population of migratory geese

In what way does the image illustrate the idea of possibilism in human geography?

• harnessing a renewable resource for energy

• domesticating indigenous species for transportation

• using tents for housing

• drilling deep wells for irrigation

• constructing paved roads for gasoline-powered vehicles