AP Human U1 Scale/Themes/Maps

What are the 5 themes of geography?

• MRHELP (Movement, Region, Human-Environmen interaction, Location, place.

• HELPME (Home, eat, love, practice, more, eat)

Which of the following statements about the Robinson projection is correct?

• It is more useful for long-distance navigation than the Mercator projection.

• It is better for making topographical maps than the Mercator projection.

• It is more accurate than the Mercator projection in showing the sizes of countries in higher latitudes.

• It is more useful for showing the distribution of human populations than the Mercator projection.

• It is better for estimating territorial waters in lower latitudes than the Mercator projection.

Every map projection has some degree of distortion because

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

• parallels and meridians never cross at right angles on a globe

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

• Earth is not a perfect sphere

• latitude lines are shorter than meridian lines

The Red lines are showing what? 

• Longitude
• Latitude
• Prime Meridians
• Tropics

What type of map is being shown? 

• Political
• Mental Map
• Distrotion
• Cartogram

What type of map is this?

• Topographical

• Cloropleth

• Cartogram

• Political

Which answer choice is a Relative location?

• 1236 State Street, San Diego CA, 91911

• GPS Coordinates - 41 24.2028,

  2 10.4418.

• Next to the Jack in The Box by the Taco Shop

• In the 3rd seat from the door in Room 1218 in Desert Oasis High School

Which of the following is NOT one of the 5 Themes of Geography?

• location

• distance

• human-environment interaction

• movement

• regions

"Roller Coasters in the United States" is an example of a:

• reference map

• thematic map

John Snowden's cholera map is a ______ map:

• cartogram

• choropleth

• dot density

• graduated symbol