AP Human Geography 1.5 - 1.7 Vocabulary Quiz

What term describes the modification of the natural environment by humans to create places for living and working?

• Built environment

• Land use

• Environmental determinism

• Natural resource

Which term represents the study of the relationship between human societies and their environments?

• Cultural ecology

• Cultural landscape

• Human-environment interaction

• Sustainability

What term refers to the human utilization and management of the Earth's resources?

• Land use

• Environmental possibilism

• Human-environment interaction

• Sustainability

What theory emphasizes that human behaviors are significantly influenced by the physical environment?

• Environmental determinism

• Cultural landscape

• Cultural ecology

• Sustainability

Which term denotes meeting the needs of the present without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs?

• Sustainability

• Renewable natural resource

• Non-renewable resource

• Environmental possibilism

What is the term for drawing conclusions based on incorrect or inaccurate information or interpretations?

• False conclusions

• Geographic scale

• Relative scale

• Aggregation

Which term represents the process of combining data to show general trends or tendencies rather than specific details?

• Aggregation

• Geographic scale

• Relative scale

• Scale of analysis

What is the term for the proportional representation of a feature's size on a map relative to its actual size on the Earth's surface?

• Relative scale

• Geographic scale

• Aggregation

• False conclusions

What does "scale of analysis" refer to in geography?

• The level at which data is collected, analyzed, and displayed

• The representation of geographical features on a map

• The precision of geographic coordinates

• The distortion of map projections

Which term describes regions organized around a central node or hub, with characteristics diminishing in influence as one moves away from the center?

• Functional regions

• Perceptual regions

• Homogeneous regions

• Formal regions