APHuG Review 9/28/23

The ability to travel and communicate over greater distances in shorter amounts of time, due to technological innovations such as the airplane, automobile, telephone, and Internet, represents the idea of

• time-space compression

• stimulus diffusion

• friction of distance

• relocation diffusion

• possibilism

During the process of mapmaking, in which the three-dimensional surface of the earth is projected onto a flat, two-dimensional surface, all of the following attributes can become distorted EXCEPT

• shape

• area

• distance

• direction

• relative location

Which of the following cartographic terms describes the location of a place in terms of its angular distance north or south of the equator?

• Longitude

• Azimuth

• Latitude

• Meridian

• Legend

The Prime Meridian, which passes through Greenwich, England, is equivalent to which of the following lines of longitude?

• 0* longitude

• 45* longitude

• 90* longitude

• 180* longitude

• 270* longitude

The geographical region whose center is located along the equator and whose area extends roughly 23* north and south of the equator is known as the

• polar region

• tundra

• rainforest region

• tropical zone

• taiga

Which of the following terms refers to a ration between distances portrayed on a map and actual distances on the earth's surface that correspond to this map?

• chart

• scale

• contour

• grid

• projection

Telecommunication networks, whose areas of service radiate outward from central hubs, or nodes, best represent which of the following types of culture region?

• Vernacular culture region

• Formal culture region

• Functional culture region

• Folk culture region

• Popular culture region