AP Human Geography Unit 1

Which of the following statements is most correct regarding the origins of geography?

• Geography was invented as a science in the late 18th century

• Geography owes its existence to the Renaissance period in Western Europe.

• Humans have practiced geography at least since the time of ancient Greek civilization.

• Human geography was not practiced until powerful computers capable of mapping detailed information were invented.

Scale is

• the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map.

• the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape.

• the ratio of the largest to smallest areas on a map.

• the difference in elevation between two points in an area.

   If the scale of a map is 1:100,000, then 1 centimeter on the map represents ________ on Earth's surface.

 

• 10 kilometers

• 100,000 kilometers

• 1 kilometer

• it depends on the size of the map Answer

What elements of study do human and physical geography have in common?

• They are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do.

• They are trying to solve the problem of how to manage the natural environment.

• They are sometimes found as part of the same department in major universities.

• They are trying to solve the problem of how to manage the growing human population.

A system for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is

• distribution

• scale

• projection

The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from another long-distance method is

• aerial photography

• remote sensing.

• GPS.

• GIS

A computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data is

• GIS

• GPS

• remote sensing

• topographic analysis

Global Positioning Systems reference what type of location?

• mathematical

• relative

• toponym

• situation

Which of the following is a fundamental element of culture?

• customary beliefs

• material traits

• social forms

• all of the above

The first person to use the word geography was

• Aristotle

• Eratosthenes.

• Strabo

• Thucydides