Unit 1 Geography Quiz 1

What is the process of collecting and organizing large amounts of information for map creation called?

• Spatial Perspective

• Data Aggregation

• Diffusion

• Time-Space Compression

Which geographic concept explains the idea that near things are more related than distant things?

• Isoline

• Relative Location

• Time-Distance Decay

• Friction of Distance

What is the purpose of a map legend?

• To show the relative distance between places

• To explain the meaning of map symbols and colors

• To represent the three-dimensional configuration of Earth’s surface

• To measure the level of economic similarity between places

Which of the following describes a line on a map that connects places with a common value, such as similar elevations?

• Isoline

• Map Scale

• Diffusion

• Topographic Map

What type of diffusion occurs when ideas spread through a population and can be divided into hierarchical, contagious, and stimulus subtypes?

• Relocation Diffusion

• Expansion Diffusion

• Friction of Distance

• Atomic Diffusion

What is the flaw in the Mercator map projection?

• Distortion occurs the farther you move away from the prime meridian

• Distortion of size and distance occurs at high latitudes (farthest from the equator is most distorted)

• Distortion of size and distance occurs at lower latitudes (closest to the equator is most distorted)

• There is no flaw, it is an accurate depiction of the Earth’s surface on a map