Geography Quiz

What is the precise cardinal direction (north, south, east, west) used in navigation or positioning called?

• Absolute Distance

• Absolute Location

• Absolute Direction

• Acculturation

What term describes the exact distance between two locations measured in units like kilometers or miles?

• Absolute Location

• Absolute Distance

• Clustering

• Density

What is the exact coordinates (latitude and longitude) of a place on the Earth's surface called?

• Absolute Direction

• Absolute Distance

• Absolute Location

• Cartography

What is the process where a culture adopts certain traits from another culture, often through contact and interaction?

• Assimilation

• Acculturation

• Diffusion

• Dispersal

What is it called when a minority group fully integrates into a dominant culture, losing distinct cultural characteristics in the process?

• Acculturation

• Clustering

• Assimilation

• Cultural Ecology

What type of map resizes geographical regions according to a particular data variable (e.g., population)?

• Cartography

• Choropleth Map

• Cartogram

• Cultural Landscape

What is the art and science of making maps called?

• Cartography

• Cartogram

• Clustering

• Cultural Ecology

What type of map shades or patterns areas in proportion to the value of a variable (e.g., population density)?

• Cartogram

• Choropleth Map

• Cartography

• Clustering

What is the grouping of similar objects or phenomena in a specific area called?

• Clustering

• Density

• Diffusion

• Dispersal

What is the spread of a feature or trend through direct contact from person to person called?

• Diffusion

• Dispersal

• Contagious Diffusion

• Cultural Landscape