APHG - Unit 1 Exam Review

Indonesia is located in which region?

• East Asia

• Central Asia

• South Asia

• Southeast Asia

Which term refers to a ratio between distances portrayed on a map and actual distances on the earth's surface?

• chart

• scale

• contour

• grid

Which of the following best describes the site of Manhattan?

• a regional transportation hub for the northeastern US

• an island bordered by the Hudson and East Rivers

• an important center for international trade and commerce

• an urban center located two hours northeast of Philadelphia by train

The cardinal points north, east, south, and west correspond to -

• absolute direction

• relative direction

• geographical orientation

• navigational reference

The American South and New England are two examples of what kind of culture region?

• vernacular

• urban

• suburban

• rural

Which of the following systems would you use to determine a person's exact location on the earth?

• geographic information systems

• general positioning system

• geographic positioning systems

• global positioning system

Thematic maps that employ a range of color tones to illustrate how particular values vary across predefined areas, such as counties, provinces, or states, are referred to as -

• choropleth maps

• topographic maps

• heat maps

• dot distribution maps

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

• globalization

• urbanization

• technological determinism

The Three Gorges Dam in China was completed in 2012 and spans the Yangtze River. The dam is an example of -

• human-environment interaction

• natural disaster management

• economic development

• cultural heritage preservation

The principle of distance decay -

• a positive correlation between distance and degree of relation.

• a negative correlation between distance and degree of relation.

• no correlation between distance and degree of relation.

• an inverse relationship between distance and degree of relation.