WorksheetsAP Human Geography UNIT #1 Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called:
a)
A. referenced location
b)
A. central location
c)
A. relative location
d)
A. absolute location
2.
The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:
a)
absolute location
b)
relative location
c)
site
d)
situation
3.
Scale is…
a)
the system used by geographers to transfer
locations from a globe to a map
b)
the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a
given area
c)
the difference in elevation between two
points in an area
d)
the relationship between the length of an
object on a map and that feature on the landscape
4.
The process of the spread of an idea and/or dissemination of an innovation from its source area to other cultures, is the process of cultural:
a)
diffusion
b)
simultaion
c)
adaptation
d)
movement
5.
The physical qualities of the original location for a city is referred to as the
a)
site
b)
situation
c)
relative location
d)
absolute location
6.
The layering of geographic data by computers into data sets is known as:
a)
GPS
b)
GIS
c)
ENSO
d)
OPEC
7.
Geographers usually categorize cultural diffusion into the two broad categories of
a)
Expansion
and hierarchical
b)
Contagious
and stimulus
c)
Expansion
and relocation
d)
Migrant
and hierarchical
8.
The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?
a)
Cultural Landscape
b)
Place
c)
Location
d)
Human Environment Interaction
9.
What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?
a)
Cartogram
b)
Projection
c)
Globe
d)
Instagram
10.
Asking the question "why is something found in a particular place", is using which theme of geography?
a)
Place
b)
Movement
c)
Human Environment Interaction
d)
Location
11.
Which type of location does not change?
a)
Absolute
b)
Relative
c)
Positive
d)
Negative
12.
If a place has great connections to other places, has dominant political, transportation, and economic structures, it is said to have a high degree of ________.
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Landscape
d)
Centrality
13.
If you have not been to a place, but have developed negative feelings about it based off of what you heard in the news or from a friend, you would be using:
a)
Sense of place
b)
Perceptions of place
c)
Movement
d)
Human Environment Interaction
14.
Geographers group like things together into regions in order to make them easier to study. What type of region would a corn field be?
a)
Perceptual
b)
Formal
c)
Functional
d)
Vernacular
15.
Measuring the distance people are willing to travel to shop at a store would be creating what type of region for that store?
a)
Formal
b)
Perceptual
c)
Functional
d)
Uniform
16.
The imprint that humans leave, such as buildings, roads, cemeteries, etc. are all considered to be part of the:
a)
Location
b)
Region
c)
Cultural Landscape
d)
Move
17.
Billy thinks that in the south, everyone eats grits, eats fried chicken and watches football. He would be creating what type of region of the south with these ideas?
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Perceptual
d)
Uniform
18.
What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?
a)
Cartogram
b)
Projection
c)
Globe
d)
Instagram
19.
Telecommunication networks, whose areas of service radiate outward from central nodes best represent which of the following types of culture?
a)
Vernacular
b)
Formal
c)
Folk
d)
Functional
20.
The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior is called ____.
a)
acculturation
b)
innovation
c)
cultural hearth
d)
diffusion
21.
Which of the following divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Hemisphere Line
c)
Equator
d)
Tropic of Capricorn
22.
Which type of map would show the boundaries of countries?
a)
vegetation map
b)
political map
c)
land-use map
d)
elevation map
23.
What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
a)
Absolute location is the exact location of something.
b)
Absolute cannot be identified using lines of latitude or longitude.
c)
Absolute describes where something is compared to another place.
d)
Absolute location describes the characteristics of a place.
24.
Places that share similar characteristics are called
a)
human systems
b)
environments
c)
regions
d)
physical systems
25.
What is remote sensing?
a)
analyzing different types of data
b)
tracking changes on Earth's surface
c)
using software to combine data
d)
getting information from far away
26.
Which of the following is not a use of GPS?
a)
tracking airplanes
b)
determine when a volcano will erupt
c)
help farmers in their fields
d)
provide driving directions to a destination
27.
Which of the following shows places on the Earth's surface the most accurately?
a)
thematic maps
b)
globes
c)
general-purpose maps
d)
physical maps
28.
Imaginary North-South line that passes through Greenwich, England, and has a value of 0 degrees
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
relief
d)
scale
29.
map that shows specialized information, such as a land-use map, or any other physical or human feature
a)
thematic map
b)
general-purpose map
c)
climate map
d)
topographic map
30.
What is one or more features that make an area different from those around it?
a)
formal region
b)
perceptual region
c)
functional region
d)
region
31.
What are the physical and human features of a location?
a)
perception
b)
place
c)
perspective
d)
landscapes
32.
What organizes Earth into geographic areas with one or more shared characteristics?
a)
areas
b)
places
c)
countries
d)
regions
33.
What are lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees?
a)
longitude
b)
latitude
c)
grid
d)
equator
34.
Environment influences, but does not strictly determine, how a culture interacts with the environment.
a)
Environmental Determinism
b)
Environmental Possibilism
c)
Cultural Determinism
d)
Cultural Environmentalism
35.
The physical environment causes social and cultural development.
a)
Cultural Environmentalism
b)
Environmental Possibilism
c)
Environmental Determinism
d)
Cultural Possibilism
36.
Culture is spread by...
a)
Movement of people
b)
TV and Internet
c)
War and conquest
d)
All are correct
37.
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
formal Region
38.
a large indefinite area or range of something specified; sphere:
a)
Locatioin
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Formal Region
39.
defined formally by government or other structures, such as cities, states, and mountain ranges
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
region
d)
formal region
40.
made up of a central place and surrounding areas affected by it. Often, this is a metropolitan area that consists of a major city and lots of smaller towns or cities that surround it.
a)
functional region
b)
perceptual region
c)
cultural landscape
d)
free enterprise
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