WorksheetsAPHG Ch.1 Vocab.
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Means that the further away different places are from a place of origin, the less likely interaction will be with the original place
a)
Distance Decay
b)
Space
c)
Place
d)
Distribution
2.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
The layering of geographic data by computers into data sets is known as:
a)
GPS
b)
GIS
c)
ENSO
d)
OPEC
8.
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
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.
Which type of location does not change?
a)
Absolute
b)
Relative
c)
Positive
d)
Negative
11.
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
12.
Which of the following divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Hemisphere Line
c)
Equator
d)
Tropic of Capricorn
13.
Places that share similar characteristics are called
a)
human systems
b)
environments
c)
regions
d)
physical systems
14.
Imaginary North-South line that passes through Greenwich, England, and has a value of 0 degrees
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
relief
d)
scale
15.
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
16.
defined formally by government or other structures, such as cities, states, and mountain ranges
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
region
d)
formal region
17.
Non-living factor that affects an ecosystem
a)
biotic factor
b)
abiotic factor
c)
food chain
d)
biome
18.
All the organisms in a particular location, including their nonliving environment
a)
ecosystem
b)
carnivore
c)
niche
d)
population
19.
Which of the following is NOT an example of expansion diffusion?
a)
Relocation diffusion
b)
Hierarchical diffusion
c)
contagious diffusion
d)
Stimulus diffusion
20.
A force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope.
a)
space-time compression
b)
distance decay
c)
globalization
21.
T or F: Spatial thinking is the most fundamental skill that geographers possess.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
The reduction in time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved technology is known as
a)
distance decay
b)
space-time compression
23.
Study of maps and mapmaking
a)
Geography
b)
Cartography
c)
Psychology
d)
meteorology
24.
an area with one or more commonalities
a)
County
b)
Community
c)
Region
d)
Community
25.
Which projection is this?
a)
Robinson
b)
Mercator
c)
Lambert
d)
Goode's Homolosine
26.
What does GPS stand for?
a)
Gio's Pet Sam
b)
Geographic Positioning System
c)
Global Positioning System
d)
Global Positioning Satellite
27.
The pattern originates in a first order location then moves down to second-order locations and from each of these to subordinate locations at increasingly local scales
a)
Contagious Diffusion
b)
Hierarchical Diffusion
c)
Stimulus Diffusion
28.
a place name
a)
Space
b)
Pattern
c)
toponym
29.
The pattern begins at a point of origin and then moves outward to nearby locations, especially those on adjoining transportation lines, this could be used to describe a disease but can also describe the movement of other things, such as news in rural regions
a)
Expansion Diffusion
b)
Stimulus Diffusion
c)
Diffusion
d)
Contagious Diffusion
30.
The arrangement of objects on earth's surface in relation to to other objects
a)
density
b)
pattern
c)
heath
d)
place
31.
180 degrees longitude
a)
International Date Line
b)
Daylight Savings
c)
Greenwich Mean Time
d)
Prime Meridian
32.
A thin layer of gases surrounding the earth
a)
hydrosphere
b)
atmosphere
c)
lithosphere
d)
biosphere
33.
Physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment.
a)
Mental Map
b)
Distance Decay
c)
Possibilism
34.
Relationships among people and objects across a barrier of space
a)
Mental Map
b)
Spatial Analysis
c)
Connection
35.
When scientists are sent out to a location to verify information that has been gained by remote sensing.
a)
Remote Sensing
b)
Ground Truthing
c)
Projection
36.
An internal representation of a portion of the Earth's surface
a)
Mental Map
b)
Remote Sensing
c)
Projections
37.
Frequency with which something occurs
a)
Concentration
b)
Connection
c)
Density
38.
The extent of a feature spread over space
a)
Concentration
b)
Patterns
c)
Site
d)
Location
39.
Where an innovation (that will eventually be diffused) originates
a)
Heath
b)
Possiblism
c)
Renewable
40.
The underlying principle diffuses, though the actual "thing" does not.
a)
Relocation Diffusion
b)
Expansion Diffusion
c)
Stimulus Diffusion
41.
The use of the Earth's renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain use in the future.
a)
Sustainability
b)
Renewable
c)
nonrenewable
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