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WorksheetsAPHuG Unit 1 Practice Test
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following do geographers use to compare a variety of spatial data by creating digitized representations of the environment by combining layers of spatial data, and creating maps in which patterns and processes are superimposed?
a)
GPS
b)
GIS
c)
Scale
d)
Mental Maps
2.
Which of the following uses a coordinate system to precisely plot where something is.
a)
Relative location
b)
Absolute location
c)
Generalized Maps
d)
GIS
3.
Relative location is....
a)
location of a place in relation to other human and physical features.
b)
Precise coordinates of a place.
c)
General trends we see of a given phenomenon.
d)
Digitized representations of the environment.
4.
Representation of a real world phenomenon at a certain level of reduction or generalization (ex. local, regional, global)
a)
Mental Maps
b)
Scale
c)
GPS
d)
Regions
5.
What are mental maps?
a)
Maps on our minds of places we have been and places we have merely heard of.
b)
Helps us see general trends
c)
Data collected by satellites and aircraft
d)
Compares a variety of spatial data by creating digitized representations.
6.
The French-speaking region of Europe is what type of region?
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Perceptual
d)
Rescale
7.
Which type of region is defined by a particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it?
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Perception
d)
Rescale
8.
Which of the following is an example of a functional region?
a)
The city of Denver
b)
The Corn Belt
c)
South China Karst Region
d)
South Region
9.
Which of the following is a perceptual region?
a)
South China Karst Region
b)
City of Denver
c)
Southern United States
d)
French-speaking region in Europe
10.
An area where cultural traits develop and from which cultural traits diffuse is...
a)
Cultural Trait
b)
Cultural Hearth
c)
Cultural Diffusion
d)
Culture complex
11.
What is expansion diffusion?
a)
When an innovation or idea develops in a hearth and remains strong there while also spreading outward.
b)
a pattern in which the main channel of diffusion is some segment of those who are susceptible to what is being diffused.
c)
The distance controlled spreading of an idea, innovation, or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person-- analogous to the communication of a contagious illness.
d)
A form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place.
12.
What is hierarchical diffusion?
a)
a pattern in which the main channel of diffusion is some segment of those who are susceptible to what is being diffused.
b)
When an innovation or idea develops in a hearth and remains strong there while also spreading outward.
c)
The distance controlled spreading of an idea, innovation, or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person-- analogous to the communication of a contagious illness.
d)
A form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place.
13.
What is contagious diffusion?
a)
The distance controlled spreading of an idea, innovation, or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person-- analogous to the communication of a contagious illness.
b)
When an innovation or idea develops in a hearth and remains strong there while also spreading outward.
c)
a pattern in which the main channel of diffusion is some segment of those who are susceptible to what is being diffused.
d)
A form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place.
14.
What is stimulus diffusion?
a)
A form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place.
b)
a pattern in which the main channel of diffusion is some segment of those who are susceptible to what is being diffused.
c)
When an innovation or idea develops in a hearth and remains strong there while also spreading outward.
d)
The distance controlled spreading of an idea, innovation, or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person-- analogous to the communication of a contagious illness.
15.
Which of the following is an example of Contagious diffusion?
a)
The spread of Under Armour to school aged children that followed the college and pro athletes.
b)
The spread of Islam.
c)
Under Armour diffusing from college to professional football players who were trying to stay cool and keep their clothing light, to lacrosse players and other athletes who were friends of the football players' sportswear, other athletes, to their favorite players, and now as a fashion trend.
d)
Implementation by Nike and Adidas brands to create a clothing similar to Under Armour.
16.
Under Armour diffusing from college to professional football players who were trying to stay cool and keep their clothing light, to lacrosse players and other athletes who were friends of the football players' sportswear, other athletes, to their favorite players, and now as a fashion trend is an example of which type of diffusion?
a)
Stimulus
b)
Contagious
c)
Hierarchical
d)
Expansion
17.
This image is an example of which type of diffusion?
a)
Relocation Diffusion
b)
Stimulus Diffusion
c)
Hierarchical Diffusion
d)
Expansion Diffusion
18.
The choices that a society makes depend on what its members need and on what technology is available to them this is called...
a)
environmental determinism
b)
Possibilism
c)
political ecology
d)
cultural ecology
19.
This theory explains that Europe as "superior" to the rest of the world because of the climate and location of the region is called...
a)
Environmental Determinism
b)
Possibilism
c)
Time distance decay
d)
Formal Region
20.
The declining degree of acceptance of an idea or innovation with increasing time and distance from its point of origin or source is called...
a)
hierarchical diffusion
b)
time-distance decay
c)
cultural hearth
d)
Possibilism
21.
The 0 degree latitude line that divides the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
time zone
c)
equator
d)
International Dateline
22.
Lines of longitude are called this.
a)
meridian
b)
parallel
c)
equator
d)
longitude
23.
North, South, East, and West are referred to as the _________directions.
a)
raven
b)
bluejay
c)
cardinal
d)
robin
24.
What type of map is this?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Economic Activity
d)
Population
25.
Using lines of latitude and longitude to find an exact location is...
a)
Absolute Location
b)
Relative Location
c)
Prime Meridian
d)
Place
26.
What map feature can help you determine the approximate distance between two locations?
a)
map scale
b)
key
c)
title
d)
distance calculator
27.
What are these lines known as ?
a)
latitude
b)
relative location
c)
longitude
d)
absolute location
28.
What are these lines known as?
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
relative location
d)
absolute location
29.
a)
This is a compass rose.
b)
This is a legend.
c)
This is a map scale.
30.
a)
The picture represents a place.
b)
The picture represents a region.
31.
Latitude and Longitude are measured in ________.
a)
inches
b)
feet
c)
degrees
d)
grams
32.
The map with the smallest scale would be
a)
world
b)
continent
c)
state
d)
city
33.
Which of the following has allowed for the greatest space-time compression
a)
domesticating horses
b)
invention of horse drawn carriages
c)
invention of the internet
d)
invention of the automobile
34.
The name given to a portion of Earth's surface is
a)
typynym
b)
toponym
c)
tympany
d)
tympanic membrane
35.
What is the science of mapmaking called?
a)
cartharmony
b)
space-time compression
c)
cartography
d)
ecology
36.
What is the spatial property of being crowded together?
a)
concentration
b)
diffusion
c)
dispersed
d)
clustered
37.
______________ is the spread of a feature from one place to another over time.
a)
diffusion
b)
dispersed
c)
distance decay
d)
distribution
38.
What is the idea that human behavior is controlled by the physical environment?
a)
accessibility
b)
environmental determinism
c)
contagious diffusion
d)
ecology density
39.
The frequency or occurrence of something means _____________________
a)
diffusion
b)
dispersed
c)
distance decay
d)
distribution
40.
Oxford, Ohio, is located five miles east of the Indiana state line and thirty-five miles northwest of Cincinnati. This is an example of which of the four ways of indication location?
a)
absolute
b)
site
c)
situation
d)
longitude
41.
Representing the Earth's curved surface in 2 dimensions
a)
map scale
b)
map projection
c)
geographic information system
d)
global positioning system
42.
A region that has uniformity within
a)
formal
b)
functional
c)
global
d)
nodal
43.
A region that focuses around a node
a)
formal
b)
functional
c)
perceptual
d)
quantitiative
44.
Texas is a __ region
a)
formal
b)
functional
c)
perceptual
45.
TV stations are __ regions
a)
formal
b)
functional
c)
perceptual
46.
What is spatial perspective?
a)
Changes across space
b)
How different cultures spread
c)
The spreading of disease
d)
The continuity amongst the world
47.
The work of a researcher collecting data and making observations in the natural environment about people, cultures, and nature.
a)
Independent invention
b)
Geocaching
c)
Fieldwork
d)
Location theory
48.
A thematic map that uses tones or colors to represent spatial data as average values per political unit area.
a)
Proportional symbol
b)
Choropleth
c)
Isoline
d)
Topographic
49.
The science of drawing and making maps.
a)
Geography
b)
Cartography
c)
Demography
d)
Ecology
50.
A type of map that uses lines to connect points of equal value is a(n)
a)
Dot map
b)
Proportional circle map
c)
Topographic map
d)
Isoline map
51.
The word 'geography' was invented by...
a)
Queen Elizabeth II
b)
Marco Polo
c)
Aristotle
d)
Erastothenes
52.
A regional outbreak of a disease.
a)
Pandemic
b)
Epidemic
c)
Centrality
d)
Realm
53.
A great spatial device for sea navigation that accurately shows shape and direction, but distorts distance and sizes of places especially near the poles.
a)
Peter's Projection
b)
Mercator Projection
c)
Robinson Projection
d)
Cassini Projection
54.
Spread of something in a given area: clustered or dispersed.
a)
Density
b)
Concentration
c)
Pattern
d)
Projection
55.
The essential questions and intellectual framework that look "where" a specific phenomena locates, and searches for "why" the phenomena is happening there.
a)
Distribution
b)
Field work
c)
Human Geography
d)
Spatial Perspective
56.
A systematic transformation of locations on the surface of a round 3-D Earth on a flat piece of paper.
a)
Map projection
b)
Scale
c)
Remote Sensing
d)
Generalized map
57.
Is a less developed country likely to have higher or lower levels of illiteracy and people engaged in agriculture?
a)
higher
b)
lower
58.
Oxford, Ohio, is located five miles east of the Indiana state line and thirty-five miles northwest of Cincinnati. This is an example of which of the four ways of indication location?
a)
absolute
b)
site
c)
situation
d)
longitude
59.
A region that focuses around a node
a)
formal
b)
functional
c)
perceptual
d)
quantitiative
60.
TV stations are __ regions
a)
formal
b)
functional
c)
perceptual
d)
vernacular
61.
What is contagious diffusion?
a)
The distance controlled spreading of an idea, innovation, or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person-- analogous to the communication of a contagious illness.
b)
When an innovation or idea develops in a hearth and remains strong there while also spreading outward.
c)
a pattern in which the main channel of diffusion is some segment of those who are susceptible to what is being diffused.
d)
A form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place.
62.
What is hierarchical diffusion?
a)
a pattern in which the main channel of diffusion is some segment of those who are susceptible to what is being diffused.
b)
When an innovation or idea develops in a hearth and remains strong there while also spreading outward.
c)
The distance controlled spreading of an idea, innovation, or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person-- analogous to the communication of a contagious illness.
d)
A form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place.
63.
Which of the following is a perceptual region?
a)
South China Karst Region
b)
City of Denver
c)
Southern United States
d)
French-speaking region in Europe
64.
Representation of a real world phenomenon at a certain level of reduction or generalization (ex. local, regional, global)
a)
Mental Maps
b)
Scale
c)
GPS
d)
Regions
65.
Which of the following is not a type of region that geographers identify?
a)
formal
b)
nodal
c)
vernacular
d)
political
66.
Parallels converge at the North and South Poles.
a)
True
b)
False
67.
A high degree of dispersion within an area indicates high density.
a)
True
b)
False
68.
Globalization of the economy has led to more specialization at the local level.
a)
True
b)
False
69.
A functional region can exhibit the distance-decay phenomenon.
a)
True
b)
False
70.
The reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved communications and transportation systems.
a)
Scale
b)
Distance Decay
c)
Remote sensing
d)
Time Space Compression
71.
The essential questions and intellectual framework that look "where" a specific phenomena locates, and searches for "why" the phenomena is happening there.
a)
Distribution
b)
Field work
c)
Human Geography
d)
Spatial Perspective
72.
Spread of something in a given area: clustered or dispersed.
a)
Density
b)
Concentration
c)
Pattern
d)
Projection
73.
The spread of an idea through physical movement or migration of people from one place to another.
a)
Stimulus Diffusion
b)
Contagious Diffusion
c)
Relocation Diffusion
d)
Hierarchical Diffusion
74.
A great spatial device for sea navigation that accurately shows shape and direction, but distorts distance and sizes of places especially near the poles.
a)
Peter's Projection
b)
Mercator Projection
c)
Robinson Projection
d)
Cassini Projection
75.
Belief that they physical geography and climate have the ultimate determining factor over the success or failure of humans in regions.
a)
Spatial interaction
b)
Sense of place
c)
Environmental determinism
d)
Possibilism
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