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AP Human Geography: Chapter 1- Thinking Geographically

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 23mins

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.
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
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior is called ____.
a)
acculturation
b)
innovation
c)
cultural hearth
d)
diffusion
11.
Places that share similar characteristics are called 
a)
human systems
b)
environments
c)
regions
d)
physical systems
12.
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
13.
Imaginary North-South line that passes through Greenwich, England, and has a value of 0 degrees
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
relief
d)
scale
14.
What are lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees?
a)
longitude
b)
latitude
c)
grid
d)
equator
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.
The physical environment causes social and cultural development.
a)
Cultural Environmentalism
b)
Environmental Possibilism
c)
Environmental Determinism
d)
Cultural Possibilism
17.
Culture is spread by...
a)
Movement of people
b)
TV and Internet
c)
War and conquest
d)
All are correct
18.
This image demonstrates
a)
Regions
b)
Stimulus Diffusion
c)
Globalization
d)
None of the above
19.
The idea that one's environment is responsible for who people are and how they live
a)
Positivism
b)
'Merica
c)
Possibilism
d)
Environmental Determinism
20.
1)  The map projection most used in the classroom, which has the most distortion at the edges is called ______.
a)
Mercator
b)
Robinson
21.
The map projection with the greatest amount of distortion, although visually appealing because of its nice, straight lines, is called _____.
a)
Mercator
b)
Gall-Peters
c)
Azimuthal
d)
Homolosine
22.
The concept of distance decay is best described in which scenario?
a)
When fewer people read the Review Journal newspaper the farther you are away from Las Vegas.
b)
People throughout a region generally speaking German.
c)
When many people move to another area using an ocean vessel.
d)
The diffusion of a disease along a highway corridor.
23.
The science of making maps
a)
cartography
b)
cartographer
c)
distortion
24.
The change in size, shape, direction, or distance of something once a globe is converted to a map. 
a)
Cartography
b)
map
c)
distortion
d)
scale
25.
Which of the following divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Hemisphere Line
c)
Equator
d)
Tropic of Capricorn
26.

According to the surviving evidence, the first person to write the word geography was

a)

Thucydides

b)

Eratosthenes

c)

Strabo

d)

Kevin Sorbo

27.

Greenwich Mean Time is measured from

a)

90 degrees W longitude

b)

0 degrees latitude

c)

0 degrees longitude

d)

90 degrees S latitude

28.

The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite, spacecraft, or specially equipped high-altitude balloon is

a)

remote sensing

b)

GIS

c)

USFL

d)

IPMPCW

29.

In recent years, the global movement of money has been enhanced primarily by

a)

improvements in electronic communications.

b)

safeguards to ensure that economic recessions do not result from bank policies.

c)

relocation of production from core to peripheral regions.

d)

establishment of new stock exchanges in London, New York, and Tokyo.

30.

Common practices of ________ include using the distinctive economic assets of different countries and regions, organizing production according to a spatial division of labor, placing earnings in offshore bank accounts to avoid paying taxes, and moving factories from high wage regions to low wage regions.

a)

nationalized corporations

b)

mom and pop shops

c)

transnational corporations (multinational corporations

d)

The Illuminati

e)

millionaires and billionaires

31.

The U.S. Land Ordinance of 1785 divided much of the country into a system of

a)

quarter sections, range sections, town land sections, and county sections.

b)

townships, towns, cities, municipalities, and major urban centers.

c)

townships, ranges, sections, and quarter sections.

d)

ranges, distances, scales, projections, and map symbols.

32.

You are given the coordinates 128 E longitude, 45 N latitude. This is an example of a

a)

situation on a grid system.

b)

site-situation intersection.

c)

placename on the grid system.

d)

mathematical location.

33.

Which of the following maps would have the largest scale?

a)

world

b)

continent

c)

country

d)

city

34.

An object at 90 degrees north latitude is located

a)

at the North Pole.

b)

on the equator.

c)

at the Tropic of Cancer.

d)

at the Tropic of Capricorn.

35.

The frequency an object appears in a given area is its

a)

concentration

b)

pattern

c)

density

d)

diffusion

36.

Lines of ________ are drawn as east and west circles on the globe and yet they measure distances north and south of the ________.

a)

longitude, Prime Meridian

b)

longitude, equator

c)

latitude, Prime Meridian

d)

latitude, equator

37.

Which of the following is not a formal culture region?

a)

The distribution network for USA Today newspaper

b)

A wheat-growing county in Kansas

c)

A Haitian neighborhood in Miami, Florida

d)

The part of Italy called “Lombardy”

e)

A French-language region in Canada

38.

That the physical environment causes social development is the core concept of

a)

Cultural relativism

b)

Possibilism

c)

Cultural ecology

d)

Environmental determinism

39.

The division of the United States into nine regions by the Census Bureau is an example of a…

a)

vernacular region

b)

formal region

c)

functional region

40.

Which is a form of expansion diffusion?

a)

Stimulus Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Hierarchical Diffusion

d)

Every diffusion listed here is a form of expansion diffusion.

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