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APHG Rub 1.2

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

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 physical qualities of the original location for a city is referred to as the

a)

site

b)

situation

c)

relative location

d)

absolute location

3.

The layering of geographic data by computers into data sets is known as:

a)

GPS

b)

GIS

c)

ENSO

d)

OPEC

4.

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

5.

Which of the following divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Hemisphere Line

c)

Equator

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

6.

Imaginary North-South line that passes through Greenwich, England, and has a value of 0 degrees

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

relief

d)

scale

7.

A ___________ region, also called a uniform region, is an area within which everyone shares n common ONE or more distinctive characteristics.

a)

Formal

b)

Functional

c)

Vernacular

8.
T or F: Spatial thinking is the most fundamental skill that geographers possess. 
a)
True
b)
False
9.
What does GPS stand for?
a)
Gio's Pet Sam
b)
Geographic Positioning System
c)
Global Positioning System
d)
Global Positioning Satellite
10.

a place name

a)

Space

b)

Pattern

c)

toponym

11.

180 degrees longitude

a)

International Date Line

b)

Daylight Savings

c)

Greenwich Mean Time

d)

Prime Meridian

12.

Which of the following best defines Carl Sauer’s concept of cultural landscape?

a)

It is the outcome of interactions between humans and their natural environment

b)

It is the way people landscape their yards in different parts of the world

c)

It is a shared set of meanings and symbolic practices

d)

It is the human adaptation to Earth’s physical environment

13.

How did and do Polynesian Peoples navigate among South Pacific islands

a)

using GPS

b)

mapping winds, currents, and waves

c)

praying to the gods

d)

watching Moana

14.

Taking pictures of the Earth's surface from an orbiting satellite. These images are then transmitted in digital form to a receiving station on Earth.

a)

GPS

b)

remote sensing

c)

GIS

15.

A ______________ region, or perceptual region, is a place that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.

a)

formal

b)

functional

c)

vernacular

16.

A ______________ region, also called a nodal region, is an area organized around a node or focal point.

a)

formal

b)

functional

c)

vernacular