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AP Human Geo Review -Homework 4/29

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

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.
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
7.
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
8.
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
9.
Imaginary North-South line that passes through Greenwich, England, and has a value of 0 degrees
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
relief
d)
scale
10.
What are lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees?
a)
longitude
b)
latitude
c)
grid
d)
equator
11.
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
12.
The physical environment causes social and cultural development.
a)
Cultural Environmentalism
b)
Environmental Possibilism
c)
Environmental Determinism
d)
Cultural Possibilism
13.
1)  The map projection most used in the classroom, which has the most distortion at the edges is called ______.
a)
Mercator
b)
Robinson
14.
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
15.
The science of making maps
a)
cartography
b)
cartographer
c)
distortion
16.
Which of the following divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Hemisphere Line
c)
Equator
d)
Tropic of Capricorn
17.

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

a)

Thucydides

b)

Eratosthenes

c)

Strabo

d)

Kevin Sorbo

18.

Greenwich Mean Time is measured from

a)

90 degrees W longitude

b)

0 degrees latitude

c)

0 degrees longitude

d)

90 degrees S latitude

19.

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

20.

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.

21.

The frequency an object appears in a given area is its

a)

concentration

b)

pattern

c)

density

d)

diffusion

22.

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

23.

Which is a form of expansion diffusion?

a)

Stimulus Diffusion

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Hierarchical Diffusion

d)

All of the Above

e)

Relocation Diffusion

24.

Which of the following maps would have the largest scale?

a)

world

b)

continent

c)

country

d)

city

25.
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.

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