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WorksheetsAPHG Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What assumption could you make about the climate of a place near water with mountains on the other side?
a)
It will be colder than nearby areas
b)
It will have more rainfall than most nearby areas
c)
It will be much warmer than nearby areas
d)
It will be more humid than surrounding areas
2.
What assumption could you make about the climate of a place covered in dense forests?
a)
It will be colder than nearby areas
b)
It will have more rainfall than most nearby areas
c)
It will be much warmer than nearby areas
d)
It will be more humid than surrounding areas
3.
The science of making maps
a)
cartography
b)
concentration
c)
connection
d)
distribution
4.
The long-term average weather condition at a particular location
a)
climate
b)
weather
c)
region
d)
hearth
5.
The spread of something over a given area
a)
concentration
b)
connection
c)
density
d)
distribution
6.
An area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics
a)
formal region
b)
region
c)
functional region
d)
vernacular region
7.
An area organized around a node or focal point
a)
functional region
b)
region
c)
formal region
d)
vernacular region
8.
The development and analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite and other electronic electronic information technologies
a)
GIScience
b)
GPS
c)
environmental determinism
d)
GIS
9.
A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers
a)
GPS
b)
GIScience
c)
GIS
d)
stimulus diffusion
10.
A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data
a)
GIS
b)
GPS
c)
GIScience
d)
Space-time compression
11.
Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope
a)
globalization
b)
stimulus diffusion
c)
preservation
d)
sustainability
12.
The position of anything on Earth's surface
a)
location
b)
site
c)
situation
d)
place
13.
The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface
a)
map scale
b)
mental map
c)
map
d)
scale
14.
The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area
a)
pattern
b)
distribution
c)
concentration
d)
scale
15.
A system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map
a)
projection
b)
Mercator projection
c)
Robinson projection
d)
Goode projection
16.
The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area
a)
pattern
b)
distribution
c)
concentration
d)
scale
17.
Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole
a)
scale
b)
scope
c)
situation
d)
site
18.
An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features
a)
region
b)
perceptual region
c)
functional region
d)
formal region
19.
The location of a place relative to another place
a)
situation
b)
site
c)
scale
d)
scope
20.
the physical gap or interval between two objects
a)
space
b)
site
c)
situation
d)
scale
21.
The location of a place relative to another place
a)
situation
b)
site
c)
scale
d)
scope
22.
The name given to a portion of Earth's surface
a)
toponym
b)
place
c)
location
d)
site
23.
Coca-Cola and of US brands selling items all over the world is an example of:
a)
capitalism
b)
globalization
c)
diversifying your market
d)
how coca-cola is better than pepsi
24.
GPS stands for
a)
global people standards
b)
geographic positioning standards
c)
global positioning system
d)
GP what?
25.
This image demonstrates
a)
Regions
b)
Stimulus Diffusion
c)
Globalization
d)
None of the above
26.
What is a Region
a)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us where people and places are
d)
None of the Above
27.
What is movement?
a)
Tells us how people, goods, recourses, and ideas move from one place to another
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.
d)
None of the Above
28.
What is spatial perspective?
a)
Changes across space
b)
How different cultures spread
c)
The spreading of disease
d)
The continuity amongst the world
29.
Activity spaces are....
a)
Mental maps of the places where we travel routinely in our rounds of daily activity.
b)
Generalized maps of how to get to a place.
c)
Familiarity within our neighborhood, city, county, and country.
d)
Relative location of our house.
30.
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
31.
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.
32.
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.
33.
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
34.
Studying human activities as they relate to the Earth is an example of-
a)
Human geography
b)
Environment
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Physical geography
35.
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
36.
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.
37.
The study of Earth's natural features is-
a)
Human geography
b)
Environment
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Physical geography
38.
The physical surroundings in which plants, animals, and humans live is called the-
a)
Human geography
b)
Environment
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Physical geography
39.
Forests, grasslands, and hills are examples of which type of geography?
a)
Physical geography
b)
Human geography
c)
Political geography
d)
Map geography
40.
What helps people identify and locate specific places?
a)
lines of latitude only
b)
only lines of longitude
c)
Both lines of latitude and longitude
d)
Neither lines of latitude nor longitude
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