WorksheetsAP Unit 1 Review
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 54mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the definition of spatial perspective?
a)
The mapping of the distribution of disease
b)
A regional outbreak of disease
c)
Observing variations in geographical phenomenon across space
d)
The exact spot on Earth where something is located
2.
What is a place's location dependent on other features?
a)
Its absolute location
b)
Its space
c)
Its spatial perspective
d)
Its relative location
3.
What is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of spatial or geographical data?
a)
Location Theory
b)
GIS
c)
Spatial Perspective
d)
Human-Environment Interaction
4.
What type of map is used to show a constant "theme" between space?
a)
Relocation
b)
Reference
c)
Mental
d)
Thematic
5.
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
6.
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.
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
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
11.
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
12.
The French-speaking region of Europe is what type of region?
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Perceptual
d)
Rescale
13.
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.
14.
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
15.
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.
16.
What is cartography?
a)
The art of mapmaking
b)
Human-environment relationships
c)
The science of mapmaking
d)
Thinking spatially
17.
What does GIS stand for?
a)
Great Information System
b)
Geographic Information System
c)
Global Information System
d)
Geographic Idea System
18.
What is possibilism?
a)
The system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map
b)
What makes a particular location unique
c)
When physical environment may limit human actions, people have the ability to adjust to their environment
d)
The location of an area
19.
What is absolute location?
a)
The location of something relative to other places
b)
The exact location of something
c)
To describe a situation
d)
A place with a toponym
20.
What is one thing that geographers do?
a)
Ask where and why
b)
Ask when and why
c)
Think sequentially
d)
Describe history
21.
This image demonstrates
a)
Regions
b)
Stimulus Diffusion
c)
Globalization
d)
None of the above
22.
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
23.
What is Human/Environment Interaction
a)
Tells us where what makes an area so special and what it is different from every other area
b)
Tells us how people can change an area and how the area can change people
c)
Tells us where people and places are
d)
None of the Above
24.
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
25.
What is place
a)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from anywhere else
b)
Tells us where something is located
c)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike
d)
She didn't tell us this would be on the test...oh wait yes she did, about 15 times
26.
What is location?
a)
Tells us where people and places are
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area.
c)
Tells how people, goods, resources, and ideas move from one place to another.
d)
None of the Above
27.
Which is the activity most related to "Human-Environment Interaction".
a)
Caribou Migration
b)
Building a house near the Everglades
c)
Plotting a point on a map
d)
Immigrants flee their war torn nation
28.
Which item is a region?
a)
Moscow, Russia
b)
New England
c)
Asia
d)
South America
29.
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
30.
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
31.
Though the map of country music stations shows patterns using dots for individual stations, one can surmise from this map that a country music region might be located mainly in
a)
Our classroom
b)
Arkansas
c)
Tennessee
d)
Georgia
32.
According to the map of calories per capita per day shows that
a)
lower caloric intake in the Americas overall.
b)
higher caloric intake in Southern Asia overall
c)
lower caloric intake in Europe and Russia overall.
d)
lower caloric intake in Africa and parts of Asia.
33.
All maps are considered one of three main types of maps. Those three are:
a)
A physical map, political map, and thematic map.
b)
A spatial map, a physical map, and special-purpose map.
c)
A road map, a state map, and a world map.
d)
Google map, Mapquest, and a election map
34.
Which example best describe absolute location.
a)
Evans school is close to PSA
b)
My house next to the LA Zoo
c)
I live next to Walmart
d)
Australia is 23.5° S and 135° E
35.
Which example best describe relative location.
a)
Evans school is located at 6998
b)
My house is built on stilts
c)
I live next to Walmart
d)
Australia is 23.5° S and 135° E
36.
What is the continent that is yellow?
a)
Africa
b)
Australia
c)
Asia
d)
Antarctica
37.
What is the continent that is dark green?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
38.
What is the continent that is red?
a)
North America
b)
Europe
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
39.
What is the continent that is pink?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Asia
d)
Australia
40.
What type of map would have the largest populated countries sized disproportionately large compared to the less populated ones?
a)
Dot Map
b)
Thematic Map
c)
Reference Map
d)
Cartogram
41.
What is the negative aspect of using a projection to show the surface of the earth?
a)
Isolines
b)
Topography
c)
Distortion
d)
Scale
42.
Type of region where everything is the same. Example is an area that grows corn as the main crop
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Perceptual
d)
Hierarchical
43.
Type of region that is based on movement. A radio station is an example.
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Perceptual
d)
Hierarchical
44.
A type of region that has fuzzy boundaries. Such as defining the south by using the term "Bible Belt"
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Perceptual
d)
Hierarchical
45.
Which of the following could be a vernacular region?
a)
the area of dominance of a television station
b)
the market area of a supermarket
c)
the area served by a pizza delivery person
d)
the area of dominance of a certain worldview or philosophy
46.
This map of barometric pressure is which type of thematic map?
a)
Isoline
b)
Cartogram
c)
Graduated symbol
d)
Choropleth
47.
This map of barometric pressure is which type of thematic map?
a)
Isoline
b)
Cartogram
c)
Graduated symbol
d)
Choropleth
48.
This map is which type of thematic map?
a)
Isoline
b)
Cartogram
c)
Graduate Symbol
d)
Choropleth
49.
The Mercator projection distorts...
a)
Areas near the Equator
b)
Polar Regions
c)
Longitudinal Meridians
d)
Lines of Tropics
50.
Type of Region
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Vernacular
d)
Perceptual
51.
Type of Region
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Nodel
d)
Vernacular
52.
Type of Region
a)
Formal
b)
Fuctional
c)
Vernacular
d)
Nodel
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