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WorksheetsAP Human Geography - Unit I Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Map maker
Paleontologist
Optomitrist
Geographer
Cartographer
Geography is the combination of two Greek words
Geo = Earth and Graphy = To study
Geo = Earth and Graphy = To write
Geo = Terrain and Graphy = To explore
Geo = Terrain and Graphy = To study
Phone numbers having a (714) area code is an example of
Vernacular Region
Nodal Region
Perceptual Region
Formal Region
Commonly referring to a region of the country as "The South" is an example of a
Perceptual Region
Nodal Region
Formal Region
Functional Region
Since Mexican law is applied throughout its border we can consider Mexico's borders a
Vernacular Region
Perceptual Region
Nodal Region
Formal Region
Robinson Projection
Mercator Projection
Goode - Homolosine Projection
Conic Projection
Robinson Projection
Mercator Projection
Goode - Homolosine Projection
Conic Projection
Was the first to a spherical planet
Aristotle
Christopher Columbus
Pythagoras
Ptolemy
Was able to calculate the circumference of the planet fairly accurately
Ptolemy
Eratosthenes
Aristotle
Pei Xiu
A computer system that captures, stores, analyzes and displays geographic data
Geographic Positioning Satellites
Geographic Information Systems
Global Positioning Systems
Geographic Information Systems
Toponyms in Mexico often reveal
The country's Protestant past
The country's Spanish colonial past
Buddhist roots
The country's French colonial past
San Diego can be considered a toponym because
It was named after a Dutch explorer
It reveals the city's Spanish Catholic origins
It was named after the city's first US mayor
The Portuguese named it after their King
Was the first to use the term "America" when describing the western hemisphere
Ptolemy
Christopher Columbus
Muhammed al-Idrisi
Martin Waldseemuller
Map distortion is
Most prevalent at the poles
Is NOT a problem associated with the Mercator Projection
Most prevalent at the equator
Is no longer a problem in modern maps
Lines of Longitude run
North / South
East / West
Lines of latitude run
North / South
East / West
0o Longitude
Equator
International Date Line
Prime Meridian
Separates Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Earth's land including islands and ocean basins
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Earth's relatively thin layer of gases that surround the planet up to 300 miles high
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
Because of its strategic location in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii's _________ has become increasingly more important to the US military and international trade over the past 100 years.
Site
Situation
A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where they are headquartered.
International business
Transnational Corporation
Diffused Corporation
Global Institution
Considering the fact that there are 2.8 million people living in Jamaica which has a land mass of 4,181 square miles, geographers can calculate there are about 258 people per square mile in Jamaica. This measurement reflects
Density
Concentration
Pattern
Diffusion
Nike was originally formed around University of Oregon's track team. So, it can be said that Nike's
Point of origin is Oregon
Hearth is Oregon
Diffusion Point is in now global
Center point is the United States
Emperor Constantine converting to Christianity which lead to much of the Roman Empire also converting to Christianity is an example of
Stimulus Diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Ethiopian immigrants coming to Los Angeles and starting restaurants in Little Ethiopia is an example of
Relocation Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
Contagious Diffusion
Likelihood of diffusion decreases as time and distance increase
Space Time Compression
Relocation Diffusion
Expansion Diffusion
Distance Decay
Oil and coal are considered
Nonrenewable Resources
Renewable Resources
Concluded that Environmental Sustainability is only possible if we preserve the environment in ways that are both economically and socially acceptable
Kyoto Protocol
UN Brundtland Report
California State Emissions Charter
Paris Greenhouse Gasses Council
The thought that the environment plays a large role in the development of culture
Possibilism
Environmental Determinism
Cultural Ecology
Humanistic Geography
The Dutch erecting damns and levees that reclaimed land from the sea is an example of human ingenuity and
Possibilism
Environmental Determinism
Cultural Ecology
Humanistic Geography
When two cultures combine to create a new cultural trait
Assimilation
Acculturation
Syncretism
Ecology
Native Americans being forced to adopt Western European or American culture
Assimilation
Acculturation
Syncretism
Diffusion
Strait
Peninsula
Plateau
Isthmus
Bay
Plateau
Strait
Basin
Peninsula
Basin
Isthmus
Canal
