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AP Human Geography Fall Semester Review Unit 1

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Environmental determinism is the belief that

a)

the physical environment shapes humans and their actions.

b)

humans alter the physical environment to suit their needs

c)

there is no relationship between people & environment

d)

the environment limits geographers

e)

capitalist economies contribute to global warming

2.

What is the technique that collect information from the earth from a distance?

a)

Geographic Information Systems

b)

Global Positioning Systems

c)

Remote Sensing

d)

Ethnography

e)

Demography

3.

Which map would have the smallest scale?

a)

Snellville

b)

Gwinnett County

c)

Georgia

d)

United States

e)

World

4.

What does a Mercator projection map show?

a)

standard map for navigation

b)

straight segment of course

c)

cylindrical

d)

Greenland & Antarctica appear much larger

e)

All of the above

5.

Humans possess the ability to dominate their environment is known as

a)

environmental determinism

b)

possibilism

c)

cartography

d)

animism

e)

demographics

6.

Human geography is

a)

the study of cartography

b)

the study of spacial organization

c)

the study of the natural environment

d)

the study of the human imprint on natural landscapes

e)

the study of centralized patterns

7.

A functional region would focus on

a)

a place that shapes culture.

b)

the physical geography

c)

the central place of activity

d)

political boundaries

e)

agricultural patterns

8.

A hiker would use

a)

an isoline map

b)

a choropleth map

c)

a graduated symbol map

d)

a small scale map

e)

a political map

9.

A political map divides places into

a)

formal regions

b)

functional regions

c)

perceptual regions

d)

cultural regions

e)

economic regions

10.

Cell phones have contributed to

a)

possibilism

b)

networks

c)

time-space compression

d)

regionalism

e)

density

11.

This compares spatial date by layering maps

a)

remote sensing

b)

geographic information systems

c)

generalized mapping

d)

friction of time

e)

global positioning systems

12.

Cultural landscapes are

a)

art, music, dance, and theater practices in a certain region

b)

ways that different cultures perceive the environment

c)

human landforms on the physical environment

d)

diversity of ethnic cultures

e)

a cultural realm within a geographic area

13.

Creation of a cognitive spatial plan

a)

reference map

b)

thematic map

c)

mental map

d)

topographic map

e)

directional map

14.

Bible Belt is an example of

a)

formal region

b)

semi-formal region

c)

functional region

d)

perceptual region

e)

nodal region

15.

Which is a toponym?

a)

a map of landforms

b)

Stone Mountain, GA

c)

the capital city

d)

the a map of continents

e)

a map of counties

16.

What affect has technology had on time-space compression?

a)

decreased it

b)

increased it

c)

no impact

17.

Distance-decay function means

a)

the greater the distance, the less connection

b)

the smaller the distance, the more connection

c)

the greater the distance, the more connection

d)

the smaller the distance, the less connection

e)

both a & b

18.

The frequency of occurrence in an area is called

a)

density

b)

distribution

c)

sequence

d)

pattern

e)

interconnection

19.

An example of qualitative data is

a)

data showing age distribution

b)

measurements of distance made by GPS

c)

census counts of population totals

d)

personal descriptions of events

20.

A map that shows the sizes of units based on some specific statistic is called a

a)

projection

b)

cartogram

c)

dot distribution map

d)

graph

e)

graduated symbol map

21.

A Robinson projection

a)

has a global shape more like a globe

b)

is rectangular and used for navigation

c)

displays latitude & longitude lines

d)

has slight distortions

e)

both a & d

22.

A Peters projection

a)

shows the most accurate size of land masses

b)

distorts the shapes of land masses

c)

is shaped like a globe

d)

a & b are correct

e)

a, b, & c are correct

23.

The Mall of Georgia's surrounding area is a

a)

formal region

b)

functional region

c)

a node

d)

perceptual region

e)

world region