Free Printable AP Human Geography Chapter 1

1.

The word "geography" literally means

a)

(A) The study of space

b)

(B) Earth study

c)

(C) People and nature

d)

(D)Earth Writing

e)

(E) Human ground

2.

The cultural landscape can be best defined as

a)

(A) The types of art, music, dance, and theater practiced in a particular region

b)

(B) the ways that

c)

(C) The imprint of human activity superimposed on the physical environment

d)

(D) the diversity of distinctive cultures within a particular geographic area

e)

(E) a particular area within a geographic region dedicated to cultural activities

3.

(AP) Which of the following is an example of a cultural

landscape?

a)

(A) Coastal wetland

b)

(B) Cloud forest

c)

(C) Stand of mangrove trees

d)

(D) Eroded shoreline

e)

(E) Adobe ruins

4.

(AP) The physical location of a place as described by the

Earth latitude-longitude grid, Township and Range, or

some other coordinate system is called its:

a)

(A) relative location

b)

(B) Absolute (or mathematical) location

c)

(C) referenced location

d)

(D) grid plan

5.

(AP) Which of the following defines Chicago's position in

relation to the infrastructure of the United States?

a)

(A) Site

b)

(B) Situation

c)

(C) Absolute location

d)

(D) Vernacular region

e)

(E) Transition zone

6.

(AP) Toponyms in southern California reflect which of the

following?

a)

(A) Cultural heritage of the settlers

b)

(B) Importance of time-space convergence

c)

(C) Growing influence of globalization

d)

(D) Significance of locational theory

e)

(E) Role of popular culture in American society

7.

(AP) In descriptions of interaction between people and

the environment, the term "environmental determinism

implies that

a)

(A) the physical environment exclusively shapes humans

and their actions

b)

(B) humans by their actions and technologies alter the

physical environment to suit their needs

c)

(C) determination of environmental limitations is a

primary task of geographers

d)

(D capitalist economies do not contribute to global

environmental degradation

e)

(E) there exists no interacting relationship between

people and their surrounding physical environment

8.

(AP) A straight line on a navigation map using the

Mercator projection represents

a)

(A) the shortest distance between two points

b)

(B) a line of constant compass bearing

c)

(C) the distance from the prime meridian

d)

(D) the distance to the international date line

e)

(E) travel time between an origin and a destination

9.

(AP) On a Mercator projection map, where will you find

the landmasses most exaggerated in relative size?

a)

(A) Near the poles

b)

(B) Near the prime meridian

c)

(C) Near the equator

d)

(D) Land masses aren't exaggerated on a Mercator

10.

(AP) In the distance decay function represented above

a)

(A) the friction of distance has little effect on interaction.

b)

(B) interaction is related to the position of a central

place.

c)

(C)distance imposes a significant barrier to spatial interactions.

d)

(D) topological space acts independently of distance.

e)

(E) absolute decay is different than relative decay.

11.

The branch of geography that focuses upon the

topography, climate, soils and vegetation of the Earth is:

a)

(A) cultural geography

b)

(B) human geography

c)

(C) physical geography

d)

(D) biogeography

12.

Cartography is the art and science of

a)

(A) demographics.

b)

(B) map-making

c)

(C) spatial orientation.

d)

(D) cognitive imagery.

e)

(E) spatial decision making.

13.

Which of the following statements about possibilism is true?

a)

(A) Modern geographers reject it in favor of environmental determinism.

b)

(B) It posits that the environment causes social development.

c)

(C) It rejects the idea that humans can alter their physical environment.

d)

(D) It posits that people choose from many alternatives within limits set by the physical environment.

e)

(E) It posits that the physical environment in no way limits human culture.

14.

Prior to European colonization, different Native

American populations in what became the Southwest

U.S. evolved different forms of economy, some becoming

pastoralists (herders), others sedentary farmers, others

hunter-gatherers. This can be explained by which

geographic concept?

a)

(A) Possibilism

b)

(B) environmental determinism

c)

(C) natural isotherms

d)

(D) expansion diffusion

e)

(E) distance decay

15.

(MM) The combination of the unique physical

characteristics of a specific location (including but not

limited to mathematical/absolute location) is referred to

by geographers as

a)

(A) absolute location

b)

(B) relative location.

c)

(C) the regionalization process.

d)

(D) site

e)

(E) Situation

16.

(MM) Where something is located in relationship to its

surroundings is referred to by geographers as

a)

(A) Distance-decay

b)

(B) situation.

c)

(C) site.

d)

(D) absolute location

e)

(E) both B and C

17.

Geographers study toponyms because they

a)

(A) often describe the physical characteristics of a place

b)

(B) may reveal something of the history of a location.

c)

(C) suggest what people in a place value or take pride in.

d)

(D) communicate what activities take place in a location.

e)

(E) all of the above

18.

The greater the distance from the hearth the less likely

an innovation will be adopted. This is referred to as:

a)

(A) inverse innovation rule

b)

(B) adoption avoidance

c)

(C) distance decay (aka friction of distance)

d)

(D) cultural repulsion

19.

The concept that the new technologies of globalization

shrink the functional or perceived distances between

places is called

a)

(A) time-space compression.

b)

(B) distance decay.

c)

(C) friction of distance.

d)

(D) spatial interaction.

e)

(E) expansion diffusion.

20.

The spread of ideas, cultural traits, knowledge and skills

from their hearth to other areas where they are adopted

is called:

a)

(A) Diffusion

b)

(B) adjustment

c)

(C) spreading

d)

(D) cultural invasion

21.

Which of the following processes can explain how a new

idea, product, or other phenomenon comes to appear in

a region?

a)

(A) independent invention

b)

(B) contagious diffusion

c)

(C) relocation diffusion

d)

(D) hierarchical diffusion

e)

E) Any of the above

22.

Relocation diffusion is

a)

(A) (A the rapid and widespread diffusion of a characteristic

throughout the population.

b)

(B) the spread of an underlying principle or idea.

c)

(C) the spread of an idea from persons of power to other

persons.

d)

(D) the spread of an idea or trait through the physical

movement of people from one place to another.

e)

(E) none of the above.

23.

The spread of some phenomenon whereby nearly all

adjacent (= "next to each other") individuals are affected

is an example of:

a)

(A) relocation diffusion

b)

(B) independent infection

c)

(C) contagious diffusion

d)

(D) hierarchical diffusion

24.

Rap music eventually spread from the Bronx to large

cities with vibrant African-American populations such as

Atlanta, Los Angeles, Oakland, Chicago, and Detroit

skipping over the smaller cities and rural areas in

between. This type of spatial diffusion is called

a)

(A) relocation diffusion.

b)

(B )hierarchical diffusion.

c)

(C) contagious diffusion.

d)

(D) cultural diffusion.

25.

The process whereby new fashion trends typically appear

in large global centers (Milan, Paris, New York) and then

In other large, wealthy cities skipping over smaller cities

and rural areas in between is an example of

a)

(A) relocation diffusion.

b)

(B) contagious diffusion.

c)

(C) Hierarchical diffusion.

d)

(D) independent invention

26.

The diffusion of the idea of the hamburger to India but

with a vegetable patty instead of the religiously

prohibited beef is an example of:

a)

(A) cultural mimicry

b)

(B) relocation diffusion

c)

(C) stimulus diffusion

d)

(D) independent invention

27.

All of the following are barriers to spatial interaction and

diffusion EXCEPT

a)

(A) a mountain range

b)

(B) no access to broadband internet

c)

(C)an airport

d)

(D) monolingualism (speaking only one language)

e)

(E) poverty

28.

(MM) Latitude is

a)

(A) the angular distance east or west of the prime

meridian at Greenwich, England.

b)

(B) the angular distance east or west of the international

date line.

c)

(C) the angular distance north or south of the equator.

d)

(D) useful in determining relative location.

e)

(E) a measure of social or political freedom.

29.

(MM) Longitude is

a)

(A) the angular distance east or west of the international

date line.

b)

(B) the angular distance east or west of the prime

meridian at Greenwich, England.

c)

(C) the angular distance north or south of the equator.

d)

(D) useful in determining relative location.

e)

(E) useful in describing, a place's situation.

30.

What type of map is shown above?

a)

(A) choropleth

b)

(B) dot distribution

c)

(C) proportional symbol

d)

(D) isoline

e)

(E) cartogram

31.

A thematic map such as the one depicted above that

shows quantities of some variable by shrinking or

expanding the sizes of regions is called

a)

(A) an image map.

b)

(B) a choropleth map.

c)

(C) To a projected map.

d)

(D) an isoline map.

e)

(E) a cartogram.

32.

John Snow's famous 1854 map (above) showing the

location of individual cases of cholera in a London

neighborhood is an example of what kind of map?

a)

(A) choropleth

b)

(B) dot distribution

c)

(C) proportional symbol

d)

(D) isoline

e)

(E) cartogram

33.

Map projections can cause all of the following types of

distortion EXCEPT:

a)

(A)relative size (area)

b)

(B) direction

c)

(C) color

d)

(D) distance between locations

e)

(E) shape

34.

All of the following are true of the Mercator projection

map (shown above) EXCEPT:

a)

(A) A straight line drawn of the map represents a line of

constant compass bearing.

b)

(B) The size/areas of landmass are distorted especially

towards the poles (high latitudes).

c)

(C) Its greatest disadvantage is that distorts the shape of

continents.

d)

(D) it was originally designed for use by sailors at sea but

became a standard political map because it

exaggerated the size and power of Europe.

e)

(E) Meridians (lines of longitude) never meet on this

projection.

35.

The Robinson projection (shown above)

a)

(A) Is considered a "compromise projection"

b)

(B) distorts both shape and area but preserves both to

80% accuracy.

c)

(C) does not distort the size of continents as much as

does the Mercator projection.

d)

(D) depicts the earth's meridians as bending but not

converging at the poles

e)

(E) all of the above

36.

The map depicted above is a (an)

a)

(A) Robinson projection.

b)

(B) Goode's Homolosine projection.

c)

(C) Azimuthal projection.

d)

(D) Conic projection.

e)

(E) Mercator projection.

37.

An area defined by one predominant or universal

characteristic throughout its entire area with well

defined boundaries (beyond which the predominant or

universal characteristic does not apply) is known as a:

A formal region

a)

(A) formal region

b)

(B) functional region

c)

(C) statistical region

d)

(D) geographical region

e)

(E) vernacular region

38.

Which of the following is an example of a functional (or

nodal") region?

a)

(A) a television market

b)

(B) a time zone

c)

(C) a county

d)

(D) a postal zip code area

e)

(E) countries in which more than 50% of residents speak

Spanish

39.

The famous New Yorker magazine cover above depicting

New Yorkers' view of the United States is as example of a

a)

(A) perceptual region

b)

(B) vernacular region

c)

(C) mental map

d)

(D) all of the above

40.

The use of earth's natural resources so that they will be

available for use in the future.is called

a)

(A) subsistence agriculture.

b)

(B) sustainability.

c)

(C) cultural ecology.

d)

(D) environmental determinism.

e)

(E) the organic movement.

41.

The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a

satellites, aircraft, balloons or some other long-distance

method is

a)

(A) GIS

b)

(B) GPS

c)

(C) remote sensing

d)

(D) USGS

e)

(E) digital cartography

42.

Which letter is located at 40°N,75°W?

a)

(A) в

b)

(B) C

c)

(C) D

d)

(D) G

43.

What is located at 0° latitude and 60°W longitude?

a)

(A) North America

b)

(B) the equator in South America

c)

(C) the equator in South America

d)

(D) Europe

44.

Which set of coordinates is the absolute location of

H?

a)

a) 15°, 100°W

b)

b) 15°N, 100°W

c)

c) 45°S, 75°W

d)

d) 15°S, 75°E

45.

What is the relative location of B from D?

a)

a) southwest

b)

b) Southeast

c)

c) Northwest

d)

d) Northeast

AP Human Geography Chapter 1

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