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Ap Human Geography Vocab P1

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

creation and dissemination of geographic data contributed voluntarily and for free by individuals.

a)

volunteered geographic information (VGI)

b)

vernacular region (perceptual)

c)

space - time compression

d)

syncretism

2.

The increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy.

a)

stimulus diffusion

b)

toponym

c)

transnational corporations

d)

uneven development

3.

the physical gap or interval between two objects.

a)

spatial association

b)

situation

c)

space

d)

resource

4.

something produced in nature more rapidly then it is consumed by humans.

a)

sustainability

b)

Renewable Resource

c)

site

d)

scale

5.

the acquisition or data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long-distance methods

a)

Remote sensing

b)

Projection

c)

Poststructuralist Geography

d)

prime Meridian

6.

an area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features.

a)

Possibilism

b)

region

c)

preservation

d)

relocation diffusion

7.

land that the Dutch have created by draining water from an area.

a)

Mental map

b)

meridian

c)

Polder

d)

Pattern

8.

A specific point on Earth, distinguished by a particular characteristic

a)

Place

b)

Map

c)

Map Scale

d)

Mashup

9.

Something produced in nature more slowly then it is consumed by humans

a)

Nonrenewable resources

b)

participatory GIS

c)

parallel

d)

Network

10.

The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian.

a)

latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Humanistic geography

d)

Lithosphere

11.

The time in the zone encompassing the Prime Meridian, or 0 degrees longitude

a)

Hierarchical Diffusion

b)

International Date Line

c)

Location

d)

Greenwich Mean Time

12.

The Region from which innovative ideas originate.

a)

hearth

b)

geographic information system

c)

hydrosphere

d)

Global Positioning System (GPS)

13.

An area organized around a node or focal point.

a)

Functional Region

b)

Formal Region

c)

Globalization

d)

Geographic information Science

14.

Identification and storage of a piece of information by its precise latitude and longitude coordinates.

a)

expansion diffusion

b)

ecosystem

c)

geotagging

d)

ecology

15.

a nineteenth and early twentieth century approch to the study of geography which argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences. Geography was therefore the study of how the physical environment cause human activities.

a)

Environmental Determinism

b)

Distribution

c)

Density

d)

Culture

16.

a geographic approach that emphasizes human environment relationships.

a)

Connection

b)

Cultural Ecology

c)

Diffusion

d)

Distance decay

17.

An approach to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area.

a)

Conservation

b)

Contagious Diffusion

c)

Concentration

d)

Cultural landscape

18.

The long-term average weather condition of a particular location.

a)

Climate

b)

citizen science

c)

abiotic

d)

biosphere

19.

The thin layer of gases surrounding Earth.

a)

Biotic

b)

Cartography

c)

Atmosphere

d)

assimilation

20.

The study of the psychological basis for individual human actions in space.

a)

behavioral geography

b)

assimilation

c)

acculturation

d)

cartography

21.

Composed of living things

a)

Citizen Science

b)

Biotic

c)

Biosphere

d)

Abiotic

22.

the sustainable management of a natural resource

a)

Contagious Diffusion

b)

Concervation

c)

Concentartion

d)

connection

23.

the process of spread of a feature of trend from one place to another over time

a)

Diffusion

b)

Distance Decay

c)

distribution

d)

density

24.

The body of customary beliefs , social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group's distinct tradition.

a)

ecology

b)

expansion diffusion

c)

ecosystem

d)

culture

25.

The development and analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technologies.

a)

Globalization

b)

Geographic information science

c)

Global Positioning System (GPS)

d)

Formal Region

26.

All of the water on and near Earth's surface

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

network

d)

Resource