WorksheetsChapter 1 Quiz
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
1.1 A system for transferring and converting locations from the round globe to a flat map is
distribution
interruption
geostinction
scale
projection
1.1 The science/art of map making is known as
geography
cartography
topology
topography
human ecology
1.1 1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?
bar line
ratio or fraction scale
graphic scale
written scale
US Land Ordinance survey scale
1.1 Which map would have the smallest scale?
world
continent
state
city
neighborhood
1.1 A ship's position is given as 0 degrees latitude and 27 degrees west longitude. We can conclude from this information that the ship is located
on the equator
at the North Pole
On the prime meridian
astride the International Date Line
1.1 All of the following are true of the International Date Line EXCEPT
it is a line of longitude
it is located at approximately 180 degrees
it is located opposite the Prime Meridian
it crosses the equator
it runs down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
1.1 What projection is shown here?
Mercator
Robinson
Goode's Homolosine Interrupted
conical
Buckminster-Fuller
Where is distortion the greatest on the map above?
along the equator
on the east/west edges
on the north and south edges
directly in the center
distortion is equal everywhere
1.1 Approximately how wide are most time zones?
2000 miles
200 miles
15 Deg Longitude
90 Deg Longitude
1:25,000
1.1 The following are true of the nation of Kiribati EXCEPT:
it uses a non-standard time zone
it is located in the middle of the Atlantic
it is located in the middle of the Pacific
it moved the international Date Line
it is the first nation on earth to start every day
1.1 The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satelite orbiting the planet or from another long-distance method is
GIS
GPS
remote sensing
USGS
digital cartography
1.2 A computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data is a
GIS
GPS
remotely sensed image
USGS topographic quadrangle
digital cartograph
1.2 Situation identifies a place by its
location relative to other places
mathematical location on the earth’s surface
nominal location
unique physical characteristics
name and human characteristics
1.2 Site identifies a place by its
location relative to other objects
mathematical location on the earth’s surface
nominal location
physical characteristics
name and human characteristics
1.2 Which of the following is another way of referring to a functional region?
nodal
formal
uniform
areal
focused
1.2 An area identified by one or more specific characteristics is a
biome
landscape
region
GPS unit
landform region
1.2 The division of the United States (as seen above) into 12 districts by the Federal Reserve is an example of
climatic regions
functional regions
nodal regions
formal regions
1.2 New York City’s ____________ is on the Hudson River, approximately 100 miles northeast of Philadelphia and 100 miles southwest of Boston.
vernacular region
site
situation
toponym
cartogram
1.2 The concept of a “mental map” is most closely tied to which of the following geographic terms?
spatial analysis
cartographic communication
human ecology
space-time compression
vernacular region
1.2 The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constituted a group’s distinct tradition is known as
language
religion
culture
taboos
ethnicity
1.2 Geographers call the name given to a portion of the Earth’s surface as its
Topography
Topohilia
Toponym
Toposequence
1.2 The following map is an example of what type of region?
Vernacular
Nodal
Uniform
Formal
Perceptual
1.3 The frequency of occurrence of something within a given unit of area is
concentration
density
distribution
pattern
scale
1.3 The extent, or spread, of something over an area is
concentration
density
distribution
pattern
scale
1.3 The following regions are considered the centers of global culture and economy except?
North America
Japan
India
Europe
1.3 The increasing geographic phenomenon of space-time compression has tended to diminish the influence of
location
distance
movement
sites
situation
1.3 The distance-decay function in geography holds that as distance increases, contact with a point of origin, a core, or a hearth will
also increase
gradually decrease
remain about the same
fluctuate according to other influences
mutate
1.3 A hearth is
a location or region from which a phenomenon originates
the process by which a feature or trend spreads
an area defined by one or more distinctive features or trends
the modification of a culture as a result of contact with a more powerful one
the core area of a region
1.3 . Which two of the four boxes below has the highest density of dots?
A, B
B, C
C, D
A, D
1.3 Which two have the highest concentration of dots?
A, C
B, D
A, B
C, D
1.3 The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population is known as
contagious diffusion
expansion diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
relocation diffusion
stimulus diffusion
1.3 The spread of an underlying principle, even though a specific characteristic is rejected is known as
contagious diffusion
expansion diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
relocation diffusion
stimulus diffusion
1.3 Several new jazz clubs are opened in Utah by people displaced there after evacuating New Orleans because of Hurricane Katrina in 2006. What type of diffusion is illustrated in this case?
contagious
hierarchical
relocation
stimulus
expansion
1.3 The spread of a new type of “extreme” sport or emerging “cutting edge” technology prompted by the best athletes would most likely illustrate which specific model of diffusion?
contagious
hierarchical
relocation
stimulus
expansion
