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APHG Unit 1

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which civilization was the first to coin the term geography?

a)

Persian

b)

Roman

c)

Greek

d)

Turkish

e)

British

2.

Which term would BEST represent the following map?

a)

Topographic map

b)

Aerial photography

c)

Satellite image

d)

Dot density map

e)

Conformal map

3.

What is a scale on a map?

a)

a tool that allows you to measure your body weight

b)

a way to balance the weights of the land and oceans

c)

a ratio of the distance on the map to the actual distance

d)

a piece of skin found on reptiles like snakes

4.

In the United States, how often is a census taken?

a)

Every 2 years

b)

Every 5 years

c)

Every 7 years

d)

Every 10 years

e)

Every 20 years

5.

Which option is a cheaper alternative than airplanes to provide aerial photography?

a)

Blimps

b)

Drones

c)

Satellites

d)

Balloons

e)

Aircraft

6.

This image is an example of what type of geographic representation?

a)

Drone footage

b)

Relative Location

c)

Satellite image

d)

GPS coordinates

e)

GIS mapping

7.
What is spatial perspective?
a)
Changes across space
b)
How different cultures spread
c)
The spreading of disease
d)
The continuity amongst the world
8.
Which of the following do geographers use to compare a variety of spatial data by creating digitized representations of the environment by combining layers of spatial data, and creating maps in which patterns and processes are superimposed?
a)
GPS
b)
GIS
c)
Scale
d)
Mental Maps
9.
Which of the following uses a coordinate system to precisely plot where something is.
a)
Relative location
b)
Absolute location
c)
Generalized Maps
d)
GIS
10.
Representation of a real world phenomenon at a certain level of reduction or generalization (ex. local, regional, global)
a)
Mental Maps
b)
Scale
c)
GPS
d)
Regions
11.
What are mental maps?
a)
Maps on our minds of places we have been and places we have merely heard of.
b)
Helps us see general trends 
c)
Data collected by satellites and aircraft
d)
Compares a variety of spatial data by creating digitized representations.
12.
The French-speaking region of Europe is what type of region?
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Perceptual 
d)
Rescale
13.
Which type of region is defined by a particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it?
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Perception
d)
Rescale
14.
Which of the following is a perceptual region?
a)
South China Karst Region
b)
City of Denver
c)
Southern United States
d)
French-speaking region in Europe
15.
The choices that a society makes depend on what its members need and on what technology is available to them this is called...
a)
environmental determinism
b)
Possibilism 
c)
political ecology
d)
cultural ecology
16.
This theory explains that Europe as "superior" to the rest of the world because of the climate and location of the region is called...
a)
Environmental Determinism
b)
Possibilism
c)
Time distance decay
d)
Formal Region
17.

Which concept is illustrated here?

a)

Scale

b)

Region

c)

Spatial Analysis

d)

Map Distortion

18.
Migration is an excellent example of _____________ diffusion?
a)
relocation
b)
hierarchical 
c)
cultural
d)
contageous
19.
Cultural diffusion is best described as...
a)
sharing music from one culture to another
b)
Cultural margarine
c)
the spreading of religion
d)
the spreading of ideas, languages, and traditions from one culture to another
20.
Cultural diffusion is best described as...
a)
sharing music from one culture to another
b)
Cultural margarine
c)
the spreading of religion
d)
the spreading of ideas, languages, and traditions from one culture to another
21.

The spread of Coca-Cola around the world , now sold in around 200 countries, is an example of which concept?

a)

Globalization

b)

Territoriality

c)

Sustainability

d)

Sovereignty

e)

Time-Distance Decay

22.

This map BEST explains which concept in human geography?

a)

Cultural patterns

b)

Migration systems

c)

Economic development

d)

Territoriality / Sovereignty

e)

Agricultural revolutions

23.

This graph shows the percentage of the Gross Domestic Product related to transportation and most closely represents which concept?

a)

Agricultural development

b)

Population and migration patterns

c)

Urbanization processes

d)

Political sovereignty

e)

Economic development

24.

This graph shows the percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) related to transportation. Which statement could be a result from the information on the graph?

a)

Europe will have the most advanced transportation systems because of its GDP.

b)

The U.S. will have the most advanced transportation systems because of its GDP.

c)

China will have the most advanced transportation systems because of the newest timely investment into transportation.

d)

China's transportation network will be expanding the most rapidly as a result of the current investment in transportation.

e)

The U.S. transportation infrastructure is still the most modern in the world because of economic development.

25.

What do the blue arrows on the map indicate?

a)

The size of displace persons in the region of Syria.

b)

The ethnicity of displaced persons in regions in Syria.

c)

The movement of displaced persons in regions of Syria.

d)

The orientation of displaced persons in regions of Syria.

e)

The dates of the movement of displaced persons back to Syria.

26.

Which region of Syria has seen the most internally displaced persons?

a)

Homs

b)

Damascus

c)

Aleppo

d)

Dayr-Az-Zor

e)

As Suweida

27.

This map showing wheat for grain in harvested areas is an example of what type of map?

a)

Choropleth map

b)

Contour map

c)

Dot density map

d)

Reference map

e)

Thematic map

28.

Which map projection is useful for navigation because of all of the connecting points represent true compass direction?

a)

Mercator projection

b)

Peters projection

c)

Goode homolsine projection

d)

Polar projection

e)

Robinson projection

29.

Which of the following examples best reflects the idea of interdependence?

a)

The civil war movement in Sudan resulting in South Sudan

b)

The establishment of territorial borders on the Korean peninsula.

c)

The isolation in foreign policy by nationalists in Catalonia.

d)

The independence movement in Venice, Italy.

e)

The NAFTA in North America.

30.

The celebration of Italian holidays in Boston, MA, is an example of what type of diffusion?

a)

Expansion diffusion

b)

Contagious diffusion

c)

Stimulus diffusion

d)

Relocation diffusion

e)

Hierarchical diffusion

31.

Which of the following scales of analysis does this map use?

a)

Global scale

b)

Representative scale

c)

Regional scale

d)

National scale

e)

Local scale

32.

Which scale of analysis does the table use?

a)

Global scale

b)

Representative scale

c)

Regional scale

d)

National scale

e)

Local scale

33.

Based on the information in the table, which indicator would BEST reflect the country with the higher level of economic development?

a)

Total landmass

b)

Income per person

c)

Largest religious group

d)

Largest ethnic group

e)

Largest city

34.
Which projection is this?
a)
Lambert
b)
Mercator
c)
Goode's Homolosine
d)
Robinson
35.
Which projection is this?
a)
Lambert
b)
Mercator
c)
Goode's Homolosine
d)
Robinson
36.
Type of Map?
a)
Topographic
b)
Weather
c)
Thematic
d)
Choropleth
37.
This is what type of map?
a)
Mercator
b)
Robinson
c)
Cartogram
d)
Homoloseine
38.

The idea that the environment (including geography and climate) determines the character and attributes of cultural and ethnic groups.

a)

Possibilism

b)

Environmental determinism

c)

Absolute location

d)

Cultural ecology

e)

Region

39.

This indoor ski mountain in Dubai illustrates which concept?

a)

Sustainability

b)

Environmental determinism

c)

Possibilism

d)

Cultural ecology

40.

Which of the following maps would have the smallest scale?

a)

City park

b)

City

c)

County

d)

State

e)

Global

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