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Ap Human Geography Unit 1

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An perceptual area people believe exist as part of their cultural identity and their informal sense of place

a)

Formal Region

b)

Functional Region

c)

Vernacular Region

2.

An area where everyone shares 1 or more distinctive characteristics

a)

Formal Region

b)

Functional Region

c)

Vernacular Region

3.

An area organized around a node or focal point with a strong charateristic in the center

a)

Formal Region

b)

Functional Region

c)

Vernacular Region

4.

Humans possess the ability to dominate their environment is known as

a)

environmental determinism

b)

possibilism

c)

cartography

d)

animism

e)

demographics

5.
The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called: 
a)
absolute location
b)
relative location
c)
site
d)
situation
6.
The location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called: 
a)
A.  referenced location 
b)
A.  central location
c)
A.  relative location
d)
A.  absolute location 
7.
The layering of geographic data by computers into data sets is known as: 
a)
GPS
b)
GIS
c)
ENSO
d)
OPEC
8.
What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?
a)
Cartogram
b)
Projection
c)
Globe
d)
Instagram
9.
Which type of location does not change?
a)
Absolute
b)
Relative
c)
Positive
d)
Negative
10.
Billy thinks that in the south, everyone eats grits, eats fried chicken and watches football.  He would be creating what type of region of the south with these ideas?
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Perceptual
d)
Uniform
11.
The physical environment causes social and cultural development.
a)
Cultural Environmentalism
b)
Environmental Possibilism
c)
Environmental Determinism
d)
Cultural Possibilism
12.

Which map scale shows the most detail?

a)

1:10,000

b)

1:62,500

c)

1:100,000

d)

1:250,000

e)

1:2,500,000

13.
All maps have
a)
distortion
b)
graduated circles.
c)
bar scale.
d)
multiple colors
14.

Success in AP Human Geo takes time, effort, and determination. What is NOT a good strategy for growth and achievement?

a)

Build a study group and work together as a team.

b)

Do "a little, a lot" so that information builds and deadlines do not sneak up on you.

c)

Ask for help as you go through the chapter.

d)

Say the course is too hard, and pull the covers over your head.

15.

GPS and GIS are examples of contemporary mapping tools that rely on ______ technology.

a)

remote sensing/satellite

b)

computer

c)

smart phone/satellite

d)

International Space Station

16.

Cartography is the science of

a)

Map making

b)

Spatial Topography

c)

demographics

d)

Cognitive Imaginary

17.

The greater the distance from the hearth, the less likely the interaction would be referred to as,

a)

Distance Decay

b)

Acculturation

c)

Time-Space Compression

d)

Sequent occupance

18.

the exact measurement of the physical space between two places.

a)

Absolute Distance

b)

Relative Distance

c)

Absolute Direction

d)

Relative Direction

19.

The physical environment may limit some human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to their environment

a)

Possibilism

b)

Stimulus Diffusion

c)

Expansion Diffusion

d)

Distance Decay

20.

Uses satellites to accurately determine the precise position of something on Earth.

a)

Global Positioning System (GPS)

b)

Geographic Information System (GIS)

c)

Arithmetic Density

d)

Density

21.

The name given to a portion on Earth's surface.

a)

Toponym

b)

Map

c)

Polder

d)

Resource

22.

Collecting data from Earth's surface via satellites:

a)

remote sensing

b)

GPS

c)

GISystems

d)

GIScience

23.

This type of thematic map uses shading and color to represent different values on a map like the one shown is

a)

Cartogram

b)

Choropleth

c)

Isoline

d)

Graduated Symbol

24.
A two-dimensional representation of the earth
a)
Map
b)
Globe
c)
Projection
25.
Data that can be counted and measured.  Easier to analyze than qualitative data. 
a)
Qualitative Data
b)
Quantitative Data
c)
Data
d)
Space Time Compression
26.
Which projection is this?
a)
Robinson
b)
Mercator
c)
Lambert
d)
Goode's Homolosine
27.

Which type of region does this image of a pizza delivery zone depict?

a)

Functional

b)

Perceptual

c)

Formal

28.

The interconnection of the world today is often referred to as

a)

Nationalism

b)

Communism

c)

Globalization

d)

Isolationism

29.

This map represents size and shape much more accurately, but gives a lot of space to the oceans. What is this projection?

a)

Mercator

b)

Robinson

30.

The ability to travel and communicate over greater distances in shorter amounts of time, due to technological innovations represents the idea of

a)

time-space compression

b)

stimulus diffusion

c)

friction of distance

d)

relocation diffusion

e)

possibilism