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AP Human Geography Unit 1 & 2 Review

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Grand central station is an example of a _____ region

a)

Formal

b)

Perceptual

c)

Functional

d)

Vernacular

e)

Uniform

2.

Identify the map above and identify which of the following descriptions most accurately describes the map.

a)

Mercator: The shape and size of land masses are distorted, but direction is accurate

b)

Robinson: Distortion is only happening with the size of the land masses, shape and direction are accurate

c)

Mercator: Land mass size is accurate due to distortion being spread across all aspects of the map

d)

Goode Homolosine: Does not use cardinal directions, minimizes distortion but is confusing to read

e)

Robinson: Distortion is evenly spread out across shape, size, and direction making it less noticeable

3.

Which of the following statements is not an example of quantitative research?

a)

The government conducting the census

b)

A shoe company analyst looks at the zip codes of the customers that purchased shoes from the store to better understand their customers

c)

Target looking at the median household income for the city of Kendallville to better understand where to open their next store

d)

A school superintendent looking at the racial and economic breakdown of the city when determining where to open a new school

e)

A city council official sending out a survey to his constituents asking how they feel about the work his office is doing

4.

Which of the following would geographers not be interested in observing when looking at a local place?

a)

The physical terrain

b)

The religious breakdown of citizens

c)

The different languages that are spoken

d)

The demographic breakdown of the entire country

e)

The amount of rivers and lakes in the area

5.

You being able to watch and learn on YouTube is an example of what spatial concept?

a)

Distance decay

b)

Tobler’s first law of geography

c)

Time-space compression

d)

Scale of inquiry

e)

Clustering of information

6.

Which of the statements below is not true regarding the maps above?

a)

Map B is a small scale map

b)

Map A is showing a local scale of analysis

c)

Map B is showing a global scale of analysis

d)

Map A is a large scale map

e)

Map B is showing a national scale of analysis

7.

Which of the following answers below connect with the theory of environmental possibilism?

a)

Citizens of a settlement have to relocate due to a lack of water

b)

Farmers utilize aqueducts to modify the flow of water to support their crops

c)

Tariffs put in place by foreign countries hinder economic growth

d)

Societies growth rate changes over time as they become more advanced

e)

Food is located in certain regions based on transportation costs

8.

What problem arises when we look at data on a small scale map?

a)

Information uses less generalization which makes data confusing due to conflicting information

b)

Information becomes generalized and many details are left out

c)

Data can only be shown in number form which leads to large graphs

d)

The data is presented accurately, however, the amount of data is statistically irrelevant

e)

Data can only illustrated as a nodal or vernacular region

9.

Which of the following regions is being illustrated in the map above?

a)

Formal

b)

Perceptual

c)

Functional

d)

Nodal

e)

Uniform

10.

At what scale of analysis is it best to answer the following question? How many commuters use public transportation in the city of Chicago?

a)

Global

b)

National

c)

Regional

d)

State

e)

Local

11.

Country A has an agricultural density of 98, while Country B has an agricultural density of 25. Both countries have a physiological density in the 2,000s. Which of the statements below would best explain what is happening with these countries.

a)

Country A is able to produce a higher volume of food

b)

Country B has more advanced technology and/or techniques

c)

Country B has more arable land which makes it easier for them to feed their population

d)

Country A has more arable land and has access to more technology

e)

Country B is able to produce a higher volume of food