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WorksheetsUnit 1: Thinking Geographically
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
The difference between a reference map and a thematic map is...
Reference maps show places; Thematic shows data
Reference maps show data; Thematic shows places
Reference maps are road maps; Thematic maps are themed
Reference maps are legit; Thematic maps are not
This map is an example of...
A reference map
A thematic map
A cartogram
A dot density map
This map is an example of...
A reference map
A political map
A physical map
A thematic map
What type of thematic map is this...
Dot Density
Isoline
Cartogram
Topographic
What type of thematic map is this?
Dot density
Choropleth
Cartogram
Isoline
What type of map is this?
Cartogram
Choropleth
Topographic
Graduated Symbol
What type of map is this?
Cartogram
Choropleth
Isoline
Dot Density
All maps will have distortions because...
a curved surface cannot be represented on a flat surface
Earth is not a perfect sphere
latitude lines are shorter than meridian lines
parallels and meridians never cross at right angles on a globe
These scales are displaying...
Absolute location
Relative Location
Absolute Distance
Relative Distance
This image is referring to...
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Absolute Distance
Relative Distance
When I say Mr. Lambert's class is down the hall and to the right. I am using...
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Absolute Distance
Relative Distance
What map projection is this?
Mercator
Peters Equal Area
Robinson
None of these
What map projection is this?
Mercator
Peters Equal Area
Robinson
None of these
What map projection is this?
Mercator
Peters Equal Area
Robinson
None of these
All of the following are ways geographic data collected, except...
GIS (Geographic Information System)
satellite navigation systems (GPS)
remote sensing
Seismic Sensors
the idea that the likelihood of interaction diminishes with increasing distance is
Distance Decay
Time Space Compression
Globalization
Diffusion
The process of examining the locations, attributes, and relationships of features in spatial data is known as
Spatial analysis
Scale of analysis
Place
Regionalization
refers to the increasing sense of connectivity that seems to be bringing people closer together even though their distances are the same; due improvements in technology and transportation
Distance Decay
Time Space Compression
Globalization
Diffusion
the process by which something spreads across space from one place to another
Distance Decay
Time Space Compression
Diffusion
Regionalization
This theory claims that human society development is controlled by the environment
Possibilism
Environmental Determinism
Cultural Ecology
Place Theory
This theory claims that the environment sets certain limitations but people use their creativity to decide how to respond to the conditions of a particular natural environment
Possibilism
Environmental Determinism
Cultural Ecology
Place Theory
This map shows what type of map scale?
Small Scale (Zoomed Out)
Large Scale (Zoomed In)
Global
Local
What type of map scale is this map showing?
Small Scale Map
Large Scale Map
Global
National
What is the scale of this map? (Not scale of analysis)
Global
Regional
National
Local
What is the scale of this map? ( Not scale of analysis)
Global
Regional
National
Local
What is the scale of analysis of this map? (Not the map scale)
Global
Regional
National
Local
What is the scale of analysis for this map? (Not map scale)
Global
Regional
National
Local (State or province)
regions marked by one or more specific traits (economic, political, social/cultural, or physical/environment) are considered...
Formal Regions
Functional Regions
Perceptual/ Vernacular Regions
None of these
This map is showing what type of region? (Hint: notice the node-focal point)
Formal Region
Functional Region
Perceptual/Vernacular Region
None of these
"Egypt is part of Africa, but many also consider it part of the Middle East"
This displays that regions can be...
Transitional
Contested
Overlapping
All of these things
This map displays what type of region?
Formal Region
Functional Region
Perceptual/Vernacular Region
None of these
What is the increasing sense world is becoming smaller?
Friction of Distance
Distance Decay
Space-time compression
What is the transfer of information, people, goods, and other phenomenon?
Place
Region
Location
Movement
What refers to the human and physical attributes of a location?
Place
Region
Location
Movement
What is a spacial unit or group of places that share similar characteristics?
Location
Region
Place
Movement
What describes how human activities affect their environment and how environmental changes impact human life?
Region
Location
Human Environment Interaction
Movement
What is the layering of geographic data by computers into data sets known as?
Photographic interpretation
Field observation
GPS
Remote sensing
GIS
Scale is
The system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map
The extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area
The difference in elevation between two points in an area
The relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape
What is it when the physical environment determines social and cultural development?
Cultural environmentalism
Environmental determinism
Possibilism
Cultural possibilism
Cultural ecology
What is it when the environment influences, but does not strictly determine, how a culture interacts with the environment?
Environmental determinism
Cultural environmentalism
Cultural determinism
Possibilism
Environmental ecology
