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Unit 1: Thinking Geographically

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The difference between a reference map and a thematic map is...

a)

Reference maps show places; Thematic shows data

b)

Reference maps show data; Thematic shows places

c)

Reference maps are road maps; Thematic maps are themed

d)

Reference maps are legit; Thematic maps are not

2.

This map is an example of...

a)

A reference map

b)

A thematic map

c)

A cartogram

d)

A dot density map

3.

This map is an example of...

a)

A reference map

b)

A political map

c)

A physical map

d)

A thematic map

4.

What type of thematic map is this...

a)

Dot Density

b)

Isoline

c)

Cartogram

d)

Topographic

5.

What type of thematic map is this?

a)

Dot density

b)

Choropleth

c)

Cartogram

d)

Isoline

6.

What type of map is this?

a)

Cartogram

b)

Choropleth

c)

Topographic

d)

Graduated Symbol

7.

What type of map is this?

a)

Cartogram

b)

Choropleth

c)

Isoline

d)

Dot Density

8.

All maps will have distortions because...

a)

a curved surface cannot be represented on a flat surface

b)

Earth is not a perfect sphere

c)

latitude lines are shorter than meridian lines

d)

parallels and meridians never cross at right angles on a globe

9.

These scales are displaying...

a)

Absolute location

b)

Relative Location

c)

Absolute Distance

d)

Relative Distance

10.

This image is referring to...

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

c)

Absolute Distance

d)

Relative Distance

11.

When I say Mr. Lambert's class is down the hall and to the right. I am using...

a)

Absolute Location

b)

Relative Location

c)

Absolute Distance

d)

Relative Distance

12.

What map projection is this?

a)

Mercator

b)

Peters Equal Area

c)

Robinson

d)

None of these

13.

What map projection is this?

a)

Mercator

b)

Peters Equal Area

c)

Robinson

d)

None of these

14.

What map projection is this?

a)

Mercator

b)

Peters Equal Area

c)

Robinson

d)

None of these

15.

All of the following are ways geographic data collected, except...

a)

GIS (Geographic Information System)

b)

satellite navigation systems (GPS)

c)

remote sensing

d)

Seismic Sensors

16.

the idea that the likelihood of interaction diminishes with increasing distance is

a)

Distance Decay

b)

Time Space Compression

c)

Globalization

d)

Diffusion

17.

The process of examining the locations, attributes, and relationships of features in spatial data is known as

a)

Spatial analysis

b)

Scale of analysis

c)

Place

d)

Regionalization

18.

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

a)

Distance Decay

b)

Time Space Compression

c)

Globalization

d)

Diffusion

19.

 the process by which something spreads across space from one place to another

a)

Distance Decay

b)

Time Space Compression

c)

Diffusion

d)

Regionalization

20.

This theory claims that human society development is controlled by the environment

a)

Possibilism

b)

Environmental Determinism

c)

Cultural Ecology

d)

Place Theory

21.

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

a)

Possibilism

b)

Environmental Determinism

c)

Cultural Ecology

d)

Place Theory

22.

This map shows what type of map scale?

a)

Small Scale (Zoomed Out)

b)

Large Scale (Zoomed In)

c)

Global

d)

Local

23.

What type of map scale is this map showing?

a)

Small Scale Map

b)

Large Scale Map

c)

Global

d)

National

24.

What is the scale of this map? (Not scale of analysis)

a)

Global

b)

Regional

c)

National

d)

Local

25.

What is the scale of this map? ( Not scale of analysis)

a)

Global

b)

Regional

c)

National

d)

Local

26.

What is the scale of analysis of this map? (Not the map scale)

a)

Global

b)

Regional

c)

National

d)

Local

27.

What is the scale of analysis for this map? (Not map scale)

a)

Global

b)

Regional

c)

National

d)

Local (State or province)

28.

 regions marked by one or more specific traits (economic, political, social/cultural, or physical/environment) are considered...

a)

Formal Regions

b)

Functional Regions

c)

Perceptual/ Vernacular Regions

d)

None of these

29.

This map is showing what type of region? (Hint: notice the node-focal point)

a)

Formal Region

b)

Functional Region

c)

Perceptual/Vernacular Region

d)

None of these

30.

"Egypt is part of Africa, but many also consider it part of the Middle East"

This displays that regions can be...

a)

Transitional

b)

Contested

c)

Overlapping

d)

All of these things

31.

This map displays what type of region?

a)

Formal Region

b)

Functional Region

c)

Perceptual/Vernacular Region

d)

None of these

32.

What is the increasing sense world is becoming smaller?

a)

Friction of Distance

b)

Distance Decay

c)

Space-time compression

33.

What is the transfer of information, people, goods, and other phenomenon?

a)

Place

b)

Region

c)

Location

d)

Movement

34.

What refers to the human and physical attributes of a location?

a)

Place

b)

Region

c)

Location

d)

Movement

35.

What is a spacial unit or group of places that share similar characteristics?

a)

Location

b)

Region

c)

Place

d)

Movement

36.

What describes how human activities affect their environment and how environmental changes impact human life?

a)

Region

b)

Location

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Movement

37.

What is the layering of geographic data by computers into data sets known as?

a)

Photographic interpretation

b)

Field observation

c)

GPS

d)

Remote sensing

e)

GIS

38.

Scale is

a)

The system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map

b)

The extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area

c)

The difference in elevation between two points in an area

d)

The relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape

39.

What is it when the physical environment determines social and cultural development?

a)

Cultural environmentalism

b)

Environmental determinism

c)

Possibilism

d)

Cultural possibilism

e)

Cultural ecology

40.

What is it when the environment influences, but does not strictly determine, how a culture interacts with the environment?

a)

Environmental determinism

b)

Cultural environmentalism

c)

Cultural determinism

d)

Possibilism

e)

Environmental ecology