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APHG AP Test Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Relocation diffusion often occurs when a people

a)

a relative moves

b)

shop at the same name brand store in different cities

c)

bring their cultural traditions with them 

d)

change the dialect of their language

2.

Which of the following best accounts for the universal appeal of blue jeans?

a)

Adoption of unique folk culture

b)

Need for durable clothing

c)

Impact of high income on clothing habits

d)

Diffusion of popular culture

3.

The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?

a)

Cultural Landscape

b)

Place

c)

Location

d)

Human Environment Interaction

4.

Which of the following is a vernacular region?

a)

South China Karst Region

b)

City of Denver

c)

Southern United States

d)

French-speaking region in Europe

5.

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

6.

Relative location is....

a)

location of a place in relation to other human and physical features.

b)

Precise coordinates of a place.

c)

General trends we see of a given phenomenon.

d)

Digitized representations of the environment.

7.

The process of the spread of an idea and/or dissemination of an innovation from its source area to other cultures, is the process of cultural: 

a)

diffusion

b)

simultaion

c)

adaptation

d)

movement

8.

This image demonstrates

a)

Regions

b)

Stimulus Diffusion

c)

Globalization

d)

None of the above

9.

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

10.

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

11.

A geographical term which describes the effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions is called...

a)

Distance Decay

b)

Spatial Analysis

c)

Time space compression

d)

Possibilism

12.

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)

Vernacular

d)

Uniform

13.

What is the term for the study of the spatial and material characteristics of the human-made places and people’s interactions with them?

a)

A) Human Geography

b)

B) Physical Geography

c)

C) Cultural Ecology

d)

D) Environmental Science

14.

Which of the following concepts refers to the idea that the environment sets certain constraints or limitations, but culture is otherwise determined by social conditions?

a)

A) Environmental Determinism

b)

B) Possibilism

c)

C) Cultural Landscape

d)

D) Spatial Interaction

15.

What is the term for a region defined by a particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it?

a)

A) Formal Region

b)

B) Functional Region

c)

C) Vernacular Region

d)

D) Perceptual Region