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WorksheetsAP Human Geography Unit Terms
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
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Class
Date
1.
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
2.
Measuring the distance people are willing to travel to shop at a store would be creating what type of region for that store?
a)
Formal
b)
Perceptual
c)
Functional
d)
Uniform
3.
Geographers usually categorize cultural diffusion into the two broad categories of
a)
Expansion
and hierarchical
b)
Contagious
and stimulus
c)
Expansion
and relocation
d)
Migrant
and hierarchical
4.
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
5.
Geographers group like things together into regions in order to make them easier to study. What type of region would a corn field be?
a)
Perceptual
b)
Formal
c)
Functional
d)
Vernacular
6.
Places that share similar characteristics are called
a)
human systems
b)
environments
c)
regions
d)
physical systems
7.
What are lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees?
a)
longitude
b)
latitude
c)
grid
d)
equator
8.
The layering of geographic data by computers into data sets is known as:
a)
GPS
b)
GIS
c)
ENSO
d)
OPEC
9.
Which of the following shows places on the Earth's surface the most accurately?
a)
thematic maps
b)
globes
c)
general-purpose maps
d)
physical maps
10.
The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?
a)
Cultural Landscape
b)
Place
c)
Location
d)
Human Environment Interaction
11.
Telecommunication networks, whose areas of service radiate outward from central nodes best represent which of the following types of culture?
a)
Vernacular
b)
Formal
c)
Folk
d)
Functional
12.
map that shows specialized information, such as a land-use map, or any other physical or human feature
a)
thematic map
b)
general-purpose map
c)
climate map
d)
topographic map
13.
The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior is called ____.
a)
acculturation
b)
innovation
c)
cultural hearth
d)
diffusion
14.
What is remote sensing?
a)
analyzing different types of data
b)
tracking changes on Earth's surface
c)
using software to combine data
d)
getting information from far away
15.
a large indefinite area or range of something specified; sphere:
a)
Locatioin
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Formal Region
16.
What is one or more features that make an area different from those around it?
a)
formal region
b)
perceptual region
c)
functional region
d)
region
17.
made up of a central place and surrounding areas affected by it. Often, this is a metropolitan area that consists of a major city and lots of smaller towns or cities that surround it.
a)
functional region
b)
perceptual region
c)
cultural landscape
d)
free enterprise
18.
The physical environment causes social and cultural development.
a)
Cultural Environmentalism
b)
Environmental Possibilism
c)
Environmental Determinism
d)
Cultural Possibilism
19.
Imaginary North-South line that passes through Greenwich, England, and has a value of 0 degrees
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
relief
d)
scale
20.
What are the physical and human features of a location?
a)
perception
b)
place
c)
perspective
d)
landscapes
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