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Worksheetsap human geography unit 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which type of regional analysis is defined as having set boundaries or at least one common trait, such as political borders?
Formal
Functional (nodal)
Vernacular (perceptual)
Which type of regional analysis may vary because people have different perceptions, such as the definition of 'The South'?
Formal
Functional (nodal)
Vernacular (perceptual)
What does GPS (Global Positioning System) do?
Collects, stores, analyzes, and displays geographical data
Navigation using latitude and longitude to provide direction
Information gathered from satellites orbiting space
Layers data to help people, organizations, governments make decisions
Remote Sensing is:
Information gathered from satellites orbiting space
Navigation using latitude and longitude to provide direction
Collects, stores, analyzes, and displays geographical data
Layers data to help people, organizations, governments make decisions
What is Environmental Determinism in Human Geography?
The idea that humans can change their environment to meet their needs
The theory that your behavior is determined by your environment
The belief that environment has no impact on human behavior
The concept of farming practices changing for climate
What is Possibilism in Human Geography?
The theory that your behavior is determined by your environment
The idea that humans can change environment to meet their needs
The belief that environment has no impact on human behavior
The concept of Eurocentric ideas
Distance Decay is not as severe as it was because of technologies such as the internet and international travel.
True
False
Which of the following is an example of Time-Space Compression?
Traveling from the east coast to the west coast took 4 months in the 1850s.
Traveling from the east coast to the west coast takes 5 hours in 2020.
Both A and B.
Field observations are useful to learn the why and where of which types of processes?
Biological
Political, economic, and cultural
Mathematical
Physical
Who collects data to make decisions?
Only governments
Only organizations
People, organizations, and governments
Only people
If an area has objects in it that are tightly arranged, it is said to be what?
Dense
Clustered
Dispersed
Scattered
Regionalized
Which of the following is NOT a type of distortion found in all maps?
Area (size)
Distance
Shape
Color
Direction
The Mercator map provides accurate shape size closer to the equator and direction.
True
False
Which map projection is one of the most common projections?
Mercator Map
Robinson Map
Goode’s Homolosine Map
Polar Map
What does the increasing size of circles towards the poles on the map indicate?
Accurate size representation
Distortion of size
Accurate distance
Accurate direction
What does 'Absolute location' mean?
Comparing a location to another place
Gives a specific location
Telling directions
Naming a city
Which terms are used to describe absolute location?
Latitude and Longitude
North and South
East and West
City and State
What type of map is primarily informational and used for general reference?
Thematic Map
Reference Map
Choropleth Map
Cartogram
Which type of map shows quantitative data?
Reference Map
Thematic Map
Dot Density Map
Isoline Map
Which of the following is an example of sustainability in agriculture?
Using different agriculture techniques to preserve land and not destroy the environment
Overusing land until it is no longer fertile
Ignoring environmental impacts of farming
Using only chemical fertilizers
