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ap human geography unit 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which type of regional analysis is defined as having set boundaries or at least one common trait, such as political borders?

a)

Formal

b)

Functional (nodal)

c)

Vernacular (perceptual)

2.

Which type of regional analysis may vary because people have different perceptions, such as the definition of 'The South'?

a)

Formal

b)

Functional (nodal)

c)

Vernacular (perceptual)

3.

What does GPS (Global Positioning System) do?

a)

Collects, stores, analyzes, and displays geographical data

b)

Navigation using latitude and longitude to provide direction

c)

Information gathered from satellites orbiting space

d)

Layers data to help people, organizations, governments make decisions

4.

Remote Sensing is:

a)

Information gathered from satellites orbiting space

b)

Navigation using latitude and longitude to provide direction

c)

Collects, stores, analyzes, and displays geographical data

d)

Layers data to help people, organizations, governments make decisions

5.

What is Environmental Determinism in Human Geography?

a)

The idea that humans can change their environment to meet their needs

b)

The theory that your behavior is determined by your environment

c)

The belief that environment has no impact on human behavior

d)

The concept of farming practices changing for climate

6.

What is Possibilism in Human Geography?

a)

The theory that your behavior is determined by your environment

b)

The idea that humans can change environment to meet their needs

c)

The belief that environment has no impact on human behavior

d)

The concept of Eurocentric ideas

7.

Distance Decay is not as severe as it was because of technologies such as the internet and international travel.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Which of the following is an example of Time-Space Compression?

a)

Traveling from the east coast to the west coast took 4 months in the 1850s.

b)

Traveling from the east coast to the west coast takes 5 hours in 2020.

c)

Both A and B.

9.

Field observations are useful to learn the why and where of which types of processes?

a)

Biological

b)

Political, economic, and cultural

c)

Mathematical

d)

Physical

10.

Who collects data to make decisions?

a)

Only governments

b)

Only organizations

c)

People, organizations, and governments

d)

Only people

11.

If an area has objects in it that are tightly arranged, it is said to be what?

a)

Dense

b)

Clustered

c)

Dispersed

d)

Scattered

e)

Regionalized

12.

Which of the following is NOT a type of distortion found in all maps?

a)

Area (size)

b)

Distance

c)

Shape

d)

Color

e)

Direction

13.

The Mercator map provides accurate shape size closer to the equator and direction.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which map projection is one of the most common projections?

a)

Mercator Map

b)

Robinson Map

c)

Goode’s Homolosine Map

d)

Polar Map

15.

What does the increasing size of circles towards the poles on the map indicate?

a)

Accurate size representation

b)

Distortion of size

c)

Accurate distance

d)

Accurate direction

16.

What does 'Absolute location' mean?

a)

Comparing a location to another place

b)

Gives a specific location

c)

Telling directions

d)

Naming a city

17.

Which terms are used to describe absolute location?

a)

Latitude and Longitude

b)

North and South

c)

East and West

d)

City and State

18.

What type of map is primarily informational and used for general reference?

a)

Thematic Map

b)

Reference Map

c)

Choropleth Map

d)

Cartogram

19.

Which type of map shows quantitative data?

a)

Reference Map

b)

Thematic Map

c)

Dot Density Map

d)

Isoline Map

20.

Which of the following is an example of sustainability in agriculture?

a)

Using different agriculture techniques to preserve land and not destroy the environment

b)

Overusing land until it is no longer fertile

c)

Ignoring environmental impacts of farming

d)

Using only chemical fertilizers