AP Human Geography Unit 1 Practice

1.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

The location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called:

A. referenced location

A. central location

A. relative location

A. absolute location

2.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:

absolute location

relative location

site

situation

3.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Scale is…

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

the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area

the difference in elevation between two points in an area

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

4.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

The physical qualities of the original location for a city is referred to as the

site

situation

relative location

absolute location

5.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

The layering of geographic data by computers into data sets is known as:

GPS

GIS

ENSO

OPEC

6.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

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

Cultural Landscape

Place

Location

Human Environment Interaction

7.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?

Cartogram

Projection

Globe

Instagram

8.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

Which type of location does not change?

Absolute

Relative

Positive

Negative

9.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Geographers group like things together into regions in order to make them easier to study. What type of region would a corn field be?

Perceptual

Formal

Functional

Vernacular

10.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Measuring the distance people are willing to travel to shop at a store would be creating what type of region for that store?

Formal

Perceptual

Functional

Uniform

11.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

The imprint that humans leave, such as buildings, roads, cemeteries, etc. are all considered to be part of the:

Location

Region

Cultural Landscape

Move

12.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

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?

Formal

Functional

Perceptual

Uniform

13.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Telecommunication networks, whose areas of service radiate outward from central nodes best represent which of the following types of culture?

Vernacular

Formal

Folk

Functional

14.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

Which of the following divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

Prime Meridian

Hemisphere Line

Equator

Tropic of Capricorn

15.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

Which type of map would show the boundaries of countries?

vegetation map

political map

land-use map

elevation map

16.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

Places that share similar characteristics are called

human systems

environments

regions

physical systems

17.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is not a use of GPS?

tracking airplanes

determine when a volcano will erupt

help farmers in their fields

provide driving directions to a destination

18.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

Which of the following shows places on the Earth's surface the most accurately?

thematic maps

globes

general-purpose maps

physical maps

19.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What is one or more features that make an area different from those around it?

formal region

perceptual region

functional region

region

20.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

What are lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees?

longitude

latitude

grid

equator

21.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Environment influences, but does not strictly determine, how a culture interacts with the environment.

Environmental Determinism

Environmental Possibilism

Cultural Determinism

Cultural Environmentalism

22.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

The physical environment causes social and cultural development.

Cultural Environmentalism

Environmental Possibilism

Environmental Determinism

Cultural Possibilism

23.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

Culture is spread by...

Movement of people

TV and Internet

War and conquest

All are correct

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

This is 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.

functional region

perceptual region

cultural landscape

free enterprise

25.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which map scale shows the most detail?

1:10,000

1:62,500

1:100,000

1:250,000

1:2,500,000

26.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

All maps have

distortion

graduated circles.

bar scale.

multiple colors

27.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Success in AP Human Geo takes time, effort, and determination. What is NOT a good strategy for growth and achievement?

Build a study group and work together as a team.

Do "a little, a lot" so that information builds and deadlines do not sneak up on you.

Ask for help as you go through the chapter.

Say the course is too hard, and pull the covers over your head.

28.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

GPS and GIS are examples of contemporary mapping tools that rely on ______ technology.

remote sensing/satellite

computer

smart phone/satellite

International Space Station

29.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Why is the mercator map projection useful.

The distortion is minimized

Directions is constent across the map

Distances are correctly portrayed

Area of the land masses is shown accurately.

30.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

Cartography is the science of

Map making

Spatial Topography

demographics

Cognitive Imaginary

31.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

The greater the distance from the hearth, the less likely the interaction would be referred to as,

Distance Decay

Acculturation

Time-Space Compression

Sequent occupance

32.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:

Situation

Relative Location

Absolute Location

Site

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