AP HG Ch 1 Study Guide
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answersquestion
A straight line on a navigation map using the Mercator projection represents what?
answer
a line of constant compass bearing
question
The ratio between distance on a map and distance on the earth's surface is called what?
answer
Scale
question
Can Formal regions overlap?
answer
yes
question
GPS devices determine what?
answer
x, y, and z values for an object
question
What statement cannot concern spatial systems?
answer
Maps cannot be used to measure and analyze systems, only models can
question
0 degrees latitude and 27 degrees west longitude is where?
answer
on the equator
question
1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?
answer
fractioal scale
question
The spatial distribution created by the U.S Land Ordinance of 1785 is an example of what?
answer
pattern
question
Geography is not concerned with the study of what?
answer
physical processes
question
Situation identifies a place by its what?
answer
location relative to other objects
question
The statement that " the journey to work is 15 minutes by bus" is an example of what?
answer
relative distance
question
What is not a intervening obstacl to the flow of goods and people?
answer
highways
question
The state of Texas is best considered a formal region because...
answer
the same state laws apply everywhere in the region
question
A new pieve of land created by draining the area is called..
answer
polder
question
What refers to the study of the relationship between the physical environment and culture?
answer
Cultural ecology
question
What is the oldest field of geography?
answer
Cartography
question
What is not one if Pattison's Four Traditions in Geography?
answer
Cultural Geography
question
Spatial coordinates of latitude and longitude express
answer
Absolute location
question
What is not a sub-field of human geography?
answer
atmosphere
question
An area distinguished by one or more unique characteristics is a
answer
region
question
What type of map has all lines of latitude and longitude meeting at right angles, creating distortion at both of the poldar regions?
answer
Mercator projection
question
The Mercator projection preserves what?
answer
direction
question
Mental maps could be especially useful for what?
answer
Tourist bureaus, college admissions officers, and chamber of commerce members
question
Geographers often use this type of investigative method to examine what issues?
answer
Inquiry
question
Who argued that cultural landscapes should form the basic unit of geographic inquiry
answer
Carl Sauer
question
Maps projections that preserve and accurately represent the shape of geographical areas and features are said to be what?
answer
conformal
question
During the quantitative revolution, geographers...
answer
stressed the use of empirical measurements,hypothesis testing, and mathematical models
question
In cognitive space, perceived bounaries such as frontiers, horizons, and shorelines are known as...
answer
edges
question
If the scale of a map is 1:100,000, then 1 centimeter on the map represents what on Earth's surface?
answer
1 kilometer
question
Scale is...
answer
the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape
question
Map projections attempt to correct for errors in...
answer
area, distance, shape, and direction
question
The azimuthal map best reflects what class of map projection?
answer
Planar
question
The prime meridian is what degree of longitude?
answer
0 degrees
question
Lines of longitude...
answer
intersect at the poles
question
Hurricane Katrina's landfall on the United States is an intereating geographic case study because..
answer
its effects are an intersection of human and physical geography
question
What geograpical feature usually distinguishes time zones?
answer
15 degrees of longitude
question
What is least likely to be perceived as a path in cognitive space?
answer
An impenetrable forest
question
Boundaries based on the mercian-line principle are generally associated with..
answer
bodies of water
question
Human- induces environmental changeis often referred to as...
answer
anthropogenic
question
What geogrphical approach suggests that humans possess the ability to dominate their environment rather that they are defined by the environment?
answer
possibilist approach
question
What refers to a ratio between distances portrayed on a map and acual distances on the earth's surface that correspond to the map?
answer
Scale
question
The science of map-making is...
answer
Cartgraphy
question
If an area has objects in it that are tightly arranged, it is said to be what?
answer
Clustered
question
Site identifies a place by its
answer
unique physical characteristics
question
Geographers generally reject environmental determinism for what?
answer
possibilism
question
What is the difference between GPS and GIS?
answer
GIS is layering of dats, whereas GPS is the gathering of the data
question
The South is established as a vernacluar region of the United States by
answer
climate, the Baptist Church, and low high shool graduation rates
question
1:100,000 is an example of what type of scale?
answer
small scale
question
Every meridian is the same length and has the same what?
answer
beginning and end
question
The geographical region whose center is located along the ewuator and whose area extends roughly 23 degrees north and south of the equator is known as the
answer
tropical zone
question
Modern geography traces its orgins to the:
answer
17th century
question
What term refers to the phyical character of a location?
answer
Site
question
The smaller the scale of the map, the larger the area it...
answer
covers
question
High income males tend to have the most accurate and detailed
answer
mental maps
question
The idea that the phyical environment limits human actions but people have the ability to adjust to that environment is called what?
answer
possibilism
question
A perceptual regions's boundaries are..
answer
fuzzy because they allow for individual interpretation
question
All maps have what?
answer
distortion
question
The division of the US into nine regions by the Census Bureau is an example of what?
answer
formal regions
question
Parallel converage at the...
answer
North and South poles
question
The essential perspecive used by geographers in forming their concepts is what?
answer
Spatial
question
What is true concerning regions?
answer
They are conceptual units
question
What is a true statement regarding time-space convergence?
answer
Places seem to be getting closer together
question
What refers to the spatial arrangemant of items or features within a given object or area?
answer
Distribution
question
What is another name for a meridian?
answer
Longitude
question
Regional boundaries are marked by:
answer
arbitrary decisions based upon the scale of the map
question
A map displays in full detail what lies on...
answer
the Earths surface
question
What are maps called that keep shapes intact, but distort area
answer
conformal
question
The frequency a phenomenon in a given study is know as what
answer
density
question
The combination of unique phyical and human characteristics in a specific location is often
answer
site
question
If a geographer performs a study on people's perceptions of the Deep South using interviews as his primary data source, his method is what?
answer
qualitative
question
Where something is located in relationships to something else is referred to as
answer
situational charactistics
question
The acquistion of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from another long-distance method is
answer
remote sensing
question
Global Positioning Systems reference what type of location?
answer
mathemathical
question
Site refers to...
answer
internal locational attributes of a place
question
A subjective images of an area informed b indivdual perceptions and experience in that area is known as a..
answer
mental map
question
The visible imprint of humanactivity is known as what
answer
the cultural landscape
question
The frequency of something within a given unit of an area is..
answer
density
question
The type of map that showa areas with ststistical values in three to five categories is known as a
answer
choropleth map
question
GPS stands for
answer
global positioning system
question
What elements of study do human and physical geography have in common?
answer
They are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do
question
geographic scale refers to
answer
a conceptual hierachy of spaces
question
At what degree of latitude is the North Pole?
answer
90 degrees north
question
Transportation improvement have impacted geographical concepts such as...
answer
friction of distance, globalization, and time-space compression
question
As an academic discipline, geography is principally concerned with the..
answer
evolving character and spatial organization of Earth's surface
question
A subfield of geography that deals holistically with the environmetal and human attributes of a particular territory is known as...
answer
human geography
question
Greenwich Mean Time is measured from...
answer
0 degrees longitude
question
What is not statement concerning the globe grid
answer
The equator is one-half the length of a meridian
question
The early Greeks
answer
observed how humans lived in various areas against the backdrop of the earth's physical features
question
What is consided a geographic pattern?
answer
distributive
question
Twenty-four specific objecct transmit complex radio tables, including time signals traveling at the speed of light. You can contact at least 4 of 24 objects at any time of day or night, The tech described above the determination of what?
answer
Absolute location on the surface of Earth
question
During the process of map-making, in which the three-dimensioal surface of the earth is project onto a flat, two-dimensional surface, what cannot became distorted?
answer
relative location
question
What is not included on a cognitive map?
answer
Distribution of universities
question
Toponyms tend to fall into which of the following categories in the US?
answer
Physical features, Famous people, and Historical events
question
What are maps called that keep shapes intact, but distort area?
answer
conformal
question
Environmental determinism was replaced by which approach to geography in the late 20th century
answer
possiblist approach
question
Perceptual regions
answer
reflect feeling and images rather than objective data
question
In cartography, parallel refers to....
answer
lines of latitude
question
Thematic maps that employ a range of color tones to illustrate how particular values vary across predefined areas, such as countries, provinces, or states, are reffered to as...
answer
choropleth maps
