Unit 1 AP Human Geography Test – Flashcards
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The map above represents what kind of projection?
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A Mercator projection with distorted land area
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According to the theory of environmental determinism, which of the following areas would have the most productive settlements?
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Temperate regions
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Regionalism is to geography as ____________.
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periodization is to history
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Cultural landscape can be defined as __________.
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the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans
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Land parcels in the America Midwest tend to be rectilinear because ___________.
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the federal survey system adopted in the late eighteenth century imposed a geometric pattern on the landscape
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The term "cultural diffusion" refers to the _____.
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spread of an idea or innovation from its source
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All of the following are examples of the spatial relationship in geography EXCEPT the ________.
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number of space shuttle constructed
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Which of the following is an example of cultural landscape?
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Adobe ruins
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Environmental determinism was replaced by which approach to geography in the late 20th century?
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hierarchal approach
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A straight line on a navigation map using the Mercator projection represents ____________.
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a line of constant compass bearing
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According to figure above, which of following choices best describes the change in interaction as distance increase?
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it decreases
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Physiological population density different from crude population density in the physiological density _________.
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explains density in terms of people per arable square land unit, while crude density explains density in terms of people per total square land unit
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Which of the following is a term used in study of place names?
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toponyms
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Latitude and longitude may be used to determine which of the following characteristic of a place?
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its absolute location
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Cultural ecology studies _________.
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interactions between human societies and the physical environment
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Every map projection has some degree of distortion because __________.
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a curved surface cannot be represented on a flat surface without distortion
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An example of an important physical site characteristic is a ________.
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natural harbor
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A student who live in Minneapolis chooses to spend her spring break in Florida rather than in Jamaica because Florida is closer and the plane fare is cheaper. This type of decision-making best illustrates the concept of ______.
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intervening obstacles
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Cultural landscape is closest in meaning to which of the following?
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Built environment
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A formal culture region differs from other regions in that it ____________.
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has a selected feature or internal uniformity
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Which of the following sets of maps would help explain how scale of inquiry affects the truth? Maps showing ____.
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Michigan's population density by counties and the U.S. population density by state
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Newspaper delivery areas are an example of which type of region?
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Functional
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If an area has objects in it that are tightly arranged, it is said to be what?
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clustered
