AP Unit 1 Practice m/c Questions

According to the theory of environmental determinism, which of the following areas would have the most productive settlements?

A. Tropical regions.

B. Temperate regions.

C. Mountainous regions.

D. Arctic regions.

E. Arid regions.

Temperate regions.

Regionalization is to geography as.....

A. composition is to music

B. description is to literature

C. exploration is to geology

D. periodization is to history

E. characterization is to drama

Periodization is to history

Cultural ecology studies the

A. interactions between human societies and the physical environment

B. interactions between places over space

C. relationship between media and diffusion

D. relationship between language and land use

E. relationship between politics and policy

Interactions between human societies and the physical environment

All of the following are correct statements about time zones EXCEPT:

A. The People's Republic of China has only one time zone.

B. Standard time zones were established in the United States in 1883 to accommodate internal railroad travel.

C. International time zones were established in 1884 to facilitate international communication.

D. Time zones were established to facilitate the planting and harvesting of crops.

E. Most time zones are areas about 15 degrees wide.

Time zones were established to facilitate the planting and harvesting of crops.

All of the following are examples of the spatial analysis tradition in geography EXCEPT the

A. number of space shuttles constructed

B. volume of telephone calls between Corey Union and Old Main

C. Trans-Atlantic slave trade

D. distance associated with shopping trips to area malls

E. volume of air traffic between London and Hong Kong

Number of space shuttles constructed

As an academic discipline, geography is principally concerned with the

A. nature and meaning of place names

B. impact of the environment on human understandings and activities

C. evolving character and spatial organization of Earth's surface

D. absolute location of places, peoples, and processes on Earth's surface

E.construction of maps that depict places, peoples, and processes as accurately as possible

Evolving character and spatial organization of Earth's surface

The arrangement of a phenomenon across the Earth's surface is

A. Spatial analysis

B. Spatial association

C. Regional dissociation

D. Spatial distribution

E. Regional analysis

Spatial distribution

In descriptions of interaction between people and the environment, the term "environmental determinism" implies that

A. there exists no interacting relationship between people and their surrounding physical environment

B. capitalist economies do not contribute to global environmental degradation

C. determination of environmental limitations is a primary task of geographers

D. humans by their actions and technologies alter the physical environment to suit their needs

E. the physical environment exclusively shapes humans and their actions

The physical environment exclusively shapes humans and their actions

Which of the following terms best describes regions that make up the political geographic divisions within a country?

A. Cultural

B. Perceptual

C. Vernacular

D. Physical

E. Formal

Formal

10. Which of the following statements about the Robinson projection is correct?

A. It is better for estimating territorial waters in lower latitudes than the Mercator projection.

B. It is more useful for showing the distribution of human populations than the Mercator projection.

C. It is more accurate than the Mercator projection in showing the sizes of countries in higher latitudes.

D. It is better for making topographical maps than the Mercator projection.

E. It is more useful for long-distance navigation than the Mercator projection.

It is more accurate than the Mercator projection in showing the sizes of countries in higher latitudes.

11. Why would a town planner use a map at the 1:24,000 scale rather than a map at the 1:250,000 scale?

A. The map at the 1:24,000 scale shows a much larger area.

B. The map at the 1:24,000 scale shows the town close-up in more detail.

C. The map at the 1:24,000 scale is easily converted to non-metric measurements.

D. The map at the 1:250,000 scale shows the town in too much detail.

E. The map at the 1:250,000 scale shows too small of an area to see the whole town.

The map at the 1:24,000 scale shows the town close-up in more detail.

12. The lush golf courses in the United Arab Emirates, the dikes and polders in the Netherlands, and the Three Gorges Dam in China are significant examples of land use. These examples reflect which of the following viewpoints of human-environment interaction?

A. Possibilism

B.Environmental Determinism

C. Ecotourism

D. Functional Region

E. Perceptual Region

Possibilism

13. Which of the following is a characteristic of the Mercator projection?

A. Distances on the Mercator projection are real and accurate.

B. The projection is designed to maintain undistorted outlines of landmasses.

C. Countries near the Equator appear 50 percent larger than countries in the middle latitudes.

D. The size of all countries is accurate, but the shape is distorted.

E. The size and shape of countries in the higher latitudes are greatly exaggerated.

The size and shape of countries in the higher latitudes are greatly exaggerated.

A formal region defines an area in which

A. a core dominates its surrounding hinterland

B. there is uniformity in one or more physical or human characteristics

C. a transportation network links different types of land use

E. there are significant geographic variations in physical or human characteristics

F. a unified government system has been established

There is uniformity in one or more physical or human characteristics

Which of the following best describes the type of information provided in the directions? (Turn left at the lake and walk along....)

A. Absolute location

B. Geographic Information Systems

C. Cartography

D. Relative location

E. Cultural Landscape

Relative location