AP Human Geography Unit 1 Exam Review

What does a large scale map show?

Small area

Frequency of something within a given unit of area is

is density

What is a map in which data are assigned to class intervals and colors or patterns are used to distinguish magnitude of occurrences called?

Choropleth map

The situation of a place is best described by:

other places

Hierarchical diffusion is a type of which larger classification of diffusion?

Expansion Diffusion

Latitude and longitude may be used to determine which type of location?

Absolute

Hawaii's tropical location, sandy beaches, volcanoes, volcanic soils, and plentiful moisture play an important role in its economic activities.

Site

What is the maximum number of degrees of latitude that can be measured on the Earth?

180°

What is the one problem common to all map projections?

Distortion

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

Relative location

The spread of ideas, knowledge, and skills from their places of origin to other areas where they are adopted is called:

called: Diffusion

This concept suggests that the farther one has to travel to Jacksonville, FL, the less likely he or she is to attend a Jaguars football game.

Distance decay

The corn belt is what type of region?

Formal Region

Name Pattison's Four Traditions.

Earth-Science tradition, Culture-Environment tradition, Location Tradition, Area-Analysis Tradition

The imprint of cultures on the land creates distinct and characteristic cultural _____.

Landscape

The notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place is a definition of:

sequent occupancy

The increasing connectedness of different parts of the world through common processes of economic, environmental, political, and cultural change is what we mean by

Globalization

Who is responsible for the term cultural landscape?

Carl Sauer

JAX Metro Area as the region from which people commute to the CBD of Jacksonville.

Functional or Nodal Region

A graduated circle map is a type of

proportionl symbol map

Fashion usually spreads through which type of diffusion?

Hierarchical

The arrangement of features in space (three main properties density, concentration and pattern)

distribution

The physical environment specifically causes social

Environmental Determinism

The science of making maps is

Cartography

A system for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is

projection

It is estimated that ______ of the world's population is seriously malnourished.

1/6th

Region from which a phenomenon originates.

Hearth

The set of processes that are increasing interactions, deepening relationships and heightening interdependence regardless of national boundaries are called

globalization

The branch of geography that focuses upon natural landforms, climate, soils and vegetation of the Earth is:

physical geography

The importance of the spatial approach that geographers use in their studies is that it shows:

the arrangement and organization of things on the surface to the Earth and how they are interconnected

By the time the last great cholera pandemic began in 1865, people knew to take precautions against ______ and ended the great waves of cholera.

contaminated water

This model proposes that the quantity of movement between two locations increases as their size increases and decreases as distance increases

Gravity model

______ refers to the infusing of a locality with meaning and emotion.

Sense of Place

The degree of direct linkage between one particular location and other locations in a transport network is referred to as:

connectivity

Acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from another long-distance method is

Remote Sensing

A computer system that can capture, store, query, organize, analyze, and display geographic data is

GIS

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

absolute location

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

relative location

What creates the friction in the friction of distance?

Increases in costs and time

The fact that humans can modify their environment and survive in Las Vegas is explained by what

Possibilism

System that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations and receivers is

GPS

The arrangement of something across Earth's surface is

Spatial arrangement or perspective

Measured in degrees east and west of the line known as the prime meridian

Longitude

What theme of Geography would describe the feeling of Disney?

Place

Cultural geographers identify a single element of normal practice (e.g. cattle herding) as:

culture trait

A cultural complex is defined as

discrete combination of traits, for example Masaai cattle herding

The concept of space-time compression is a direct result of

Advances in telecommunications and transportation

Measured in degrees north and south of the line known as the equator

Latitude

The greater the distance from the hearth the less likely an innovation will be adopted. This is referred to as:

distance decay

The lack of penetration of alcoholic beverages in Islamic regions illustrates the effect of _______ on cultural diffusion.

cultural barriers

The diffusion of the idea of the hamburger to India but with a vegetable patty instead of the religiously prohibited beef is an example of:

stimulus diffusion

The spread of disease where nearly all adjacent individuals are affected is an example of:

contagious diffusion

When going from Julington Creek to the Landing in Jacksonville, the distance between the two is measured in the price of cab fare. This is an example of

Relative distance

One hour on a map is how many degrees of longitude?

15 degrees

What are the 5 themes of geography described by the National Geographic Society?

Human environment interaction, location, place, movement, and region

The degree of direct linkage between one particular location and other locations in a transport network is referred to as:

Connectivity

Which geographical theme would involve the study of the impact of the drainage of part of the Florida Everglades?

Human Environment Interaction

Much of Kenya's income comes from

Coffee Tea production

The key theme in human geography is:

Space

The mental map you have of places you routinely visit is a map of yours:

Activity Space

Level of aggregation refers to:

the level of the spatial unit of analysis

Rural counties receive more visual emphasis than urban counties on a choropleth map because:

rural counties cover a larger area

The map type best used to record not only the presence of a phenomenon but to suggest its spatial pattern, distribution, or dispersion is:

Dot map

On an isocline map, lines close to each other indicate:

a rapid change in the variable

To map the surface of the earth, geographers use different projections to display different information because:

no projection is ideal for the purpose of every map

The explanation of the graphic symbols on a map is found in the

map legend or Key

The key theme in human geography is:

space

Level of aggregation refers to:

The size of the spatial unit of analysis

How many degrees are there between the North and South Poles?

180 degrees

These regions are based on subjective feelings and images rather than objective data.

Perceptual/ vernacular regions

study of interactions and adaptations between human and their physical environments.

Cultural Ecology

What does the "Why of Where" refer to?

The idea that an explanation of spatial patters is crucial

Medical Geography traces its roots back to a specific disease outbreak that occurred in Soho in 1854. By mapping the pattern of the outbreak, the source of this disease was linked to a particular water pump on Broad Street in London.

Name this disease and Dr. John Snow and Cholera

It is not possible to show all real world features on a map. One generalization operation works by removing points from the features outline, such as the Maine coastline, resulting in a less complex line. What is this very common and basic type of generalization?

Simplification

Which of geography's five themes examines the arrangement of road networks?

Movement

What term does a geographer use to identify such human phenomena as roads, power grids, ports, and rail systems?

Infrastructure