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APHG Unit 1
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1Cognitive images(mental maps) can be based on
- Avisual representations of actual locations, direct experiences, and people's imaginations
- Bvisual representations of actual locations
- Cdirect experiences
- Donly a direct experience and visual representations of actual locations
- Epeople's imaginations
2Maps that adjust the size of area units based on the values of the data they depict are called
- Atopographic maps
- Bflow-line maps
- Csatellite images
- Dcartogram maps
- Echoropleth maps
3The state of Texas is BEST considered a formal region because
- Athe same state laws apply everywhere in the region
- Breligion is the same everywhere in the region
- Ctransportation systems converge in the major highways of the region
- Donly one language is spoken in most of the cities of the region
- Eit is a part of the United States
4Relative to lines of latitude near the equator, lines of latitude neat the poles are
- Ashorter
- BMore accurate
- CStraighter
- DLonger
- EWider
5Regarding Chicago, which statement is best describing its relative location
- AIts location is affected by rail road lines through the central U.S. and transport on the Great Lakes
- BIt has a specific latitiude and longitude
- CIt is located in the northern hemisphere, northwest of the origin of latitude and longitude
- DIt is found north of the Equator and west of the Prime Meridian
6How are a cartogram and a graduated symbol map similar?
- ABoth indicate exact locations of specific data precisely
- BBoth display latitude and longitude acurately
- CBoth are useful for comparing the physical area of a country
- DBoth portray numerical data for comparison between places
- EBoth provide a good compromise among distortions of shape, size, direction, and distance
7The Kinshasa Highway, also known as the AIDS Highway, is an informal highway that goes from coast to coast in Africa. This highway has played a significant role in minimizing:
- ASense of place
- BFriction of distance
- CConnectivity
- DDistance decay
- ESpatial interaction
8The location of Chicago at 41 degrees 49' N latitude and 87 degrees 37' W longitude is an example of
- AGPS location
- BAbsolute location
- CIntensive location
- DRemote location
- ERelative location
9A hearth is
- Aa region from whcihc a phenomenon originates
- Bthe perimeter or boundary marked by a regional feature
- Cthe modification of a culture as a result of contact with a more powerful one
- Dthe process by which a feature or trend spreads
- Ean area defined by one or more distinctive features or trends
10Huricane Katrina's landfall on the United States is an interesting geographic cas study because
- Athe federal government was poorly prepared for the storm and its aftermath
- Bits effects are an intersection of human and physcal geography
- Cpeople of all ethnic and racial groups were equally devastated by the storm
- Dthe damage was largely a result of flooding from rivers and a storm surge, not the winds
- Eits winds reached incredible speed near the eye of the hurricane
11Which of the following are forms of expansion diffusion?
- Arelocation and stimulus
- Bcontagious and eponymous
- Ccontagious and hierarchical
- Dhierarchical and formal
- Eeconomis and relocation
12Friction of distance
- Ais now considered an outdated concept with little current utility
- Bis the reflection of only cost overcoming distance
- Cis another term for the distance-decay function
- Dis usually negligible over distances of less that ten miles
- Eis dependent in part upon an individual's cognitive distance
13The statement, "Mexico's location next to the United States has had a great impact on its economic development," suggests that Mexico's economic development is related to its
- Aspatial interaction
- Bsense of place
- Csituation
- Dsite
- Ecognitive distance
14On the tropical rainforest island of Borneo, some tribes practice slash-and-burn agriculture, while other tribes have chosen to be fishers. This exemplifies
- Apossibilism
- Bdeterminism
- Cadoption
- Dculturism
- Ediffusion
15Hawaii's tropical location, sandy beaches, volcanoes, volcanic soils, and plentiful moisture play an important role in its economic activities. In terms of its relative locaation, these characteristics refer to Hawaii's
- Aspace
- Bsituation
- Cplace
- Dsite
- Edistance
16An example of a map that is a compromise between an wqual-area and conformal projection is
- Aa satellite image
- Bthe Mercator projection
- Cthe Robinsion projecton
- Dthe sinsusoidal projecton
- Ea peace map
17Which of the following are lines of constant value?
- Acartograms
- Bisolines
- CGPS lines
- Dsmooth lines
- Eprojection lines
18Spatial association requires geographer to look at the distribution of phenomena
- Aonly at a state scale
- Bon a global and national scale only
- Con a national, state, and urban(local) scale
- Donly on a national scale
- Eat a global scale
19The migration of Europeans into the Western Hemisphere included those people introducing Christianity into the Americas, thereby illustrating the process of this type of diffusion.
- Acontagious
- Bstimulus
- Crelational
- Drelocation
- Ehierarchical
20Which of the following best describes the site of Mexico City?
- Athe most important financial and political center in Mexico
- Bthe federal district of Mexico
- Can important node in a global system of flows of goods, information, and people
- Da highland valley and dry lakebed located on a high plateau in southern central Mexico
- Ean urban area located aproximately two hours from Houston, Texas, by airplane
21Which of the following is most likely a functional region?
- Athe area of dominance of a church or sect
- Barea where people tend to be fans of a particular professional football team
- Cthe area of dominance of a television station
- Dthe area that a person regards as a hometown
- Ean area where new ideas seem to be circulating the fastest
22An example of a formal region is
- Athe area of France where the Breton language is spoken
- BDixie
- Can incredibly pleasant mountain
- Dthe hub and spoke network for a particular airline
- E100,000 square kilometers
23Of the following, the best example of a functional region is
- AChicago
- Bthe West Coast
- CNorth America
- DCajun Country
- Ethe Corn Belt
24Mormonism is most concentrated in the counties surronding Salt Lake City, Utah, and teh population of Mormons as a percentage of total county population begins to decline the further away from Salt Lake City. This is an example of
- Atime space compression
- Bassimilation
- Csyncretism
- Ddistance decay
- Eacculturation
25A computer system that stores, organizes, retrives, analyzes, and displays geofraphic data is
- AUSGS
- Bremote sensing
- Ctopographic analysis
- DGIS
- EGPS
26The belief that the physical enviorment is the dominant force shaping cultures and that humankind is essentially a passive product of its physical surrounding is known as
- Acultural determinism
- Bpossibilism
- Cveganism
- Dlandscape enviormentalism
- Eenviormental determinism
27"The paving of Kinshasa Highway affected every person on earth, and turned out to be one of the most important events of the twentieth century. It has already cost at least 10 million lives, with the likelihood that the ultimate number of human casualties will vastly exceed the deaths in the Second World War"
The quote from the Hot Zone reflects a downside of:- Alocation
- Bglobalization
- Csite
- Dproximity
- Esense of place
28The people of Siberia domesticated reindeer afer learnin gabout cattle being domesticates by people to their south. This is an example of which type of diffusion?
- Ahierarchical
- Bcontagious
- Cvernacular
- Dstimulus
- Erelocation
29Which of the following is the largest scale map?
- A1: 63,360
- B1: 24,000
- C1: 8,000
- D1: 50,000
30The distortion shown in the image best represents what projection type?
- AConic
- BPeters
- CMercator
- DRobinson
- EMollweide
31The brand Under Armour is an example of which type of diffusion?
- Ahierarchical
- Brelocation
- Ccontagious
- Dstimulus
- Eformal
32The two images reflect what concept of map scale?
- Aaggregation
- Bsimplification
- Cmap choice
- Dscale of analysis
- Eratio of distance
33Though we often talk about the 'South', speak of 'southern hospitality' and mention that people have southern accents
- Athe south is nto very different from the north
- Bthe south does not generally include Georgia or Florida
- Cthe south, as a region, is very difficult to define
- Dtoday Michigan and Wisconsin are included in the region
34The image represents:
- Aepidemic
- Bhuman-environment interactions
- Cpandemic
- Dlocation theory
- Esequent occupance
35Jews who were expelled from Spain in 1492 brought their religious beliefs and practices to the new areas in which they settled. This is a case of
- Acontagious diffusion
- Brelocation diffusion
- Chierarchical diffusion
- Dexpansion diffusion
- Erelational diffusion
36While at opposite ends of the emotional spectrum, a joke spreading quickly throughout an office and cholers claiming a victim from every household in a village are both examples of which type of diffusion?
- Ahierarchical
- Bvernacular
- Crelocation
- Dcontact
- Econtagious
37One way that possibilism differs from enviormental determinism is that it emphasizes:
- Aculture
- Bhistory
- Cregions
- Dtrade
- Eclimate
38Distance decay implies that
- Ashort distances erode hierarchical diffusion
- Blong-distance interactions are more likely that short-distance interactions
- Clong distances erode hierarchical diffusion
- Dcarrying fruit for a long distance causes it to rot
- Eshort-distance interactions are more likely than long-distance interactons
39A mental map is a good way to represent what type of region?
- Avernacular region
- Bpolitical region
- Ceconomic region
- Dformal region
- Efunctional region
40As geographers use the term, scale tells us
- Athe length of a degree of longitude along different parallels
- Bthe intrinsic character of the object or area studied
- Cthe relationship between earth distance and map distance
- Dthe smoothness of a snake or fish
- Ethe weight of a given commodity
41The arrangement of a phenomenon across Earth's surface is
- Aspatial analysis
- Bdispersal
- Cspatial association
- Ddistribution
- Eregional dissociation
42Which of the following correctly lists the four main properties of maps?
- Aarea, direction, latitude, longitude
- Bthe USA, China, Africa, and New Zealand
- Carea, shape, distance, direction
- Dconformality, equivalence, direction, symbols
- Eequivalence, shape, latitude, longitude
43The projection used during the Cold War to exaggerate the Communist threat by distorting the areas of countries at high latitudes
- Athe Stalin projection
- Bthe Robinson projecton
- Ccartogram
- Dthe Mercator projection
- EGoode's Homolosine projection
44A map projection may distort a continent, making it appear stretched in some areas and smashed in others in order to
- Adepict accurately the shape of that same continent
- Bdistort the shapes of other continents
- Cdistort the distances and relatice sizes of countries and continents
- Ddepict accurately the physical area of a country or continent
- Edepict a map that accurately represents a globe in every detail
45This image is a desire line map recording the daily volume of daily work trips within the San Francisco Bay area to the Silicon Valley employment node. What is best represented by this?
- Adensity
- Bdistance
- Csite
- Dtime-space compression
- Espatial interaction
46Which state has seen the largest amount of population increase 2000-2010?
- AFlorida
- BNevada
- CTexas
- DArizona
- ECalifornia
47Which of the following provides a strong relationship between land and water areas in the world and does not distort countries at high latitudes?
- ARobinson projection
- BMercator projection
- CMollweide projection
- DVan Der Grinten projection
- EAll maps distort at high latitudes
48It is believed that a certain plant was domesticated in 2 different parts of the world, at 2 different times, by 2 cultures that never had contact with each other. The domestication of this plant can be considered a case of
- Acontagious diffusion
- Bindependent invention
- Crelocation diffusion
- Dnodal interaction
- Eplant plagiarism
49The primary source of diffusion today is
- Athe internet
- Bpolitical elections
- Cglobal business
- Dsnitches
- Emissionary work
50Spatial interaction is affected by
- Athe physical enviornment, the cultural lanscapr, and the interchange potential of places
- Bdistance, accessibility, and connectivity
- Cmobility, economics, and anticipation
- Dshaking hands, high-fiving, and hugging
- Eabsolute location, spatial parameters, and network design
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- Unit 1 APHG Study Material
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- Kirsten KinneyGrass
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