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APHUGS - Chapter 1

Quiz by Billy Murphy

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  • Q1

    Human geography can best be defined as

    a social science concerned with Earth's physical features.

     the identification of the when and why of important human events.

    humans in medieval times creating maps to travel between villages.

    the study of where things are on earth and why they are found there.

     a tool to study factors such as site, place, location, region, and communication.

    30s
  • Q2

    The relationship among people and objects across space is defined as

    connection

    scale.

    diffusion

    location

    30s
  • Q3

    Which of the following concepts is true in human geography?

    A region may be represented by a city block, a neighborhood, a city boundary or an entire metropolitan area.

    Location is the relationship between a portion of the Earth being studied and the whole Earth.

    Commonly used words such as space and place are the same thing.

    Connection refers to the physical gap between two objects.

    Place is a specific point on Earth distinguished by specific qualities.

    30s
  • Q4

    The art and science of making maps is

    cartography

    geography

    geomorphology

    demography

    topography

    30s
  • Q5

    A description of GIS would be

    a computer that generates remote data and stores it in the form of maps

    a computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data.

    a computer that overlays geographic data from various sources in layers

    a system of interconnected computers sharing geographic data.

    an operating system installed on your phone that supplies navigational data.

    30s
  • Q6

    If NASA sends a space probe into orbit around Mars, and that probe transmits images of the Martian surface back to Earth, we could say that

    the space probe is gathering surface data, but it cannot be described as engaging in remote sensing because this is an operation that, by definition, can only be accomplished from Earth orbit.

    the probe is engaging in aerial sensing, although it is taking its "pictures" from outer space.

    the space probe is engaging in remote sensing, although it is gathering data from a planet other than Earth.

     the USGS has programmed the space probe to mimic the work of Earth satellites.

    the space probe is generating data for GPS.

    30s
  • Q7

     If the scale of a map is 1:100,000 ratio, then 1 centimeter represents which of the following on Earth's surface?

    1,000 centimeters

    10 kilometers

    100,000 centimeters

    10,000 kilometers

    100,000 kilometers

    30s
  • Q8

    Which area represented on a map would have the largest numeric scale? (I don’t usually give hints often, but basically this question is trying to ask you which would be a large scale map).

    world

    city

    state

    country

    continent

    30s
  • Q9

     You are given the coordinates 45 N latitude 128 E longitude. This is an example of a(n)

    relative location

    mathematical grid interchange

    absolute location

    exact location

    site-situation location

    30s
  • Q10

    Which of the following best describes the type of information provided in the directions?

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    cultural landscape

    absolute location

    geographic principles

    relative location

    GIS

    30s
  • Q11

    In this type of map, an area represented as darker represents a higher concentration of a variable

    choropleth map

    isoline map

    graduated symbol map

    dot distribution map

    punctuated distribution map

    30s
  • Q12

    A cartogram style map would differ in appearance to other maps because

    the symbols displayed would vary in size based on quantity.

    the dots are predetermined, representing the size of the variable.

    it depicts a country or state as proportional to the value of the variable, not its actual area

    the geographic grid would be emphasized in relation to the variable.

    cartograms are the oldest type of map and are therefore less accurate.

    30s
  • Q13

     The name of a location on Earth's surface is known as

    situation

    geonym

    place

    site

    toponym

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  • Q14

    When describing the location of New York City as 100 miles northeast of Philadelphia and 100 miles southwest of Boston, a geographer is using

    situation

    location

    jurisdiction

    toponym

    site

    30s
  • Q15

    Given your understanding of regions, the territories set aside by the government for the Alaskan Indigenous people are an example of

    nodal regions

    vernacular regions

    functional regions

    governmental regions

    formal regions

    30s

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