AP Human Geography Unit 1 Exam
Scale is - answer the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that
feature on the landscape
1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale? - answer fractional scale
What element of study of human and physical geography have in common - answer
They are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do
Which map would have the largest scale? - answer city
A system for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is - answer projection
A computer system they stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic
data is – answer GIS
Which of the following is a fundamental element of culture? - answer customary beliefs,
social forms, material traits
The science of making maps is - answer cartography
To geographers, the spread of McDonalds around the world represents -
answereconomic and cultural globalization
The name given to a portion of Earths surface is known as - answertoponym
Situation identifies a place by its - answerlocation relative to other objects
Site identifies a place by its - answerunique physical characteristics
You are given the coordinates 128 E longitude, 45 N latitude. This is an example of -
answerMathematical location
Which is true? - answerEvery Mediterranean is the same link and has the same
beginning and end
A ship's position is given as it 0° latitude and 27° west longitude. We can conclude from
this information that the ship is located - answerOn the equator
The township and range system - answerResulted in a grid like pattern for much of
present-day land-use in the United States
Scale is - answer the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that
feature on the landscape
1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale? - answer fractional scale
What element of study of human and physical geography have in common - answer
They are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do
Which map would have the largest scale? - answer city
A system for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is - answer projection
A computer system they stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic
data is – answer GIS
Which of the following is a fundamental element of culture? - answer customary beliefs,
social forms, material traits
The science of making maps is - answer cartography
To geographers, the spread of McDonalds around the world represents -
answereconomic and cultural globalization
The name given to a portion of Earths surface is known as - answertoponym
Situation identifies a place by its - answerlocation relative to other objects
Site identifies a place by its - answerunique physical characteristics
You are given the coordinates 128 E longitude, 45 N latitude. This is an example of -
answerMathematical location
Which is true? - answerEvery Mediterranean is the same link and has the same
beginning and end
A ship's position is given as it 0° latitude and 27° west longitude. We can conclude from
this information that the ship is located - answerOn the equator
The township and range system - answerResulted in a grid like pattern for much of
present-day land-use in the United States
