AP HuG
Vocab Quiz Chapter
K
Part 1: Match the term with the definition
_____1. Map Projection
Name__________________________________________
Date_____________
Period______________
A. The line of longitude that marks where each new day begins, centered
on the 180th meridian.
_____2. Small Scale map
_____3. Geographical Information System
(GIS)
B. The angular distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, defined by
vertical meridians
_____4. Global Positioning System (GPS)
C. The angular distance north or south of the equator, defined by
horizontal parallels.
_____5. Remote Senseing
D. This type of map usually depicts large areas.
_____6. Large Scale map
E. This type of map usually has a higher resolution and depicts a small
area.
_____7. Region
_____8.Lattitude
_____9. Longitude
F. The idea that a place’s geography decides their ability to succeed.
G. A territory that encompasses many places that share similar physical
and/or cultural attributes.
_____10. International Dateline
H. A mathematical method that involves transferring Earth’s sphere onto
a flat surface.
_____11. Environmental Determinism
I. The idea that geography sets limits on human actions but people have
the power to adjust and adapt to their surroundings.
_____12. Possibilism
J. An image of a portion of Earth’s surface that an individual creates in
his/her mind.
Part 2 - Choose the best answers for the
following questions
_____13. Since Japan is culturally homogenous,
geography would say it is an example
of a
a. functional region
b. formal region
c. standard region
d. perceptual region
e. perceived region
K. A set satellites used to help determine location anywhere on Earth’s
surface with a portable electronic device.
L. The acquisition of data about the Earth’s surface from a satellite
orbiting the planet or other long distance methods.
I. A set of computer tools used to capture, store, transform, analyze, and
display geographic data.
_____14. The NFL network is an example of
a. functional region
b. formal region
c. standard region
d. perceptual region
e. perceived region
_____15. Decatur is located in Central Illinois at 39.8517° N, 88.9442° W. It has a small private university, is the original
home of the Chicago Bears, and a temperate climate. The city gets its water from the largest lake on the
Sangamon River, Lake Decatur. Its primary economic activities are construction, machinery & food production.
This information gives us a description of Decatur’s
a. situation
b. cognitive image
c. site
d. landscape
e. relative distance
_____16. The deep south is considered a ________________ since it exists in people’s minds as a part of their cultural
identity.
a. functional region
b. formal region
c. standard region
d. perceptual region
e. perceived region
_____18. When Europeans ‘discovered’ the Americas, they brought with them a variety of infectious diseases that the
indigenous people had no immunities to. This is an example of:
a. Contagious Diffusion
b. Hierarchical Diffusion
c. Expansion Diffusion
d. the Europeans cultural landscape
e. Sporadic Diffusion
_____19. Rap music first appeared in New York in the 1970;s. Later it spread to large cities like Chicago, Los Angeles,
Philadelphia and Detroit – without being absorbed by smaller cities and rural areas in between. This is an example
of
a. Contagious Diffusion
b. Hierarchical Diffusion
c. Expansion Diffusion
d. Cascade diffusion
e. Sporadic Diffusion
_____20. The spread of ideas, innovations fashion, or other phenomena to surrounding areas through direct contact and
exchange is known as:
a. Contagious Diffusion
b. Hierarchical Diffusion
c. Expansion Diffusion
d. Cascade diffusion
e. Sporadic Diffusion
Part 4: Directions: Use the word bank to complete the following sentences.
Cultural Landscape
Agricultural Density
Arithmetic Density
Distance Decay
Physiological Density
21. Due to _____________________________ New York and L.A do not interact as often as New York and Chicago.
22. The Incan’s use of terrace farming, or the United States’ use of garbage to make Manhattan larger are examples of
their _____________________________
23. The ___________________ of the Sahara Desert is less than that of New York City
24. China has a very high ______________________, meaning there are too many farmers for the amount of arable land.
25. __________________ is the number of people per unit of arable land
Extra Credit:
What happened to the civilization with a low level of agricultural & physiological density and a high level of arithmetic
density?