AP Human Geography Chapter 1 Cultural Landscape Test
Cultural Landscape Quiz
Test your knowledge on the fundamental concepts and geographical terminology in AP Human Geography with our comprehensive quiz. Covering key topics from mapping techniques to cultural landscapes, this quiz challenges your understanding of spatial analysis.
Whether you're a student preparing for exams or just curious about human geography, this quiz is perfect for you. Join us and discover:
- Geography fundamentals
- Cultural landscape concepts
- Map reading skills
- Spatial associations and distributions
According to the surviving evidence, the first person to write the word geography was
Eratosthenes
Aristotle
Strabo
Thucydides
The art and science of map making is
Landscaping
Cartography
Topography
Geography
A computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data is
GIS
GPS
USGS
Remote sensing
Scale is
The system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map
The spread of a phenomenon over a given area
The relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape
The ration of largest to smallest areas on a map
A mathematical process for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is a(n)
Distribution
Interruption
Rendition
Scale
Projection
If the scale of a map is 1:100,000, then 1 centimeter on the map represents _______ on Earth's surface
Which of the following types of maps would have the largest scale?
World
Continent
State
Hemisphere
City
Which statement is more accurate?
Every meridian is actually a circle rather than a curved line
Every meridian is the same length and has the same beginning and end
Every parallel begins and ends at the poles
Every parallel is the same length
Greenwich Mean Time is measured from
0 degrees latitude
0 degrees longitude
90 degrees longitude
180 degrees literature
You see coordinates 5 E longitude, 10 N latitude. You do not need to look at a map in order to deduce that this location is
Near bot the equator and the prime meridian
Near the equator but quite far from the prime meridian
Near the International Date Line as well as the North Pole
Near the International Date Line and the prime meridian
Without looking at a map, we might deduce that the coordinates 170 W longitude, 11 S latitude are likely
Just west of the International Date Line and just north of the equator
Just south of the equator and just east of the prime meridian
Just east of the International Date Line and just south of the equator
Just east of the prime meridian and just south of the equator
The name of a location on Earth's surface is a
Scale name
Site
Situation
Toponym
Situation identifies a place by its
Location relative to other objects or places
Mathematical location on Earth's surface
Nominal locations
Primary dimensions
Site identifies a place by its
Location relative to other objects and places
Mathematical location on Earth's surface
Nominal locations
Unique physical characteristics
NYC's ___ is about 100 miles NE of Philidelphia and 100 miles SW of Boston
The state of Texas is BEST considered a formal region becuase
Only one language is spoken in most of the cities of the region
The same state laws apply everywhere in the region
Religion is the same everywhere in the region
It is part of the US
The South is established as a vernacular region of the United States by
Climate, low education attainment, cotton production, and the prevalence of talk radio stations
Climate, low high-school graduation rates, and Roman Catholic and Baptist churches
Low high school graduation rates, climate, cotton and corn
Climate, low educational attainment, cotton production, and the prevalence of Baptist churches
Which of the following best describes the idea of cultural landscape?
A landscape where human activity has modified the natural environment in some way
A landscape untouched by human activity, featuring mountains, rivers, and plants
A landscape that has been completely modified, like a city center
The concept that the distribution of one phenomenon is related to the location of another phenomenon is
Geographic analysis
Spatial analysis
Spatial association
Spatial distribution
Among the elements of globalization of culture are tendencies toward
Uniform consumption preferences, enhanced communications, unequal access to resources, and uniformity in cultural forms
Uniform consumption preferences, slower communications, unequal access to resources, greater access to entertainment, and a mixture of uniformity and variety in cultural forms
The township and range system
Established a grid-like pattern for much of present day land use in the US
Established a grid-like pattern for much of present day land use in the US and Europe
Was used for navigation by early pioneers, traders, and explorers of NA
US Land Ordinance of 1785 divided much of the country into a system of
States, towns, cities
Ranges, distances, scales, and projections
Vernacular regions
Townships, ranges, sections, and quarter sections
The frequency of something within a given unit of area is
Concentration
Density
Distribution
Pattern
A hearth is
A region from which innovation originates
The process by which a feature or trend spreads
An area defined by one or more distinctive features or trends
Which of the following are forms of expansion diffusion?
Contagious and eponymous
Hierarchical and formal
Economic and relocation
Contagious and hierarchical
Mormonism is most concentrated in the counties surrounding Salt Lake City, Utah, and the 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
Distance decay
Assimilation
Acculturation
Which of the following pairs of resources and renew ability is incorrect?
Coal - nonrenewable
Solar - renewable
Petroleum - renewable
Bamboo - renewable
A development plan that uses the earth's resources prudently to ensure availability in the future is
Sustainable plan
Impossible plan
Conservative plan
Is recycling preservation or conservation?
Preservation
Conservation
Sustainability
Curtails the use of nonrenewable resources and controlling the use of renewable resources to ensure availability in the future
Curtails the use of renewable resources and controlling the use of nonrenewable resources to ensure availability in the future
Eliminates the use of nonrenewable resources
The concept that the physical environment sets broad limits on human actions but that people have the ability to adjust to a wide variety of physical environments
Climate
Possibilism
Environmental determinism
According to environmental determinism
Physical environment causes different types of social and cultural developments
Physical environment sets loose limits on cultural and social actions
People determine their physical environment
Polders are most closely associated with which country?
Belgium
Luxemburg
Germany
Netherlands
Largest consumer of water in California is
Industry
Agriculture
Water bottles
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