FREE AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

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FREE AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

BARRON'S BOOK CH 1 EXAM QUESTIONS

Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

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-Guarantee passing score -18 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: absolute distance

Answer:

a distance that can be measured with a standard unit of length, such as a mile or kilometer

Question 2: anthropogenic

Answer:

human-induced changes on the natural enviroment

Question 3: accessibility

Answer:

the relative ease with which a destination may be reached from some other place

Question 4: cartograms

Answer:

a type of thematic map that transforms space such that the political unit with the greatest value for some type of data is represented by the largest relative area

Question 5: azimuthal projection

Answer:

a map projection in which the plane is the most developable surface

Question 6: cartography

Answer:

the theory and practice of making visual representations of earth's surface in the form of maps

Question 7: connectivity

Answer:

the degree of economic, social, cultural, or political connection between two places

Question 8: cultural landscape

Answer:

the human-modified natural landscape specifically containing the imprint of a particular culture or society

Question 9: choropleth map

Answer:

a thematic map that uses tones or colors to represent spatial data as average values per unit area

Question 10: distance decay effect

Answer:

the decrease in interaction between two phenomena, places, or people as the distance between them increases

Question 11: complementarity

Answer:

the actual or potentil relationship between two places, usually referring to economic interactions

Question 12: coordinate system

Answer:

a standard grid, composed of lines of latitude and longitude, used to determine the absolute location of any object, place, or feature on Earth's surface

Question 13: cultural ecology

Answer:

the study of the interactions between societies and the natural enviroments which the live

Question 14: absolute location

Answer:

the eact position of an object or place, measured within the spatial coordinates of a grid system

Question 15: dot maps

Answer:

thematic maps that use points to show the precise locations of specific observations or occurences, such as crimes, car accidents, or births

Question 16: breaking point

Answer:

the outer edge of a city's sphere of influence, used in the law of retail gravitation to describe the area of a city's hinterlands that depend on that city for its retail supplies

Question 17: contagious diffusion

Answer:

the spread of disease, an innovation, or cultural traits through direct contact with another person of another place

Question 18: Carl Sauer

Answer:

Geographer from the Unifersity of California at Berkley who defined the concept of cultural landscape as the fundamental unit of geographical analysis. This landscape results from the interaction between humans and the physical enviroment.