AP Human Geography Unit 1 Practice

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The location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called:

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absolute location

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The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:

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relative location

Front

The process of the spread of an idea and/or dissemination of an innovation from its source area to other cultures, is the process of cultural:

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diffusion

Front

The layering of geographic data by computers into data sets is known as:

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GIS

Front

What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface? Options: Cartogram, Projection, Globe, Instagram

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Projection

Front

The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior is called ____.

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diffusion

Front

Which of the following divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres? Prime Meridian, Hemisphere Line, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn

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Prime Meridian

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Which type of map would show the boundaries of countries? Options: vegetation map, political map, land-use map, elevation map

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political map

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Which of the following shows places on the Earth's surface the most accurately? thematic maps, globes, general-purpose maps, physical maps

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globes

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Imaginary North-South line that passes through Greenwich, England, and has a value of 0 degrees

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longitude