AMSCO Unit 1.1

Which statement best describes the absolute location of Paris, France?

• 127 miles away from the English Channel

• in Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere

• 49 degrees N, 2 degrees E

• the capital of France

• 386 miles west of Madrid and 644 miles south of Paris

• in the Northern hemisphere and eastern hemisphere

• 41 degrees N, 2 degrees E

• the capital of the Catalonia region

The word Madrid is a toponym because it designates

• a center of political power

• the name of a specific location

• a community in a plains region

• the largest city in a country

• that it is part of a region called the Iberian Peninsula

• It decreased it by using less space than older machines

• It decreased it by shortening the time writing took

• It decreased it by making communication easier

• It increased it by making writing more efficient

• It increased it by speeding up communications

• It is found primarily in rural areas

• It is often used a part of boundaries

• It is designed to regulate the movement of animals

• It is part of the landscape made by humans

• It is a product that was invented to solve a problem

Which technology had the greatest effect on the application of the distance-decay function?

• Food preservatives because they reduce decay

• cars because they weakened family connections

• barbed wire because it stretches for long distances

• new medicines because they keep people healthier

• a jet because it strengthens the connections between distant places

The frequency of occurrence of something within a specifically defined area is the

• density

• distribution

• incidence

• interconnection

• pattern