APHG Unit 1

The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?

• Cultural Landscape
• Place
• Location
• Human Environment Interaction

Which of the following is a vernacular region?

• South China Karst Region

• City of Denver

• Southern United States

• French-speaking region in Europe

Places that share similar characteristics are called 

• human systems
• environments
• regions
• physical systems

Which of the following uses a coordinate system to precisely plot where something is.

• Relative location
• Absolute location
• Generalized Maps
• GIS

Relative location is....

• location of a place in relation to other human and physical features.
• Precise coordinates of a place.
• General trends we see of a given phenomenon.
• Digitized representations of the environment.

A location on the Earth's surface with a distinctive characteristic

• place

• diffusion

• network

• environment

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: 

• diffusion
• simultaion
• adaptation
• movement

This image demonstrates

• Regions
• Stimulus Diffusion
• Globalization
• None of the above

What is spatial perspective?

• Changes across space
• How different cultures spread
• The spreading of disease
• The continuity amongst the world

Which of the following do geographers use to compare a variety of spatial data by creating digitized representations of the environment by combining layers of spatial data, and creating maps in which patterns and processes are superimposed?

• GPS
• GIS
• Scale
• Mental Maps