APHG Unit 1 Quiz

“The South” in the United States is a

• Nodal region

• Formal region

• Vernacular region

• Functional region

McDonald's tailors menu items to the tastes of the local culture they open a store in. What concept is this?

• time distance decay

• time-space compression

• glocalization

• the cultural landscape

McDonald's opens a restaurant in India. Over 50% of the local population is vegetarian and since Hindu is the dominant religion, people do not eat beef. McDonald's needed to change its Big Mac to a burger with chicken or veggie patties instead. What is this an example of?

• hierarchical diffusion

• stimulus diffusion

• time-space compression

• possibilism

Which of the following is an example of a functional region?

• A large metropolitan area with roads extending into suburbs

• The state of Texas

• A region showing Republican or Democrat majority

• The Bible Belt

A personal or internal representation of the Earth’s surface is known as

• a formal region

• a choropleth map

• a mental map

• a vernacular region

What kind of map is this?

• dot map

• mental map

• choropleth map

• Mercator projection

Which state has the lowest life expectancy from the choices below?

• Texas

• Louisiana

• California

• Washington

Comparing the life expectancy of the United States with that of Australia would be which type of scale of analysis?

• local

• global

• national

• regional

People are more likely to frequent a gas station convenience store that is two blocks away (but sells only unhealthy foods) than they are to take a bus across town to shop at a grocery store that sells fresh fruits and vegetables.

• Cartography

• Data aggregation

• Time-distance decay

• time-space compression

This map reflects the population of the world. What type of map is this?

• reference map

• dot map

• choropleth

• cartogram