AP Hugs FY Study Guide

Which is an example of Mercatur projections?

• Shows true direction, area is relatively precise but distorts shape, continents appear elongated

• Shows true direction, good for navigation purposes, but distorts area, size is distorted increasingly near the poles

• Globe-lie appearance that "looks real", distorts size and shape, but not too much

• Preserves direction, when used from the point of the North Pole, no country is seen as center, distorts shape and area, only shows one half of Earth

• Shows true direction, area is relatively precise, but distorts shape and size is distorted increasingly near the poles

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are used in which example:

• To map safer school routes

• To assist US Army Corps of Engineers to make repairs and provide genetors to those without prower

• To aid local governments in addressing local problems such as crime and homelessness

• To map occurrences of environmental injustice, such as areas prone to water and air pollution

• All are examples of how to use GIS

All are examples of quantitative data methods EXCEPT:

• The population of a city

• The average rainfall during a year

• Number of stoplights within a 2 mile radius of a school

• How pesticides change the color of plants

• How many pesticides are used in farms over 200 acres

Which decrease distance decay (or causes time-space compression?

• Improved modes of transportation

• Advancements in technology

• Decreased costs of foreign goods

• Easibility of online shopping

• All are examples which decrease distance decay

Which describes Environmental Determinism?

• A theory that argues that humans have more agency, or ability to produce a result

• A concept about using the Earth's land and natural resources to ensure future use

• A theory that argues that human behavior is largely controlled by the physical environment

• A key geographic principle the describes the effect of distance on interactions

• How the shape and features of land surfaces affect farming

What is Possibilism?

• A theory that argues that humans are active, not passive agents on their environments

• A key geographic principle that is related to friction of distance

• A concept in thinking about human environment interaction

• A theory that human behavior is largely controlled by the physical environment

• A method of using numerical data to form a theory

Explain Large Scale Analysis

Answer explanation

Large scale refers to a large area of the world being studied, such as global warming. For example the planet's temperature is rising

Explain Small Scale Analysis

Answer explanation

Looking a global warming, but at a more specific area, such as we know the planet's temperature is rising, but zeroing in on which areas of the world are contributing to the rise in temperature

Which is a functional region?

• The Pampas

• Airline Flight Routes

• The Midwest

• Eastern Europe

• Rocky Mountains

Which is a Perceptual Region?

• The Southern US

• DC Metro System

• The Great Plains

• Hasidic neighborhood of Williamsburg, NY

• Delivery range of a pizza shop