Geography Quiz

What is the term for the precise location of a place on the Earth's surface?

• Absolute distance

• Absolute location

• Accessibility

• Built environment

What is the science of map-making called?

• Cartogram

• Cartography

• Choropleth maps

• Circular distribution

Which type of map uses shading or coloring to represent statistical data?

• Cartogram

• Dot density maps

• Isoline maps

• Topographic maps

What term refers to the spread of an idea or innovation from its hearth by direct contact with neighboring areas?

• Contagious diffusion

• Expansion diffusion

• Hierarchical diffusion

• Relocation diffusion

Which term describes the relationship between humans and their environment, how they interact and affect each other?

• Cultural ecology

• Environmental determinism

• Human-environmental interaction

• Possibilism

Which projection distorts the size of land masses, but maintains accurate shapes of continents?

• Goode’s homolosine

• Mercator projection

• Robinson projection

• Township and range

What term refers to regions perceived by people based on their beliefs, feelings, and attitudes?

• Formal region

• Perceptual regions

• Physical geography

• Sense of place

What is the term for the rate of births, deaths, and migrations affecting the population of a particular area?

• Concentration

• Density

• Patterns

• Sustainability

Which of the following is an example of renewable natural resources?

• Coal

• Oil

• Solar energy

• Natural gas

What term refers to a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial or geographic data?

• Geographic Information System (GIS)

• Global Positioning System (GPS)

• Remote sensing

• Thematic maps