
APHG Unit 1 Exam review

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Hector Vela
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 4 pts
Which one of these is NOT one of the 5 Themes of Geography?
Regions
Area
Place
Location
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 4 pts
What is the definition of a region, according to the 5 Themes of Geography?
An area that displays a selected criteria - one or more distinctive characteristics.
The distinctive physical and human characteristics of a place.
Absolute and relative location.
How people interact with their environment.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 4 pts
What is a GIS (geographic information system)?
Gives an Absolute or Mathematical Location (Latitude and Longitude)
Transmits radio signals from satellites for radio stations
Computer system that captures, stores, queries, analyzes, and displays geographic data.
Shoots lasers from space
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 4 pts
Which one of these is a Mercator Projection?
Widely used for navigation charts, because any straight line is a line of constant true bearing, scale is distorted
A Pseudocylindrical projection that preserves neither scale nor area, but which presents an aesthetically pleasing view
Designed to minimize distortion for the entire world.
Areas of equal size on the globe are also equally sized on the map, distorted at poles
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 4 pts
Which one of these is a Robinson Projection?
Detailed and accurate two-dimensional representation of natural and human-made features on the Earth's surface.
Only flat map of the entire surface of the Earth which reveals our planet as one island in one ocean, without any visually obvious distortion
Areas of equal size on the globe are also equally sized on the map
Pseudocylindrical projection that preserves neither scale nor area, but presents an aesthetically pleasing view
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 4 pts
What is a choropleth map?
Use lines of equal value to represent data like elevation, barometric pressure or temperature
Map in which a variable is depicted with shading patterns or colors.
Map in which the size of the symbol varies in proportion to the intensity of the mapped variable.
Map using relative size of political units to convey a value.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 4 pts
What is a dot map?
Map in which the size of the symbol varies in proportion to the intensity of the mapped variable.
Map in which a dot represents some frequency of the mapped variable.
Map using relative size of political units to convey a value.
Shows direction of data by pointing the arrow in that direction and quantity of data by thickness of arrow.
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