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Unit I Questions
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Latitude and Longitude may be used to determine which of the following characteristics of a place?
a. Its formal region
d. Its site features
b. Its absolute location
e. Its relative location
c. Its friction of distance
2. Looking at an issue such as total fertility rate from a local to global perspective in geography would be an
example of using:
a. regional analysis
d. scale of analysis
b. differentiated analysis
e. continuous synthesis
c. Map scale
3. Which of the following statements concerning longitude is not correct?
a. Longitude is the angular distance east or d. Meridians converge at the poles
west of the prime meridian
b. Meridians run north and south around the e. Meridians are parallel to the equator
earth.
c. Longitude is depicted by north-south lines
called meridians.
4. A map generally has all of the following attributes EXCEPT:
a. title
d. spatial data
b. 1:1 scale
e. two-dimensional
c. symbolic representation
5. Location is identified geographically in the following ways:
a. size, relationship to nearest natural
d. flora and fauna in the area
landform, age
b. population, northern or southern
e. place-name, site, situation, mathematical
hemisphere, climate
location.
c. important people and events
6. When human geographers study the relative elevation of various places, which type of map would they most
likely use?
a. Cognitive (mental) map
d. Choropleth thematic map
b. Isoline topographic map
e. Robinson Projection
c. Mercator Projection
7. If it is 2 p.m. in your city and it is 12 p.m. in Greenwich, England, what is your city’s approximate longitude?
a. 45 degrees west
d. 30 degrees west
b. 15 degrees west
e. 30 degrees east
c. 15 degrees east
8. Taking photos of Earth from space is also called:
a. geographic information systems
d. aerial photography
b. geographic positioning systems
e. remote photography
c. satellite imagery
9. Which of the following provides the most accurate representation of the earth?
a. Isoline topographic map
d. Mercator Projection
b. Gall-Peters Projection
e. Robinson Projection
c. Globe
____ 10. Every map projection has some degree of distortion because:
a. parallels and meridians never cross at right d. Earth is not a perfect sphere
angles on a globe.
b. a curved surface cannot be represented on e. latitude lines never intersect while
a flat surface without distortion.
meridians meet at the poles.
c. the grid system is two dimentional, while
the real world is three dimentional.
____ 11. Meridians and parallels are most helpful in determining
a. spatial organization
d. relative location
b. physical site characteristics
e. absolute location
c. the “why of where”
____ 12. Of these, the map using the smallest map scale would be the map of:
a. Atlanta, GA.
d. Pennsylvania.
b. South America.
e. the world.
c. Main Street, Small Town, Ohio.
____ 13. Newspaper delivery areas are an example of which type of region?
a. graphical
d. vernacular
b. formal
e. functional
c. statistical
____ 14. Which of the following is not true with respect to “places”?
a. They have location
d. They have both physical and cultural
characteristics
b. Most have a toponym that helps to
e. They may be large or small
distiguish one place from another
c. They cannot interact with other places
____ 15. Regional boundaries are marked by
a. the boundaries or a city or incorporated
d. spatial reality
political unit
b. subtle differences between geographically e. precise decisions based upon the scale of
similar towns and cities.
the map
c. dramatic changes in the region’s unifying
characteristic
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The map above represents what type of projection?
a. A Robinson projection
d. A planar projection with diverging lines at
the poles
b. A polar projection
e. A mercator projection with distorted land
areas
c. A homolosine projection with continuity
of land masses
____ 17. Geographic information systems are:
a. measures to record elevation
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d. surveys that resulted in the long lot
system.
e. computer systems that combine various
geographic data.
b. a compute program that relies solely on
GPS data.
c. paper maps.
Which of the following applies to all aspects of human geography?
a. Gender
d. Space
b. Climate
e. Density
c. Ethnicity
Which of the following statements concerning spatial systems (GIS) is not correct?
a. Maps cannot be used to measure and
d. Layers of information can be used to study
analyze systems, only models can.
a location on many different levels.
b. The analysis of the role of each
e. Spatial systems may be the basis for
component helps reveal the operation of
regional identification
the entire system.
c. They function as units because their
component parts are independent.
The map type used to record not only the presence of a phenomenon but also to suggest its spatial pattern,
distribution, or dispersion is:
a. isoline
d. mercator projection
b. statistical
e. choropleth
c. dot
Which of the following characteristics of a place is most important in determining its centrality or isolation?
a. relative location
d. physical site characteristics
b. absolute location
e. toponym
c. pattern
If it is midnight at the prime meridian, then at the international Date Line it is:
a. Noon
d. 6 A.M.
b. 6 P.M.
e. midnight of the following day
c. midnight of the previous day
Which of the following has the coarsest level of data aggregation?
a. Analysis of lead in an office
d. Analysis of Asian birthrates
b. Analysis of gender ratios at Southern
e. Analysis of death rates in Afghanistan
Illinois University-Edwardsville.
c. Analysis of drug use in Germany
At what degree of latitude is the North Pole?
a. 90 degrees south
d. 0 degrees
b. 45 degrees south
e. 90 degrees north
c. 45 degrees north
Newspaper delivery areas are an example of which type of region?
a. Formal
d. Functional
b. Graphical
e. Statistical
c. Vernacular
Which of the following items below is an absolute location?
a. 479 Elm Street, Muncie, Indiana
d. 10 miles east of Pittsburgh
b. 3 degrees south
e. Prime meridian
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c. Washington
Which of the following is not used by geographers to determine absolute location?
a. latitude
d. equator
b. longitude
e. prime meridian
c. distance from fresh water
All of the following are correct statements about time zones EXCEPT:
a. The organization of the world into time
d. The local time in neighboring zones is
zones requires that somewhere on the
exactly one hour different.
globe the date has to change.
b. Many areas have adopted daylight savings e. The People’s Republic of China has more
time during spring and summer months.
time zones thatn the United States does
because China is a larger country.
c. Time zones are geometrically subdivided
by meridians each 15º of longitude appart.
One method of organizing earth’s surface into regions emphasizes core and peripheral areas. This method
identifies
a. perceptual regions
d. uniform regions
b. functional regions
e. formal regions
c. vernacular regions
What are maps called that keep shapes intact but distort area?
a. Azimuthal
d. Relative
b. Conformal
e. Equal area
c. Molleweide
According to the theory of environmental determinism, which of the following areas would have the most
productive settlements?
a. Temperate regions
d. Arctic Regions
b. Mountainous regions
e. Tropical regions
c. Arid regions
If one wanted to find the global distribution of coal, he/she would use a:
a. reference map.
d. thematic map.
b. general purpose map.
e. topographic map.
c. location map.
Physiological population density is viewed as a superior measure of population density for which of the
following reasons?
a. It yields the average population density
d. It measures the average by dividing total
land area by total number of people.
b. It best reflects the percentage of a
e. It is more reflective of population pressure
population that is urbanized
on arable land
c. It is more reflective of the world’s largest
population concentrations
Regionalization is to geography as
a. characterization is to drama
d. periodization is to history
b. exploration is to geology
e. description is to literature
c. composition is the music
Which of the following is a type of region categorization that emphasizes the relationship between core and
peripheral areas?
a. functional regions
d. uniform regions
b. vernacular regions
e. perceptual regions
c. formal regions
____ 36. Which of the following maps would be most useful for demonstrating varying levels of mountain elevation?
a. Isoline topographic
d. Proportional symbol
b. Dot density
e. Mercatur Projection
c. Azimuthal
____ 37. If a traveller crosses the International Date Line going from America to Asia, s(he) will set the time
a. 24 hours back
d. 24 hours ahead
b. 12 hours back
e. 48 hours back
c. 12 hours ahead
____ 38. Which of the following is an example of the spatial analysis tradition in geography?
a. the sizes of major oceans
d. a checkerboard pattern created by
agricultural use of land
b. the number of ships constructed in New
e. natural vegitation on hillsides
England
c. flight patterns of birds in migration
____ 39. Regions share all of these characteristics EXCEPT:
a. common features.
d. relative loction.
b. spatial extent.
e. easily defined.
c. boundaries.
____ 40. GPS determines latitude in relation to _______________ and longitude in relation to __________ .
a. the equator; the prime meridian
d. the prime meridian, the international date
line
b. the prime meridian, the equator
e. climate; time zones
c. the equator; Antarctica
____ 41. Linear, centralized, random, and grid patterns help to define the
a. distance between objects on a map and the d. organization of earth’s surface into
distance between objects on the earth’s
distinct areas
surface
b. arrangement of objects on earth’s surface e. position of something on earth’s surface
in relation to other objects
c. physical gap or distance between two
objects
____ 42. The geographical perspective is distinct from that of other fields in its emphasis on
a. urban lifestyles
d. spatial analysis
b. cultural traditions
e. political relationships
c. sustainable development
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The map above represents what kind of projection?
a. A homolosine projection with continuity d. A planar projection with diverging lines at
of landmasses
the poles
b. A Mercator projection with distorted land e. A gnomonic projection with distortions of
area
bodies of water
c. A Robinson projection with distortions at
the equator
Which of the following matches the actual areas would be represented by a map with the largest scale?
a. The world.
d. a country
b. a continent
e. a city
c. a park
If an area has objects in it that are tightly arranged, it is said to be what?
a. Dispersed
d. Scattered
b. Clustered
e. Regionalized
c. Dense
The “why of where” refers to:
a. spatial patterns on the landscape.
d. the importance of landscape features.
b. the depiction of a region’s physical
e. the fact that geography only focuses on
features.
location.
c. the idea that geography explains spatial
patterns.
The characteristics of places today are the result of:
a. technology
d. current inhabitants
b. space-time compression
e. constantly changing past and present
conditions
c. level of education
1:100,000 is an example of what type of scale?
a. Fractional
d. Line statement
b. Large scale
e. Word
c. Small scale
____ 49. Transferring locations from Earth’s surface to a flat map is called projection. What types of distortion can
occur in this transference?
a. The relative size of different areas may be d. The direction from one place to another
altered.
can be distorted.
b. The shape of an area can be distorted.
e. All of the above are distortions that can
occur on maps.
c. The distance between two points bay be
incorrect.
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On the map above, the farther apart the contour lines:
a. the colder the climate
d. the gentler the slope
b. the closer to water
e. the steeper the slope
c. the closer to mountain tops
A special type of map designed to reveal the nature of local topography is called a
a. reference map
d. contour map
b. local-global continuum map
e. Peters projection map
c. Robinson projection map
Land parcels in the American Midwest tend to be rectilinear because:
a. the federal survey system adopted in the d. Native American settlement patterns were
late eighteenth century imposed a
rectangular.
geometric pattern on the landscape.
b. English-speaking settlers replicated the
e. there were no mountains or rivers to use as
landscape patterns of England.
boundaries.
c. Spanish colonists laid out settlements in a
rigid geometric pattern.
What is another name for a meridian?
a. Line of Longitude
d. Poles (North and South)
b. Line of Latitude
e. Equator
c. Parallel
The Spanish language concentration, brought over from Cuba after the communist revolution, of Little
Havana in Miami is an example of what type of diffusion.
a. hierarchical diffusion
d. contageous diffusion
b. expansion diffustion
e. relocation diffusion
c. stimulus diffusion
The system that measures the position of an object on earth and stores different types of information about it
in layers is called a
a. GPS
d. space-time prism
b. map projection
e. physical landscape
c. GIS
Which of the following is NOT used by geographers to determine absolute location.
a. Longitude
d. Latitude
b. Prime Meridian
e. Equator
c. Distance to the nearest city
Each place on earth has a situation, a characteristic referring directly to:
a. physical sites
d. toponyms
b. patterns
e. relative location
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c. absolute locations
Which of the following sets of maps would help explain how scale of inquiry affects truth?
a. Maps of the Mississippi river drawn both d. Maps showing the different locations of
by Native Americans and the earliest
McDonalds restaurants in New York and
European explorers
Los Angeles.
b. Maps showing the area of Mexico before e. Maps showing the number of murders in
and after surveying
Chicago before and after the White Sox
won the World Series.
c. Maps showing the election results for
counties in Illinois and in each of the fifty
states.
A student who lives in Minneapolis chooses to spend her spring break in Florida rather that in Jamaica
because Florida is closer and the plane fare is cheaper. This type of decision making best illustrates the
concept of:
a. distortion.
d. the friction of distance.
b. relative direction.
e. sence of place.
c. spatial perspective.
Who first coined the term geography?
a. Eratosthenes
d. Zheng He
b. Socrates
e. Plato
c. Aristotle
Which of the following adjectives is not commonly used to describe geographic patterns?
a. distributive
d. random
b. linear
e. all of the above are commonly used
adjectives to describe spatial patterns.
c. centralized
The azimuthal map best reflects what class of map projection?
a. Planar
d. Conic
b. Oval
e. Cylindrical
c. Mercator
A dot density map is used to:
a. show distributions.
d. show environmental features.
b. show population by state.
e. explain election results.
c. illustrate resource usage.
Perceptual regions:
a. describe the range of a good or service.
d. are not considered of any importance to
geographers.
b. are more vigorously structured than
e. define areas only as far as the eye can see.
formal or functional regions.
c. reflect feelings and images rather than
objective data.
A map that presents a single class of statistics is called a:
a. thematic map.
d. reference map.
b. mental map.
e. location map.
c. general purpose map.
Which of the following is the primary assumption of environmental determinism?
a. The physical environment controls human d. Human destiny is controlled by the
culture.
cultural environment.
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b. The physical environment has little
e. Humans have complete control over the
influence on humans.
physical environment.
c. Many human adaptations are possible
within a specific human environment.
What geographical approach suggests that humans possess the ability to dominate their environment rather
than that they are defined by the environment?
a. Socioecology approach
d. Environmental determinist approach
b. Possiblist approach
e. Temperate approach
c. Animistic approach
Which map scale shows the most detail?
a. 1:24,000
d. 1:800,000
b. 1:250,000
e. 1:100,000
c. 1:62,500
The distance North and South of the equator is the:
a. Prime Meridian.
d. global grid system.
b. scale.
e. latitude.
c. longitude.
A Robinson projection distorts:
a. size
d. all of the above but to a minimal extent
b. position
e. none of the above
c. shape
What is the difference between GPS and GIS
a. GPS uses GIS data
d. GPS is the layering of data, whereas GIS
is the gathering of data.
b. GIS is the layering of data whereas GPS is e. GPS correlates with GIS, but GIS does not
the gathering of data.
correlate with GPS.
c. GIS uses GPS data to determine location
Mathematical calculations using latitude and longitude allow us to determine the
a. physical site characteristics of all places
d. arrangement of objects on the earth’s
on earth
surface
b. toponym of a particular place
e. relative location of a particular place
c. absolute location of a particular place
Place names may also be called
a. site factors
d. perceptual regions
b. toponyms
e. artifacts
c. isoglosses
Which of the following is not a subfield of human geography?
a. behavioral
d. political
b. cultural
e. atmosphere
c. economic
Distortion can be defined as:
a. the willingness of people to travel over a d. a technique for giving each location on the
certain distance on the earth.
earch a corresponding place on a flat
surface.
b. a mathmatical formula for translating
e. the error in accuracy that occurs in all
cultural understandings of mountains
maps
c. the difference in a specific site when
viewed from different angles.
Which of the following is NOT a physical site characteristic?
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a. amount of rainfall
d. type of vegetation
b. the location of a smaller street in relation e. type of soil
to a main street
c. elevation
Site refers to the:
a. proximity to natural resources
d. precise location of the center of a city
b. way people feel about a place.
e. external features of a place
c. internal locational attributes of place
The linking of places by common traits or characteristics is defined as:
a. area
d. location
b. place
e. region
c. zone
The idea that people, and not their environment, are the forces that create cultural development is called:
a. animism.
d. possibilism.
b. sycretism.
e. cultural ecology.
c. environmental determinism.
The U.S. government agency most directly responsible for counting and collecting information about the
country’s inhabitants is the
a. Census Bureau
d. Office of Administration
b. Office of Management and Budget
e. Federal Reserve Board
c. Department of Health and Human
Services
The distance between the North and South Poles is:
a. 90 degrees
d. 360 degrees
b. 450 degrees
e. 180 degrees
c. 0 degrees
Using any map projection, there will always be some distortion because:
a. the map scale is changed
d. a map has to depict the curved surface of
the three-dimentional on a twodimensional sheet of paper.
b. some spatial phenomena are not tangible e. equivalent projections must be
or visible
distinguished from conformal ones.
c. Peter Frampton was using a wah-wah
pedal.
What is the term for the phenomenon that the farther a feature moves from a hearth, the less dominant it is?
a. Regional analysis
d. Central place
b. Sequent occupance
e. Distance decay
c. Concentric circle
This computer system captures, stores, analyzes, and displays data. It measures the position of an object on
earth and stores it in a computer along with countless other specific measurements. Each type of information
may be stored in a layer, and then layers may be combined to present the overall image.
The computer system identified above would most likely be helpful in solving problems related to:
a. core-periphery relationships
d. the viability of building houses on
hillsides
b. identification of ethnic settlement patterns e. determination of precise absolute locations
on earth
c. navigation of airplanes and ships
____ 85. If it is 12:00 noon Geenwich Mean Time (GMT), what time will it be in Los Angeles, California?
a. 7:00 am
b. 8:00 pm
c. 12:00 am
d. 4:00 am
e. 3:00 pm
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The map above, showing U.S. states by population density is an example of:
a. a choropleth thematic map
d. a Robinson projection
b. an isoline topographic map
e. a dot density map
c. a cartogram
What does the Peters Projection try to correct from the Mercatur Projection?
a. the difficulty of navigation using the
d. All of the above
Mercatur projection
b. relative size of countries and land masses. e. none of the above
c. the shape of continents and oceans.
Geographers call the name given to a portion of the Earth’s surface as its:
a. toposequence
d. topography
b. toponym
e. topothemornin’
c. topohilia
Which term refers to the physical character of a location?
a. Place
d. Site
b. Situation
e. Relative location
c. Absolute location
Identify the characteristic of situation.
a. direction
d. climate
b. the location of a place relateive to other
e. time and place
places
c. position or status with regards to
conditions and circumstances
The Mercator projection was invented by a Flemish cartographer in the 16th century with the main purpose
of:
a. representing absolute and relative
d. more accurately depicting areas in the
locations
high north and south lattitudes
b. accurately comparing land masses in
e. navigating ships across the Atlantic Ocean
terms of area
between Europe and the Americas.
c. correcting distortions of earlier projections
What geographical feature usually distinguishes time zones?
a. 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon
d. 15 degrees of latitude
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b. 5 degrees of latitude
e. 15 degrees of longitude
c. 5 degrees of longitude
What map scale would a cartographer choose if one inch on a map represents 54,000 inches on the ground?
a. 1:24,000
d. 54,000:1
b. 1:54,000
e. 1:10.23
c. 24,000/1
If you were measuring the concentration of white Americans using a dot density map, which threshhold
would place a greater visual emphasis on rural areas?
a. one dot per 150,000 Americans
d. one dot per 3000 white Americans
b. one dot per 100,000 white
e. The proportion is insignificant to the
emphasis.
c. one dot per50,000 white Americans
If two cities are six inches apart on a map with a scale of 1: 60,200, how far apart are they on the surface of
the earth?
a. 500 miles
d. 200 miles
b. 12 miles
e. 8 miles
c. 5.7 miles
Cultural ecology studies the:
a. relationship between site and situation.
d. interactions between places through space.
b. relationship between language and culture. e. interactions between human societies and
the physical environment.
c. relationship between different map
projections.
Chicago, IL is located on Lake Michigan. Several streets follow the Chicago river that, thanks to human
engineering now flows out of Lake Michigan. These features refer most directly to Chicago’s:
a. gentrification
d. relative location
b. situation
e. gerrymandering
c. site
Human geography is best defined as the study of:
a. humanity’s ability to impact the earth.
d. death and birth rates.
b. the impact of the earth on humanity.
e. where and why human activities are
located.
c. where and why natural forces occur as
they do.
This computer system captures, stores, analyzes, and displays data. It measures the position of an object on
earth and stores it in a computer along with countless other specific measurements. Each type of information
may be stored in a layer, and then layers may be combined to present the overall image.
The statement above refers to which of the following?
a. U.S. census tracting
d. a GPS
b. a GIS
e. a local-global continuum
c. a spatial data pattern
____ 100. Which of the following modern trends is most directly responsible for the phenomenon of space-time
compression?
a. regionalization
d. globalization
b. acculturation
e. fragmentation
c. democratization
____ 101. Which of the following makes the most direct use of a series of satellites, tracking stations, and recievers to
determine precise location on earth?
a. a Peters map projection
b. a Mercator map projection
c. a GIS
____ 102. Arithmetic density
a. is an absolute relationship such as
population per square kilometer
b. cannot be used to compare regions
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d. a Robinson map projection
e. a GPS
d. is more meaningful than physiological
density
e. refers to the number of persons per unit of
arable land
c. refers to the amount of farmers per unit of
arable land
Environmenal determinism was replaced by which approach to geography in the late 20th century?
a. Hierarchical approach
d. Possiblist approach
b. Vernacular approach
e. Stimulus approach
c. Distribution approach
Which of the following is the BEST reason why the Peters Projection is controversial?
a. It exaggerates the size of landmasses the d. It favors North America and Europe by
farthest away from the equator.
making them appear larger than they
really are.
b. It does not accurately compare landmasses e. It distorts the familiar shapes of the
in terms of area.
continents and other large landmasses.
c. It makes all bodies of water, including
oceans, appear larger than they are.
The geographer who first calculated the earth’s circumference with relative accuracy was
a. George Perkins Marsh
d. Ptolemy
b. Carl Sauer
e. Eratosthenes
c. Idrisi
Relative location defines a place in terms of
a. similarity to other places
d. its distance north or south of the equator
b. place in the arrangement of objects on the e. how central or isolated it is in relation to
earth’s surface
other places
c. its distance east and west of the prime
meridian
What type of map has all lines of latitude and longitude meeting at right angles, creating much distortion at
both of the polar regions?
a. Mercator projection
d. Molleweide projection
b. Azimuthal projection
e. Robinson projection
c. Goodes-homsoline projection
The essential perspective used by geographers in forming theier concepts is:
a. absolute
d. spatial
b. relative
e. temporal
c. human
If it is 9 A.M. in New York City, what time would it be in Los Angeles (assuming both are on standard time?
a. 10 A.M.
d. 1 P.M.
b. 6 A.M.
e. noon
c. 7 A.M.
The statement that “the journey to work is 15 minutes by bus” is an example of:
a. absolute distance
d. relative direction
b. absolute direction
e. relative distance
c. distance decay
____ 111. Which of the following is the most important function of a toponym?
a. to define a location relative to other
d. to determine precise absolute locations on
human and physical features on the
earth
landscape
b. to distinguish a particular place from other e. to identify similarities of physical or
places on earth
cultural features within a region
c. to define the mathematical relationship
between the size of an area on a map and
its acutal size
____ 112. Longetudinal meridians measure
a. organization of earth’s surface into
d. distance east and west of the prime
distinct areas that are viewed as different
meridian
from other areas
b. relative location of bodies of water to land e. distance north and south of the equator
masses
c. arrangement of objects on earth’s surface
in relationship to one another
____ 113. Land reclamation in the form of polders and dikes has dramatically changed the ecology of:
a. Nicaragua
d. The Netherlands
b. Nevada
e. Namibia
c. North Carolina
____ 114. Which of the following would be best illustrated by a large-scale map?
a. connecting highways between towns in a d. major highways that connect regions in a
region
large country
b. connections among major world cities
e. the arrangement of streets in a village
c. major road crossings in a town
____ 115. Taking photoes of Earth from space is also called
a. geographic positioning systems
d. geographic information systems
b. aerial photography
e. satellite imagery
c. remote photography
____ 116. In approximately 365 1/4 days, the earth completes:
a. one lunar event.
d. one decade.
b. one rotation.
e. one revolution.
c. one leap year
____ 117. Saying, “Louisville, Kentucky is located at 38 degrees north, 85 degrees west” is giving Louisville’s:
a. relative location
d. situation
b. region
e. absolute location
c. site
____ 118. Which of the following distorts sizes on a map to illustrate population differences?
a. a cartogram
d. a Gall-Peters projection
b. a choropleth thematic map
e. a dot density map
c. an isoline topographic map.
____ 119. Which of the following is a disadvantage of a map based on the Mercator projection?
a. South America and Africa appear much
d. Sizes of areas, especially those close to the
larger than they really are
North and South Poles, are greatly
exaggerated
b. True direction is difficult to determine
e. Land masses in the southern hemisphere
appear to be much smaller than they really
are
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c. Shapes of land masses in the middle
latitudes are greatly distorted
Which of the following is a pattern common in the United States because of the land survey techniques
adopted under the Ordinance of 1785?
a. centralized
d. rectilinear
b. formal
e. linear
c. random
The visible imprint of human activity is known as:
a. the cultural landscape
d. the attributes of setting
b. spatial interaction
e. the natural landscape
c. a bird’s-eye view
The prime meridian is what degree of longitude?
a. 180 degrees
d. 45 degrees west
b. 90 degrees south
e. 45 degrees east
c. 0 degrees
An advantage of the Peters map projection is that it
a. has curving meridians that curve gently
d. represents lines of constant compass
and avoid extremes
bearing
b. does not exaggerate the size of areas to the e. accurately compares land masses in terms
extreme north and extreme south
of area
c. does not distort shapes
What is the best definition of a cognitive or mental map?
a. a cognitive map includes information
d. none of the above is an accurate
about human populations.
description of a cognitive map.
b. a cognitive map provides comprehensive e. a cognitive map is drawn from memory.
information about places.
c. a cognitive map has minimal distortion.
Site is one of four ways to identify loction. What are the other three ways to answer the ‘where’ question?
a. mathematical location, situation, placed. latitude, elevation, place-name
name
b. climate, topography, altitude
e. water sources, soil, vegitation
c. language, religion, ethnicity
Which of the following would have the smallest map scale?
a. Map of Bolivia
d. Map of the Solar System
b. Map of Round Lake
e. Map of South America
c. Map of Nebraska
All of the following are correct statements about time zones EXCEPT:
a. Time zones were established to facilitate d. The People’s Republic of China has only
the planting and harvesting of crops.
one time zone.
b. International time zones were established e. Most time zones are areas about 15
in 1884 to facilitate international
degrees wide.
communication.
c. Standard time zones were established in
the United States in 1883 to accommodate
internal railroad travel.
Longitude is to the prime meridian as latitude is to:
a. Equator
d. South Pole
b. North Pole
e. Tropic of Cancer
c. Tropic of Capricorn
____ 129. The art and science of mapmaking is called
a. territorial morphology
b. cartography
c. spatial analysis
d. physical geography
e. topography