APHG Midterm

Question 1

1:24,000 is an example of a ____________ scale

Answer 1

Fractional

Question 2

What is the acquisition of data on Earth’s surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from another long distance method?

Answer 2

Remote Sensing

Question 3

What is a computer in which stores information?

Answer 3

A GIS

Question 4

What is the science of map making?

Answer 4

Cartography

Question 5

Who was the first person to use the term geography?

Answer 5

Eratosthenes

Question 6

Situation identifies a place by its ________

Answer 6

Location to other places

Question 7

Site identifies a place by its ___________________

Answer 7

Unique Physical Characteristics

Question 8

What is at 0* Longitude?

Answer 8

The Prime Meridian

Question 9

What is measured from 180* longitude?

Answer 9

The International Date Line

Question 10

What divided the country into a system of Townships, ranges, etc?

Answer 10

The land ordinance of 1785

Question 11

What is an area distinguished by one or more characteristics?

Answer 11

A region

Question 12

The 50 states are an example of a ________ region

Answer 12

Formal

Question 13

____________ means to care for or take care of something

Answer 13

Culture

Question 14

What is the concept that people can overcome/adjust to the physical environment?

Answer 14

Possiblism

Question 15

The frequency of something in a given area is _____________

Answer 15

Density

Question 16

Who was the first person that theorize that the earth was in a sphere shaped form?

Answer 16

Aristotle

Question 17

One of the most common uses for remote sensing by satellites is….

Answer 17

Weather forecasting

Question 18

The low contraceptive rate in Africa reflects the low status of….

Answer 18

Women

Question 19

What is the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on landscape?

Answer 19

Scale