Human Geography Unit Test - 1

Question 1

What are the purpose of maps?

Answer 1

• Shows where something is and how to get to it
• shows human activity and human features

Question 2

Five things that have allowed for the quality of map making to increase

Answer 2

• advancements in science
• people began exploring more/new areas revealed
• invention of satellites and GPS allow for more accurate land readings
• advanced knowledge
• less artistic depictions, more methodical

Question 3

What is a GIS?

Answer 3

A computer that analyzes stores, and captures data used in decision making processes

Question 4

What is a GPS?

Answer 4

Something that precisely determines the position f something on earth using satellites

Question 5

What is remote sensing?

Answer 5

Remote sensing is scanning with satellites for studying land by capturing images of the earths surface

Question 6

What is qualitative data?

Answer 6

Data based on opinions, not facts

Question 7

How is qualitative data gathered?

Answer 7

Through surveys, interviews or observations

Question 8

What is quantitative data?

Answer 8

Data based on fact and debatable topics

Question 9

How is quantitative data collected?

Answer 9

Through surveys, polls, and questionnaires

Question 10

What is distance decay

Answer 10

Description of where something is in relation to other things

Question 11

Relative location

Answer 11

Description of where something is in relation to other things

Question 12

Absolute location

Answer 12

Precise location of where something is found

Question 13

Relative distance

Answer 13

The distance between two points, communicated using precise quantitative units of measurement

Question 14

Absolute direction

Answer 14

Directions according to a compass

Question 15

Density

Answer 15

How often or how much something occurs within a space

Question 16

Distribution

Answer 16

Where something occurs within a space

Question 17

Dispersed spatial patterns

Answer 17

High level of density and a high level of distribution

Question 18

Clustered spatial patterns

Answer 18

Low level of density, high level of distribution

Question 19

Latitude

Answer 19

Distance North or South of the equator

Question 20

Equator

Answer 20

An imaginary line that circles the globe exactly halfway between the poles

Question 21

Longitude

Answer 21

Distance East or West of the Meridian

Question 22

Prime Meridian

Answer 22

An imaginary line that runs rom pole to ole through Greenwith England

Question 23

Legend

Answer 23

Insert on a map tat explains what the colors or symbols mean

Question 24

Map scale

Answer 24

The ratio of the size of real world things and the size of things on a map

Question 25

Toponym

Answer 25

The name given to a place on earth