Unit 1.1-1.2 Quiz Flashcards
Human geography can best be defined as…
Answer Choices:
a) the study of where things are on earth and why they are found there
b) the identification of the when and why of important human events
c) humans in medieval times creating maps to travel between villages
the study of where things are on earth and why they are found there
Answer Choice: a
The relationship among people and objects across space is defined as…
Answer Choices:
a) scale
b) density
c) diffusion
d) location
e) connection
connection
Answer Choice: E
Geographers are interested in the relationships between locations on Earth, which include…
Answer Choices:
a) scale, space, and connection
b) local, global, and regional
c) maps, space, and scale
space, scale, and connection
Answer Choice: a
Which of the following concepts is true in human geography?
Answer Choices:
a) Connection refers to the physical gap between two objects.
b) Location is the relationship between a portion of the Earth being studied and the whole Earth.
c) A region may be represented by a city block, a neighborhood, a city boundary or an entire metropolitan area.
d) Commonly used words such as space and place are the same thing.
e) Place is a specific point on Earth distinguished by specific qualities.
Place is a specific point on Earth distinguished by specific qualities
Answer Choice: E
The art and science of making maps is…
Answer Choices:
a) cartography
b) geography
c) demography
d) topography
e) geomorphology
cartography
Answer choice: a
Which of the following statements about maps is correct?
Answer Choices:
a) Fairly accurate navigational maps could only be produced after the start of the Industrial Revolution
b) Maps have appeared in many forms in different societies and times, including modern paper maps, GPS in cars, and the urban maps of ancient Turkey.
c) Sailors during the European Renaissance had paper maps that were far more useful to them than were the “stick charts” possessed by Polynesian sailors and fishers.
d) Maps that distort the sizes of Greenland and Antarctica are generally the best, although they make Africa and South America appear too small while simultaneously expanding the size of Europe.
Maps have appeared in many forms in different societies and times, including modern paper maps, GPS in cars, and the urban maps of ancient Turkey.
Answer Choice: b
The acquisition of data about Earth’s surface from a satellite, spacecraft, or specially equipped high-altitude balloon is…
Answer Choices:
a) GIS
b) aerial photography
c) photogrammetry
d) GPS
e) remote sensing
remote sensing
Answer Choice: e
A description of GIS would be…
Answer Choices:
a) a computer that overlays geographic data from various sources in layers.
b) an operating system installed on your phone that supplies navigational data.an operating system installed on your phone that supplies navigational data.
c) a computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data.
d) a computer that generates remote data and stores it in the form of maps.
e) a system of interconnected computers sharing geographic data.
a computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes, and displays geographic data
Answer Choice: c
Global Positioning Systems are most commonly used for…
Answer Choices:
a) navigational purposes.
b) situational photogrammetry.
c) military surveillance activities.
d) toponymic ground truthing.
e) relative association.
navigational purposes
Answer Choice: a
A mental map…
Answer Choices:
a) requires that a person be in a particular location to draw the map.
b) is a map created using a GIS.
c) is a personal representation of a location.
d) is the same thing as participatory GIS.
e) is limited by citizen science.
is a personal representation of a location
Answer Choice: c
If NASA sends a space probe into orbit around Mars, and that probe transmits images of the Martian surface back to Earth, we could say that…
Answer Choices:
a) the space probe is generating data for GPS.
b) the probe is engaging in aerial sensing, although it is taking its “pictures” from outer space.
c) the space probe is engaging in remote sensing, although it is gathering data from a planet other than Earth.
d) the USGS has programmed the space probe to mimic the work of Earth satellites.
e) the space probe is gathering surface data, but it cannot be described as engaging in remote sensing because this is an operation that, by definition, can only be accomplished from Earth orbit.
the probe is engaging in aerial sensing, although it is taking its “pictures” from outer space
Answer Choice: b
1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?
Answer Choices:
a) a metric scale
b) a written scale
c) a graphic scale
d) a ratio representation scale
e) a bar line scale
a ratio representation scale
Answer Choice: d
A process for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is known as…
Answer Choices:
a) rendition.
b) distribution.
c) scale.
d) projection.
e) interruption
projection
Answer Choice: d
Which of the following is the best reason why a map projection would stretch and distort the shape of a continent?
Answer Choices:
a) in order to preserve shapes of other continents
b) to create a map that accurately represents a globe
c) to more accurately show the shape of that same continent
d) distort the distances and relative sizes of countries and continents
e) to accurately represent the physical area of a country or continen
to accurately represent the physical area of a country or continent
Answer Choice: e
Which area represented on a map would have the largest numeric scale?
Answer Choices:
a) city
b) world
c) country
d) state
e) continent
city
Answer Choice: a
