AP Human Geography Chapter 1
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Which of the following statements is most correct regarding the origins of geography?
A. Geography was invented as a science in the late 18th century.
B. Physical geography has been studied since ancient times but human geography was
first studied in the 20th century.
C. Geographers owes its existence to the Renaissance period in western Europe.
D. Humans have practice similar geography at least since time of ancient Greek
civilization.
E. Human geography was not practice until powerful computers capable of mapping
detail information were invented. -CORRECT ANSWER D. humans have practice
geography at least since the time of ancient Greek civilization.
According to the surviving evidence the first person to write the word geography was:
A. Aristotle
B. Eratosthenes
C. Strabo
D. Thales of Miletus
E. Thucydides -CORRECT ANSWER B. Eratosthenes
What elements of study do human and physical geography have in common?
A. They are taught or studied within the same department in major universities, but only
rarely.
B. They're concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do.
C. They are deadly dedicated primarily to managing national parks systems.
D. They are focused primarily on managing the worlds growing human population.
E. They represent a network of academic professionals dedicated primarily to studying
coal mining's effects on physical and human systems. -CORRECT ANSWER B. they
are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do.
Scale is:
A. The system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map.
B. The spread of a phenomenon over a given area.
C. The difference in elevation between two points in an area.
D. The relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on
landscape.
, E. The ratio of the largest to smallest areas on a map. -CORRECT ANSWER D. the
relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the
landscape.
1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?
A. A bar line
B. A metric scale
C. A graphic scale
D. A written scale
E. A ratio or fraction -CORRECT ANSWER E. A ratio or fraction
A mathematical process for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is a:
A. distribution
B. interruption
C. rendition
D. scale
E. projection -CORRECT ANSWER E. projection
The art and science of making maps is:
A. Cardemography
B. Cartography
C. Topography
D. Geomorphology
E. Geography -CORRECT ANSWER B. Cartography
You are given the coordinates 128 E longitude, 45 N latitude this is an example of a:
A. mathematical location
B. placename on the grid system
C. situation on the grid system
D. mathematical grid interchange
E. site-situation intersection -CORRECT ANSWER A. mathematical location
Which statement is more accurate?
A. Every meridian is actually a circle rather than a curved line.
B. Every meridian is the same length and has the same beginning and end.
C. Every parallel begins and ends at the polls.
D. Every parallel is the same length.
E. Every meridian is distorted by magnetic declination. -CORRECT ANSWER B. every
meridian is the same length and has the same beginning and end.
Greenwich Mean Time is measured from:
Multiple Choice Test||Latest Exam
Update||Already Graded A+
Which of the following statements is most correct regarding the origins of geography?
A. Geography was invented as a science in the late 18th century.
B. Physical geography has been studied since ancient times but human geography was
first studied in the 20th century.
C. Geographers owes its existence to the Renaissance period in western Europe.
D. Humans have practice similar geography at least since time of ancient Greek
civilization.
E. Human geography was not practice until powerful computers capable of mapping
detail information were invented. -CORRECT ANSWER D. humans have practice
geography at least since the time of ancient Greek civilization.
According to the surviving evidence the first person to write the word geography was:
A. Aristotle
B. Eratosthenes
C. Strabo
D. Thales of Miletus
E. Thucydides -CORRECT ANSWER B. Eratosthenes
What elements of study do human and physical geography have in common?
A. They are taught or studied within the same department in major universities, but only
rarely.
B. They're concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do.
C. They are deadly dedicated primarily to managing national parks systems.
D. They are focused primarily on managing the worlds growing human population.
E. They represent a network of academic professionals dedicated primarily to studying
coal mining's effects on physical and human systems. -CORRECT ANSWER B. they
are concerned with where things occur and why they occur where they do.
Scale is:
A. The system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map.
B. The spread of a phenomenon over a given area.
C. The difference in elevation between two points in an area.
D. The relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on
landscape.
, E. The ratio of the largest to smallest areas on a map. -CORRECT ANSWER D. the
relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the
landscape.
1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?
A. A bar line
B. A metric scale
C. A graphic scale
D. A written scale
E. A ratio or fraction -CORRECT ANSWER E. A ratio or fraction
A mathematical process for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is a:
A. distribution
B. interruption
C. rendition
D. scale
E. projection -CORRECT ANSWER E. projection
The art and science of making maps is:
A. Cardemography
B. Cartography
C. Topography
D. Geomorphology
E. Geography -CORRECT ANSWER B. Cartography
You are given the coordinates 128 E longitude, 45 N latitude this is an example of a:
A. mathematical location
B. placename on the grid system
C. situation on the grid system
D. mathematical grid interchange
E. site-situation intersection -CORRECT ANSWER A. mathematical location
Which statement is more accurate?
A. Every meridian is actually a circle rather than a curved line.
B. Every meridian is the same length and has the same beginning and end.
C. Every parallel begins and ends at the polls.
D. Every parallel is the same length.
E. Every meridian is distorted by magnetic declination. -CORRECT ANSWER B. every
meridian is the same length and has the same beginning and end.
Greenwich Mean Time is measured from:
