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AP Human Geography Chapter 1 (Basic Concepts) Test Review

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RUBENSTEIN, An Introduction to Human Geography, The Cultural Landscape Chapter 1 Basic Concepts MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Which of the following statements concerning spatial systems is not correct? A) Maps cannot be used to measure and analyze systems, only models can. B) The analysis of the role of each component helps reveal the operation of the entire system. C) They function as units because their component parts are interdependent. D) Spatial systems may be the basis for regional identification. Answer: A 2) Which of the following is an essential perspective used by geographers in forming their concepts? A) Absolute B) Human C) Relative D) Spatial Answer: D

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THE FOUR TRADITIONS OF GEOGRAPHY* WILLIAM D. PATTISON San Fernando Valley State College In 1905, one year after professional geography in this country achieved full social identity through the founding of the Association of American Geographers, William Morris Davis responded to a familiar suspicion that geography is simply an undisciplined ?omnium-gatherum? by describing an approach that as he saw it imparts a ?geographical quality? to some knowledge and accounts for the absence of the quality elsewhere.1 Davis spoke as president of the AAG. He set an example that was followed by more than one president of that organization. An enduring official concern led the AAG to publish, in 1939 and in 1959, monographs exclusively devoted to a

big_geographic_questions_1.pdf

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The Professional Geographer, 54(3) 2002, pages 305?317 ? Copyright 2002 by Association of American Geographers. Initial submission, June 2001; revised submission, January 2002; ?nal acceptance, February 2002. Published by Blackwell Publishing, 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, and 108 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1JF, UK. ARTICLES The Big Questions in Geography Susan L. Cutter University of South Carolina Reginald Golledge University of California, Santa Barbara William L. Graf University of South Carolina In noting his fondness for geography, John Noble Wilford, science correspondent for The New York Times , neverthe- less challenged the discipline to articulate those big questions in our ?eld, ones that would generate public interest,

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The Professional Geographer, 54(3) 2002, pages 305?317 ? Copyright 2002 by Association of American Geographers. Initial submission, June 2001; revised submission, January 2002; ?nal acceptance, February 2002. Published by Blackwell Publishing, 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, and 108 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1JF, UK. ARTICLES The Big Questions in Geography Susan L. Cutter University of South Carolina Reginald Golledge University of California, Santa Barbara William L. Graf University of South Carolina In noting his fondness for geography, John Noble Wilford, science correspondent for The New York Times , neverthe- less challenged the discipline to articulate those big questions in our ?eld, ones that would generate public interest,

aphg-review_session_1-nature_and_its_perspectives-2014.pdf

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Review ?Session ?#1 ? Nature ?and ?Its ?Perspec?ves ? Tuesday, ?April ?7, ?2014 ? Geography ?History ? ?? Geography-?? ??The ?scien??c ?study ?of ?the ?loca?on ?of ?people ? and ?ac?vi?es ?across ?Earth?and ?the ?reason ?for ?their ? distribu?on? ? ?? Eratosthenes ?(ca. ?100 ?BCE) ? ?? Geo ?? ??earth? ?and ?Graphy ?? ??to ?write? ? ?? Greeks ?and ?Romans ?developed ?la?tude ?and ?longitude ? ?? Ptolemy ?(2nd ?c. ?CE) ? ?? Created ?one ?of ?the ??rst ??world ?maps? ? ?? Included ?the ?closed ?Indian ?Ocean ?and ?Earth?s ?en?re ?landmass ? made ?up ?of ?most ?of ?Europe, ?Central ?Asia ?and ?Northern ?Africa ?

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AP Human Geography Unit 1 Test Version: B 1. The name that is given to a portion of the earth?s surface is known as a: a. site b. situation c. benchmark d. location e. toponym 2. Situation identifies a place by its a. name and human characteristics b. nominal location c. location relative to other places d. unique physical characteristics e. mathematical location on the earth?s surface 3. Site identifies a place by its a. name and human characteristics b. nominal location c. location relative to other objects d. unique physical characteristics e. mathematical location on the earth?s surface 4. A ship?s position is given as 0 degrees latitude and 27 degrees west longitude. We can conclude from this information that the ship is located a. on the prime meridian

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AP Human Geography Unit 1 Test Version: B 1. The name that is given to a portion of the earth?s surface is known as a: a. site b. situation c. benchmark d. location e. toponym 2. Situation identifies a place by its a. name and human characteristics b. nominal location c. location relative to other places d. unique physical characteristics e. mathematical location on the earth?s surface 3. Site identifies a place by its a. name and human characteristics b. nominal location c. location relative to other objects d. unique physical characteristics e. mathematical location on the earth?s surface 4. A ship?s position is given as 0 degrees latitude and 27 degrees west longitude. We can conclude from this information that the ship is located a. on the prime meridian

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AP Human Geography Unit 1 Test Version: B 1. The name that is given to a portion of the earth?s surface is known as a: a. site b. situation c. benchmark d. location e. toponym 2. Situation identifies a place by its a. name and human characteristics b. nominal location c. location relative to other places d. unique physical characteristics e. mathematical location on the earth?s surface 3. Site identifies a place by its a. name and human characteristics b. nominal location c. location relative to other objects d. unique physical characteristics e. mathematical location on the earth?s surface 4. A ship?s position is given as 0 degrees latitude and 27 degrees west longitude. We can conclude from this information that the ship is located a. on the prime meridian

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AP Human Geography Unit 1 Test Version: B 1. The name that is given to a portion of the earth?s surface is known as a: a. site b. situation c. benchmark d. location e. toponym 2. Situation identifies a place by its a. name and human characteristics b. nominal location c. location relative to other places d. unique physical characteristics e. mathematical location on the earth?s surface 3. Site identifies a place by its a. name and human characteristics b. nominal location c. location relative to other objects d. unique physical characteristics e. mathematical location on the earth?s surface 4. A ship?s position is given as 0 degrees latitude and 27 degrees west longitude. We can conclude from this information that the ship is located a. on the prime meridian

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AP Human Geography Unit 1 Test Version: B 1. The name that is given to a portion of the earth?s surface is known as a: a. site b. situation c. benchmark d. location e. toponym 2. Situation identifies a place by its a. name and human characteristics b. nominal location c. location relative to other places d. unique physical characteristics e. mathematical location on the earth?s surface 3. Site identifies a place by its a. name and human characteristics b. nominal location c. location relative to other objects d. unique physical characteristics e. mathematical location on the earth?s surface 4. A ship?s position is given as 0 degrees latitude and 27 degrees west longitude. We can conclude from this information that the ship is located a. on the prime meridian

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