Introduction To Human Geography Part II Quiz

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    The degree of ease with which it is possible to reach a certain location from other locations.

    • Sequent occupance
    • Accessibility
    • Location
    • Formal Region
    • Mental map
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This is the second set of 21 words. You will have 10 minutes

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  • 2. 

    Measurement of physical space between two places

    • Place

    • Distance

    • Location

    • Reference Maps

    • Connectivity

    Correct Answer
    A. Distance
  • 3. 

    The degree of direct linkage between one particular location and other location in a transport network.

    • Rescale

    • Isotherm

    • Connectivity

    • Landscape

    • Geocoaching

    Correct Answer
    A. Connectivity
  • 4. 

    The space within which daily activity occurs.

    • Activity Space

    • Distance

    • Rescale

    • Formal Region

    • Cartography

    Correct Answer
    A. Activity Space
  • 5. 

    A collection of computer hardware and software that permits spatial data to be collected, recorded, stored, retrieved, manipulated, analyzed, and displayed to the user

    • Mental Map

    • Geocaching

    • Geographic Information Systems

    • Cartography

    • Remote Sensing

    Correct Answer
    A. Geographic Information Systems
  • 6. 

    The overall appearance of an area

    • Landscape

    • Reference Maps

    • Thematic Maps

    • Cartography

    • Pattern

    Correct Answer
    A. Landscape
  • 7. 

    Satellite-based system for determining absolute location of places or geographic features

    • Sequent Occupance

    • Cartography

    • Remote Sensing

    • Global Positioning System

    • Perception of Place

    Correct Answer
    A. Global Positioning System
  • 8. 

    The art and science of making maps, including data compilation, layout, and design.

    • Reference Maps

    • Cartography

    • Thematic Maps

    • Global Positioning Systems

    • Geocaching

    Correct Answer
    A. Cartography
  • 9. 

    The regional position or situation of a place relative position of other places.

    • Place

    • Absolute Location

    • Relative Location

    • Sense of Place

    • Mental Map

    Correct Answer
    A. Relative Location
  • 10. 

    Image or picture of the way space is organized as determined by an individual's perception, impression, and knowledge of that space

    • Thematic Map

    • Reference Map

    • Scale

    • Generalized Map

    • Mental Map

    Correct Answer
    A. Mental Map
  • 11. 

    Maps that tell stories, typically showing the degree of some attribute or the movement of a geographic phenomenon

    • Rescale

    • Activity Space

    • Generalized Maps

    • Reference Maps

    • Thematic Maps

    Correct Answer
    A. Thematic Maps
  • 12. 

    The visible imprint of human activity and culture of the landscape

    • Sense of Place

    • Absolute Location

    • Distance

    • Cultural Landscape

    • Sequent Occupance

    Correct Answer
    A. Cultural Landscape
  • 13. 

    The position or place of a certain item on earth as expressed in degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude

    • Connectivity

    • Relative Location

    • Absolute Location

    • Location

    • Global Positioning Systems

    Correct Answer
    A. Absolute Location
  • 14. 

    A method of collecting data or information through the use of instruments that are physically distanct from the area or object of study

    • Mental Map

    • Absolute Location

    • Relative Location

    • Cartography

    • Remote Sensing

    Correct Answer
    A. Remote Sensing
  • 15. 

    The notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape

    • Landscape

    • Rescale

    • Sequent Occpance

    • Culture

    • Generalized Map

    Correct Answer
    A. Sequent Occpance
  • 16. 

    Involvement of players at other scales to generate support from a postion or initiative.

    • GIS

    • Rescale

    • Geocaching

    • Mental Map

    • Remote Sensing

    Correct Answer
    A. Rescale
  • 17. 

    Map which helps individuals see general trends, but cannot see all specific cases of a given phenomenon.

    • Reference Maps

    • Generalized Maps

    • Thematic Maps

    • Mental Maps

    • Regional Maps

    Correct Answer
    A. Generalized Maps
  • 18. 

    Maps that show the absolute location of places and geographic features determined by a frame reference, typically latitude and longitude

    • Generalized Maps

    • Reference Maps

    • Thematic Maps

    • Cartography

    • Absolute Location

    Correct Answer
    A. Reference Maps
  • 19. 

    The Global Positioning System coordinates which are placed on teh internet by another people

    • Remote Sensing

    • Geocaching

    • Global Positioning System

    • Mental Map

    • Remote Sensing

    Correct Answer
    A. Geocaching
  • 20. 

    A region defined by the particular sets of activities or interactions that occur within.

    • Formal Region

    • Functional Region

    • Perceptual Region

    • GIS

    • Generalized Region

    Correct Answer
    A. Functional Region
  • 21. 

    A type of region marked by a certain degree of homogeneity and is included in a government's GNP and opposed to an informal economy

    • Functional Region

    • Formal Region

    • Perceptual Region

    • Gross National Product

    • Cultural Ecology

    Correct Answer
    A. Formal Region

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