AP Human Geography : AP Human Geography
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Example Question #451 : Ap Human Geography
What is a state within the United States of America that is considered landlocked?
Kansas
Virginia
Florida
California
Kansas
For a state or country to be landlocked, it would have no direct access to a major body of water. In the United States, many of the Midwestern states are considered landlocked. One such example is Kansas.
Example Question #21 : Major Geographical Terminology
What is the process of dividing the Earth into smaller units or portions?
Sampling
Regionalization
Localization
Globalization
Regionalization
The actual definition of regionalization, in geography terms, is the process of dividing up the earth into smaller regions or units or the tendency to form decentralized regions.
Example Question #451 : Ap Human Geography
The name given to a place on earth is known as __________.
site
toponym
census
region
coordinates
toponym
Places on earth are given a "toponym," which is another word for name, but is specific to locations. "Toponym" can be considered a baseline name for a "place," it is the most general term listed. All the other options have more specific connotations.
Example Question #452 : Ap Human Geography
What is the narrative method we use to describe a place?
Geopositioning
Approximation
Spatial spiralizing
Hypothesizing
Relative location
Relative location
Relative location is how we describe any give location. This can be done in a nearly infinite number of ways. Texas, for example, is south of Oklahoma and North of Mexico. It is also west of the UK and north of South Africa. Relative location is one of the two types of location which is one of the Five Themes of Geography.
Example Question #453 : Ap Human Geography
What is the term or phrase that is used to describe how humans adapt to and modify their environment?
Gann's model of interaction
Human-environment interaction
Sapiocentric interaction
Functional interaction
Perceptual interaction
Human-environment interaction
Human-environment interaction is how we modify and adapt our environment and is one of the Five Themes of Geography.
Example Question #454 : Ap Human Geography
What is the exacting method we use to designate a place?
Approximation
Absolute location
Geopositioning
Relative location
Spatial spiralizing
Absolute location
Absolute location is the method we use to designate a specific place using map coordinates. Absolute location is one of the two types of location, which is one of the Five Themes of Geography.
Example Question #451 : Ap Human Geography
What is the term used to describe an area defined by certain unifying characteristics?
Zone
Region
Sphere of influence
Hemisphere
Nation
Region
Region is the term we use to indicate an area that has certain similar similar characteristics. These characteristics can be human, natural, physical or cultural. Region is one of the Five Themes of Geography.
Example Question #455 : Ap Human Geography
Which term that indicates how people, products, information and ideas move from one place to another?
Region
Adaptation
Transmigration
Movement
Morgan's model
Movement
Movement is the term used to indicate how people, products, information and ideas move from one place to another. Movement is one of the Five Themes of Geography.
Example Question #456 : Ap Human Geography
What is the term for an area that has measurable boundaries?
Functional region
Formal zone
Formal region
Perceptual region
Sphere of influence
Formal region
A formal region is an area with measurable characteristics in common. These could include political boundaries, such as nations or states, resources such coal or water, or production such corn or avocados grown.
Example Question #21 : Major Geographical Terminology
What is the name of an area defined by a system of interactions?
Formal region
Functional region
Perceptual region
Zone of transition
Informal region
Functional region
A functional region is defined as an area with a system of interactions. The interstate highway system is one such functional region. Another could be a water flow system for a city or a metropolitan area such the New-Bos-Wash corridor.
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