APHG Unit 1 - Part 1

Starts with a "C"

100

What is the term for the science of mapmaking?

Cartography

200

What kind of map uses different patterns to show the spatial distribution of data?

Choropleth

300

What kind of map shows the size of a place according to some specific statistic?

Cartogram

400

In which map projection are size and shape preserved but longitude lines converge at only one pole?

Conic

500

What was Carl Sauer’s approach to explaining human- environmental relations called?

Cultural Ecology

Qualitative, Quantitative, or Both

100

What kind of data describes things that are factual rather than debatable?

Quantitative

200

What kind of data is collected using surveys?

Both

300

What kind of data results in findings that are expressed narratively?

Qualitative

400

What kind of data is used by businesses and governments to make decisions?

Both

500

What kind of data is collected through artifact analysis?

Qualitative

Distance Decay Least Interaction

100

Which of these cities would have the least interaction with the other two based on distance decay? Lisbon (Portugal), Helsinki (Finland), Madrid (Spain)

Helsinki

200

Which of these cities would have the least interaction with the other two based on distance decay? Buenos Aires (Argentina), Quito (Ecuador), Lima (Peru)

Buenos Aires

300

Which of these cities would have the least interaction with the other two based on distance decay? Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea), Singapore

Singapore

400

Which of these cities would have the least interaction with the other two based on distance decay? Washington DC, Albany (NY), Salem (OR)

Salem

500

Which of these cities would have the least interaction with the other two based on distance decay? Algiers (Algeria), Nairobi (Kenya), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Algiers

Name that Map Type

100

Which map type shows human-created boundaries?

Political

200

Which map type shows natural geographic features like rivers?

Physical

300

Which map type uses shading to illustrate data?

Choropleth

400

Which map type uses lines that connect at points of equal value to depict variations?

Isoline

500

Which map type shows details of land ownership?

Plat

Absolute or Relative - Location, Direction, or Distance

100

What absolute or relative term describes this example?: 27.9856 degrees North, 106.8751 degrees West

Absolute Location

200

Which absolute or relative terms describe this example?: Go North for five miles, then East for two miles

Absolute Distance and Absolute Direction

300

What absolute or relative term describes this example?: Southeast of London and North of Paris

Relative Location

400

What absolute or relative term describes this example?: Five minutes away

Relative Distance

500

What absolute or relative term describes this example?: Take a left, go forward, and take a right

Relative Direction