AP Human Geography (APHG) Unit 1 Summative Assessment

AP Human Geography (APHG) Unit 1 Summative Assessment

Learning objective: Student understands what human geography is and how it compares and contrasts with physical geography.

1. What do Human Geographers study? A. People and places B. People and history C. People and culture D. People and space E. None 2. As an academic discipline, geography is principally concerned with the? A. Nature and meaning of place names B. Impact of the environment on human understandings and activities C. Evolving character and spatial organization of Earth’s surface D. Absolute location of places, peoples, and processes on Earth’s surface E. None 3. Comparing and contrasting Human/Cultural Geography with Physical Geography, which statement below is most correct? A. Physical geography is study of the physical phenomena on earth such as: landforms, their origins and changes; Human geography focuses on how: people make place, organize space and society, interact with each other in places and across space, and make sense of themselves and others. B. Human geography is study of the physical phenomena on earth such as: landforms, their origins and changes; Physical geography focuses on how: people make place, organize space and society, interact with each other in places and across space, and make sense of themselves and others. C. Physical and Human Geography both are the study of the earth; physical geography is primarily making maps and human geography is primarily how humans use maps. D. Physical and Human geography may be used interchangeably because they basically study the same things. E. None

Learning Objective: Student understands the fundamentals of human geography

4. Which of the following are the “Five Themes of Human Geography”? A. Person, place, thing, environment, movement B. Location, human-environment, region, place, movement C. Continent, country, state, nation, nation-state D. Continent, country, state, county, city E. None Learning Objective: Student has a basic understanding of globalization and regionalization

5. The process of deepening relationships and increasing dependency on those relationships without regard to a state’s borders in economy and culture is best described as? A. Human – environmental interaction B Globalization C. Culture D. Regionalization E. None 6. Which answer below is the best example of a Formal Region? A. Mountain regions B. Silicon Valley C. The Deep South D. Sun Belt E. None

7. Which of the following is the primary geographic effect of the globalization of the economy? A. Production is shifted to low-cost locations in developing countries. B. Countries have greater control over economic activity within their boarders

C. More local ownership makes industries less likely to move. D. Production is increasingly concentrated in the Manufacturing Belt of the USA. E. None 8. Which answer below is the best example of a Functional Region? A. Mountain regions B. Silicon Valley C. The Deep South D. Sun Belt E. None 9. Which answer below is the best example of a Perceptual Region? A. Mountain regions B. Silicon Valley C. The Deep South D. Sun Belt E. None Lesson Objectives: Student understands maps and their uses

10. Jacksonville being located north of Miami is an example of what geographic term? A. absolute location B. Relative location C. Composite location d. Geographic location e. None 11. GPS is an acronym for what term? A. Geographic Information Systems B. Global Positioning Systems C. Global positioning satellites

d. Geographic positioning systems E None 12. What is the difference between GPS and GIS? A. GPS uses GIS data B. GIS uses GPS data to determine location C. GPS is the layering of data, whereas GIS is the gathering of data D. GIS is the layering of data, whereas GPS is the gathering of data E. None 13. The science of making maps is called? A. Geography B. Cartography C. Geology D. Anthropology E. None 14. What statement below best describes Reference Maps? A. Maps that tell stories typically showing the degree of movement. B. Maps that show locations of places and geographic features C. Maps we carry in our minds of places we have been and merely heard about. D. Maps that simplify information rather than show specific information 15. What statement below best describes Thematic Maps? A. Maps that tell stories typically showing the degree of movement. B. Maps that show locations of places and geographic features C. Maps we carry in our minds of places we have been and merely heard about. D. Maps that simplify information rather than show specific information E. None

16. What statement below best describes Mental Maps? A. Maps that tell stories typically showing the degree of movement. B. Maps that show locations of places and geographic features C. Maps we carry in our minds of places we have been and merely heard about. D. Maps that simplify information rather than show specific information E. None 17. What statement below best describes Reference Maps? A. Maps that tell stories typically showing the degree of movement. B. Maps that show locations of places and geographic features C. Maps we carry in our minds of places we have been and merely heard about. D. Maps that simplify information rather than show specific information E. None 18. What statement below best describes Generalized Maps? A. Maps that tell stories typically showing the degree of movement. B. Maps that show locations of places and geographic features C. Maps we carry in our minds of places we have been and merely heard about. D. Maps that simplify information rather than show specific information E. None Learning Objective: Student understands scale and connectedness

19. Scale is best described below as? A. The distance on a map compared to the distance on the earth usually found in the legend section of the map. B. The territorial extent of space such as: local, regional, national, and global space. C. The distance on a map compared to the distance on the earth usually found in the legend section of the map and the territorial extent of space such as: local, regional, national, and global space. D. The coordinates on a map that indicate absolute location

E. None 20. When geographers study connectedness they are referring to what concept? A. The degree to which on location is linked to another. B. The degree to which on location has access to the internet. C. The degree to which a location has access to cellular service D. The degree of WIFI coverage in a location E. None Learning Objectives: Student understands the concept of culture and diffusion

21. Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape? A. Adobe ruins B. Coastal wetlands C. Cloud forest D Eroded shoreline E. None 22. A food assemblage that includes olives, pita bread, cheese, figs, lamb, and wine is most associated with which of the following? A. Spain B. Greece C. Mexico D. France E. None Music critics still argue where Rap music started, New York or Los Angles. Initially it was mainly heard only on the East and West coast. It was then played on FM stations in major urban centers such as: Atlanta, Chicago and Detroit. Now it can be heard on most FM stations anywhere in the USA. Through the use of satellite television (MTV) and the internet, Rap music can now be heard on every continent on earth. 23. The above passage discusses what geography terms? A. Cultural barriers and distortion B. Cultural hearth and diffusion C. Cultural movement and human environmental interaction D. Cultural traits and complex E. None 24. Los Angles, New York, Detroit and Atlanta all have several Rap radio stations. Salt Lake City, which is 70% Mormon and 93% white, has no Rap radio stations. What is one possible reason for this fact?

A. Cultural barriers B. Relocation diffusion C. Cultural hearth D. Cultural complex E. None 25. A Turkish man wearing a turban would be an example of what? A Cultural trait B. Cultural complex C. Cultural hearth D. Cultural diffusion E. None 26. Latin Americans generally having large families, being Catholic, and having patriarchal family structure is an example of what? A Cultural trait B. Cultural complex C. Cultural hearth D. Cultural diffusion E. None

27. A rock star appearing on a morning talk show wearing Kabbalah bracelet, later other stars begin wearing Kabbalah bracelets and eventually the bracelets are being sold in Target is an example of what geographic concept? A. Contagious cultural diffusion B. Hierarchical cultural diffusion C. Expansion cultural diffusion D. Relocation cultural diffusion E. None 28. In the 1980’s many Cambodians migrated to the Riverside area of Jacksonville; shortly thereafter several Cambodian restaurants open in Riverside. This is an example of what geographic concept? A. Contagious cultural diffusion B. Hierarchical cultural diffusion C. Expansion cultural diffusion D. Relocation cultural diffusion

E. None 29. The Middle East is the cultural hearth for three major religions. Christianity generally spread west while Islam generally spread east. This is an example of what geographic concept? A. Contagious cultural diffusion B. Hierarchical cultural diffusion C. Expansion cultural diffusion D. Relocation cultural diffusion E. None 30. Approximately 82 percent of all Americans own a cell phone. The fact that almost every American owns a cell phone is an example of what geographic concept? A. Contagious cultural diffusion B. Hierarchical cultural diffusion C. Expansion cultural diffusion D. Relocation cultural diffusion E. None Student understands and can compare and contrast Possibilsm and Environmental Determinism

31. Environmental determinism theory was replaced by which approach to geography in the late 20th century? A. distribution theory B. hierarchical theory c. Stimulus theory d. Possiblist theory