AP Human Geography : Major Geographical Terminology
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Example Question #21 : Major Geographical Terminology
What is the process of dividing the Earth into smaller units or portions?
Sampling
Regionalization
Globalization
Localization
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 __________.
toponym
coordinates
census
region
site
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 #451 : Ap Human Geography
What is the narrative method we use to describe a place?
Geopositioning
Spatial spiralizing
Hypothesizing
Approximation
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 #451 : Ap Human Geography
What is the term or phrase that is used to describe how humans adapt to and modify their environment?
Human-environment interaction
Functional interaction
Gann's model of interaction
Perceptual interaction
Sapiocentric 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 #21 : Major Geographical Terminology
What is the exacting method we use to designate a place?
Approximation
Geopositioning
Spatial spiralizing
Relative location
Absolute location
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 #44 : Geography
What is the term used to describe an area defined by certain unifying characteristics?
Region
Nation
Hemisphere
Sphere of influence
Zone
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 #45 : Geography
Which term that indicates how people, products, information and ideas move from one place to another?
Morgan's model
Region
Transmigration
Movement
Adaptation
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 #452 : Ap Human Geography
What is the term for an area that has measurable boundaries?
Sphere of influence
Formal zone
Formal region
Perceptual region
Functional region
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?
Informal region
Functional region
Zone of transition
Perceptual region
Formal 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.
Example Question #51 : Geography
Which of these is the term for the area defined by humans' feelings about an area? This area doesn't have official boundaries because there is no consensus on where the boundaries are.
Functional region
Informal region
Zone of contention
Perceptual region
Sphere of malice
Perceptual region
A perceptual region is defined by how it is perceived. Some examples include The Midwest, The First World, Appalachia, the Midlands, etc.
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