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Understanding Geographic Concepts Quiz

Test your knowledge of geography with this engaging quiz on HGIA Chapters 1, 2, and 3! This quiz contains 25 multiple-choice questions that cover key concepts in cartography, culture, and geographic information systems.

Challenge yourself and discover how well you know:

Map projections and scales
Cultural regions and traits
Types of thematic maps
Diffusion of cultural practices

25 Questions6 MinutesCreated by MappingMaster42

If two cities are 4 inches apart on a map with a scale of 1:63,360, how far apart are they on the surface of the Earth?

4 miles

8 miles

40 miles

5,280 miles

Which of the following is NOT one of the five ways that cartographers manipulate the impression one gets from a map?

Projection

Scale

Connectivity

Simplification

Level of aggregation refers to:

The ration of map distance to real-world distance

The number of data categories portrayed in a chloropleth map

The size of spatial unit of analysis

Whether data is presented in absolute numbers of in percentages

Rural counties receive more visual emphasis than urban counties on a chloropleth map because:

Historically, that is where most of the population once lives

Rural counties contain a majority of the population in the U.S. and Canada

Rural counties cover a larger area

The graduated circles in rural counties tend not to overlap with each other

On an isoline map, lines that are close to each other indicate:

That there was not enough room to spread them out like they should have been

A high concentration of whatever variable is being mapped

Rapid change in the variable

Gradual change in the variable

A computer hardware and software system that handles geographically referenced data, produces maps, and performs many types of spatial analysis, is called a

Geographic information system (GIS)

Map information system (MIS)

Spatial information system (SIS)

Spatial analysis system (SAS)

To map the surface of the Earth, geographers use different projections because:

No projection can show the entire Earth on a single map

No projection is ideal for the purpose of every map

The appearance of the Earth's changes with the seasons

Some parts of the Earth have not been surveyed accurately

Which of the following maps has a larger scale?

1:20,000

1 inch = 1 mile

1/200,000

Impossible to tell with given information

If you were measuring the concentration of American Indians using a dot density map, which threshold would put the most visual emphasis on those American Indians living in rural states?

One dot per 5,000

One dot per 20,000

One dot per 50,000

Doesn't matter

Elimination of trivial detail on a map and exaggeration or distortion of information to make it more accessible is known as

Projection

Simplification

Scale

Level of aggregation

The textbook states: "There is an old saying that 'all maps lie flat, and all maps lie." What are the authors getting at?

It is impossible to represent the three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional piece of paper without some kind of distortion

Some maps have to lie, but in many cases it is worth it for the purpose that the cartographer is trying to convey

Cartographers are almost always dis ingenious

All of the above

Which of these is NOT a formal region

The area served by your local airport

The amazon rain forest

Rice-growing region of China

The area of France where the Breton language is spoken

The area from which a movie theater draws its customers is an example of:

Friction less zone

Functional region

Formal region

All of the above

In order of decreasing dominance of a culture, what are the terms used to describe a culture area?

Core, sphere, domain

Core, domain, sphere

Sphere, domain, core

Sphere, core, domain

Syncretism is:

The separate maintenance of cultural traditions

The dynamic process of creating cultural regions

The sense of place that an area has

The emergence of a new cultural trait as a cultural hybrid

The drinking of wine with meals is an example of a French:

Regional identity

Cultural trait

Culture region

Syncretism

Cultural landscape refers to :

A region created by the interactions between a central node and surrounding locations

An awareness of being part of a group of people living in a particular region

The zone of greatest concentration or homogeneity of culture traits that characterize a region

Modifications to the environment by humans that reflect aspects of their culture

An area of uniformity in one or several characteristics is a:

Formal region

Functional region

Perceptual region

Vernacular region

A region created by interaction with a central point is a:

Formal region

Functional region

Perceptual region

Vernacular region

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons why some innovations diffuse hierarchically?

Because of the greater variety of people who live in big cities

Because of the movement of people between large cities

Because of the types of business that tend to locate in big cities

Because there is more face-to-face interaction in big cities

Contagious diffusion:

Spreads to nearby places first

Leapfrogs over nearby places

Occurs through migration

Moves from large cities to other large cities

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