AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: PATTERNS
AND PROCESSES EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Topographic Maps - Answer-Another name for Isoline Maps.
Cartogram - Answer-The sizes of countries are shown according to some specific
statistic. Data is easily compared.
Map projection - Answer-The process of showing a curved surface on a flat surface.
Area, shape, distance, and direction are the main points of a projection.
Mercator Map Projection - Answer-- navigation
- directions are shown accurately, lines of latitude
and longitude meet at right angles
- distance between lines of longitude appears constant, land masses near pols appear
larger
Peters Projection - Answer-- spatial distributions related to area
- sizes of land masses are accurate
- shapes (countries) are inaccurate especially near the poles
Conic Projection - Answer-- general use in midlatitude countries
- lines of longitude coverage, lines of latitude are curved, sized and shape are both
close to reality
- direction is not constant, on a world map longitude lines converge at only one pole
Robinson Projection - Answer-- general use
- no major distortion, oval shape appears more like a globe than does a rectangle
- area, shape, size, and direction are all slightly distorted
Geographic Models - Answer-Representations of reality or theories about reality.
Spatial Models - Answer-Look like stylized maps, and they illustrate theories about
spatial distributions.
Nonspatial Models - Answer-Illustrate theories and concepts using words, graphs, and
tables. They often depict changes over time rather than across space.
Regionalization - Answer-The process geographers use to divide and categorize space
into smaller areal units.
AND PROCESSES EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Topographic Maps - Answer-Another name for Isoline Maps.
Cartogram - Answer-The sizes of countries are shown according to some specific
statistic. Data is easily compared.
Map projection - Answer-The process of showing a curved surface on a flat surface.
Area, shape, distance, and direction are the main points of a projection.
Mercator Map Projection - Answer-- navigation
- directions are shown accurately, lines of latitude
and longitude meet at right angles
- distance between lines of longitude appears constant, land masses near pols appear
larger
Peters Projection - Answer-- spatial distributions related to area
- sizes of land masses are accurate
- shapes (countries) are inaccurate especially near the poles
Conic Projection - Answer-- general use in midlatitude countries
- lines of longitude coverage, lines of latitude are curved, sized and shape are both
close to reality
- direction is not constant, on a world map longitude lines converge at only one pole
Robinson Projection - Answer-- general use
- no major distortion, oval shape appears more like a globe than does a rectangle
- area, shape, size, and direction are all slightly distorted
Geographic Models - Answer-Representations of reality or theories about reality.
Spatial Models - Answer-Look like stylized maps, and they illustrate theories about
spatial distributions.
Nonspatial Models - Answer-Illustrate theories and concepts using words, graphs, and
tables. They often depict changes over time rather than across space.
Regionalization - Answer-The process geographers use to divide and categorize space
into smaller areal units.
