GEOG 105 Exam 1 USC questions well
answered graded A+
What does "geo" mean? - correct answer ✔✔ earth
Graphia - correct answer ✔✔ description/picture/write
Three branches of geography - correct answer ✔✔ human geography, physical geography, GIS
Absolute versus relative - correct answer ✔✔ absolute location, relative location
Absolute distance, relative distance
space time cube - correct answer ✔✔ summarizes a set of points
What're x, y, and z? - correct answer ✔✔ longitude, latitude, time
What does crime look like in a cube? - correct answer ✔✔ A single point
What's a crime cluster? - correct answer ✔✔ Lot of crime, lot of points. In a relatively small
place, relatively short time.
Event detection - correct answer ✔✔ These can be found on social media sites such as Twitter. 4
examples of these are when people tweeted "OMG" when Donald Trump was elected, when
people talked about Steph Curry and Lebron James during the NBA finals on Twitter, and when
people tweeted about the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL finals.
, GIScience - correct answer ✔✔ Cartography (mapping), geographic positioning system (GPS),
remote sensing (RS), Geographic Information System (GIS)
Map Projection - correct answer ✔✔ 3D to 2D
Three types of map projection? - correct answer ✔✔ cylindrical, conic, and azimuthal
Projecting 3D to 2D? - correct answer ✔✔ Google Earth
How many satelites do we need to locate ourselves? - correct answer ✔✔ 4
VGI - correct answer ✔✔ User-generated content, collective intelligence, crowd sourcing,
asserted information, empowerment of millions of private citizens
How many types of remote sensing are there? - correct answer ✔✔ 2
Geodesy - correct answer ✔✔ Science of measuring the earth
GIS - correct answer ✔✔ The system that manages all types of geographical data
Latitude - correct answer ✔✔ Definition: north-south position on the earth's surface
What it measures: to specify specific locations on the earth
Range: 0 to 90
Longitude - correct answer ✔✔ Definition: east-west position on the earth's surface
answered graded A+
What does "geo" mean? - correct answer ✔✔ earth
Graphia - correct answer ✔✔ description/picture/write
Three branches of geography - correct answer ✔✔ human geography, physical geography, GIS
Absolute versus relative - correct answer ✔✔ absolute location, relative location
Absolute distance, relative distance
space time cube - correct answer ✔✔ summarizes a set of points
What're x, y, and z? - correct answer ✔✔ longitude, latitude, time
What does crime look like in a cube? - correct answer ✔✔ A single point
What's a crime cluster? - correct answer ✔✔ Lot of crime, lot of points. In a relatively small
place, relatively short time.
Event detection - correct answer ✔✔ These can be found on social media sites such as Twitter. 4
examples of these are when people tweeted "OMG" when Donald Trump was elected, when
people talked about Steph Curry and Lebron James during the NBA finals on Twitter, and when
people tweeted about the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL finals.
, GIScience - correct answer ✔✔ Cartography (mapping), geographic positioning system (GPS),
remote sensing (RS), Geographic Information System (GIS)
Map Projection - correct answer ✔✔ 3D to 2D
Three types of map projection? - correct answer ✔✔ cylindrical, conic, and azimuthal
Projecting 3D to 2D? - correct answer ✔✔ Google Earth
How many satelites do we need to locate ourselves? - correct answer ✔✔ 4
VGI - correct answer ✔✔ User-generated content, collective intelligence, crowd sourcing,
asserted information, empowerment of millions of private citizens
How many types of remote sensing are there? - correct answer ✔✔ 2
Geodesy - correct answer ✔✔ Science of measuring the earth
GIS - correct answer ✔✔ The system that manages all types of geographical data
Latitude - correct answer ✔✔ Definition: north-south position on the earth's surface
What it measures: to specify specific locations on the earth
Range: 0 to 90
Longitude - correct answer ✔✔ Definition: east-west position on the earth's surface
