Geographic Data (College Board AP® Human Geography): Exam Questions

7 mins7 questions
11 mark

Remote sensing is 

  • The use of 3 or more satellites to determine an exact location

  • A system which is used to collect, analyze and produce geographic and locational data.

  • The capturing of images of the earth’s surface from airplanes or satellites. 

  • A global navigational system using satellites, to provide information on location.

  • The physical observation of a place, whilst recording details

21 mark

Which statement best describes the collection of spatial data through field observation?

  • Examining photographs for spatial evidence 

  • Examining the world around you in real-time, and recording information as you see it

  • Undertaking interviews with participants and analysing their responses

  • Using a drone to collect visual data in the field to analyse later in the laboratory

  • Analyzing an account of a journey which describes an area or information about people

31 mark

To track the spread of forest fires, which method of geographic data collection would be used?

  • Remote sensing

  • Travel narratives

  • Personal interviews

  • Media reports

  • Field observations

41 mark

Which of the following is an example of quantitative data? 

  • Travel narratives

  • Interviews

  • Census data

  • Visual observations

  • Photographic interpretation

51 mark

GPS is an acronym for 

  • Global Positioning System

  • General Positioning System

  • Global Power System

  • Global Positioning Sensing

  • Geospatial Positioning System

61 mark

The scientific study of map creation is known as

  • Mapping

  • Data visualization

  • Ethnography

  • Cartography

  • Demography

71 mark

Triangulation is

  • A type of map, in the shape of a triangle

  • A projection onto a 3D prism

  • Another word for remote sensing

  • Used by GPS, it takes at least three satellites’ information to determine the exact location 

  • An example of the cultural landscape