AP Human Geo Unit 1

Question 1

What is a:

Map

A Symbolic _____

Answer 1

A Symbolic representation of selected characteristics of a place, usually drawn on a flat surface

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Question 2

What is a:

Reference Map

(Emphasize the Location of what?)

Answer 2

Emphasize the location of spatial phenomena (objects in a space), such as countries, rivers, etc.

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Question 3

What is a:

Thematic Map

(A map that emphasizes the … pattern of geo.. features/sta… about places and …s between places)

Answer 3

A map that emphasizes the spatial pattern of geographic features/statistics about places and relationships between places

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Question 4

What is a:

Physical Map

Answer 4

A map that shows the features of an area, such as mountains, rivers, and lakes

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Question 5

What is a:

Road Map

(Highways, local points of interest)

Answer 5

A map that shows major highways, airports, cities, railroad tracks, and local points of interest

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Question 6

What is a:

Political Map

Answer 6

A map that shows countries, borders, or major cities

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Question 7

What is a:

Climate Map

Answer 7

A map that shows thge average weather of a region

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Question 8

What is a:

Topographic map

(Elevation/height of an area)

Answer 8

A map that includes contour lines to show the elevation/ height of an area

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Question 9

What is a:

Resource Map

Answer 9

A map that shows the distribution of various items

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Question 10

What is an:

Economic Map

(info)

Answer 10

Shows information about wealth and money

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Question 11

What is:

Projection

(Earth -> Flat map)

Answer 11

The scentific method of transferring locations on Earth’s surface to a flat map

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Question 12

What is a:

Cartogram

(distort reality)

Answer 12

Types of maps that distort reality to convey information. They resize and exaggerate any variable on an attribute value

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Question 13

What is a:

Choropleth

(Colors to represent spatial data)

Answer 13

A type of thematic map that uses tones or colors to represent spatial data as average values per unit area

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Question 14

What is:

Absolute Distance

(Total space)

Answer 14

The total space between 2 things/places, usually measured in feet, yards, miles, kilometers, or even city blocks

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Question 15

What is:

Relative Distance

(A measure of the social, …, and economic rela… of connectivity between … places)

Answer 15

A measure of the social, cultural, and economic relatedness or connectivity between 2 places

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Question 16

What is:

Elevation

Answer 16

The distance above sea level

Question 17

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Answer 17

When you get this card, take a break

Question 18

What is a:

Site

(Physical characteristics)

Answer 18

The physical characteristics of a place such as climate, water sources, topography, soil, vegetation, longitude and latitude, and elevation

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Question 19

What is a:

Situation

(Relative/in relationship)

Answer 19

The location of a place relative/in relationship to another place

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Question 20

What is a:

GPS

(through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers)

Answer 20

A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.

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Question 21

What is a:

GIS

(A computer … that stores, …, analyzes, and … geographic …)

Answer 21

A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data

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Question 22

What is:

Satellite Navigation

(Provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning)

Answer 22

A system that uses satellites to provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning

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Question 23

What is:

Remote Sensing

(The collection of data about …’s surface from a … orbibting the … or from other long distance methods)

Answer 23

The collection of data about Earth’s surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long distance methods

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Question 24

What is:

Absolute Location

(In a way that never changes)

Answer 24

The position of a place in a way that never changes, no matter your location

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Question 25

# What is: Relative Location ## Footnote (The position of a place, landmark)

Answer 25

The position of a place as compared to another landmark. ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 26

# What is a: Place ## Footnote (A Specific point on what distinguised by what?)

Answer 26

A specific point on earth distinguised by a particular characteristic ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 27

# What is: Space ## Footnote (The what between what?)

Answer 27

The physical gap/interval between 2 objects ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 28

# What are: Flows ## Footnote (Connected&Crossed, satellite images, digital data)

Answer 28

All places are connected to other places and crossed by these, like migrants, money, goods, germs, satellite images, and digital data ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 29

# What is: Distance Decay

Answer 29

The diminishing importance and eventual dissappearance of a phenomenon (event) with increasing distance from its origin, so the farther away you get from a trend/phenomenon the less impact it has on you ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 30

# What is: Time-Space Compression ## Footnote (The reduction in time it takes to ... something to a ... place as a result of ... ...)

Answer 30

The reduction in time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved communication (e.g. internet and cellphones) and transportation (e.g. air travel) ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 31

# What is a: Pattern ## Footnote (the geometric...?)

Answer 31

The geometric arrangement of objects in a space ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 32

# What is: Distribution ## Footnote (The arrangement of...?)

Answer 32

The arrangement of features in a space ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 33

# What is: Density ## Footnote (frequency with which something exists)

Answer 33

The frequency (amount) with which something exists within a given unit area ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 34

# What is: Concentration

Answer 34

The spread of something over a given area ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 35

# What is: Clustered concentration ## Footnote (Grouping of similar objects)

Answer 35

Concentration that involves the grouping of similar objects into a set ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 36

# What is: Dispersed Concentration | (distributed/spread)

Answer 36

Concentration that's distributed or spread over a wide area ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 37

# What is a: Gravity Model ## Footnote (When the inter... between ... places can be determined by the ... of the ... of both ..., divided by the ... of their ... from one another)

Answer 37

When the interaction between 2 places can be determined by the product of the population of both places, divided by the square of their distance from one another ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 38

# What is a: Renewable Resource ## Footnote (More rapidly than what....?)

Answer 38

Resources in nature that are produced more rapidly that is consumed by humans ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 39

# What is a: Nonrenewable Resource ## Footnote (Produced in nature more slwoly)

Answer 39

Resources that are produced in nature more slowly than it's consumed by humans ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 40

# What is: Sustainability

Answer 40

Restritcing the use of nonrenewable resources and limiting the use of renewable resources to the level at which the environment can continue to supply them indefinitely ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 41

# What is the: Cultural Landscape

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A combination of cultural, economic, and physical features of a place (ex, language, industry, climate) ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 42

# What is: Cultural Ecology ## Footnote (A geographic approach that what...?)

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A geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 43

# what is: Environmental Determinism ## Footnote (the study of what...)

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The study of how the physical environment caused human activities ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 44

# What is: Possibilism ## Footnote (Humans have the ability to...?)

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The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but humans have the ability to adapt to their environment and overcome obstacles. ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 45

# What is a: Scale ## Footnote (Relationship between ..... of the earth and ....)

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The relationship between the portion of the earth being studied and the earth as a whole ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 46

# What is the: Scale of Analysis

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The scale geographers think about, on many levels such as global, regional, and local ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 47

# What is: Globalization? ## Footnote (Increased connections between places around the ... due to... increases in ... and transportaion ...)

Answer 47

Increased connections between places around the world due to increases in communication and transportation technology ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 48

# What is the: Hearth ## Footnote (A place from which .... originate)

Answer 48

A place from which trends, innovations, ideas, or elements of culture originate ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 49

# What is: Diffusion ## Footnote (The process by which, one place to another)

Answer 49

The process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another over time ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 50

# What is: Relocation Diffusion ## Footnote (Physical movement)

Answer 50

Spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 51

# What is: Hierarchical Diffusion ## Footnote (The spread of an ... from .../...s of authority or power to other persons/...)

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The spread of an idea from persons/nodes of authority or power to other persons/places ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 52

# What is: Contagious Diffusion ## Footnote (Rapid, widespread)

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The rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 53

# What is: Stimulus Diffusion ## Footnote (Underlying principle)

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The spread of an underlying principle even though a chracteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 54

# What is: Expansion Diffusion ## Footnote (Feature/trend, in an additive process)

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The spread of a feature/trend among people from one area to another in an additive process ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 55

# What is a: Region ## Footnote (Distinctive characteristic)

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An area on earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristic ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 56

# What is a: Formal Region ## Footnote (One or more distinctive characteristics)

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An area in which everyone (or majority) shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 57

# What is a: Functional Region ## Footnote (an area organized around a ... or ... point)

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An area organized around a node or focal point ## Footnote This was the answer

Question 58

# What is a: Vernacular Region ## Footnote (As part of their cultural identity)

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An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity ## Footnote This was the answer