AP Human Geography Chapter 1

Question 1

Absolute Location

Answer 1

The exact location of an object, usually expressed in coordinates of longitude and latitude

Question 2

Core

Answer 2

Classification of a country or region that has wealth, higher education levels, more advanced technologies, many resources, strong militaries, and powerful allies

Question 3

Density

Answer 3

The number of things- people, animals or objects in a specific area

Question 4

Distance Decay

Answer 4

The farther away one thing is from another, the less interaction the two things will have

Question 5

Distribute

Answer 5

To arrange within a given space

Question 6

Ecological Perspective

Answer 6

The relationship between the living and their environment

Question 7

Environmental Determinism

Answer 7

Controlled or determined by a physical environment

Question 8

Formal Region

Answer 8

An area that has one or more shared trait, also called a uniform region

Question 9

Friction of distance

Answer 9

The longer the journey is the more time, effort and cost it is

Question 10

Functional Region

Answer 10

A function around the focal point

Question 11

Globalization

Answer 11

Processes on a worldwide scale

Question 12

Human Geography

Answer 12

The study of how humans understand, use and altar the earth

Question 13

Location

Answer 13

The position that a point of object occupies the Earth

Question 14

Mental Map

Answer 14

Internalized representations of portions of the Earth’s Surface

Question 15

A Model

Answer 15

Presents signifcant features or relationships in generalized form

Question 16

Node

Answer 16

A focal point of a functional region

Question 17

Pattern

Answer 17

The way things are arranged in a particular space

Question 18

Perceptual Region

Answer 18

The attitude or feelings abut a place, also called a Vernacular region. ( Stereotypes)

Question 19

Periphery

Answer 19

Opposite of Core. Has less wealth, poor education levels, unstable government

Question 20

Physical Geography

Answer 20

The study of natural processes and the distribution of features in the environment.

Question 21

Place

Answer 21

A location on Earth that is distinguished by its physical and human and characteristics

Question 22

Possibilism

Answer 22

Theory of human environment interaction that states the ability to adapt

Question 23

Region

Answer 23

An area of Earth’s Surface with certain characteristics

Question 24

Relative Location

Answer 24

A description of a place where it is in relation to other areas

Question 25

Scale

Answer 25

The area of the world being studied

Question 26

Semi Pheriphery

Answer 26

(Middle Class) A country or Region that have qualities of both care and peripheral areas

Question 27

Site

Answer 27

A places absolute location

Question 28

Situation

Answer 28

Location of place in relation to other places

Question 29

Space

Answer 29

The area between two or more things

Question 30

Spatial Perspective

Answer 30

Geographic perspective on how people live on Earth

Question 31

Sustainability

Answer 31

Earth's land and natural resources( Renewable Energy)

Question 32

Sustainable Development

Answer 32

Development that meets the needs of the present

Question 33

Time Space Compression

Answer 33

A principle that describes the ways in which modern transportation and how to communicate long distances( Like a cellphone)

Question 34

Vernacular Region

Answer 34

Called a perceptual Region: The way the region reflects peoples feelings and attitudes

Question 35

World System Theory

Answer 35

Theory describing spatial and functional relationships

Question 36

Absolute Distance

Answer 36

Distance that can be measured using standard length( Yards, Feet, Inches)

Question 37

Absolute Direction

Answer 37

Card nails direction( Sout, North, East,West)

Question 38

Cartographer

Answer 38

A person who makes maps

Question 39

Census

Answer 39

An official count of number of people in a defined area like a state

Question 40

Geographic Info System (GIS)

Answer 40

A computer system that allow the collection of data for analysis

Question 41

Global Positioning System (GPS)

Answer 41

A network of satellites that can pinpoint an exact location

Question 42

Map Scale

Answer 42

The size of the map, to the size of the area

Question 43

Quanitive

Answer 43

Involving data that can be meausred by numbers

Question 44

Qualitative

Answer 44

Involving data that is descriptive

Question 45

Refrence Map

Answer 45

A map that focuses on the location of places

Question 46

Relative Distance

Answer 46

Distance determined in relation to other places or objects

Question 47

Relative Direction

Answer 47

Direction based on a person's perception ( Left, Right, Up , Down)

Question 48

Remote Sensing

Answer 48

Collecting or analyzing data from a location without making physical contact

Question 49

Thematic Map

Answer 49

Any Map that focuses on one or more variables

Question 50

Topography

Answer 50

The representation of Earht's surface to show natural and human made features