Duplicate of AP Human Geography Unit 1

The inverse relationship between distance and connection (cultural and spatial)

Types of Wallerstein's World-Systems

maps that people create in their minds based on experience and knowledge

Focal point, defined by activity that occurs across region, united by networks

Spatial Thinking of Geography

the contact, movement, and flow of things between locations

show and label highways and streets

use lines that connect points of equal value to depict variations in the data across space

dominant capitalist countries which exploit the peripheral countries for labor, raw materials

Study of place names; affected by characteristics of location

show and label natural features, such as mountains, rivers, and deserts

Characteristics of absolute location

each dot represents a specific quantity

shows and labels human-created boundaries, such as countries, states, cities, and capitals

Definition of situation

dependent on core countries for capital and have underdeveloped industries

Art and science of mapmaking

He calculated the circumference of the Earth

defined by the informal sense of place that people ascribe to

share characteristics of both core and periphery countries

All map projections contain which of the following distortion:

Which of the following is a type of scale?

Definition of site

Distortion of Conic Projection

Definition of sense of place

points of equal elevation are connected

Distortion of Robinson Projection (general use)

Characteristics of relative location

Which of the following is an example of geospatial technology?

uses colors, shades of one color, or patterns to show location of spatial data

Region united by more than one trait/characteristics

He is considered the father of geography

sizes of countries, states, counties, etc. are shown according to specific statistics

Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things

show and label property

Distortion of Mercator Projection

the process geographers use to divide and categorize space into smaller areal units