AP Human Geography Unit 1-Nature and Perspectives of Geography

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

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

Region united by more than one trait/characteristics

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

Characteristics of relative location

Art and science of mapmaking

Study of place names; affected by characteristics of location

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

Definition of sense of place

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

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

He calculated the circumference of the Earth

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

Distortion of Robinson Projection (general use)

defined by the informal sense of place that people ascribe to

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

points of equal elevation are connected

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

each dot represents a specific quantity

the contact, movement, and flow of things between locations

dependent on core countries for capital and have underdeveloped industries

All map projections contain which of the following distortion:

Definition of situation

Which of the following is an example of geospatial technology?

share characteristics of both core and periphery countries

Distortion of Conic Projection

Characteristics of absolute location

show and label highways and streets

Distortion of Mercator Projection

He is considered the father of geography

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

Which of the following is a type of scale?

show and label property

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

Definition of site

Types of Wallerstein's World-Systems

Spatial Thinking of Geography