Unit 1 AP Human Geography

Earth Science, Locational, Culture-Environment, and Area analysis are known as parts of what?

The distribution of two or more features and how the do or do not correlate to each other.

Ratio sizes of countries are correct but distorts shape, area and direction greatly.

This is the external representation of the spatial information that exists in a person’s head.

Refers to the level of detail portrayed on a map.

These lines run parallel to each other and originate at the equator.

An area with a center that the surrounding areas interact with such as the suburbs & downtown

The study of earth's spacial characteristics, natural features and biological systems is?

A place's location in relation to the places around it.

This map was an attempt to balance projection errors. Minor distortions in all areas.

Crescent shaped area of farmland stretching from the Nile River Valley along the Mediterranean?

The process by which the three-dimensional surface of the Earth is transferred to a 2D map.

Maps that use lines to represent quantities of equal value.

The longer it takes for something to spread over space, the less likelihood of interaction.

A measure of the connection and communication between places.

Describes spread first to major nodes and then down the hierarchy.Fashion from Paris to Houston

When spatial distributions of objects or features appear in close proximity to one another.

How objects, features, or phenomena are spatially situated in relation to one another.

Preserves accurate compass direction but distorts area of landmasses relative to each other.

A map's smallest discernible unit.

An integrated satellite network that communicates latitude and longitude to NAV devices.

How people organize and view places and areas in their own minds? Such as the Rust Belt

These projections of Earth preserve the shape of small areas.

The precise location of any object or place on Earth's surface.

The Art and Science of map-making.

These are maps are good at representing political data such as electoral college votes.

This group built upon the work done by the Romans and Greeks advancing geography greatly.

Shapes & directions are distorted, sizes and landmasses are correct in relation to each other.

Th errors that are created by translating the globe from its round shape to flat paper.

Location, Religion, Place, Movement, Interaction are parts of what idea?

Size of chosen symbol indicates relative magnitude of some value for a geographic region.

What is the field of study that looks at variation of human behavior over space.

Refers to the physical and cultural features of a place, independent of the places around it.

Software that allows Geographers to map, analyze, and model spatial data.

Large cities such as New York and Los Angeles have more interaction than distance suggests

Diffusion resulting from direct contact with an individual.

The products of complex interactions between Humans and their environment is called?

Preserves accurate compass direction but distorts area of landmasses relative to each other.

An intellectual framework that allows the earth to be looked at in terms of geo-relationships

Refers to the size of the unit under investigation such as cities, counties, states or country.

The pattern of connections between places.

Pattison's area-analysis tradition or the study of regions is known as what?

Planar Projection of a globe onto a piece of paper using a light source.

The amount of something (Resources or People) in a certain area is know as what?

Human induced changes on the natural environment are known as what?

The distance that can be measured with a standard unit of length, such as a mile or kilometer.

The intersection of Human and Physical geography is known as what?

The ways in which phenomena travel across space

The interaction between Earth's physical systems and processes on a global scale is called?

Use points to represent particular values. One point equals 1000 bushels of corn.

Relative ease in which you, goods, or ideas can reach a destination

These maps are used to navigate between places and include atlases and road maps.

The pattern of diminishing likelihood of interaction between places with increasing distances.

These maps display one or more variables across a specific space such as population variables.

Areas that have politically organized boundaries that are usually exact. Harris County

The idea that transportation and communication technology is shrinking distances between places

Describes a place's relationship to the other places around it.

The use of time to describe the distance between objects. Less precise measurement.

The ratio of distance on a map vs. the actual distance on the earth's surface.

The conceptual hierarchy of space that reflects actual levels of organization in the world.

A region that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as local time.

Features of the earth that form naturally without human hands are known as?

Sophisticated software that allows for the creation of 3D maps and models of spatial data

Pictorial Models of reality that use symbols to portray meanings.

Uses colors or tonal shadings to represent categories of data for given geographic areas.

The pattern by which a concept is diffused but not in his original form.

The study of Earth's Integrated Systems as a whole is known as what?

Everything is related to everything else, the closer things are the stronger the relation.....

Also known as meridians, they originate with the prime meridian which runs from pole to pole.

The use of Earth's resources to provide for the needs of people now and indefinitely is called?

Areas defined and grouped together by one or more themes such as religion, climate, or language

Capturing images of the Earth's surface from the air with devices such as planes and satellites

This group laid the foundation of cartography and understood the Earth was round.

This group studied geography but did not have contact with European Cartographers until later.

Show people’s ideas about environmental, social, or economic quality of life in various places.

The grouping of pieces of earth's surface according to similarities.

Averaging over details in Cartographic context.