AP Human Geography Unit 1

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

show and label property

Characteristics of absolute location

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

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

Definition of site

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

the contact, movement, and flow of things between locations

Spatial Thinking of Geography

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

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

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

show and label highways and streets

All map projections contain which of the following distortion:

Region united by more than one trait/characteristics

He calculated the circumference of the Earth

Definition of situation

Distortion of Mercator Projection

Characteristics of relative location

Study of place names; affected by characteristics of location

points of equal elevation are connected

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

Distortion of Robinson Projection (general use)

Types of Wallerstein's World-Systems

Art and science of mapmaking

Definition of sense of place

defined by the informal sense of place that people ascribe to

Which of the following is an example of geospatial technology?

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

each dot represents a specific quantity

share characteristics of both core and periphery countries

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

dependent on core countries for capital and have underdeveloped industries

Distortion of Conic Projection

He is considered the father of geography

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

Which of the following is a type of scale?