Unit 1 AP Human Geography

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

The Art and Science of map-making.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

These projections of Earth preserve the shape of small areas.

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

The pattern of connections between places.

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

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

Averaging over details in Cartographic context.

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

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

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

A map's smallest discernible unit.

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

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

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

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

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

Maps that use lines to represent quantities of equal value.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A measure of the connection and communication between places.

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

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

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

Diffusion resulting from direct contact with an individual.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pictorial Models of reality that use symbols to portray meanings.

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

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

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

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

Refers to the level of detail portrayed on a map.

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

The ways in which phenomena travel across space

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

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.

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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