Review for AP Human Geography Unit 1

Distortion of Conic Projection

Definition of site

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

dependent on core countries for capital and have underdeveloped industries

Characteristics of absolute location

Study of place names; affected by characteristics of location

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

Spatial Thinking of Geography

He is considered the father of geography

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

Distortion of Robinson Projection (general use)

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

each dot represents a specific quantity

show and label property

Characteristics of relative location

the contact, movement, and flow of things between locations

Which of the following is a type of scale?

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

Art and science of mapmaking

Which of the following is an example of geospatial technology?

Region united by more than one trait/characteristics

Definition of situation

Distortion of Mercator Projection

defined by the informal sense of place that people ascribe to

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

All map projections contain which of the following distortion:

He calculated the circumference of the Earth

points of equal elevation are connected

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

Definition of sense of place

Types of Wallerstein's World-Systems

show and label highways and streets

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

share characteristics of both core and periphery countries

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

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

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