Ap Human Geography s1

AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: UNIT 1 VOCABULARY NAME: PERIOD:

Unit I. Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives Note: The following concepts transcend all units in AP Human Geography; they are central to all geographic thinking and analysis and could even be considered central to any definition of geography.

Give a definition, any other information you might need to help you remember, and an example/illustration if it fits. Thinking of these will help you make connections and to test yourself later! Often your book, workbook, or yes, even the internet can help you with examples. They may not be “in order” 

********* Basic Concepts

Field Work Definition Example/illustration

Globalization Definition Example/illustration

Physical geography Definition Example/illustration

----- Spatial Definition Example/illustration

Spatial distribution Definition Example/illustration

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Patterns Definition Example/illustration

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Spatial Perspectives/ 5 Themes

Spatial perspective Definition Example/illustration

Location Definition Example/illustration

Location Theory Definition Example/illustration

Human-environment interaction Definition Example/illustration

Region Definition Example/illustration

Place Definition Example/illustration

Sense of Place Definition Example/illustration

Perceptions of Place Definition Example/illustration

Movement Definition Example/illustration

Spatial interaction Definition Example/illustration

Distances Definition Example/illustration

Accessibility Definition Example/illustration

Connectivity Definition Example/illustration

Cultural Landscape Definition Example/illustration

Landscape Definition Example/illustration

Sequent occupance Definition Example/illustration

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Cartography Definition Example/illustration

4 AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: UNIT 1 VOCABULARY NAME: PERIOD: Reference maps Definition Example/illustration

Thematic maps Definition Example/illustration

Absolute location (site) Definition Example/illustration

Relative location (situation) Definition Example/illustration

Mental maps Definition Example/illustration

Generalized map Definition Example/illustration

***** Geographic tools

Global positioning systems (GPS) Definition Example/illustration

Remote sensing Definition Example/illustration

Geographic information systems (GIS) Definition Example/illustration

********* Scale and Connectedness rescale Definition Example/illustration

---- Regions

Formal region Definition Example/illustration

6 AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: UNIT 1 VOCABULARY NAME: PERIOD: Functional region Definition Example/illustration

Perceptual region Definition Example/illustration

----- Culture

Culture Definition Example/illustration

Cultural train Definition Example/illustration

Culture complex Definition Example/illustration

Cultural hearth Definition Example/illustration

7 AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: UNIT 1 VOCABULARY NAME: PERIOD: Cultural diffusion Definition Example/illustration

Time-distance decay Definition Example/illustration

Cultural barriers Definition Example/illustration

----- Diffusion expansion diffusion Definition Example/illustration

Contagious diffusion Definition Example/illustration

Hierarchical diffusion Definition Example/illustration

8 AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: UNIT 1 VOCABULARY NAME: PERIOD: Stimulus diffusion Definition Example/illustration

Relocation diffusion Definition Example/illustration

********* Geographic Concepts environmental determinism Definition Example/illustration

Possibilism Definition Example/illustration

Cultural ecology Definition Example/illustration

Political ecology Definition Example/illustration

9 AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: UNIT 1 VOCABULARY NAME: PERIOD: ***** “Others” time zones Definition Example/illustration

********* More Maps

Scale Definition Example/illustration

Projections Definition Example/illustration

Grid lines Definition Example/illustration

latitude Definition Example/illustration

longitude Definition Example/illustration

Mercator’s Projection Definition Example/illustration

Cylindrical projection Definition Example/illustration

Conic projection Definition Example/illustration

Planar projection Definition Example/illustration

YOU SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO DEFINE THE WORLDS BELOW FOR EXTRA CREDIT-ATTACH AN EXAMPLE OF EACH from Kuby Ch 1 or de Blij Appendix A: distortion map projection Mercator projection Robinson projection dot map isoline map choropleth map proportional symbol map