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
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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
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Accessibility Definition Example/illustration
Connectivity Definition Example/illustration
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Cultural Landscape Definition Example/illustration
Landscape Definition Example/illustration
Sequent occupance Definition Example/illustration
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Maps
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
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***** 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
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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
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********* More Maps
Scale Definition Example/illustration
Projections Definition Example/illustration
Grid lines Definition Example/illustration
latitude Definition Example/illustration
longitude Definition Example/illustration
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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
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