AP HUG Unit: 1

Question 1

Transferring location onto a map

Answer 1

Projection

Question 2

A specific point on Earth that is unique

Answer 2

Place

Question 3

An area with certain characteristics

Answer 3

Region

Question 4

A relationship between a smaller portion compared to Earth as a whole

Answer 4

Scale

Question 5

A physical gap or interval between 2 places or objects

Answer 5

Space

Question 6

The relationship between people and objects

Answer 6

Connection

Question 7

The science of map making

Answer 7

Cartography

Question 8

A technology device to find the exact location of anything

Answer 8

GPS

Question 9

A technology device that captures and shows geographic data

Answer 9

GIS

Question 10

A technology device for people to find anything

Answer 10

VGI

Question 11

Relationship between an area on a map to the actual size on Earth

Answer 11

Map Scale

Question 12

Making something not look like it’s original shape or size

Answer 12

Distortion

Question 13

A map of the world that looks like 4 ovals

Answer 13

Goode Projection

Question 14

A map of the world that makes distance and direction look distorted

Answer 14

Robinson Projection

Question 15

A map of the world in the shape of a rectangle

Answer 15

Mercator

Question 16

When the sun passes the prime meridian at the Greenwich conservatory

Answer 16

GMT

Question 17

The 0 degree line of longitude

Answer 17

Prime Meridian

Question 18

The line on the other side of the world of the prime meridian

Answer 18

International Date Line

Question 19

A position something occupies on Earth’s surface

Answer 19

Location

Question 20

The name given to a place on Earth

Answer 20

Toponym

Question 21

Physical character of a place

Answer 21

Site

Question 22

A location that is relative to other places

Answer 22

Situation

Question 23

The exact location of something

Answer 23

Absolute Location

Question 24

A position of a place/ based on a location with respect to other locations

Answer 24

Relative Location

Question 25

A combo of cultural features and physical features

Answer 25

Cultural Landscape

Question 26

An area within everyone shares

Answer 26

Formal Region

Question 27

An area organized around a node or focal point

Answer 27

Functional Region

Question 28

An area people believe exists as part of their cultural identity

Answer 28

Vernacular Region

Question 29

A body of beliefs, traits, and social forms that create a distinct tradition for a group of people

Answer 29

Culture

Question 30

A corporation that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products all over the world.

Answer 30

Transnational Corporation

Question 31

The arrangement of a feature in space

Answer 31

Distribution

Question 32

The frequency of which something occurs in space

Answer 32

Density

Question 33

Boundaries of land by natural landmarks

Answer 33

Meats-and-bounds

Question 34

Rivers,roads, and/or canals that divide the land

Answer 34

Longlot

Question 35

To locate, describe,and map boundaries

Answer 35

The Logic of the Public Land

Question 36

The process of a groups cultural features matching another groups

Answer 36

Assimilation

Question 37

The process of changes in culture that result from the meeting of 2 groups

Answer 37

Acculturation

Question 38

The combination of element of 2 groups to create a new cultural feature

Answer 38

Syncretism

Question 39

A place where the innovation orginates

Answer 39

Hearth

Question 40

When people move to another place and bring their innovations

Answer 40

Relocation Diffusion

Question 41

When an idea spreads to the people

Answer 41

Hierarchical Diffusion

Question 42

Spreading an idea locally, through person to person

Answer 42

Contagious Diffusion

Question 43

When an original idea changed by new people

Answer 43

Stimulus Diffusion

Question 44

The distance it takes to go to places

Answer 44

Space-time-compression

Question 45

A substance in the environment that is useful for people, technology, economically, and socially acceptable to use.

Answer 45

Resource

Question 46

The use of Earth's resources to make sure they are available for us in the future.

Answer 46

Sustainability

Question 47

A resource that is produced in nature quicker than it is consumer by humans

Answer 47

Renewable Resource

Question 48

A resource that is produced in nature slower than it is consumed by humans

Answer 48

Nonrenewable Resource

Question 49

The long-term average weather at a specific location

Answer 49

Climate

Question 50

The geographic study of human-environment relationships

Answer 50

Cultural Ecology

Question 51

The physical environment caused by social development

Answer 51

Environmental Determinism

Question 52

The physical environment may limit some human actions but we can adapt to it

Answer 52

Possibility