AP Human Geography

Question 1

Place

Answer 1

a specific point on Earth distinguished by particular characteristics (physical)

Question 2

Space

Answer 2

refers to the physical gap between two objects

Question 3

Connections

Answer 3

relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space

Question 4

Map

Answer 4

a two dimensional or flat representation of Earth;s surfce or a portion of it.

Question 5

Density

Answer 5

the frequency in which something exists within a given space or area

Question 6

Arithmetic Density

Answer 6

the total number of people divided by the total land area

Question 7

Physiological Density

Answer 7

the number of people per unit of arable land

Question 8

Hearth

Answer 8

the region from which something originates

Question 9

Relocation Diffusion:

Answer 9

the spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people

Question 10

Hierarchical Diffusion

Answer 10

the spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority/power

Question 11

Disperse

Answer 11

objects in an area that are far apart

Question 12

Clustered

Answer 12

objects in an area that are close together

Question 13

Concentration

Answer 13

the spread of something over a given area

Question 14

Absolute Distance

Answer 14

distance measured in standard units

Question 15

Relative Distance

Answer 15

the measure of the social, cultural, and economic connectivity between two places.

Question 16

Location

Answer 16

the position of anything on Earth’s surface

Question 17

Distribution:

Answer 17

the arrangement of some thing across the surface

Question 18

Site

Answer 18

the physical characteristics of a place

Question 19

Situation

Answer 19

the location of a place according to another

Question 20

Region

Answer 20

an area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features

Question 21

Functional Region

Answer 21

an area organised around a focal or node

Question 22

Perceptual Region

Answer 22

an area people believe exist as a part of their cultural identity

Question 23

Globalization

Answer 23

actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope

Question 24

Scale

Answer 24

the relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature

Question 25

Distance Decay

Answer 25

the diminishing of importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin

Question 26

Time-space Compression

Answer 26

the reduction in the time it takes to diffuse something to a distant place as a result of improved communications and transportation systems

Question 27

Distortion

Answer 27

when the shape of an area or distance is altered

Question 28

GIS

Answer 28

a computer system that stores, organizes, and analyzes and displays geographic data

Question 29

GPS

Answer 29

a system that determines the precise location of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations and receivers.

Question 30

Graduated symbol map

Answer 30

is a proportional map that uses the visual variable of size and shape to represent differences in the magnitude of a phenomenon

Question 31

Cartogram

Answer 31

is a map that shows on which statistical information is show in a diagrammatic form

Question 32

Dot Map

Answer 32

a map that uses dots to show the presence of a feature or phenomenon

Question 33

Choropleth Map

Answer 33

a map that uses color to indicate values in those areas

Question 34

Mental Map

Answer 34

a representation of a portion of earth’s surface based on what an individual knows about a place containing personal impressions of what is in a place and where a place is located

Question 35

Projection

Answer 35

the system used to transfer locations from Earth’s surface to a flat surface

Question 36

Formal Region

Answer 36

an area in which people share one or more common characteristics