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Unit 1, Chapter 1 vocab Flashcards

1
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Human Geography

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The study of how human activity affects the earth

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Reference Maps

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Maps that display geographical data

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Thematic maps

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Maps that display more specific data themes

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Chloropleth Maps

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Maps with shaded areas to represent a statistic

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Cartogram Maps

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Maps showing statistics with the use of shades, curves, or dots

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Dot Maps

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Maps showing distribution of population using dots

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Graduated (Proportional) Symbol Map

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A map that uses symbols to indicate different things

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Isoline Map

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Maps with lines that join points of equal value

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Flow Line Map

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A type of thematic map that shows movement using lines

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Absolute Location

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The position on Earth’s surface using the coordinate system

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Longitude

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Angular distance for East to West

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Latitude

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Angular distance of a place North or South of the Equator

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International Date Line

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The arc that follows 180º longitude, but deviates to avoid dividing land (when crossed, East = back 24 hours)

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Prime Meridian

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A line at 0º longitude

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Relative Location

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A location of a place with respect to other places

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Map Projection Distortion

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The misrepresentation of features hen compared to their true measurement

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Goode’s Interrupted Projection

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Pseudo-cylindrical, equal area, composite map projection with multiple gaps

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Mercator Projection

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2D map that maintains accurate compass points for navigation

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Robinson Projection

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3D surface of the Earth is transferred onto a 2D map (distorts shape and size)

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Azimuthal Projection

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Shows true compass direction from a single point

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Gall - Peters Projection

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Cylindrical projection that displays accurate axis (distorts shape and hard to navigate)

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Geographic Information System (GIS)

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A computer system of capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions on Earth

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Global Positioning System (GPS)

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A network of satellites and receiving devices used to determine location on Earth.

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Remote Sensing

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The process of taking photos of surface for understanding of the geography.

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Census

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A survey of population that records various details of individuals

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Distance Decay

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The effect of distance on culture or spatial interactions

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Time Space Compression

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The reduction in time it takes to diffuse something to a distant space

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Friction of Space

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Distance needs some sort of money, effort, or energy to overcome it

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Sustainability

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Using Earth’s resources in a way that ensures their availability in the future

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Environmental Determinism

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Human behaviors are a direct result of their surrounding environment (certain regions have different cultures because of their isolation)

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Possibilism

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Physical environment set limits on humans, but they have the ability to adjust

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Scale

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The relationship between a portion of the Earth being studied and the rest of the Earth.

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Scale of Analysis

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Used to analyze relationships between places to reveal spatial patterns

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Scale of Inquiry

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The level of geographic area being investigated

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Regional Boundaries

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One or more unifying characteristics/patterns of activity.

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Formal (Uniform) Region

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An area in which everyone shares distinctive characteristics

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Formal (Uniform) Region

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An area in which everyone shares distinctive characteristics

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Functional (Nodal) Region

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An area organized around a central focal point

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Perceputal (Vernacular) Region

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An area that people believe exists because of their cultural identity. (Defined by people’s opinions)

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Built Landscape

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An area represented by features and patterns of human occupation and use of resources

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Cultural Landscape

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The fashionings of natural landscapes by a cultural group.

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Carl Sauer

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Important role in the early development of land-use mapping the in US

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Time Zones

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An area with an established standard time

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Toponym

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Place name

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Sequence Occupancy

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The notion that successive societies leave their imprints on a place

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More Developed Country (MDC)

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A country that has progressed relatively far along

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Less Developed Country (LDC)

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A country in the early stages of economic development

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Emerging Economy

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An economy that’s transitioning into a developed economy

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Globalization

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The expansion of economic, political, and cultural processes around the world

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Interdependence

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When one party needs a good/service and the other is willing to pay

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Wallersteins’ World Theory (Dependency Theory)

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Divides countries into 3 groups based on political power, social standings, and economic development.

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Core Periphery

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A model that describes how economic, political, and cultural power is distributed between regions

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Semi-Periphery

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Countries that have a standard living lower than core, but higher than periphery (Middle)

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Periphery

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Less developed part of regions

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5 Themes of Geography

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Location, place, human enviornment interaction, movement, and region.

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Eratosthemes

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Ancient Greek mathematician and geographer who determined Earth’s circumference

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Expansions Diffusion

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The spreading of a feature from one place to another, getting bigger in the process

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Hierarchical Diffusion

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When innovation or concepts spreads from a person of power

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Stimulus Diffusion

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When a culture changes while it spreads from its original region

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Contagious Diffusion

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The rapid spreading of a characteristic throughout a population

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Relocation Diffusion

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The Spread of ideas and cultures from the physical movement of people

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Hearth

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The region in which innovative ideas originate from

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Site

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The exact location of a city

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Situation

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The location of a place based on its relation to other things

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Spatial Information

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Data with direct or indirect reference to a specific area

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Qualitative Data

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Descriptive info, usually in the form of visual aids

66
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Quantitive Data

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Pieces of information that can be displayed using numbers

67
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Density

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The number of people who live in a given land area

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Pattern

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The geometric/ regular arrangements of something in an area

AP Human unit 1 chap.1 vocab (1 decks)

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