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AP Unit 1 Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Map | 2D model of Earth's surface or a portion of it |
| Place | A unique point on Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of human and physical characteristics |
| Region | An area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of human and physical characteristics |
| Scale | The relationship between a map's distances and the actual distances on Earth |
| Space | The physical gap between two objects |
| Connections | Relationships among people and objects across a barrier of space |
| Cartography | Science of map-making |
| Projection | Method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to a map |
| Geographic Information System (GIS) | Systems that can capture, store, query, analyze, and display geographic data |
| Global Positioning System (GPS) | Systems that determines one's exact location on Earth |
| PRIMAL | Place, region, interaction, location, and movement |
| Location | The position that something occupies on Earth's surface |
| Toponym | Name given to a particular place on Earth |
| Site | The physical characteristic of a place |
| Situation | The location of a place relative to other places |
| Meridian | (Longitude) Arc drawn between the North and South poles |
| Parallel | (Latitude) A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and perpendicular to meridians |
| Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) | Internationally agreed official time reference for Earth |
| International Date Line | The longitude at which one moves forward or backward one day |
| Cultural Landscape (Regional Studies) - defined by Carl Sauer | It id the area of Earth modified by human habitation ( |
| Formal Region (Corn Belt) | Area that shares one or more distinctive features, should be present throughout |
| Functional Region (TV station) | An area organized around a node or focal point |
| Vernacular Region/ Perceptual Region (Metal Maps) | Place people believes exists as part of their cultural identity |
| Mental Maps | One's perceived image of the surrounding landscape's organization |
| Culture | The body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms that constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people |
| Cultural Ecology | The geographic study of human-environment relations |
| Environmental Determinism | Belief that the physical environment causes social development |
| Possiblism (Counter to Environmental Determinism) | Belief that while environment can limit certain actions of a people, it cannot wholly predestine their development |
| Resource | The substances found on earth that are useful to people |
| Polder | A piece of land that is created by draining water from an area. First built in 13th century in the Netherlands |
| Distribution | The arrangement of a feature in space |
| Density | the frequency with which something occurs |
| Arithmetic Density | the total number of people in an area |
| Physiological Density | the total number of people per unit of arable land |
| Agricultural Density | total number of farmers per arable land |
| Concentration | the extent of a feature's spread over space |
| Pattern | the geometric arrangement of objects in space |
| Space-time compression | the reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place |
| Distance Decay | The farther away one group is from another, the less likely the two groups are to interact |
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