key subjects from Barron's AP book
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Eratosthenes | Alexandria, Egypt. one of the first cartographers. coined "geography
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| George Perkins Marsh | Man and Nature OR Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action (books). discovered envirn. changes due to humans
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| W. D. Pattison | traditions; earth-science, culture-environment, locational, area-analysis
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| Ptolemy | Roman. Guide to Geography (book). maps: grid system, latitude, longitude
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| Carl Sauer | U of Cal (Berkley) prof. landscapes results from interactions between humans and physical environments
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| GIS (Geographical Information Systems) | computer tools used to capture, analyze geographic data.
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| GPS (Global Positioning System) | satellites used to determine location
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| Remote Sensing | ovservation and mathmatical measurement of earth's surface using air vehicles
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| Idiographic | characteristics of a certain place
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| Nomothetic | universal characteristics
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| Anthropogenic | human-induced changes to the natural environ.
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| Human Geography | study of human activities across space (e.g. cultural, economic, population, political, behavioral, urban, and agricultural geography)
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| Physical Geography | the earth's physical systems and how they vary across space
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| Environmental Geography | how humans alter the physical environments, vice versa
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