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Key Issue 2 part 2
Ap Human Geography Book Key Issue 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a_____ is a point, whereas a ______ is an area | place; region |
| what are 4 ways places can receive their names? | person religion origin of its settlers ancient history |
| what are 3 reasons why a place would sometimes change its name? | political upheavals they are offensive for war heroes |
| what are some site characteristics? | climate water sources topography vegetation latitude elevation |
| Humans have the ability to ______ the characteristics of a site | modify |
| What role do familiar places have understanding situation of unfamiliar places? | they help people find places they don't know by using places they do know |
| what place is designated as 0 degrees longitude? | Greenwich, England |
| What is the name for the line drawn at 0 degrees longitude? | Prime meridian |
| What is the smallest area on the surface of the Earth that can be scanned as a single pixel? | 1 meter across |
| Geographers can map what using remotely sensed data? | mapping vegetation, gathering data for unpopulated areas, and monitor changes like weather patterns and deforestation. Human geographers use it to map the distribution of urban sprawl and agricultural practices. |
| What are some examples of data stored in a single GIS layer? | soils forest cover hydrology |
| How is a degree of longitude or latitude further divided? | into 60 minutes (') and 60 seconds (") |
| How many degrees of longitude do you need to travel across to pass through one "hour" of time(or one time zone)? | 15 |
| How many time zones are there? | 24 |
| Where and why were standard time zones first adopted? | Railroads urged the adoption of standard time zones to ignore confusion which started in the US. |
| What is the longitude of the International Date Line? | 180 |
| Which country forced the 3000 mile deviation of the Prim Meridian? | Kiribati |
| A region is "An ____ of ____ defined by one or more ________ _________" according to the textbook. | area; earth; distinctive characteristics |
| Geographers using the regional studies approach argue that that distinctive landscapes of different regions result from what two things? | a.several neighboring countries that share important features b.many localities within a country, such as those in southern California |
| What do geographers who adopt the regional studies approach believe regarding regions? | Culture is the agent, the natural area the medium, the cultural landscape the result. |
| Is cultural landscape created by humans or nature? | humans |
| The fundamental principle underlying the cultural landscape is that ____ are the most important agents of change to the Earth's surface. | people |
| How does a geographer conclude that two or more phenomena are spatially associated? | cultural, economic, and environmental factors |
| what is culture? | customary beliefs material traits social forms |
| How many major types of climates do geographers identify? | 5 |
| In what major way does climate influence human activities? | Monsoon rains in climate A(South Asia) |
| What are the 4 major biomes? | forest biome savanna biome grassland biome desert biome |
| What are the 2 major problems as far as soil is concerned? | erosion depletion of nutrients |
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