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AP HuG 1.2 vocab
AP human geography vocab for section 1.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Location | the position that something occupies on Earth's surface |
| Toponym | the name given to a place on Earth |
| Site | the physical characteristic of a place |
| Situation(relative location) | the location of a place relative to other places |
| Absolute location | describes the position of a place in a way that never changes |
| Cultural landscape | a combination of cultural features such as agriculture and industry, and physical features such as climate and vegetation |
| Formal/uniform region | a combination of cultural features such as agriculture and industry, and physical features such as climate and vegetation |
| Functional/nodal region | an area organized around a node or focal point |
| vernacular/perceptual region | an area that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity |
| Culture | the body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms that together constitutes the distinct tradition of a group of people |
| Spatial Association | observed within a region if the distribution of one feature is related to distribution of another feature |