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AP Human Vocab Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| An area on a map with a central point that connects and brings people together. | Functional (nodal) region |
| An area of land that’s shared by people where the majority have something in common. | Formal (uniform) Region |
| An area of land defined by a shared set of beliefs, characteristics, and similar economic activity. | Perceptual (vernacular) region |
| a place with its physical makeup and characteristics. what's being observed | Site |
| Where the location to a place is connected to other places around it. | situation |
| An area created by people showing how we’ve had an impact on the environment over time. | Cultural Landscape |
| A computer system made for mapping that helps store data helping people understand maps. | Geographic Information System (GIS) |
| Data that’s considered more academic and reliable because it has something connected to it. | Quantitative Data |
| Information that’s based on observations and what someone thinks/believes which isn't always accurate. | Qualitative Data |
| Geographic data that focuses mainly on showing exact locations such as countries, cities, lakes, and mountains. | Reference Map |
| A score on how well a country is doing based on schooling, life expectancy, and income. | Human Development Index |
| How equally women and men are treated in a country. | Gender Inequality Index |
| How much money it takes to buy the same item in one country compared to others. | Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) |
| The amount of money a country makes in a year from things it produces and how much income its citizens bring home. | Gross National Income (GNI) |
| People thinking the world seems smaller than it is because technology, transportation, and goods move faster. | Time-Space Compression |
| Different shapes and features of an area | Topography |
| A tool using satellites that orbits Earth to collect location data and tell you exactly where you are | GPS |
| The level at which something is examined or studied. | Scale of Analysis |
| how the answer to a question changes depending on the level of scale your given | Scale of Inquiry |
| These maps show information on a specific theme or topic, instead of just location. | Thematic maps |
| Collecting data from a distance without physically touching what's being observed. | Remote Sensing |
| A map that shows small areas in a lot of detail. | Large Scale |
| A map that shows a larger area with not as much detail. | Small Scale |
| The further two places are from each other the less interaction they’ll have. | Distance decay |
| The name of a place. | Toponym |
| the exact location of an object, usually found by longitude and latitude. | Absolute Location |
| Knowing where a place is based off other places around it. | Relative Location |
| The number of different things, people, animals, or objects in a specific area. | Density |
| Human behavior is based off and controlled by their physical environment. | Environmental determinism |
| Theory that humans have the ability to produce a result rather than what environmental determinism says. | Possibilism |
| Using Earths natural resources in a way that makes sure they'll be available for future generations. | sustainablility |
| Well educated country with advanced technology | Core |
| Countries with the process of industrializing (manufacturing goods) | Semi-periphery |
| Countries with unstable governments, poorer service (health care), less connected, and are exploited for cheap labor | Periphery |
| The official count of people in a defined area | Census |
| distance measured using a standard unit of length | Absolute distance |
| distance measured in terms of time or money | Relative distance |
| map that uses different colors or shades to represent statistical data across predefined geographic regions, like countries, states, or counties (good at density but not distribution) | choropleth |
| map that uses dots to represent the presence or density of a phenomenon, such as people, businesses, or events, within a geographic area (good for discrubution but not as much density) | dot maps |
| shows quantitative differences between mapped features by varying the size of symbols, such as circles, with larger symbols representing larger values | graduated symbol |
| uses lines to connect points on a map that have the same measured value, such as temperature, pressure, or elevation | isoline map |
| map that distorts the geographical size and shape of areas to represent a specific data variable, such as population or economic data, instead of their actual land area | cartogram |
| the full amount of goods and services produced during a year in a certain country | Describe GDP (gross domestic product) |
| Idea that some countries have better access to natural resources and typically have more of an advantage than other countries. | natural resources (eight metrics) |
| plays a major role in how countries develop because some countries don’t force education and others may have it where women aren't allowed to go to school. affects a country's economy since it's very hard to have a high paying job without being literate | Education and Literacy (eight metrics) |
| Wallerstein doesn’t care about what type of government it is, what does matter is that it’s stable. It’s almost impossible to have a good country when the government keeps falling. | Political Stability (eight metrics) |
| how much damage a country has to its own environment. Some countries will also try to get pollution credit by selling their land for other countries to dump their trash. | Pollution (eight metrics) |
| When natural disasters hit a country, how much can they rebound from it? When the U.S. gets hit it doesn’t hurt them since they have a stronger environment from their money and technology. However, smaller countries/islands have much greater impacts. | Environment (eight metrics) |
| a country having access to indoor running water, heating and cooling, stable paved roads, and etc. Core countries usually have the strongest infrastructure unlike periphery countries. | Infrastructure (technology) (eight metrics) |
| Type of military that deters people from wanting to threaten you. If it came down to a fight, would you have the ability to defend and fight back? | Military (eight metrics) |
| what is available for you to survive to a long age? Periphery countries usually don’t have access to healthcare, nutrition, and proper medical conditions like core countries do which is why their death rate is higher. | Life expectancy (eight metrics) |
| How strong a country is and how well they are doing in a standard of living. This includes things like average income, jobs, industry, and overall wealth. | Economics (eight metrics) |
| the number of years a child successfully completes years in school. The benefit is that the more time someone theoretically spends in school, the more knowledge they gain. raw quantitative data of “how many years did you complete?” | "knowledge" in HDI |
| measured by PPP, GDP, and GNI | a decent standard of living- HDI |
| What is actually in place in a country that will allow you to live to an old age. People that live longer in a country usually have affordability and accessibility to medical care. | a long and healthy life- HDI |
| the percentage of women within a country that are able to get work outside of the house and earn/keep their income. | The Labor force participation rate- GII |
| # of women who die during childbirth per 100,000 live births. This reflects the country's healthcare and how safe it is to have children there. | Maternal mortality ratio- GII |
| the # of births per 1,000 women aged 16-19. | Adolescent fertility rate |
| It measures how much women can participate in society and make important decisions as a politician or at the educational level. | Empowerment |
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savannah hindman