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AP Human vocabs

TermDefinition
Absolute Location Geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) for a specific location. Your address or the school’s address
Cartography Creating a map
Census Official count of people in an area
Contagious Diffusion The spread of ideas, contagious diseases, or forest fires, which spreads without regard for hierarchy, contact with people
Clustering Tightly bunched areas on a map
Dispersal areas On a map that are spread apart or spaced apart
Distance Decay Contact diminishes with increasing distance and eventually disappears
Elevation Distance above sea level
Environmental Determination The belief that the physical environment causes social development
Environmental Possibilities The belief that the physical environment may limit some human actions, but people can adjust to their environment.
Formal (Uniform) Region Uniform region, shares one or more common characteristics
Functional (Nodal) Region Nodal region, region organized around a node or point
Geographic Information System (GIS Software used for capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to positions on the Earth’s surface
Global Positioning System (GPS) A series of 24 satellites that orbit the Earth’s surface twice daily and transmit up to date tracking on online maps
Globalization Process in which businesses develop international influence, trading is global, and economics are connected by technology and the internet
Human Environmental Interaction Describes the complex relationship between people and their surroundings, encompassing how humans depend on, adapt to, and modify the environment
Global Scale A scale that encompasses the entire world
Local Scale The smallest geographical level, focusing on a specific place like a city, town, or neighborhood
Map Distortion The reason that a flat map cannot accurately display the world, which is round, which leaves all maps with some distortion
Prime Meridian The zero-degree longitude line that runs through Greenwich, England
Qualitative Geographic Data Focuses on understanding subjective experiences and concepts through non numerical data like interviews and observations
Quantitative Geographic Data Focuses on numerical data
Reference Map A map that shows geographic locations on Earth’s surface, such as cities or oceans
Region An area of Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics
Relative location Describing the position of a place as compared to (or relative to!) another landmark
Remote sensing Scanning of Eath by satellite or high-flying aircraft to obtain information
Scale The relationship between the portion of the Earth being studied and the Earth as a whole
Site Physical character of a place
Situation Relative location of a place
Spatial Pattern The placement or arrangement of objects on Earth’s surface and the space between the objects
Sustainability Use of Earth’s renewable and non-renewable natural resources in ways that ensure resource availability for the future
Thematic Map A map that emphasizes the spatial patterns of geographic statistics or attributes and relationships between them
Time-Space Compression Board phenomenon of the world seemingly shrinking due to technological advances and faster interconnectedness of global citizens
Mercator Projection A true conformal cylindrical map projection, it is particularly useful for navigation because it maintains accurate direction.
Vernacular (Perceptual) Region Defined by people’s shared beliefs, feelings, and attitudes about a place, rather than by formal boundaries or specific criteria
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