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