AP Human Geography Chapter 1 Terms

Space time compression is the increasing sense of connectivity that brings people closer together despite distances remaining the same, facilitated by technology like the internet and cell phones.

A formal region is a region composed of areas that have a common cultural or physical feature.

Spatial perspective is an outlook through which geographers identify, explain, and predict human and physical patterns in space and the interconnectedness of various spaces.

<p>Situation refers to the location of a place relative to the physical and cultural characteristics around it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A perceptual region is a region whose boundaries are determined by people's beliefs, rather than a scientifically measurable process.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Human geography is the branch of geography primarily concerned with analyzing the structures, processes, and location of human creations and their interactions with the earth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>GPS stands for Global Positioning System, and it is a system of satellites used to determine an exact location on the global grid.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>GMT stands for Greenwich Mean Time, and it serves as the baseline for time zones around the world, centered on the prime meridian.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Relative directions are directions commonly given by people, such as right, left, up, and down.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Distortion is a necessary error resulting from trying to represent a round, nearly spherical Earth on a flat plane or map.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Absolute location is the position of an object on the global grid defined by latitude and longitude.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Great circles are the equator and every line of longitude paired with its twin on the opposite side of the Earth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cartography is the process of map making.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Friction of distance is the degree to which distance interferes with some interaction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An equidistant map is a map that maintains distance but distorts other properties.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A geographic model is a simplified version of what exists on the Earth or what might exist in the future.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A map is a two-dimensional model of the Earth or a portion of its surface.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sense of place refers to a person's perception of the human and physical attributes of a location that give it a unique identity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cultural ecology is the study of human-environment interaction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Galls-Peters projection is a map created by a geographer to show the relative sizes of the Earth's continents accurately, distorting shape.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A chloropleth map is a map that shows a pattern of some variable, such as population density or voting patterns, by using various colors or degrees of shading.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Site refers to the internal physical and cultural characteristics of a place, such as its terrain and dominant religions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Robinson projection is a map showing the world with slight distortions to all four properties, rather than having one property correct and the others drastically distorted.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Simplification is the cartographer's process of eliminating unnecessary details and focusing on the information that needs to be displayed in the map.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An isoline thematic map is a map displaying lines that connect points of equal value.</p> Signup and view all the answers