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AP human geography
Unit 1
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Reference Map
Displays location (Navigation)
Thematic
Map
Displays data of areas (weather)
Dot distribution
Uses same sized dots to represent multiple instances of the same phenomenon
Cartogram
Shows density by distorting regions
Place
Areas have unique characteristics
Isoline
Shows lines that join areas of equal value
Chloropleth
Regions shaded in proportion to unit
Graduated
symbol
Size of symbol in proportion to the value of variables
GIS
A system that tracks data based on a location of the map, uses LAYERS, useful for combining lots of types of data, comparing geographic trends
Remote sensing
Measures things from a distance (e.g. satellites, rays to measure ocean floor)
Absolute Location
Specific coordinates
Relative Location
Location in relation to another thing or
place
Placelessness
The loss of unique or defining features of a place as places become more similar
Sense of place
Human perception of characteristics of places, differs by person
Time-space
compression
The reduction in time it takes to travel longer distances because of innovations
Friction of distance
Harder to get to distant places
Distance decay
The further apart 2 things are the less interaction
Tobler's
law: "near things are more related than distant things"
Scales
Local
(city, neighborhood)
Subnational
(part of country, provinces)
National
(entire country, e.g. U.S.A.)
Regional
(multiple countries, e.g. Latin America)
Global
(whole earth)
Possibilism
Environment sets limitations, one's culture
is
not
determined by environment
Environmental
determinism
One's culture is determined by their environment
Types of regions
Formal
(based on specific trait, e.g. wildcat region)
Functional
(based on pattern of activity, interaction with a node, e.g. VUSD bus routes)
Perceptual
(vernacular, based on perceptions, e.g. wildcat county)