AP Human Geography Unit 1 Review

Front

An area people believe exists as part of their cultural identity and their informal sense of place. Answer choices: Formal Region, Functional Region, Vernacular Region

Back

Vernacular Region

Front

An area where everyone shares 1 or more distinctive characteristics (Texas and their set of laws)

Back

Formal Region

Front

An area organized around a node or focal point with a strong characteristic in the center

Back

Functional Region

Front

Humans possess the ability to dominate their environment is known as

Back

possibilism

Front

The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:

Back

relative location

Front

The location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called:

Back

absolute location

Front

The layering of geographic data by computers into data sets is known as:

Back

GIS

Front

What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?

Back

Projection

Front

Which type of location does not change? Options: Absolute, Relative, Positive, Negative

Back

Absolute

Front

Billy thinks that in the south, everyone eats grits, eats fried chicken and watches football. He would be creating what type of region of the south with these ideas?

Back

Perceptual