AP Basic Concepts and Terms

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

• A.  referenced location 
• A.  central location
• A.  relative location
• A.  absolute location 

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

• absolute location
• relative location
• site
• situation

Scale is…                                     

• the system used by geographers to transfer locations  from a globe to a map
• the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area
•  the difference in elevation between two points in an area
•  the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape

The process of the spread of an idea and/or dissemination of an innovation from its source area to other cultures, is the process of cultural: 

• diffusion
• simultaion
• adaptation
• movement

Places that share similar characteristics are called 

• human systems
• environments
• regions
• physical systems

Imaginary North-South line that passes through Greenwich, England, and has a value of 0 degrees

• latitude
• longitude
• relief
• scale

What are lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees?

• longitude
• latitude
• grid
• equator

What is a Region

• Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike
• Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
• Tells us where people and places are
• None of the Above

An area where cultural traits develop and from which cultural traits diffuse is...

• Cultural Trait
• Cultural Hearth
• Cultural Diffusion
• Culture complex

Transform space so that the political unit, such as a state or country, with the greatest value for some type of data is represented by the largest relative area and all other polygons are represented proportionately to that largest polygon, can be powerful in illustrating comparative patterns

• Maps
• Cartograms
• Topography
• Transfer Data