AP Human Vocab Unit 1

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 visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?

• Cultural Landscape
• Place
• Location
• Human Environment Interaction

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

• Cartogram
• Projection
• Globe
• Instagram

The idea that one's environment is responsible for who people are and how they live

• Positivism
• 'Merica
• Possibilism
• Environmental Determinism

Centers of innovation and invention, the cradle of a culture.

• Trait
• Complex
• Hearth
• Innovation

The science of making maps

• cartography
• cartographer
• distortion

The scale of a map tells you....

• How much real distance is represented by units on the map
• Direction
• What the symbols mean

What is the measure of distance in degrees north and south from the equator?

• latitude
• longitude
• elevation
• topography

When the president makes a speech about the implementation of a new program; that is an example of ___________ diffusion

• hierarchial
• relocation
• cultural
• contageous

Lines of Longitude measure how far from the _______ a place is located.

• Equator
• International Date Line
• Prime Meridian
• Tropic of Cancer