AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY SEMESTER VOCABULARY REVIEW 1

The _________ is an imaginary line at 0 degrees that divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres.

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Line of Division

• Earth

The _________ is an imaginary line at 0 degrees that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Line of Division

• Earth

Latitude are imaginary lines that circle the earth from

• East to West

• North to South

• Asia to Australia

• America to Mexico

Longitude are imaginary lines that circle the earth from

• East to West

• North to South

• Asia to Australia

• America to Mexico

What does a physical map show?

• The geography of an area

• The continents

• The boundries of cities, states, and countries

• The oceans

___________________ is the relation to where something is, about or near, you can measure in distance miles, or direction

• topographic map

• cardinal directions

• relative location

• absolute location

______________ is the exact location of where something is.

• relative location

• absolute location

• cardinal directions

• environment

Folk culture is

• Homogenous

• Rural

• Slowly changing / stagnant

• All of the above

Dominant language family in the regions above

• Sino -Tibetan

• Afro - Asiatic

• Niger - Congo

• Afrikaans

When two people who speak different languages use English to conduct business, we can consider English a(n)

• Assimilated language

• Lingua Franca

• Pidgin Language

• Creole Language