AP HUMAN UNIT 1 REVIEW

A two-dimensional, or flat, representation of the Earth's surface or a portion of it

• map

• cartogram

• globe

• isoline

The study of where things are found on the Earth's surface and the reasons for the locations

• cartography

• ecology

• geography

• cultural ecology

A mathematical method that involves transferring the earth's sphere to a flat surface is a

• perpetual example

• geographic grid

• distrortion

• projection

What map projection am I?

• Peter's

• Robinson

• Conic

• Mercator

A line drawn on a map between the north and south poles

• latitude

• parallel

• equator

• meridian

0 degrees longitude. Passes through Greenwich, England

• Prime Meridian

• equator

• international date line

• tropic of cancer

0 degrees latitude

• prime meridian

• tropic of capricorn

• equator

• international date line

A set of satellites used to help determine absolute location anywhere on the earth's surface

• GPS

• GIS

• Remote sensing

• GSP

A location or region defined by its unique set of human and physical characteristics

• location

• place

• situation

• site

A name given to a place on Earth is a

• situation

• location

• cartogram

• toponym