AP Human Geography Unit 1

A combination of cultural features, economic features, and physical features is _______?

• Cultural Ecology

• Cultural Landscape

• Culture

• Agricultural Density

The number of farmers per unit of farmland

• Agricultural Density

• Culture

• Cultural Landscape

• Cultural Ecology

The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area _______?

• Pattern

• Distribution

• Situation

• Relative Distance

The arrangement of something across the Earth's surface.

• Distribution

• Geographic Information System (GIS)

• Distance Decay

• Density

The location of a place relative to other places

• Situation

• Site

• Relative Direction

• Cartography

The exact location of something, the physical character of a place ______?

• Site

• Situation

• Absolute Distance

• Space-Time Compression

A computer system that captures, stores, queries, and analysis, and displays geographic data.

• Geographic Information System (GIS)

• Global Positioning System (GPS)

• Environmental Determinism

• Determinism

An area organized around a node or focal point. (Has a purpose)

• Functional/Nodal Region

• Formal/Homogenous Region

• Vernacular/Perceptional Region

An area within which everyone shares in a common one or more distinctive characteristics.

• Formal/Uniform/Homogenous Region

• Functional/Nodal Region

• Vernacular/Perceptional Region

An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.

• Vernacular/Perceptional Region

• Functional/Nodal Region

• Formal/Uniform/Homogenous Region