AP Human Geography Unit 1 Vocab

Thematic Map

• Show spatial aspects of information or of a phenomenon

• generalized map type designed to show general spatial properties of features

• uniqueness of a location (or similarity of two or more locales); phenomena within an area

• implies the extent of an area and can be in a relative or absolute sense

Reference Map

• generalized map type designed to show general spatial properties of features

• a relative location is the position of something relative to another landmark

• a place that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity. Such regions emerge from peoples informal sense of place rather than from scientific models developed through geographic thought

• arrangement of a phenomenon across the Earth's surface

Region

• the flow of goods, people, or information among places, in response to localized supply and demand

• a place larger than a point and smaller than a planet that is grouped together because of a measurable or perceived common feature

• a device used to plot the user's position on a map, using GPS technology to obtain the location

• the relationship between the distance on the ground and the corresponding distance on a specific map - also a concept describing how "zoomed in" you are while studying a geographic trait

Place

• uniqueness of a location (or similarity of two or more locales); phenomena within an area

• Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates

• a place that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity. Such regions emerge from peoples informal sense of place rather than from scientific models developed through geographic thought

• the relationship between the distance on the ground and the corresponding distance on a specific map - also a concept describing how "zoomed in" you are while studying a geographic trait

Space

• area organized around a node or focal point; the characteristic will diminish in importance as it spreads outward. This region is tied to the central point by transportation or communication systems or by economic or functional associations

• implies the extent of a area and can be in a relative and absolute sense

• the scientific method of transferring locations on Earth’s surface to a flat map

• Gathering close together; forming in a group

Geographic information systems (GIS)

• a place that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity. Such regions emerge from peoples informal sense of place rather than from scientific models developed through geographic thought

• a relative location is the position of something relative to another landmark

• collection of computer hardware and software permitting spatial data to be collected, recorded, stored, retrieved, used, and displayed

• generalized map type designed to show general spatial properties of features

Map projection

• distributed or spread over a considerable area

• the scientific method of transferring locations on Earth’s surface to a flat map

• show spatial aspects of information or of a phenomenon

• A measure of distance that includes the costs of overcoming the friction of absolute distance separating two places. Often relative distance describes the amount of social, cultural, or economic, connectivity between two places.

relative location

• A measure of distance that includes the costs of overcoming the friction of absolute distance separating two places. Often relative distance describes the amount of social, cultural, or economic, connectivity between two places.

• homogeneous region is an area within which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics. The shared feature could be a cultural value such as a common language, or an environmental climate

• the idea that the interaction between two places declines as the distance between them increases

• a relative location is the position of something relative to another landmark

absolute location

• Exact measurement of the physical space between two places.

• Gathering close together; forming in a group

• Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates

• uniqueness of a location (or similarity of two or more locales); phenomena within an area

Clustering

• Exact measurement of the physical space between two places.

• area organized around a node or focal point; the characteristic will diminish in importance as it spreads outward. This region is tied to the central point by transportation or communication systems or by economic or functional associations

• Gathering close together; forming in a group

• an official count of individuals in a population (in the USA, it happens every 10 years)