Pre AP World Geography and History Vocabulary

What is Cartogram

• Depicts the size of countries

• The science or art of making a map

• A symbol on abounded area

• The rapid, widespread diffusion of trend or feature population

What is cartography

• The science or art of making a map

• The geographic approach that emphasizes the human environment

• The frequency with hich something exists in a given unit of area

• Spreading of a feature from one place to the next

What is choropleth

• A symbol on a bounded area

• The rapid, widespread diffusion of trend or feature population

• The diminishing of the important or eventual event of a phenomenon

• The arrangement of something across the earth's surface

What is Contagious Diffusion

• The rapid, widespread, diffusion of trend or feature population

• The arrangement of something across the earth's surface

• The spread of a feature among people from one area to the next

• An area the everyone shares to one or more characteristics

What is cultural ecology

• A geographic approach that emphasizes the human-environment relationship

• The frequency with which something exists in a given unit of area

• The amount of time or effort required to travel

• The region with a core where the characteristics are intense

What is density

• The frequency with which something exists in a given unit of area

• A ninth-twentieth century approach to the study of geography

• The spread of a feature among people from one area to the next

• Region with a core where the characteristics are intense

What is diffusion

• Spreading of a feature from one place to the next

• The diminishing of important or eventual events of a phenomenon

• The region with a core where the characteristics are intense

• Depicts the size of countries

What is distance decay?

• The diminishing of important or eventual events of a phenomenon

• A symbol on a bounded area

• The science or art of making a map

• The arrangement of something across earths surface

What is Distribution

• The arrangement of something across the earth's surface

• A computer system that stores, organizes analyses, and displays geographic data

• Lines are drawn on a map connecting data points

• A design seen over an over again

What is Environmental Determinism

• A ninth-twentieth century approach to the study of geography

• A geographic approach that emphasizes the human environment

• A system that determines the precise position of something on the earth

• Can be observed in a situation where humans conquer their envrioment