AP Human Geography Vocab Words Chapter 1

What is scale?

• The relationship between a portion of the Earth being studied compared to the size it is on a globe

• the relationship between a portion of the Earth being studied and the Earth as a whole.

• The size of the map.

• How the portion of the Earth studied looks in real life.

_____ is the system of map making

What is a computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data?

Hint: GIS

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• Global Intelligence Service

• Geographic Information System

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A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth though a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers

• GPS:

  Geographic Positions Space

• GIS

  Geographic Information System

• GPS

  Global/Geographic positioning system

_______ is the body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people.

What is projection?

• It's when you project something onto a blank surface to show it to your class

• The system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a map

• The system used to transfer the size of a location to a map

• The physical character of a place

What is Remote Sensing?

• The acquisition of data about the Earth's surface from geographers around the world

• The acquisition of data about the Earth's surface from drones flying around

• The acquisition of data about the Earth's surface from the satellites orbiting Neptune.

• The acquisition of data about the Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the Earth or other long-distance methods

What is the increasing economic integration and interdependence of national, regional, and local economies across the world through an intensification of cross-border movement of goods, services, technologies and capital

• Economic Globalization

• Diffusion

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• Spacial Association

A __________ scale is shown on a map; shown as a ratio or fraction.

A _______ scale, states the ratio.

Answer explanation

Ex: "One inch equals five miles"