APHG Unit 1 Exam Review Part 1

24 regions or divisions of the globe approximately coinciding with meridians at successive hours from the observatory at Greenwich, England. Each is 15 degrees longitude.

• Location Theory

• Time-Space Compression

• Scale

• Time Zones

• Pattern

The change in accuracy (shape, size, distance, or direction) of a place when it is shown on a map.

• Density

• Distortion

• Region

• Distribution

• Accessibility

The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface.

• Meridian

• Range

• Parallel

• Scale

• Sense of Place

Identifies a precise location/place often through latitude and longitude of a certain place.

• Situation

• Realm

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

• Perceptual Region

The physical characteristics of a place (soil, hilly, dry).

• Mental Map

• Spatial Interaction

• Situation

• Relative Location

• Site

The work of a researcher collecting data and making observations in the natural environment about people, cultures, and nature.

• Pattern

• Fieldwork

• Location Theory

• Geocaching

• Independent Invention

A systematic transformation of locations on the surface of a round 3-D Earth on a flat piece of paper.

• Scale

• Generalized Map

• Remote Sensing

• Time-Space Compression

• Map Projection

A map projection; the shapes and sizes of landmasses shown accurately by cutting through the oceans like an orange peel.

• Peters' Projection

• Molleweide Projection

• Goodes Interrupted Projection

• Robinson Projection

• Azimuthal Equidistance Projection

The science of obtaining information about objects or areas from a distance, typically from aircraft or satellites.

• Remote Sensing

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

• Geocaching

• Prime Meridian

• Scale

A thematic map that uses tones or colors to represent spatial data as average values per political unit area.

• Isoline Map

• Choropleth Map

• Distance Decay

• Proportional Symbol Map

• Globalization