AP Human Geography Unit 1

The precise point where a place is located on Earth

• Relative location

• Coordiantes

• Absolute location

• Place

The science of making maps

• Cartography

• Geography

• Biology

• Historiography

Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees

• Longitude

• Latitude

Distance north or south of the equator

• Latitude

• Longitude

A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data

• GPS

• GIS

Specific human and physical characteristics of a location

• Location

• Position

• Place

Number of something in a specifically defined area

• Scale

• Density

• Diffusion

The ratio between the size of things in the real world and the size of those same things on a map

• Disorient

• Distortion

• Scale

• Projection

An area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics

• Formal region

• Vernacular region

• Location

• Functional region

A system that determines accurately the precise position of something on Earth through satellites, tracking stations, and receivers

• GIS

• GPS