AP Human Geography UNIT 1

maps used to show landforms and/or places

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flat, two-dimensional representations of the Earth's surface that show geographical and political data to help people find landmarks and navigate

• Reference maps

• physical maps

• thematic maps

• political map

reference map that shows identifiable natural landmarks such as

mountains, rivers, oceans, elevation

• thematic map

• physical map

• chloropleth map

• dot density map

measurement using a standard unit of length e.g. mile, kilometer

• absolute distance

• relative distance

• absolute direction

• relative direction

The exact position of an object or place, measured within the spatial coordinates of a grid system

EX: coordinates or an address

• absolute location

• absolute direction

• relative distance

• relative location

the process of concentrating people or activities

• clustering

• dispersal

• spatial scale

• dot density map

objects that form a group

• clustering

• dispersal

• spatial scale

• dot density map

a measurement of how many people live in a specific geographical area. It's usually expressed in terms of people per square mile or square kilometer.

• density

• remote sensing

• census data

• network

theory that a society is formed and determined by the physical environment, especially the climate; the physical environment predisposes societies towards particular development; human society development is controlled by the environment

• Determinism

• possibilism

• time space convergence

• regionalism

objects that are scattered
(think rural populations, people don't live close together)

• dispersal

• spatial scale

• clustering

• relative direction

idea that the likelihood of interaction diminishes with increasing distance

• distance decay

• pattern

• flow

• time-space compression