Unit 1 Vocabulary - AP Human Geography

Study of natural features and processes of Earth (landforms, climate, bodies of water, ecosystems, and erosion) is called ________.

• physical geography

• cultural anthropology

• political science

• economic theory

Study of human-environment relationships is called ________.

• environmental geography

• physical chemistry

• astronomical science

• political history

Study of spatial characteristics of humans and human activities (population, culture, politics, urban areas, economics) is called ________.

• human geography

• physical geography

• climatology

• geomorphology

The four most common types of scales of analysis in human geography: comprehension, identification, explanation, and prediction are known as ________.

• Four-Level Analysis

• Spatial Analysis

• Demographic Transition

• Cultural Landscape

To examine data or patterns to understand relationships and implications is to ________.

• analyze

• ignore

• summarize

• predict

A proposed explanation based on evidence, used to understand geographic phenomena is called a ________.

• theory

• map

• continent

• climate

Key vocabulary, ideas, and building blocks that geographers use to describe our world are called ________.

• concepts

• maps

• continents

• climates

A series of steps or actions that explain why or how geographic patterns occur are called ________.

• processes

• locations

• boundaries

• resources

A simplified representation of reality that helps to explain and predict spatial relationships and patterns is called a ________.

• model

• theory

• hypothesis

• experiment

Models that show where things are, where they should be, and how they move through physical space (look like stylized maps) are called ________.

• spatial models

• temporal models

• statistical models

• conceptual models