AP Human Geography – Coach Clendenin
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Unit One: Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives
Chapter 1: Basic Concepts (page 2)
1. What two questions are at the heart of geographic inquiry?
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2. Name and describe the two broad categories into which geography is divided.
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3. What two broad sections is our book divided into?
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4. List and describe the five distinctive geographic ways of thinking about the world:
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Key Issue 1: Thinking About Space (page 6)
5. Define Distribution:__________________________________________________________________
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6. The three main properties of distribution are : density, concentration, and pattern
Define density and it’s three types:
6a. density:___________________________________________________________________________
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6b. arithmetic density:__________________________________________________________________
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6c. physiological density:________________________________________________________________
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6d. agricultural density:_________________________________________________________________
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Define concentration and illustrate a dispersed and clustered concentration in the boxes below:
6e. concentration:______________________________________________________________________
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Dispersed
clustered
6d. Define pattern:_____________________________________________________________________
7. Define map:_________________________________________________________________________
8. Define cartography:__________________________________________________________________
9. Name two people who have contributed to cartography below. What was each person’s contribution?
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10. Define remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), and global positioning system (GPS):
10a. remote sensing:____________________________________________________________________
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10b. geographic information systems (GIS):________________________________________________
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10c. global positioning system (GPS):______________________________________________________
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11. Define projection:__________________________________________________________________
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12. List four types of distortion that can result in making a map of the earth:
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Key Issue 2: Why is Each Point on Earth Unique (page 14)
13. List and four ways geographers identify location (place):
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13e. Define toponym and give an example:_________________________________________________
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13f. Define site and give an example:______________________________________________________
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13g. Define situation and give an example:_________________________________________________
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Identify the following terms:
13h. meridian:_________________________________________________________________________
13i. parallel:___________________________________________________________________________
13j. longitude:_________________________________________________________________________
13k. prime meridian:____________________________________________________________________
13l. latitude:__________________________________________________________________________
13m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT):_______________________________________________________
13n. International Date Line:_____________________________________________________________
Define region and give an example of the three types of regions:
14. Region:____________________________________________________________________________
14a. formal region:_____________________________________________________________________
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14b. functional region:__________________________________________________________________
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14c. vernacular (perceptual) region:_______________________________________________________
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15. What is culture?____________________________________________________________________
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Name and describe two meanings of the Latin word cultus which means “to care for.”
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15c. What is cultural ecology?____________________________________________________________
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15d. What is environmental determinism?__________________________________________________
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15e. What is possibilism?________________________________________________________________
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15f. How have the Dutch modified their environment?________________________________________
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15g. Define polder:_____________________________________________________________________
15h. How have Floridians modified their environment?_______________________________________
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Key Issue 3: Why are Different Places Similar (page 30)
16. define map scale:___________________________________________________________________
Map scale is presented in what three (3) ways?
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16d. What is a large scale map? (Give an example):___________________________________________
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16e. What is a small scale map? (Give an example):__________________________________________
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17. Define globalization:________________________________________________________________
17a. What is a transnational (multinational) corporation?_____________________________________
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How might a transnational corporation take advantage of its global reach, Give two examples:
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17d. How are these corporations a “threat” to global diversity (or unique cultural traditions)?_______
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17e. How does the communication revolution preserve cultural diversity?________________________
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17f. What does al Qaeda have to do with globalization?_______________________________________
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18. Explain space-time compression:_______________________________________________________
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19. Define distance decay. Give an example of it.____________________________________________
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20. Define hearth (node):________________________________________________________________
Name and describe the two basic types of diffusion
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Define the three processes of expansion diffusion and give an example of each.
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22. Define uneven development and explain why it occurs:____________________________________
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