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Unit I. Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives
Note: The following concepts transcend all units in AP Human Geography; they are central to all geographic thinking and
analysis and could even be considered central to any definition of geography.
Give a definition, any other information you might need to help you remember, and an example/illustration if it fits. Thinking
of these will help you make connections and to test yourself later! Often your book, workbook, or yes, even the internet can
help you with examples. They may not be “in order” 
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Basic Concepts
Field Work
Definition
Example/illustration
Globalization
Definition
Example/illustration
Physical geography
Definition
Example/illustration
----Spatial
Definition
Example/illustration
Spatial distribution
Definition
Example/illustration
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Patterns
Definition
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Example/illustration
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Spatial Perspectives/ 5 Themes
Spatial perspective
Definition
Example/illustration
Location
Definition
Example/illustration
Location Theory
Definition
Example/illustration
Human-environment interaction
Definition
Example/illustration
Region
Definition
Example/illustration
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Place
Definition
Example/illustration
Sense of Place
Definition
Example/illustration
Perceptions of Place
Definition
Example/illustration
Movement
Definition
Example/illustration
Spatial interaction
Definition
Example/illustration
Distances
Definition
Example/illustration
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Accessibility
Definition
Example/illustration
Connectivity
Definition
Example/illustration
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----Cultural Landscape
Definition
Example/illustration
Landscape
Definition
Example/illustration
Sequent occupance
Definition
Example/illustration
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Maps
Cartography
Definition
Example/illustration
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Reference maps
Definition
Example/illustration
Thematic maps
Definition
Example/illustration
Absolute location (site)
Definition
Example/illustration
Relative location (situation)
Definition
Example/illustration
Mental maps
Definition
Example/illustration
Generalized map
Definition
Example/illustration
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Geographic tools
Global positioning systems (GPS)
Definition
Example/illustration
Remote sensing
Definition
Example/illustration
Geographic information systems (GIS)
Definition
Example/illustration
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Scale and Connectedness
rescale
Definition
Example/illustration
---Regions
Formal region
Definition
Example/illustration
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Functional region
Definition
Example/illustration
Perceptual region
Definition
Example/illustration
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----Culture
Culture
Definition
Example/illustration
Cultural train
Definition
Example/illustration
Culture complex
Definition
Example/illustration
Cultural hearth
Definition
Example/illustration
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Cultural diffusion
Definition
Example/illustration
Time-distance decay
Definition
Example/illustration
Cultural barriers
Definition
Example/illustration
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----Diffusion
expansion diffusion
Definition
Example/illustration
Contagious diffusion
Definition
Example/illustration
Hierarchical diffusion
Definition
Example/illustration
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Stimulus diffusion
Definition
Example/illustration
Relocation diffusion
Definition
Example/illustration
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Geographic Concepts
environmental determinism
Definition
Example/illustration
Possibilism
Definition
Example/illustration
Cultural ecology
Definition
Example/illustration
Political ecology
Definition
Example/illustration
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“Others”
time zones
Definition
Example/illustration
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More Maps
Scale
Definition
Example/illustration
Projections
Definition
Example/illustration
Grid lines
Definition
Example/illustration
latitude
Definition
Example/illustration
longitude
Definition
Example/illustration
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Mercator’s Projection
Definition
Example/illustration
Cylindrical projection
Definition
Example/illustration
Conic projection
Definition
Example/illustration
Planar projection
Definition
Example/illustration
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YOU SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO DEFINE THE WORLDS BELOW FOR EXTRA CREDIT-ATTACH AN EXAMPLE OF EACH
from Kuby Ch 1 or
de Blij Appendix A:
distortion
map projection
Mercator projection
Robinson projection
dot map
isoline map
choropleth map
proportional symbol map
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