AP Human Geography
Unit I – Geography: It’s Nature & Perspective
Ch. 1 – Introduction to Human Geography
I) What is Human Geography?
Define human geography.
What does globalization mean?
How and Why does globalization occur at the global scale?
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What are geographic questions?
How does the study of physical geography differ from the study of human geography?
Define the word spatial.
List and define the Five Themes of Geography:
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What does it mean to have a “sense of place?”
Spatial interaction between places depends on what 3 things?
Define Cultural Landscape.
Who was Carl Sauer?
What is sequent occupance? Give YOUR OWN example.
III)
Why do geographers use maps, and what do maps tell us?
What is cartography?
Define absolute location. Give an example.
Define relative location. Give an example.
What is a mental map? Why are they so important?
What is an activity space?
IV)
Why are geographers concerned with scale and connectedness?
Scale has 2 meanings, what are they?
Why are geographers interested in studying phenomenon at different scales?
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Why do geographers separate the world into regions?
What is a formal region? Give an example.
What is a functional region? Give an example.
What is a perceptual region? Give an example.
Define the term Culture.
What is a culture trait? Give an example.
What is a culture complex? Give an example.
What is culture diffusion?
Define each of the following and provide an example for each:
expansion diffusion –
contagious diffusion –
hierarchical diffusion –
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What are geographic concepts, and how are they used in answering geographic
questions?
What is environmental determinism? Provide an example.
What is possibilism? Provide an example.
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