1213 ACORN Terms, Concepts, Models, Geographers
Complete these terms in your own writing on notebook paper. Be sure to use a Geographic definition.
Resources:

Vocabulary documents from the Rubenstein, DeBlij, Domash and Knox books > these are online at the
class website.

StudyStack is a good online vocabulary site.

Note: WIKIPEDIA is NOT a completely credible source – take care when using it, you need to find 2 other
sites that agree with Wikipedia in order to use it.

More good sources are listed at www.geographysource.wikispaces.com
Unit 1/ACORN NATURE AND PERSPECTIVES
The following terms transcend all units in AP Human Geography; they are central to all geographic thinking and
analysis and could be considered central to any definition of geography. Please use all available sources (other
APHG books, websites, class notes….) to find good geographic definitions.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
accessibility
built landscape
centralized pattern
clustered/agglomerated
Cultural attributes of a place
Cultural landscape
Direction: absolute
Direction: Relative
dispersed/scattered
Dispersion/concentration
Distance: Absolute
Distance: Relative
friction of distance
Generation
Location : Absolute
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
Location : relative
Natural landscape
network
random Pattern
Scale: Global
Scale: local
Scale: Regional
sequent occupance
Signage
Size
Spatial interaction
Spatial perspective
GEOGRAPHIC TOOLS
28. Geographic Model
29. international date line
30. Map Distortion
31. Map Grid
32. Map Scale
33. Mental Map
34. North and South poles
35. Time Zones
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1213 ACORN Terms, Concepts, Models, Geographers
Complete these terms in your own writing on notebook paper. Be sure to use a Geographic definition.
Resources:

Vocabulary documents from the Rubenstein, DeBlij, Domash and Knox books > these are online at the
class website.

StudyStack is a good online vocabulary site.

Note: WIKIPEDIA is NOT a completely credible source – take care when using it, you need to find 2 other
sites that agree with Wikipedia in order to use it.

More good sources are listed at www.geographysource.wikispaces.com
Unit 1/ACORN NATURE AND PERSPECTIVES
The following terms transcend all units in AP Human Geography; they are central to all geographic thinking and
analysis and could be considered central to any definition of geography. Please use all available sources (other
APHG books, websites, class notes….) to find good geographic definitions.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
Accessibility
built landscape
centralized pattern
clustered/agglomerated
Cultural attributes of a place
Cultural landscape
Direction: absolute
Direction: Relative
dispersed/scattered
Dispersion/concentration
Distance: Absolute
Distance: Relative
friction of distance
Generation
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
Location : Absolute
Location : relative
Natural landscape
network
random Pattern
Scale: Global
Scale: local
Scale: Regional
sequent occupance
Signage
Size
Spatial interaction
Spatial perspective
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
GEOGRAPHIC TOOLS
Geographic Model
international date line
Map Distortion
Map Grid
Map Scale
Mental Map
North and South poles
Time Zones