AP Human Geography
Review
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Map types: Vocabulary
• Thematic Maps
– Isoline Maps
– Choropleth Maps
– Proportional Symbol Map
– Dot Map
– Cartogram
Isoline Map
Choropleth Map
Proportional Symbol Map
Dot Map
Cartogram
Terms Map Scale/Projection
Pg. 8-9
• Map Scale
• Projection
• Mercator Projection
• Goode Homolosine Projection
• Robinson Projection
1. Map Scale/ Projection
Map Scale Types
• How would
these be
used?
1. Map Scale/ Projection
• Examples of scale
on a map.
– How will you
remember small
vs. large scale?
1. Map Scale/ Projection
1. Map Scale/ Projection
Mercator: Cylindrical projection. Distortion at poles (much larger) because lines
of longitude & latitude are perpendicular.
Map Scale/ Projection
Mollweide and Robinson projections: conical projection or sinusoidal, much more
accurate at poles.
Map Scale/ Projection
Goode Homolosine Projection:
Vocab: Geographic Grid
pg. 10-11
• Meridian
• Longitude
• Prime Meridian
• Parallel
• Latitude
• Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
• International Date Line
Geographic Grid
• What lines
should you
know and
be able to
identify on
the world
grid?
Geographic Grid
Geographic Grid
Contemporary Tools
pg. 12-13
• Geographic information science (GIS)
• Remote Sensing
• Layering
• Google Earth
Contemporary Tools
Contemporary Tools
Share with classmates
• Features of google earth
Vocab: Place
pg. 14-15
• Location
• Toponym
• Site
• Situation
Place: A Unique Location
• Toponym
Place: A Unique Location
• Site
Place: A Unique Location
• Situation
Vocab: Region
pg 16-17
• Cultural Landscape
• Formal region (uniform region)
• Functional region (nodal region)
• Vernacular region (perceptual region
• Mental map
Region: A Unique Area
• Formal
Region: A Unique Area
• Functional
Region
Region: A Unique Area
• Vernacular
region
Vocab: Scale: From Local to Global
pg. 18-21
• Culture
• Spatial association
• Scale
• Globalization
• Transnational corporation
Regions of
Culture
Scale: From Local to Global
• Globalization
Scale: From Local to Global
• Transnational
coporation
Vocab: Distribution of Features/
Cultural Identity
• Space
• Distribution
• Density
• Concentration
• Pattern
• Cultural Identity in Space
Distribution of Features
• Distribution of
Homes
Distribution of Features
• Pattern
Contemporary Issues & Geography
Vocab: Connections Between
Places
• Hearth
• Diffusion
• Relocation diffusion
• Expansion diffusion
• Hierarchical diffusion
• Contagious diffusion
• Stimulus diffusion
Connections Between Places
• Relocation
diffusion
Connections Between Places
• Hierarchical
diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
• Contagious
Diffusion
Expansion Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
Vocab: Spatial Interaction
• Distance decay
• Space-time compression
• Uneven development
Spatial
Interaction
• Space-time
compression
Uneven Development
Vocab: Sustainability/ Earth’s
Physical Systems
Conservation
Preservation
Renewable/non-renewable resources
Sustainability
Biotic
Abiotic
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
Biosphere
Pillars of Sustainability
Earth’s Physical Systems
Earth’s Physical Systems
• Climate
Regions
Vocab: Sustainability/ modifying
the earth’s environment
• Erosion
• Depletion of nutrients
• Cultural ecology
• Environmental determinism
• Possibilism
• Polder
• Sustainable Unsustainable ecosystem
Sustainability
• Biosphere
Sustainability
• Possibilism
Modifying the environment
• Unsustainable
Ecosystem