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| 4750733282 | Formal Region | region with a high level consistency in certain cultural or physical attribute, has official boundaries; are defined formally by government or other structures, such as cities, states,country, and mountain ranges; Ex. New York, Canada | 0 | |
| 4750802603 | Absolute Location | a point on the earth's surface expressed by a coordinate system such as latitude and longitude. Actual space a place occupies on the Earth's surface. | 1 | |
| 4750803430 | Functional Region | regions made up of a central place and surrounding areas affected by it. Usually have a central city surrounded by smaller towns. Ex. Los Angeles | 2 | |
| 4750805392 | Vernacular (Perceptual) Region | A place that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity. Ex. The Middle East, The South | 3 | |
| 4750811624 | Cultural Landscape | cultural properties that represent the combined works of nature and of man | 4 | |
| 4750814505 | Density | number of things (animals, people, plants) in a certain area. Population Density: # of people/miles or km | 5 | |
| 4750820046 | Geographic Information System (GIS) | computer system for capturing, storing, displaying and checking data related to the position on the Earth's surface. | 6 | |
| 4750821031 | Distribution | refers to the way something is spread out or arranged over a geographic area | 7 | |
| 4750822010 | Latitude | a measure of relative position north or south on the Earth's surface, measured in degrees from the equator,which has a latitude of 0 degrees. | 8 | |
| 4750823679 | Core concepts of Human Geo | space, place, location, scales and regions | 9 | |
| 4750830870 | What is human geography | the study of why peole choose to live where they do | 10 | |
| 4750831208 | what is the study of geography | explores where, how, and why different places, people, and environments came to exist and the various effects it has on another | 11 | |
| 4750961830 | Father of Geography | Erathosthenes ( Greek scholar and mathematician) | 12 | |
| 4750963192 | what "firsts" did Erathosthenes | 1. first to compute the circumference of the Earth, by using measurement called stades 2. he invent pi 3.14 3. he was the first to accurately calculate the tilt of the earth's axis 4. he invented latitude and longitude 5. first to measure the equator (25,000 m) | 13 | |
| 4750975699 | Herodotus | drew the first map of the known world in 450 B.C.E. | 14 | |
| 4750981563 | Location sense of space | attributes- physical, cultural, emotional-that a location has personality | 15 | |
| 4750983171 | Placelessnes | a place actually loses its sense of being "special" | 16 | |
| 4750986377 | 5 key geographic skills in AP human geo | 1) the ability to interpret maps, graphs, tables, charts, and other spatial data. 2) how to understand and interpret the implications of the of the relationships among observable facts in places. 3) how to recognize and interpret relationships among patterns and processes at different scales. 4) how to define regions and evaluate the regionalization process. 5) how to characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places. | 17 | |
| 4750993708 | longitude | the distance east and west of the prime Meridian in meridians | 18 | |
| 4750994584 | meridian | lines of equal length that meet at the north and south poles | 19 | |
| 4750995548 | mental map | maps in our mind the enable us to go places without getting lost or needing help | 20 | |
| 4750996307 | model | a simplified generalization of someting in real life | 21 | |
| 4750996782 | place | anthor word for location | 22 | |
| 4750996854 | projection | versions of maps that try to minimize one attribue of the map which usually results in distortions in location, distance, direction, scale, and area | 23 | |
| 4751003595 | region | an area that displays a common trait such as culture, government, landform, language etc. | 24 | |
| 4751004839 | relative location | the location of a place in relation to the location of the other places | 25 | |
| 4751005140 | remote sensing | process of detection the natre ofan area from a distance, been around for 150 years | 26 | |
| 4751008572 | representative fraction | a map scale in which figures representing units are expressed in the form of fractions. Distance on map/corresponding distance on map |  | 27 |
| 4751021943 | scale | the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it | 28 | |
| 4751023165 | site | physical location of a place | 29 | |
| 4751023615 | situtation | refers to the location of place based on its relation to other places | 30 | |
| 4751024439 | space | extent of area that is occupied by something | 31 | |
| 4751024961 | diffusion | movement of people, ideas, customs, and information, between places. 2 types are Relocation and Expansion | 32 | |
| 4751027355 | relocation | physical transfer of idea, trait, or artifact to new region | 33 | |
| 4751028125 | Expansion | spread of idea, trait, or artifact usage to neighbor region. 2 types of expansion or Hierarchical, Contagious, Stimulus | 34 | |
| 4751028925 | spatial distribution | array of items on the earth's surface |  | 35 |
| 4751033474 | Hierarchical Diffusion | The spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places | 36 | |
| 4751036074 | Contagious Diffusion | The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population. | 37 | |
| 4751050155 | Stimulus Diffusion | Part of an idea that diffuses but not the whole idea of concept | 38 | |
| 4751051637 | Mercator projection | a map projection of the earth onto a cylinder | 39 | |
| 4751051983 | Thematic Map | a map that displays a single type of information | 40 | |
| 4751053504 | Graduated Circle Map | size of circle conveys number of occurences of even in area |  | 41 |
| 4751054542 | Dot Map | displays pattern, distribution, dispersion of data in an area |  | 42 |
| 4751057232 | Choropleth Map | a map that uses differences in shading, coloring, or the placing of symbols within predefined areas to indicate the average values of a property or quantity in those areas. |  | 43 |
| 4751063815 | Topographic Map | is a detailed map of the surface features of land. It includes the mountains, hills, creeks, and other bumps and lumps on a particular hunk of earth. |  | 44 |
| 4751065303 | Large Scale Map | show smaller areas in more detail, such as county maps or town plans might. | 45 | |
| 4751072118 | small scale map | A map depicting a large area, such as an entire country, shows more territory, but less detailed |  | 46 |
| 4751073411 | Equidistant projections | used when accurate distance from the center of the map are required | 47 | |
| 4751689015 | spatial diffustion | is the spread of something over time or space | 48 |
