AP Human Unit 1 Flashcards
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| 7512556179 | acculturation | the change in culture that results from the meeting of 2 groups, each with distinct cultural features | 0 | |
| 7512566592 | assimilation | when a group's cultural features are altered to resemble those of another more dominant group | 1 | |
| 7512579875 | cartography | the science of making maps | 2 | |
| 7512579876 | climate | the long term average weather condition at a particular location | 3 | |
| 7512586546 | concentration | how spread apart features are.. clustered or dispersed | 4 | |
| 7512590732 | connection | the relationship among people and objects across the barrier of space | 5 | |
| 7512603910 | conservation | the sustainable management of a natural resource | 6 | |
| 7512610115 | contagious diffusion | the rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature throughout a population | 7 | |
| 7512618658 | culture | customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that constitute a group's distinct tradition | 8 | |
| 7512630326 | cultural ecology | an approach that emphasizes human environment relationships | 9 | |
| 7512738771 | cultural landscape | emphasizes the relationship among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area | 10 | |
| 7512744390 | density | frequency which something exists within a given area | 11 | |
| 7512750193 | diffusion | the spread of a feature from one place to another | 12 | |
| 7512787656 | distance decay | diminished importance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin | 13 | |
| 7512796735 | distortion | 1. Distance -places can be farther apart or closer together 2. Direction -places can be oriented incorrectly 3. Space -places may appear more elongated than normal 4. Scale -areas are altered and some objects may appear bigger or smaller | 14 | |
| 7512812641 | distribution | arrangement of something across earth's surface | 15 | |
| 7513289067 | peters projection | -keeps land masses equal in area - shapes very distorted which makes this controversial |  | 16 |
| 7513289068 | Mercator projection | - shows true direction - land forms very distorted - polar areas too large (Greenland > South America) - used by ship navigators |  | 17 |
| 7513302171 | polar projection | - accurate at center of projection - good for directions - latitude lines are distorted - can't see entire world because edges are distorted - "great circles" show the distance between 2 points on Earth's surface |  | 18 |
| 7512819401 | environmental determinism | similar environments produce similar cultures | 19 | |
| 7513348265 | biodiversity | The number of different species within a specific habitat. | 20 | |
| 7512823141 | expansion diffusion | spread of a feature among people from one area to another | 21 | |
| 7512829813 | field experience | 22 | ||
| 7512834666 | formal region (uniform) | area where everyone shares common/same characteristics | 23 | |
| 7512838961 | functional region (nodal) | an area organized around a focal point | 24 | |
| 7512843781 | geography | description of earth's surface and the people and processes that shape its landscape | 25 | |
| 7512859454 | GIS | analysis of data about earth acquired through satellite and other electronic tech | 26 | |
| 7512869384 | global grid | 27 | ||
| 7512876180 | globalization | actions that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope | 28 | |
| 7512880898 | GPS | a system that determines precise position of something on earth with satellites, tracking stations, & receivers | 29 | |
| 7512888214 | hearth | the region from which innovative ideas originate | 30 | |
| 7512893336 | hierarchical diffusion | spread of a feature from one key person of authority to other places | 31 | |
| 7512926515 | human geography | study of different ways individuals form ideas about place and give them symbolic meaning | 32 | |
| 7512940893 | latitude | north & south equator | 33 | |
| 7512953912 | prime meridian or greenwich | measure 0 degrees longitude | 34 | |
| 7512956466 | equator | measure 0 degrees latitude | 35 | |
| 7512961457 | longitude | east & west of prime meridian | 36 | |
| 7512986721 | location | position of anything on earth's surface | 37 | |
| 7513081452 | mashup | a map that overlays data from one source on top of a map by a mapping service | 38 | |
| 7513086138 | network | a chain of communication that connects places | 39 | |
| 7513089633 | pattern | arrangement of something in a particular area | 40 | |
| 7513094409 | physical geography | 41 | ||
| 7513097564 | place | specific point on earth with a specific characteristic | 42 | |
| 7513102561 | possibilism | physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people can adjust to environment | 43 | |
| 7513116708 | preservation | maintenance of resources in their present condition with little human impact | 44 | |
| 7514689876 | reference map | Show locations of places and geographic feature | 45 | |
| 7513129473 | region | an are distinguished by a unique combo of trends or features | 46 | |
| 7514698173 | chloropleth map | depict areas that are different in amount using similar colors (high, low population) | 47 | |
| 7514702866 | categorical map | depict areas that are different is kind using different colors (desert, forest) | 48 | |
| 7513133327 | relocation diffusion | spread of a feature through bodily movement of people from one place to another | 49 | |
| 7513139170 | remote sensing | acquiring of data about earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet | 50 | |
| 7513142453 | satellite imagery | 51 | ||
| 7513155586 | scale | relationship between portion of earth being studied and earth as a whole | 52 | |
| 7513264943 | map scale | 1. Fraction (Graphic) Scale: 1//24,000 2. Ratio: 1:24,000 3. Written (Verbal) Scale*: "I inch equals 1 mile." | 53 | |
| 7513160264 | site | physical characteristic of a place | 54 | |
| 7513166931 | situation | location of a place relative to another place | 55 | |
| 7513170069 | space | physical gap between two objects | 56 | |
| 7513172991 | spatial association | relationship between distribution of one feature and distribution of another | 57 | |
| 7513189066 | stimulus diffusion | spread of a principle even though specific characteristics are rejected | 58 | |
| 7513198508 | sustainability | using renewable and non renewable in ways that do not constrain resource in future | 59 | |
| 7513206935 | syncretism | combining of elements of two groups into cultural features | 60 | |
| 7513216876 | thematic map | 61 | ||
| 7513220228 | toponym | name given to a portion of earths surface | 62 | |
| 7513223865 | time zones | 63 | ||
| 7513228991 | transnational corporation | a company that operates factories and sells products in many countries not just where headquarters are | 64 | |
| 7513240076 | vernacular region (perceptual) | an area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity | 65 | |
| 7513378443 | international date line | The meridian at 180 degrees longitude. It is located in the Pacific Ocean. Asia to America - Turn clocks back 24 hours. America to Asia - Turn clocks ahead 24 hours. | 66 | |
| 7513384153 | time space compression | reduction in time it takes for something to reach another place | 67 |