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AP Human Geography Ch. 7 Vocab and Def.

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Religion: a system of beliefs and ractices that attempts to order life in terms of culturally perceived ultimate priorities Secularism: The idea that ethical and moral standards should be formulated and adhered to for life on Earth, not to accommodate the prescriptions of a deity and promises of a comfortable afterlife. monotheistic religion: Belief system in which one Supreme Being is revered as creator and arbiter of all that exists in the universe. polytheistic religion: belief system in which multiple deities are revered as creators and arbiters of all that exists in the universe animistic religion: the beleif that inanimate objects, such as hills, trees, rocks, rivers, and other elements of natural landscape, possess souls and can help or hinder human efforts on Earth

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Julie Johansen APHUG Test 1 Five themes of Geography Location, place, human-environmental interactive, movement, region Geography: is a spatial perspective looking at patterns, and distributions on the earth?s surface Means Earth, to write Physical Geography; notes Human geography: the study of how people deal with each other and Earth Location: Absolute location: a specific place (address, coordinates, etc) Relative location: describing something in comparison to something else Place: beside having a specific location, every place has many other distinctive characteristics Region: geography divides the world into manageable units of study, the criteria for defining region can be natural or cultural and my change over time Three types of regions:

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Julie Johansen APHUG Test 1 Five themes of Geography Location, place, human-environmental interactive, movement, region Geography: is a spatial perspective looking at patterns, and distributions on the earth?s surface Means Earth, to write Physical Geography; notes Human geography: the study of how people deal with each other and Earth Location: Absolute location: a specific place (address, coordinates, etc) Relative location: describing something in comparison to something else Place: beside having a specific location, every place has many other distinctive characteristics Region: geography divides the world into manageable units of study, the criteria for defining region can be natural or cultural and my change over time Three types of regions:

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Site: physical character of a place Important site characteristics: climate, water sources, topography, soil, vegetation, latitude, and elevation. New York City?s manhattan island is twice as larger as today than It was in 1626. Situatation: location of a place relative to other places Valuable to indicate location bc : 1. Finding an unfamiliar place and understanding its importance. Helps find unfamiliar place because it helps locate referring to another location. Situation helps us understand importance of location. Example: Singapore Meridian: North south, longitude Prime meridian England Royal Observatory Greenwich England. Parallel East to west: latitude Equator 0 latitude N. pole 90 north latitude south is same Latitude could be measured longitude human creation

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AP Human Geography In your opinion, what region of the US is characterized by the following? -Jazz, blues: Louisianna, New Orleans -Fast, talkers, cheese steaks: New York, North East -Polka music, Scandinavian: Upper mid-west, Minnesota -Maple syrup, hard-working, punctual: New England -Micro-breweries, lots of tree huggers, gringe: Seattle, Washington What is Human Geography? Human Geography is the systematic study of the location of people and human activities across Earth?s surface and of their relationships to one another. ?Geo? Earth ?Graphy? Writing What exactly do we study? -Culture: -Economics: Levels of economic activity, economic development Primary level: agriculture, farming, mining Secondary Level: manufacturing Third level: Service Forth level: information

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Page 162 Vocabulary Definitions I used: Race: a constructed identity, built geographically Racism: Superiority attached to race Gender: sex of a person Identity: Marketed through cars, clothing, memberships, jewelry and houses Identifying against: first define ?other? and then define ourselves as ?not the other? Residential segregation:degree to which two or more groups live separately from one another in different parts of the urban environment. African Americans-Milwaukee Succession: New immigrants to a city often move to areas occupied by older immigrant groups.

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