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AP Human Geography Chapter 1 (Basic Concepts) Test Review

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Human Geography
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RUBENSTEIN, An Introduction to Human Geography, The Cultural Landscape Chapter 1 Basic Concepts MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Which of the following statements concerning spatial systems is not correct? A) Maps cannot be used to measure and analyze systems, only models can. B) The analysis of the role of each component helps reveal the operation of the entire system. C) They function as units because their component parts are interdependent. D) Spatial systems may be the basis for regional identification. Answer: A 2) Which of the following is an essential perspective used by geographers in forming their concepts? A) Absolute B) Human C) Relative D) Spatial Answer: D

Chapter 16 - Brinkley 13th edition

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Aboriginal title in the United States
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The Conquest of the Far West -?frontier? = place 4 new beginnings, opportunities, wealth, and adventure -Myths were created about the frontier that were not true except for some exceptions -People living in the West relied on the federal government -the idea of the frontier is the land that was unsettled, the west was the last frontier because people felt that once coast to coast was settled, the US would move into the area and populate it? it was a new territory that was not discovered. It was temporary because once settlements came about things became final and change/ challenges/ action began to stop. -Myth= life in the frontier was exciting/ thrilling/ unsettled

pattison-fourtraditionsgeography

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THE FOUR TRADITIONS OF GEOGRAPHY* WILLIAM D. PATTISON San Fernando Valley State College In 1905, one year after professional geography in this country achieved full social identity through the founding of the Association of American Geographers, William Morris Davis responded to a familiar suspicion that geography is simply an undisciplined ?omnium-gatherum? by describing an approach that as he saw it imparts a ?geographical quality? to some knowledge and accounts for the absence of the quality elsewhere.1 Davis spoke as president of the AAG. He set an example that was followed by more than one president of that organization. An enduring official concern led the AAG to publish, in 1939 and in 1959, monographs exclusively devoted to a

chapter_1_power_point.pdf

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? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Chapter 1: Basic Concepts The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Defining Geography ? Word coined by Eratosthenes ? Geo = Earth ? Graphia = writing ? Geography thus means ?earth writing? ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Contemporary Geography ? Geographers ask where and why ? Location and distribution are important terms ? Geographers are concerned with the tension between globalization and local diversity ? A division: physical geography and human geography ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Geography?s Vocabulary ? Place ? Region ? Scale ? Space ? Connections ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Maps ? Two purposes ? As reference tools

chapter_1_power_point.pdf

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? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Chapter 1: Basic Concepts The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Defining Geography ? Word coined by Eratosthenes ? Geo = Earth ? Graphia = writing ? Geography thus means ?earth writing? ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Contemporary Geography ? Geographers ask where and why ? Location and distribution are important terms ? Geographers are concerned with the tension between globalization and local diversity ? A division: physical geography and human geography ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Geography?s Vocabulary ? Place ? Region ? Scale ? Space ? Connections ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Maps ? Two purposes ? As reference tools

Chapter 6 powerpoint

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Environmental Science
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Fisheries
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Chapter 6 Aquatic Biodiversity Chapter Overview Questions What are the basic types of aquatic life zones and what factors influence the kinds of life they contain? What are the major types of saltwater life zones, and how do human activities affect them? What are the major types of freshwater life zones, and how do human activities affect them? Updates Online The latest references for topics covered in this section can be found at the book companion website. Log in to the book?s e-resources page at www.thomsonedu.com to access InfoTrac articles. InfoTrac: Down the bayou: a marine biologist, a community, and the resolve to preserve an ocean's bounty. Taylor Sisk. Earth Island Journal, Autumn 2006 v21 i3 p27(6).

Biome for Colorad Springs

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M2A1 Eric Mackey For this assignment, identify the biome in which you live. Using the readings for this module, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, respond to the following: Explain how humans have impacted the biome in which you live. List the types of environmental damage that have been caused and the species that have been impacted. Describe the major pollution issues for your biome, and elaborate on the sources of this pollution. List any species that have become extinct in this biome. Support your statements with appropriate examples and scholarly references. Write your initial response in approximately 300?350 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Communities and Biomes

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Chapter 3 Communities and Biomes Communities Life in a Community Limiting factor: any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the existence, numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms. Tolerance: the ability of an organism to withstand fluctuations in biotic and abiotic environmental factors Succession: Changes over Time Succession: the orderly, natural changes and species replacements that take place in the communities of an ecosystem Succession occurs in stages. At each stage, different species of plants and animals may be present. Primary succession: the colonization of barren land by communities of organisms The first species to take hold in an area like this are called pioneer species.

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