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Ap Human Geography Chapter 1 notes

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Ch.?1: Basic Concepts Human Geography???the study of where and why human activities are located where they are ? for example, religions, businesses, and cities.? Physical?Geography???studies where and why natural forces occur as they do ? for example, climates, landforms, and types of vegetation.? Map?? a 2-D, or flat, representation of the Earth?s surface or a portion of the Earth?s surface.? Best way to show location and demonstrate insights gathered by spatial analysis.? Geography is distinguished from other disciplines by its reliance on maps to display and analyze information. Place?? name given to a portion of the Earth?s surface. ?Every place occupies a unique location, or position, on Earth?s surface, and geographers have many ways to identify locations.

AP Human Geography Ch. 1 notes

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Nayree Panossian AP Human Geography Ch.1 - 1 Notes Geography = The study of where things are found on earths surface and the reasons for the locations. Maps as reference tools = a map helps us find the shortest route btw 2 places, and to avoid getting lost along the way. We consult maps to know where in the world some place is found. Maps as communication tools = a map is often the best means for showing the distribution of human activities or physical features, as well as for thinking about reasons underlying a distribution. Early Maps = the earliest of maps were reference tools ? simple navigation devices designed to show a traveler how to get from point A to point B.

Geological Time Scale

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Eon Era Period Epoch Major Events Phanerozoic Cenozoic Quaternary (0-1.6 million yrs BP) Holocene (Present-10,000 yrs) Modern humans develop. Pleistocene Ice Age Interglacial. Pleistocene (10,000 -1,600,000 yrs) Pleistocene Ice Age. Extinction of many species of large mammals and birds. Tertiary Pliocene (1.6-5.3 million yrs) Development of hominid bipedalism. Cascade Mountains began forming. Climate cooling. Miocene (5.3-24 million yrs) Chimpanzee and hominid lines evolve. Extensive glaciation in Southern Hemisphere. Climate cooling. Oligocene (24-37 million yrs) Browsing mammals and many types of modern plants evolve. Creation of the Alps and Himalaya mountain chains. Volcanoes form in Rocky Mountains. Eocene
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