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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY NEW EXAM2024-2025
Human geography is the study of how people interact with one another and how we
modify the environment. It includes religion, language, political organizations,
trade, immigration, agriculture, and other topics.
Geocaching - Answer New sport based on a global treasure hunt using GPS units
and clues posted on the Internet.
ANSWER: Relative Location Describes a place in connection to other people and
physical features.
Activity locations - ANSWER Places where you frequently travel, your mental
map begins to engage.
Medical geography - ANSWER History of contemporary studies on diseases that
have spread over the world
Spatial Distribution - ANSWER Physical location geographical phenomenon
throughout space.
Globalization - ANSWER A set of processes that increase connections, foster
relationships, and heighten interdependence regardless of country borders. Global
processes produce a set of consequences that are unevenly distributed and manifest
differently around the world.
Why is globalization included in the study of human geography? - ANSWER
Processes at the global scale, as well as processes that overlook processes at the
individual, local, regional, and national levels, continue to impact human
geography and globalization.
, Describe a remote location where Globalization has altered over the previous
century. - ANSWER TECHNOLOGY.
ANSWER: A regional outbreak. (Ex. Flu)
A pandemic is a disease outbreak that affects the entire planet. (Ex. Ebola)
Spatial Distribution - Answer Looking at a map of how something is dispersed over
space allows a geographer to ask questions about how the arrangement came about,
what processes create and sustain the specific pattern of distribution, and what
linkages exist between different places and things.
Explain the significance of spatial distribution in comprehending phenomena. -
ANSWER The why and where of everything. Why does it only happen there?
Remember that! It enables us to see the origin of things.
Discuss the link between history and geography. - ANSWER The link between
history and geography is particularly intimate because they reflect two essential
aspects of the same phenomenon. History looks at human experience through the
lens of time, and geography through the lens of space.
Describe the concept of place as used by geographers. - ANSWER Highlights how
the geographical location of people and objects on Earth's surface influences what
happens and why.
Location Theory - ANSWER is a component of current human geography that
seeks answers to a wide range of questions.
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