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AP Human Geography Exam Review - Terms you Need to Know || Questions & Answers (Rated A+) AP Human Geography Exam Review - Terms you Need to Know || Questions & Answers (Rated A+) The five themes of geography - ANSWER - 1) Location 2) Human-environment interactions 3) Region 4) Place 5) Movement Environmental Determinism - ANSWER - The view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life, including cultural development. Seen as racist becaus...

The five themes of geography - 1) Location 2) Human-environment interactions 3) Region 4) Place 5) Movement Environmental Determinism - The view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life, including cultural development. Seen as racist because the "ideal environment" was where the wealthy, whites were. Possibilism - The view that human decision making, not the environment, is the crucial factor in cultural development.Views the environm...

AP Human Geography AMSCO Unit 1 ACTUAL 2023 EXAM 70 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS spatial approach - ANSWER- The way of identifying, explaining, and predicting the human and physical patterns and the connections of various locations. physical geography - ANSWER- the branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes human geography - ANSWER- The study of where and why human activities are located where they are absolute location - ANSWER- Exact location of a p...

AP Human Geography UNIT ONE Already Passed situation location of a place on Earth relative to other places (good for unfamiliar places through reference to familiar ones) site physical characteristics of a place (ex. climate, water bodies, topography, soil, vegetation, elevation) scale relationship between a portion of Earth and the Earth as a whole (ex. 1:24000 means 1 unit of a map of a place on Earth relates to 24000 of the unit on the actual Earth) vernacular region region people create a...

The two main types of geography are _____ and ______ - Human; physical A type of diffusion where nearly all of the people around are affected is called _________ _________ - Contagious diffusion ____________ is a map that shows a small area in great detail - Large scale __________ ________ measures the total area of a country divided by the population - Arithmetic density The layers upon layers that groups leave behind for the next are called __________ __________ - Se...

AP Human Geography Latest 2023 Already Passed Reference map Shows location of places and geographic features thematic map a map that shows a particular theme, or topic absolute distance The distance that can be measured with a standard unit length, such as a mile or kilometer. absolute direction A compass direction such as north or south. relative distance Approximate measurement of the physical space between two places. relative direction culturally based and locationally variable directio...

Cartography the study and practice of making maps Ex- In the middle ages the cartographers had studied the map in a flat structure while today the cartographers make maps based on the Earth being round. Climate a measure of the average pattern of variation in temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological variables in a given region over long periods of time. Ex- The climate in a country can become a push factor for the pe...

AP Human Geography Unit 3 Key Terms 100% Correct Artifacts The material manifestations of culture, including tools, housing, systems of land use, clothing, etc. Built environment The part of the physical landscape that represents material culture, including buildings, roads, bridges, etc. Core The zone of greatest concentration or homogeneity of the culture traits that characterize a region. Cultural convergence The tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technol...

Introduction to geography in general correct answer: oScience, social science, geography "The" Scientific method Science should be •Rational, objective, systematic •Make testable/repeatable predictions Science shouldn't be •Dogmatic (should be open-minded) •Ideological (free from bias) •TrivialTestable predictions are crucialoSocial science uses science to study the social and cultural environment Geography :) correct answer: o"The scientific study of the location of p...

AP Human Geography Ch. 1-6 Graded A+ Cartography the making of maps and charts Map Distortion Happens when a round surface is made flat; distortion may be in size or shape of land forms, distance between land forms, or in direction. Map Projection a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude Map Scale shows the ratio between distances on a map and distances on the earth Geographic Scale ratio comparing the distance on the real world to the distanc...