Ap human geo notes

Location

The position of something on the Earth's surface, can be absolute (latitude and longitude) or relative (in relation to other places).

Place

The distinctive physical and human characteristics of a location.

Human Geography

The study of how humans interact with their environment.

Movement

The mobility of individuals, goods, and ideas; influences human spatial interactions.

Regions

Areas that display specific criteria and have one or more distinctive characteristics.

Thematic Maps

Specialized maps that show specific data, including isoline, choropleth, graduated symbol, dot maps, and cartograms.

Isoline Map

A thematic map that uses lines of equal value to represent data like elevation or temperature.

Choropleth Map

A thematic map that uses shading patterns or colors to represent data.

Graduated Symbol Map

A thematic map where the size of symbols corresponds to the intensity of the data being mapped.

Dot Map

A thematic map that uses dots to represent the frequency of a phenomenon.

Cartogram

A thematic map that distorts the size of political units to represent data value.

LACEMOPS

An acronym representing climatic factors: Latitude, Air Masses, Continentality, Elevation, Mountain barriers, Ocean currents, Pressure cells, Storms.

High Pressure

Air that is cold, heavy, and descends.

Low Pressure

Air that is warm, light, and rises.

Desert

A region that is high and dry with limited vegetation.

MDC

Most Developed Countries like the USA and Canada.

NIC

Newly Industrialized Countries such as China and Brazil.

LDC

Least Developed Countries like Angola and Burundi.

Map Scale

The ratio between a distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground.

Fill in the Blank Example: The key outcome of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling of 1954 was __________.

Separate facilities are inherently unequal.

Absolute Distance

Measurement of distance in quantitative terms, such as miles or kilometers.

Relative Distance

Measurement of distance in qualitative terms, such as '20 minutes south'.

Clustering

The arrangement of objects close together in a geographical space.

Dispersal

The spread of objects over a geographical area.

Meridians

Imaginary lines running from the North to South Pole, used to measure longitude.

Parallels

Imaginary lines that run around the earth horizontally, used to measure latitude.