AP Human Geography: Key Concepts in Location, Maps, and Data Collection

Location

Where something is on Earth.

Place

Physical & human characteristics (climate, culture, etc.).

Region

Areas grouped by common traits.

Movement

How people, goods, and ideas move.

Human-Environment Interaction

How humans adapt to and change the environment.

Latitude

Horizontal lines, north to south

Longitude

Vertical lines, east to west

Absolute Location

Exact coordinates.

Relative Location

Where something is compared to other places.

Site

Physical features of a place.

Situation

Location relative to surroundings.

Map

A 2D representation of Earth's surface.

Atlas

A collection of maps.

Thematic Maps

Show specific data (climate, population, etc.).

GIS (Geographic Information System)

Digital layers of geographic data.

GPS (Global Positioning System)

Satellites provide location.

Remote Sensing

Satellites collecting Earth data.

Online Mapping

Maps on the internet (Google Maps).

Fieldwork

Collecting data on-site.

U.S. Census

Population/economic data collection.

Aerial Photography

Plane/satellite images.

Flow Line Map

Uses lines of varying width and arrows to show quantity of movement of people or goods between various locations

Choropleth Map

Putting features into classes and using intensity in shading to communicate information.

Proportional Symbol Map

Using a symbol the size of which it corresponds to the magnitude of the mapped feature

Isoline Map

using continuous lines to show the boundary of a particular value

Catogram Map

Adjusting the size of the country so it corresponds to the magnitude of the mapped feature

Dot Map

using dots in which each dot represents some frequency

Which map represents a flow line map?

Which map represents a Choropleth map?

Which map represents a proportional symbol?

Which map represents a isoline map?

Which map represents a catogram map?

Which map represents a dot map?

Large scale map

less area would be shown in greater detail (think “zoom in”)

Small Scale Map

more area would be shown in less detail (think “zoom out”)

Which map represents a global scale?

Which map represents a national scale?

Which map represents a regional scale?

Which map represents a sub-national scale?

Which map represents a local scale?

Which map represents a global scale of analysis?

Which map represents a regional scale of analysis?

Which map represents a national scale of analysis?

Which map represents a local scale of analysis?

What does a global scale of analysis show?

the world at one level of data, no boundary lines on map

What does a regional scale of analysis show?

shows data by continents or world regions.

What does a national scale of analysis show?

National scale of analysis shows data for one or more countries

What does a local scale of analysis show?

shows data at a subnational level, states or counties

What does the Mercator projection show and distort?

lines of latitude and longitude run perpendicular and the size of land masses is distorted

What does the Gall-Peters Projection show and distort?

Correctly represents the size of land masses , but

it distorts their shape

What does the McArthur's Upside Down Map show and distort?

Challenges the traditional North up orientation of

our maps

What does the Goode Homolosine Equal Area Projection Show?

Preserves the size and shape of landmasses

distance between land masses is distorted

What another name for the Goode Homolosine Equal Area Projection?

The interupted Map

What does the Robinson Projection show and distort?

Good general purpose map that slightly

distorts the features of the globe

What does the Azimuthal / Polar Projection show and distort?

Map is oriented around a single point, shape

is distorted farthest from the center

What does the Winkle Tripel Projection show?

General purpose map that very slightly distorts

the features of the globe

The four common characteristics of the globe that maps can distort

size, shape, direction, distance

Which map represents the Mercator Projection Map?

Which map represents the Gall-Peters Projection?

Which map represents the Goode Homolisine Equal Area Projection

Which map represents the Robinson Projection Map?

Which map represents the Azimuthal / Polar Projection Map?

Which map represents the winkle tripel projection map?