AP Human Geo Key Geographical terms unit 1

Latitude

Flat, horizontal lines going from left to right

Longitude

Long, vertical lines going up and down

Greenwhich

Location in England at 0 degrees latitude and longitude

GIS

Technology used for observing landscape changes over time, used on streets, elevation and parcels

Toponym

Name given to a place on earth

Remote sensing

Using outer technology such as satellites to map, chart or scan land mass.

Site

Characteristics of a location like climate, water sources and soil

Situation

A way to indicate location of a place relative to other places

Density

The frequency of when something occurs in space

Concentration

Extent of a feature spread over space

Uneven development

The increasing gap in economic traditions between regions in the core

Mental map

A persons point of view perception of an area they interacted with

Polder

Low-lying land that has been reclaimed by building dikes. (Netherlands)

Space-time-compression

Reduction in time it takes something to reach another place

Cartography

The science/practice of drawing maps