Ap Human Geography Unit 1.1 quiz

Human Geography

The study of where and why human activities are located where they are

Spatial Organization

organization according to location, position, or direction

Spatial Interaction

the interactions of people, ideas, and commodities between different places

Map

A two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it.

Cartography

Act of making maps

Variable

A factor that can change

Isoline Map

Map displaying lines that connect points of equal value; for example, a map showing elevation levels or temperature

Choropleth Map

a map that uses differences in shading, coloring, or the placing of symbols within predefined areas to indicate the average values of a property or quantity in those areas. Like shading of united states and the most roller coasters

Porportional Symbol Map

Type of thematic map that used symbols like circles and the size of the circle to describe areas.

Dot Map

Maps where one dot represents a certain number of a phenomenon, such as a population.

Cartograms

A type of thematic map that transforms space such that the political unit with the greatest value for some type of data is represented by the largest relative area.

scale

the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole

Projection

The system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map.

Distortion

a change in the shape, size, or position of a place when it is shown on a map

Robinson Projection

Projection that attempts to balance several possible projection errors. It does not maintain completely accurate area, shape, distance, or direction, but it minimizes errors in each.

Mercator Projection

a projection of a map of the world onto a cylinder in such a way that all the parallels of latitude have the same length as the equator, used especially for marine charts and certain climatological maps.

Peters Projection

Introduced in 1974 by Arno Peters, and focuses on keeping landmasses equal in area. As a result, the shapes are distorted, and the map looks unfamiliar to viewers

Azimuthal Projection

a map projection that is made by moving the surface features of the globe onto a plane. Looks like the world is swirling.

geographic grid

a system of imaginary arcs drawn in a grid pattern on Earth's surface. Lines of longitude and latitude

parallel

A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians.Lines of latitude

Meridian

An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles. Lines of longitude

Greenwhich Mean Time (GMT)

The time in the zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0 degree longitude.

International Date Line

An arc that for the most part follows 180° longitude, although it deviates in several places to avoid dividing land areas. When you cross the International Date Line heading east (toward America), the clock moves back 24 hours, or one entire day. When you go west (toward Asia), the calendar moves ahead one day.

Remote Sensing

The collection of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods.

Global Positioning System (GPS)

A system that determines the precise position of something on Earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.

Geographic Information System (GIS)

A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data.

Geospatial Data

items that are tied to specific real-world locations

Quantitative Data

analysis based on the statistical summary of data. Numbers

Qualitative Data

Data associated with a more humanistic approach to geography, often collected through interviews, empirical observations, or the interpretation of texts, artwork, old maps, and other archives. Interview and stuff like that.

Field Observation

the act of physically visiting a location, place, or region and recording, firsthand, information there

Media Reports

articles published by news papers or magazines. News from tv, radio, newspaper and many other ways.

Policy Document

Policies are the business rules and guidelines of a company that ensure consistency and compliance with the company's strategic direction. The Policies lay out the business rules under which a company, division, or department will operate.

Landscape Analysis

the task of defining and describing landscapes

Travel Narrative

Writings that describe either the author's journey to a distant and alien place, or writings which discuss the customs, habits and wildlife of a distant place. Ex: "Oroonoko" and "Gullilver's Travels"

Photographic Interpretation

The act of examining photographic images for the purpose of identifying objects and judging their significance