AP HUG: Unit 1 vocab
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| reference maps | show 🗑
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| physical map | show 🗑
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| show | reference map that shows political boundaries
e.g. countries, cities, capitals, etc.
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| show | maps used to display specific types by information(theme) pertaining to an area
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| cartogram | show 🗑
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| Choropleth map | show 🗑
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| show | thematic map that uses dots to indicate a feature or occurrence e.g. population
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| graduated symbols map (proportional symbols map) | show 🗑
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| show | measurement using a standard unit of length
e.g. mile, kilometer
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| show | measurement of the social, cultural, and/or economic connectivity
e.g. USA and Iran vs USA and China
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| show | finding a location using a compass direction
e.g. north, south, east, west
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| relative direction | show 🗑
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| spatial pattern | show 🗑
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| show | objects that form a group
e.g. coastal population
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| show | objects that are scattered e.g. rural population
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| elevation | show 🗑
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| spatial scale | show 🗑
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| map distortion | show 🗑
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| show | a way to transfer the 3-D earth onto a 2-D map to reduce distortion in area, distance, shape, and/or direction
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| show | information that identifies the geographic location of features and boundaries on earth (natural and constructed)
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| show | technology that provides geographic data that is used for personal (navigation), business (marketing), and governmental (environmental planning) purposes
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| show | 1. map created by a computer that can combine layers of spatial data
2. data is displayed and analyzed to gain insights into geographical patterns/relationships e.g. vulnerability of the Florida Aquifer, school boundaries, and crime rates
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| satellite navigation systems | show 🗑
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| show | collecting data with instruments that are distant from the area of study
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| types of remote sensors | show 🗑
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| show | track storms, search from natural resources, military surveillance, monitor volcanoes, monitor deforestation/glacier melting
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| online mapping and visualization | show 🗑
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| show | field observations, media reports, travel narratives, policy documents, personal interviews, landscape analysis, and photographic evidence
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| census data | show 🗑
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| show | images of earth collected by satellites operated by governments and businesses around the world
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| absolute location | show 🗑
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| show | describes the location of a place relative to other human and physical features
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| show | relational concept that acquires meaning and sense when related to other concepts
e.g. geographers study phenomena across space
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| place | show 🗑
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| pattern | show 🗑
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| show | describes the ways human modify or adapt to the natural world e.g. bridges, dams, houses, roads
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| distance decay | show 🗑
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| time-space compression | show 🗑
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| time space convergence | show 🗑
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| movement (geography) | show 🗑
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| flow (geography) | show 🗑
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| globalization | show 🗑
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| show | a system of interconnected people or things e.g. transportation, communication, financial, governmental
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| region | show 🗑
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| regionalism | show 🗑
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| formal region | show 🗑
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| functional region | show 🗑
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| perceptual/vernacular region | show 🗑
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| show | transitional and often contested and overlapping e.g. Kurdistan in Turkey and Northern Iraq
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| regional analysis | show 🗑
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| sustainability | show 🗑
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| natural resources | show 🗑
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| land use | show 🗑
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| environmental determinism | show 🗑
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| show | theory that the environment sets certain constraints or limitation but people use their creativity to decide how to respond to the conditions of a particular natural environment
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| show | analyzing scales reveal variation/different interpretations of data
e.g. fertility rate
global: in the world (2.4)
regional: in Sub-Saharan Africa (4.7)
national: in Tunisia (2.1)
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
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