Ap Human Geography Unit 1

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Arithmetic density:

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The total number of people divided by the total land area. This is what most people think of as density; how many people per area of land.

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Physiological density

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The number of people per unit of area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture. This is important because it relates to how much land is being used by how many people.

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absolute direction

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the exact direction on a compass down to the degrees, minutes, and seconds

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relative direction

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is the general direction such as north south east and west

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Absolute location:

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Position on Earth’s surface using the coordinate system of longitude (that runs from North to South Pole) and latitude (that runs parallel to the equator).

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Relative location:

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Position on Earth’s surface relative to other features. (Ex: My house is west of 394).

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clustered/agglomerated/concentrated distribution

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If the objects in an area are close together

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dispersed distribution

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If objects in an area are relatively far apart

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geographic information system (GIS)

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a computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes, and displays geographic data

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global positioning system (GPS)

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

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Name Map distortions

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 shape
 distance
 size
 direction

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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 esp. for marine charts and certain climatological maps

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Mercator

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avoids interruptions like Homolosine projection. areas look larger at high latitudes

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Robinson

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an equal-area projection map of the globe; oceans are distorted in order to minimize the distortion of the continents.

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homolosine

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cardinal directions

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North, East, South, West

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equator

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imaginary line that divides the northern and southern hemispheres

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hemisphere

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half a sphere

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intermediate directions

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NE-North East
NW- North West
SE- South East
SW- South West

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International Date Line

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180 Degrees Longitude

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latitude

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distance or location North or South of the equator

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longitude

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distance or location East or West of the Prime Meridian

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meridians

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Name of lines of longitude

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parallels

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name of lines of latitude

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prime meridian

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imaginary line that divides the western and eastern hemispheres

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reference map

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show locations of places (EX. physical maps, political, road)

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scale of inquiry

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looking at different sizes of areas (state, nation,
hemisphere, continent)

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cartogram

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map that distorts size of an area to show magnitude

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choropleth

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map that used colors or shading to indicate magnitude

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flow map

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show movement with arrows thicker arrow > more

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isoline

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can measure anything (weather, temperature) any changes over a distance

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topographic map

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used isolines to illustrate changes in elevation

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statistical map

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dot map

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uses dots to indicate magnitude

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proportional symbol

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uses symbols of different sizes to represent data associated with different areas or locations within the map.

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preference map

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mental map

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map in your head. each person's map is different

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time zones

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every 15 degree longitude

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transition zone

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area or place with more than 1 type of properties, the properties can be related to weather conditions, topography, physical features.