Ap Human Geography Giant Review

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The exact position of a place.
Latitude and longitude.
used to describe a point on earth in reference to degreees, minutes, and seconds.

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ABSOLUTE LOCATION

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The position of a place in relation to the position of another place.
Convesy interconnection and interdependence between different places

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RELATIVE LOCATION

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Describes the physical and cultural characteristics of a location.
The town is on the top of a large hill.

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SITE

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Describes where a location is in reference to surrounding feateures in the larger region.

The ranch is located at the top of the valley, near the river and the gorge.

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Situation

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Relationship between teh size of a feature as depicted on a map and the size of the feature in actuality.

One milimeter on my map of Disneyland equals 10 meters in Disneyland.

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Scale

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One of 4 traditions of geography.
Emphasis on movement and location.
deals with the shape of the land.

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Spatial Geography

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One of 4 traditions of geography.
Emphasis on region, place and history.
Deals with physical adn cultural characteristics

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Area Studies Tradition

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One of the 4 traditions of Geography.
Empahsis on the relationship between external conditions and human actions.
Overlaps with the Area Studies Tradition

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Man-Land Tradition

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One of the 4 traditions.
Emphasis on geology.
Deals with how physical systems affect humans (hydrological cycle and wind patterns)

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Earth Science tradition.

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An area with unifying characteristics.
Characteristics can be geographic or cultural.

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Region

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This type of region is an area that can be identified by its homogeneous cultural or physical characteristics. Can be language, culture, or nationality. Political entities, climate regions, economic regions.

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Formal

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An area in which there is a center from which there is a center from which social or economic activities spread. New York MA that covers parts of several states. It is linked by commuting patterns, trade flows, television and radio broadcasts, newspapers, travel for recreation and entertainment. Other examples include shopping regions centered on malls or supermarkets, area served by branch banks

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Functional

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An area not defines by any set of physical data, but by human conception of the area.
Southern California, Dixie, and the upper Midwest are examples that are thought of as being spatial units, although they do not have precise borders or even commonly accepted regional characteristics and names.

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Perceptual

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The belief that the physical environment is solely responsible for shaping human actions and behaviors.

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Environmental Determinism

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The belief that people and not the environment are the forces responsible for shaping culture.

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Possiblilism.