FREE AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

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FREE AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

1.1 VOCAB EXAM QUESTIONS

Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

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-Guarantee passing score -28 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: Prime Meridian

Answer:

Divides East and West hemisphere, AKA Greenwich Meridian

Question 2: Relative Location

Answer:

description of where a place is in relation to other places or features

Question 3: Physical Geography

Answer:

study of natural processes and distribution of features in the environment

Question 4: Environmental Determinism

Answer:

the idea that human behavior is strongly affected, controlled or determined by the physical environment

Question 5: Sustainability

Answer:

the use of Earth's land and natural resources in ways that ensure they will continue to be available in the future

Question 6: Place

Answer:

a location on Earth that is distinguished by its physical and human characteristics

Question 7: Equator

Answer:

divides North from South

Question 8: Latitude

Answer:

A specific parallel that locates degrees N or S of Equator

Question 9: Space

Answer:

refers to the area between 2 or more things on Earth's surface

Question 10: Meridian

Answer:

lines that run North to South parallel to the Prime Meridian from 0º (@ PM) to at 180º @ International Date Line

Question 11: Situation

Answer:

is a place's location in relation to other places or its surrounding features

Question 12: Flow

Answer:

movement of people, goods and info and the econ, social, political, and cultural effects it has on society

Question 13: Site

Answer:

is a place's absolute location and physical characteristics

Question 14: Pattern

Answer:

how things are arranged in a particular space - Geometric or random

Question 15: Mental Map

Answer:

internalized representations of portions of Earth's surface

Question 16: Human Geography

Answer:

study of the events and processes that have shaped how humans understand, use and alter Earth

Question 17: Longitude

Answer:

A specific meridian that locates degrees E & W of Prime Meridian

Question 18: Spatial Perspective

Answer:

geographic perspective that focuses on how people live on Earth, how they organize themselves, and why the events of human societies occur where they do

Question 19: Location

Answer:

the position that a point or object occupies on Earth

Question 20: Distribution

Answer:

The arrangement of a feature in within a given space

Question 21: Time-Space Compression

Answer:

a key geographic principle that describes the ways in which modern transportation and communication technology have allowed humans to travel and communicate over long distances more quickly and easily

Question 22: Density

Answer:

number of things in a specific area (ppl/sq mile)

Question 23: Distance Decay

Answer:

a principle stating that the farther away one thing is from another, the less interaction the two things will have

Question 24: Absolute Location

Answer:

the exact location of an object, usually expressed in coordinates of longitude and latitude

Question 25: Ecological Perspective

Answer:

the relationships between living things and their environments

Question 26: Geography

Answer:

an integrative discipline that brings together the physical and human dimensions of the world in the study of people, places and environments

Question 27: Parallel

Answer:

lines that run East/West parallel to the equator from 0º (@ equator) to at 90º @ north/south poles.

Question 28: Possibilism

Answer:

theory of human-environemnt interaction that states that humans have the ability to adapt the physical environment to their needs