AP Human Geography chapter 1 vocab Solved 100% Correct

map - ANSWER-a two-dimensional or flat scale model of Earth's surface, or a portion of it place - ANSWER-a specific point of Earth distinguished by a particular character region - ANSWER-an area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features scale - ANSWER-the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole space - ANSWER-refers to the physical gap or interval between two objects connections - ANSWER-relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space cartography - ANSWER-the science of map-making projection - ANSWER-the scientific method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to a flat map Land Ordinance of 1785 - ANSWER-a law that divided much of the United States into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers township - ANSWER-a square 6 miles on each side principal meridians - ANSWER-some of the north-south lines separating townships base lines - ANSWER-some east-west lines section - ANSWER-a square normally 1 mile on a side GIS (geographic information system) - ANSWER-a computer system that can capture, store, query, analyze and display geographic data remote sensing - ANSWER-the acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting Earth or from other long-distance methods GPS (global positioning system) - ANSWER-a system that determines accurately the precise position of something on Earth location - ANSWER-the position that something occupies on Earth's surface toponym - ANSWER-the name given to a place on Earth site - ANSWER-the physical character of a place situation - ANSWER-the location of a place relative to other places meridian - ANSWER-an arc drawn between the North and South poles parallel - ANSWER-a circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians longitude - ANSWER-the numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian prime meridian - ANSWER-the meridian that passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England, is 0 degrees longitude latitude - ANSWER-the numbering system to indicate the location of a parallel Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) - ANSWER-the time in that time zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0 degrees longitude International Date Line - ANSWER-an arc that for the most part follows 180 degrees longitude, although it deviates in several places to avoid dividing land areas cultural landscape - ANSWER-a combination of cultural features, economic features, and physical features regional studies - ANSWER-contemporary cultural landscape approach in geography formal region - ANSWER-an area within which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics functional region - ANSWER-an area organized around a node or focal point vernacular region - ANSWER-a place that people believe exists as a part of their cultural identity mental map - ANSWER-an internal representation of a portion of Earth's surface culture - ANSWER-the body of customary beliefs, material traits, and social forms that together constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people cultural ecology - ANSWER-the geographic study of human-environment relationships environmental determinism - ANSWER-an approach on how the physical environment caused social development possibilism - ANSWER-the theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives resources - ANSWER-substances that are useful to people, economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use polder - ANSWER-a piece of land that is created by draining water from any area globalization - ANSWER-a force of process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope distribution - ANSWER-the arrangement of a feature in space density - ANSWER-the frequency with which something occurs in space arithmetic density - ANSWER-the total number of objects in an area physiological density - ANSWER-the number of persons per unit of area suitable for agriculture agricultural density - ANSWER-the number of farmers per unit of farmland concentration - ANSWER-the extent of a feature's spread over space pattern - ANSWER-the geometric arrangement of objects in space space-time compression - ANSWER-a term applied by geographers to describe the reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place distance decay - ANSWER-the diminishing in importance and eventual disappearence of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin diffusion - ANSWER-the process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another over time hearth - ANSWER-the place from which an innovation originates relocation diffusion - ANSWER-the spread of an idea through physical movement of people from one place to another