AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY EXAM STUDY
SET 2024-2025
ANSWER: The geometric surface of the Earth
location - ANSWER A bounded region of some human importance.
region - a type of area.
toponym - answer a place name
ANSWER the sequence of groups and cultural influences over a location's history.
Sante Fe, Mexico, for example, has a complicated blend of Native American,
Spanish colonial, and modern American elements based on the sequence of
previous and current socioeconomic influences.
Scale is the relationship of an object or place to the earth as a whole.
ANSWER represents the ratio of distance on a map to distance in the real world in
absolute terms.
The relative scale (also known as the scale of analysis) describes the level of
grouping.
Level of Aggregation – ANSWER the level at which you group things for
inspection
, formal region - ANSWER an area of confined space with some homogeneous
quality or regularity.
linguistic region - ANSWER everybody speaks the same language, but can be very
diverse culturally.
Culture Region Boundaries - ANSWER The American "Dixie" South has unclear
borders.
Political region borders - ANSWER Country boundaries are finite and
well-defined.
Environmental region boundaries: transitional and quantifiable.
Ecotone is the environmental transition zone between two biomes.
functional region - ANSWER areas that have a central spot (or node) that is a focus
or point of origin that conveys some practical purpose; the influence of this point is
strongest in areas close to the centre, and the strength of influence declines as
distance increases from that point.
market area - ANSWER a type of functional region, home pro sports team, more
attention and media in the city, lessens as you travel away
region of effect - ANSWER outlet malls, shoppers travelling from longer distances
but making fewer journeys.
ANSWER the shoppers who are "just passing through" and sense a very brief
interim opportunity to do some inexpensive shopping.
SET 2024-2025
ANSWER: The geometric surface of the Earth
location - ANSWER A bounded region of some human importance.
region - a type of area.
toponym - answer a place name
ANSWER the sequence of groups and cultural influences over a location's history.
Sante Fe, Mexico, for example, has a complicated blend of Native American,
Spanish colonial, and modern American elements based on the sequence of
previous and current socioeconomic influences.
Scale is the relationship of an object or place to the earth as a whole.
ANSWER represents the ratio of distance on a map to distance in the real world in
absolute terms.
The relative scale (also known as the scale of analysis) describes the level of
grouping.
Level of Aggregation – ANSWER the level at which you group things for
inspection
, formal region - ANSWER an area of confined space with some homogeneous
quality or regularity.
linguistic region - ANSWER everybody speaks the same language, but can be very
diverse culturally.
Culture Region Boundaries - ANSWER The American "Dixie" South has unclear
borders.
Political region borders - ANSWER Country boundaries are finite and
well-defined.
Environmental region boundaries: transitional and quantifiable.
Ecotone is the environmental transition zone between two biomes.
functional region - ANSWER areas that have a central spot (or node) that is a focus
or point of origin that conveys some practical purpose; the influence of this point is
strongest in areas close to the centre, and the strength of influence declines as
distance increases from that point.
market area - ANSWER a type of functional region, home pro sports team, more
attention and media in the city, lessens as you travel away
region of effect - ANSWER outlet malls, shoppers travelling from longer distances
but making fewer journeys.
ANSWER the shoppers who are "just passing through" and sense a very brief
interim opportunity to do some inexpensive shopping.
