AP Human Geography Vocabulary Unit 1
UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Human Geography - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The study of where and why human
activities are located where they are.
Latitude/Parallels - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Distance north or south of the equator.
Longitude/Meridians - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Distance east or west of the prime
meridian.
Choropleth Maps - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A thematic map that uses tones or colors to
represent spatial data as average values per unit area.
Dot Distribution Maps - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Thematic map in which one dot
represents a certain number of phenomena (e.g., population).
Isoline Maps - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A thematic map with lines that connect points of
equal value.
Cartogram - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A type of map used to present statistical information.
Conic Projection - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A map projection that is made by moving the
surface features of the globe onto a cone.
Remote Sensing - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The acquisition of data about Earth's surface
from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Computer programs that
process and organize details about places on Earth and integrate those details with satellite
images and other pieces of information.
UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Human Geography - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The study of where and why human
activities are located where they are.
Latitude/Parallels - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Distance north or south of the equator.
Longitude/Meridians - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Distance east or west of the prime
meridian.
Choropleth Maps - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A thematic map that uses tones or colors to
represent spatial data as average values per unit area.
Dot Distribution Maps - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Thematic map in which one dot
represents a certain number of phenomena (e.g., population).
Isoline Maps - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A thematic map with lines that connect points of
equal value.
Cartogram - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A type of map used to present statistical information.
Conic Projection - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A map projection that is made by moving the
surface features of the globe onto a cone.
Remote Sensing - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The acquisition of data about Earth's surface
from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Computer programs that
process and organize details about places on Earth and integrate those details with satellite
images and other pieces of information.
