AP Human Geography Final Exam Review (2023) || All Questions & Answers (Graded A+)

AP Human Geography Final Exam Review (2023) || All Questions & Answers (Graded A+) AP Human Geography Final Exam Review (2023) || All Questions & Answers (Graded A+) What do LDC and MDC stand for? - ANSWER - Less developed countries and more developed countries GIS - ANSWER - Geographic Information System, a computer system that can capture, store, and analyze and display geographic data.... Remote sensing - ANSWER - A acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting Earth or from another long distance GPS - ANSWER - Global Positioning System... toponym - ANSWER - name given to a place on Earth, may indicate the origin of whoever settled that place site - ANSWER - physical characters of a place. Have always been essential for selecting a location for settlements. situation - ANSWER - location of a place relative to other places International dateline - ANSWER - follows 180 degrees longitude, its the point where days are literally separated, if you traveling to China you will set your clocks back 24 hours. latitude - ANSWER - equator of latitude, horizontal bands around the earth measured in degrees... longitude - ANSWER - vertical strips that separate the earth in degrees prime meridian - ANSWER - 0 degrees longitude, goes through London scale - ANSWER - the relationship of a feature size on a map to the actual size projection - ANSWER - the scientific method of transforming locations from the surface to a flat map cartography - ANSWER - science of mapmaking regions - ANSWER - cultural landscapes and combination of cultural features such as language and religion cultural ecology - ANSWER - the study of the interactions between societies and the natural environments they live in culture - ANSWER - made up of behavior patters (what people do), understandings (what people believe in), adaptation (how people live efficiently), social systems (school, churches, religion, government)