AP Human Geography
vocab
unit 1
Determinism vs. Possibilism
AP Human Geo
100
What does ESPeN stand for?
Economic, Social, Political, Environmental
100
A place’s name is also called its
Typonym
100
What projection is this?
Robinson
100
The theory that climate determines culture
Determinism
100
A map of counties in Mississippi showing poverty rates is which scale?
National/local
200
When people move and bring their culture with them, it’s called ______
Relocation diffusion
200
Small projects a large area and large projects a small area.
What is map scale?
200
What type of thematic map is being shown?
What is a chloropleth map?
200
Building the Hoover Dam to supply water in the desert is an example of
Possiblism
200
“The South” is which type of region?
Perceptual/Vernacular
300
What are the levels of Von Thunen's model starting from the CBD?
CBD, Dairy, Logging, Grains, and Cattle/Livestock
300
The exact coordinates of a place is called
Absolute
300
Which concept explains areas that feel the same everywhere, like Starbucks?
Placelessness
300
This theory was used historically to justify racism and colonialism
Environmental determinism
300
The Sahara Desert is an example of a ______ region
Formal/Uniform
400
The idea that farther distance = weaker interaction
Distance decay
400
This helps engineers and city planners make informed decisions about how people act and move - makes a decision.
What is Geographic Information Systems?
400
What type of thematic map shows movement with arrows
flow map
400
Terrace farming in the Andes shows which theory
Possibilism
400
examples of this economic activity are farmers, miners, and hunters
primary
500
What projection is this?
What is Mercator?
500
When transporting an item takes less and less time using technology. For example, people used to move via horse, then train, then car, then plane.
What is time-space compression?
500
Counting houses in a neighborhood is what kind of data
Quantitative Data
500
In one sentence, explain the difference between determinism and possibilism
Determinism = environment controls humans; Possibilism = humans adapt to environment.
500
What is the spread of rap music from NYC to other U.S. cities an example of?
Expansion diffusion