AP Human Geography
vocab
unit 1
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

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

“The South” is which type of region?

Perceptual/Vernacular

300

Define literary tradition.

bonus question: What do you call a language that doesn't have a literary tradition?

What is when a language has a written form?

bonus question answer: Vigorous language

300

The exact coordinates of a place is called

Absolute


300

Which concept explains areas that feel the same everywhere, like Starbucks?

Placelessness

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

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

What is the spread of rap music from NYC to other U.S. cities an example of?

Expansion diffusion