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Human Geo Unit 1
Human Geography (Gt-Ss2) (GEO 106)
Colorado Mountain College
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AP Human Geography Concepts & Terms Notes
UNIT I: Geography, Its Nature & Perspectives
US road map is not a thematic map
Every meridian is the same length and has the same beginning and end
According to environmental determinism, the physical environment causes social development
Highest density: most in numbers
Highest concentration: closest together
Cloropleth map uses shading
Five Themes of Geography: Location: Relative location Absolute location Place: Human Characteristics Physical Characteristics Human-Environmental Interaction: Humans adapt to the environment Humans modify the environment Humans depend on the environment Movement People Goods Ideas Regions Formal (uniform) Functional (nodal) Vernacular (perceptual)
Culture: Customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a group of people in tradition
Hearth: Where an idea originates
Acculturation: The spread of cultural traits from one society to another
Globalization of Culture: Globalization due to interchanging beliefs and customs
Globalization of Economy: Globalization due to business
Reference Maps: Regular maps showing cities, boundaries, mountains, or roads
Thematic Maps: Maps highlighting a particular feature or a single variable such as temperature, city, size, or acreage in potatoes (Gives extra information)
Isoline Maps: Show lines that connect points of equal value Isolines are on topographic maps
Choropleth Maps: Show the level of some variable within predefined regions, such as counties, states, or countries
Dot Maps: Use a dot to represent the occurrence of some phenomenon in order to depict variation in density in a given area
Cartograms: Maps that have distorted population
Resolution: The amount of details or depth of a map
Scale: Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole, specifically the relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth’s surface The three main types of scales are ratio (fraction) scales, bar scales, and written scales
Small Scale: Depicts a large area (such as the state of Arizona) but with less detail
Large Scale: Depicts a small area (such as downtown Phoenix) with great detail
Cartography: The science of making maps
Projection: The system used to transfer locations from Earth’s surface to a flat map The most common type is the Robinson Projection However, maps depicting the entire world can distort shape, distance, relative size, and direction
Toponym: The name given to a portion of Earth’s surface Has to be a natural feature
Site: The physical character of a place
Situation: The location of a place relative to other places (relative location)
Meridian: An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles (longitude) The two main meridians are the Prime Meridian and the International Date Line
Parallel: A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians (latitude)
Human Geo Unit 1
Course: Human Geography (Gt-Ss2) (GEO 106)
University: Colorado Mountain College
