AP Human Geography Exam Review 2022 with complete
solution
absolute location - The exact position of an object or place, measured within the spatial
coordinates of a grid system.
cartography - science or art of makin
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AP Human Geography Exam Review 2022 with complete
solution
absolute location - The exact position of an object or place, measured within the spatial
coordinates of a grid system.
cartography - science or art of making maps
circular pattern - Objects that circle another object, another name for it is Centralized
Pattern; For example, in an Islamic city, houses and public buildings may circle around
the mosque, or house of worship.
cultural landscapes - The products of complex interactions between humans and their
environments.
daylight savings time - the practice of temporarily advancing clocks during the
summertime so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less
distortion - a change in the shape, size, or position of a place when it is shown on a map
environmental geography - The intersection between human and physical geography,
which explores the spatial impacts humans have on the physical environment and vice
versa.
equator - an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles,
dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel
of latitude 0°.
Eratosthenes - The head librarian at Alexandria during the third century B.C.; he was
one of the first cartographers. Performed a remarkably accurate computation of the
earth's circumference. He is also credited with coining the term "geography."
formal regions - Also called uniform regions, an area that has striking similarities in
terms of one or a few physical or cultural features.
functional (nodal) regions - areas organized around cores, or nodes
GIS - Geographic Information System; a computer system that captures, stores,
analyzes, and displays data.
globalization - Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making
something worldwide in scope.
Greenwich Mean Time - The time in that time zone ecompassing the Prime Meridian, or
0 degrees longitudeGPS - Global Positioning System; uses a system of satellites, tracking stations, and
receivers to determine precise absolute locations on earth.
grid pattern - Also called a rectilinear pattern, reflects a rectangular system of land
survey adopted in much of the country under the Ordinance of 1785. Streets form grids
and are sometimes labeled "1st", "2nd", "3rd" streets and so on.
Hecataeus - Lived in the late 6th and early 5th centuries B.E.C., a Greek scientist, he
wrote a book about geography and illustrated a map of the countries and inhabitants of
the known world.
human geography - a branch of geography that focuses on the study of patterns and
processes that shape human interaction with the built environment, with particular
reference to the causes and consequences of the spatial distribution of human activity
on the Earth's surface
Idrisi - An 11th century Arab geographer that worked for the king of Sicily to collect
geographical information into a remarkably accurate representation of the world. Under
his direction, an academy of geographers gathered maps and went out on their own
scientific expeditions.
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