Ap human vocab

A map type that shows reference information for a particular place, making it useful for finding landmarks and for navigating.

A type of map that displays one or more variables-such as population, or income level-within a specific area.

The distance that can be measured with a standard unit length, such as a mile or kilometer.

Based on the cardinal points of north, south, east, and west

Distance measured in terms such as cost or time which are more meaningful for the space relationship in question

Directions such as left, right, forward, backward, up, and down based on people's perception of places

When objects in an area are close together.

When objects in an area are relatively far apart.

The height of land above sea level.

the scientific method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to a flat map.

The exact position of an object or place, measured within the spatial coordinates of a grid system.

The position of a place in relation to another place.

A collection of computer hardware and software that permits spatial data to be collected, recorded, stored, retrieved, manipulated, analyzed, and displayed to the user.

a device used to plot the user's position on a map, using GPS technology to obtain the location.

The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or other long-distance methods.

A method of studying what people are doing and observing how their actions and reactions vary.

Articles published by newspapers and magazines and television news programs.

records of the places, people, and occurrences of a particular region that a traveler visits.

Using field observation, spatial data, and aerial photography to gather data to define and describe landscapes.

The identification, description and measurement of objects in images, especially in aerial photographs, for geologic, cartographic or military purposes.

Systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.

Images of the earth taken from orbiting satellites. Images can be taken in a variety of forms so as to detect specific information about the earth, vegetation and other types of land cover.

The physical gap or interval between two objects

A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular character.

the movement of objects, people and ideas between places.

The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.

The increasing sense of connectedness between a space due to technology

the geometric arrangement of objects in space

The geographic theme that explores how people use, adapt to, and modify the environment

meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

Various ways humans use the land such as agricultural, industrial, residential, or recreational

the view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over various aspects of human life including cultural development

The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives.

the study of a phenomena globally, regionally, or locally

the level of geography that encompasses the entire world as a single unified area

Interactions occurring within a region, in a regional setting.

Interactions occurring within a country.

the level of geography that describes the space where an individual lives or works; a city, town, or rural area

The study of the cultural, economic, political, physical, or other factors that contribute to the distinctiveness of geographical areas.

An area within which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.

An area organized around a node or focal point

A region that only exists as a conceptualization or an idea and not as a physically demarcated entity.

information that identifies the geographic location of features and boundaries on earth (natural and constructed).

a projection of a map of the world onto a cylinder in such a way that all the parallels of latitude have the same length as the equator, used especially for marine charts and certain climatological maps.

A projection that maintains overall shapes and relative positions without extreme distortion. Most classrooms use this projection.

Map displaying lines that connect points of equal value; for example, a map showing elevation levels

Maps where one dot represents a certain number of a phenomenon, such as a population.

A map in which the shape or size is distorted in order to demonstrate a variable such as travel, population, or economic production.

All the necessary documents you would need to take with you on a trip i.e passport or ID card, visa, etc.

Documents created by the government or other organizations

A face-to-face conversation in which a researcher surveys an individual to obtain research data

The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

the natural features of the land's surface

inland areas of water (rivers, lakes, reservoirs etc)

The arrangement of something across Earth's surface.

The total number of people divided by the total land area.

The number of people per unit of arable land

The ratio of the number of farmers to the amount of arable land

the largest population that an environment can support at any given time

A bar graph that represents the distribution of population by age and sex

relating to the structure of populations

the incidence of childbearing in a country's population

death

The total number of live births in a year for every 1000 people alive in the society.

the number of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year

The number of people under age 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force

the difference between number of births and deaths

The number of years it takes a population to double; calculated by dividing the number 72 by the rate of natural increase

a model of how the size of a population changes as a country develops its economy

hunting and gathering society, in which a society has a low total population with fluctuations in both the birth and death rates. When the birth rates are high the death rates are low & vice versa. Example: No countries in this stage.

agricultural society, birth rates remain high but death rates decline because of more stable food sources and the diffusion of modern medicine (birth rates & death rates remain higher than the world average) & technology.

industrial society, birth rates start to decline while death rates continue to decline, factories and economies become important (birth/death rates are around the world averages)

tertiary (service-based) societies, birth rates and death rates are almost equal, no longer an industrial society, rather it has shifted towards post-industrial.

low death rates, very low birth rates, decrease in natural increase rate.

The theory that says that there is a distinct cause of death in each stage of the demographic transition model. It can help explain how a country's population changes so dramatically.

Pestilence, famine, and human conflict cause high CDR.

Receding pandemics with improved sanitation and nutrition, rapidly declining CDR

Degenerative and human created diseases. Decrease in human deaths from infectious diseases and an increase in chronic disorders.

medicine delays degenerative diseases; life expectancy reaches a peak

a proposed stage of reemergence of infectious and parasitic diseases and some become resistant to antibiotics; CDR increases

The theory that population grows faster than food supply

Geographer who believed that our farming technology will always improve in order to be able to feed the growing population of the planet.

a belief that the world is characterized by scarcity and competition in which too many people fight for few resources. Pessimists who warn of the global ecopolitical dangers of uncontrolled population growth.

Policies that encourage people to have children.

Policies that discourage people from having children.

the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings; building design and materials will vary based upon culture and location.

A single element of normal practice in a culture.

the practice of judging a society by its own standards.

evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.

the visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape

relating to language

the notion that successive societies leave their cultural imprints on a place, each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape

buildings use building materials available and reflect social/environmental customs of the people EX) log cabins

A reaction in architectural design to the feeling of sterile alienation that many people get from modern architecture. Postmodernism uses older, historical styles and a sense of lightheartedness and eclecticism. Buildings combine pleasant-looking forms and playful colors to convey new ideas and to create spaces that are more people-friendly than their modernist predecessors.

Identity with a group of people that share distinct physical and mental traits as a product of common heredity and cultural traditions.

the socially constructed roles and characteristics by which a culture defines male and female

a voluntary community where people of like origin reside by choice

is the community of indigenous people living together working to keep their culture alive