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Human geography

________ is spatially thinking with the basic questions of answering the Where and Why.

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GPS

________ is a system provided to people for them to find locations of things or places, while Remote sensing is the physical satellite orbiting earth and gathering data about earth's surface.

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Castro District

The ________ in San Francisco is welcoming to LGBTQ+ people because of inclusive policies and practices.

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Social media

________ and the internet has helped improve space time compression with the ability to see what is happening in other places with a quick google search.

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Google street view

________ is volunteers that create mashup maps through layering data and music to create visually stimulating images for an audience.

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GIS maps

________ are more accurate and attractive than those drawn by hand.

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Density

________ is useful because what is being measured can be many different things from people to trees.

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Cultural landscape

________ is things or behaviors that a group of people from a specific area all have in common or are part of their culture.

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physical characteristic

Site helps us to define a(n) ________ of a place.

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Vernacular regions

________ can help us understand areas because they are defined by cultural identification aspects.

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Possibilism

________ says that humans have the possibility to adjust their environment and choose a course of action, while environmental determinism says that we should apply natural laws to describe humans and nature.

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Sustainability

________ is a way of using earth's renewable and natural resources in a way that doesn't restrict use of resources in the future.

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__Toponyms

________ are the name given to a portion of earth's surfac__e, so geographers would assign a toponym to a place.

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Humans

________ can change and modify site characteristics.

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Dot distribution

________, that depicts data that consists of discrete observations.

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theory of environmental determinism

The ________ is an approach that said the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences.

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Chapter Key Issues

Grading Rubric- Self Assessment when finished with the ________.

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Behavioral geography

________ is a topic of human geography that highlights the importance of learning and understanding the psychological basis for individual human actions in space.

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Choropleth map

________, which has areas shaded in relation to the measurement of the variable.

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Space time compression

________ promotes bringing people together even if they are far apart in physical distance.

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Scale

________ is the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole.

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Small scale maps

________ show less detail and emphasize global issues, such as climate change.

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Place

________ is a specific point on earth distinguished by a particular characteristic.

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operative verb

The ________ was answered accurately with supporting written evidence with key terms, concepts or content ideas in less than 75 % of responses.

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Spatial association

________ is the dynamic between the distribution of one feature versus another feature.

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Human migration

________ and the internet promotes diffusion, while limitations to human travel and connection to people of other cultures limit diffusion.

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Cultural identity

________ is aspects such as beliefs, practices, or even preferences that are specific to someone and their culture to the point of it being part of their identity.

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Functional regions

________ are tied to a specific point which is a characteristic and can help us understand place more.

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general gap

Space is used to understand the ________ or area between things.

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Formal regions

________ are where everyone shares a common characteristic, this could help us understand a place because it is a characteristic of an area and its culture.

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Pattern distribution

________ is good for looking at visual distributions and what patterns are found in many cities or other areas.

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Globalization of cultural beliefs

________ and forms is becoming more common as well, such as more people adopting Christianity or Islam and learning English.

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Globalization

________ has made the economy more diverse and has made it more common to do trade with other countries.

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particular variable

Finally a cartogram is a map where a specific area is proportional to the value of a(n) ________.

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Possibilism

________ says that people have the ability to adjust to their environment, which can help explain technology as a way to adapt to our environment and continue to adapt by making our technology better, higher in quality, and more prevalent.

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Cultural landscape

________ is used to better understand the people of a region, such as latin america.

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Purpose

Students will work on comprehensively reading and understanding a college-level textbook for added depth of critical analysis of geographical skills in the field of Human Geography

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**I Can Statements

**Explain the importance of human geography as a field of study and how it comprises physical and human geographical elements.Explain a major geographical concept underlying the geographic perspective.Use landscape analysis to examine the human organization of space.Apply spatial thinking to analyze the human organization of space.Apply mathematical formulas to human geographic concepts and the organization of space.Define and explain concepts such as space, place, location, and region to examine geographical issues and phenomena.Interpret patterns and processes at different scales.Explain and evaluate the regionalization processes.Interpret geospatial data

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Instructions

This is an individual assignment, (Copying another student will result in plagiarism consequences, and more importantly reflect poor scores on the Unit Test and AP Exam)

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KEY ISSUE 1

Why is Geography a Science

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KEY ISSUE 2

Why Is Every Place Unique

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KEY ISSUE 3

Why Are Different Places Similar

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"The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places" example

hip hop or rap music starting from african americans and becoming popular in widespread media

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"The rapid widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population" example

Tiktok goes viral and now everyone knows said tiktok and will quote it to each other, memes

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"The spread of an underlying principle, even though a characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse" example

competitors adopting features of Apple products (extra cameras)

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KEY ISSUE 4

Why Are Some Actions Not Sustainable

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Grading Rubric

Self Assessment when finished with the Chapter Key Issues

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