Vocabulary Flashcard #1: AP Human Geography

Front

What is the visible imprint of human activity and culture on the landscape?

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Cultural Landscape

Front

What is a portable device that uses GPS to plot the user's position?

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Satellite Navigation System

Front

What is an area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features?

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Region

Front

What is an internal representation of a portion of Earth's surface based on what an individual knows about a place, containing personal impressions of what is in a place and where places are located?

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Mental Map

Front

What is the system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map?

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Projection

Front

What is a map that shows a particular theme, or topic?

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Thematic map

Front

What is the region from which innovative ideas originate?

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Hearth

Front

What is the geographic study of human-environment relationships?

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Cultural ecology

Front

What is the exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates?

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Absolute Location

Front

What is the position of a place in relation to another place?

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Relative Location