AP Unit 1 Vocabulary Review

The branch of geography dealing with the spatial distribution of human activity and the interaction between human activity and the environment.

• Geography
• Physical Geography
• Human Geography
• Spatial Geography

A two-dimensional representation of the earth

• Map
• Globe
• Projection

The relationship between any phenomenon and the earth as a whole.  Looking at the impact something has locally, regionally, globally, etc....

• Space
• Diffusion
• Place
• Scale

The unique human and physical characteristics of a location on the Earth's surface. 

• location
• place
• site
• absolute location

An area on the Earth defined by the feelings and images about the cultural identity of the area. Tend to have unclear boundaries. 

• Perceptual/Vernacular region
• Formal/Uniform region
• Functional/Nodal region 

An area on the earth that shares at least one common characteristic.

• Perceptual/Vernacular region
• Formal/Uniform region
• Functional/Nodal region
• place

The science of making maps

• cartography
• cartographer
• distortion

The location of a place based on nearby characteristics.

• site
• regionalism
• situation
• place

Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.

• globalization
• regionalism
• reginoalization

Lines that run parallel to each other east to west across the earth.  Measure distance north and south of the equator. 

• Longitude
• Meridians
• Latitude
• Degrees