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Unit 1: AP Review
1. Scale is used to refer the relationship between the real object and the size of the object mapped
(The map is 1:10,000) and at what level a process is happening (At the world scale most
migration is rural to urban; at the national scale it is urban to suburban).
2. Know the definitions of:
a. cartography
b. geography
c. toponym
d. time-space compression
e. distance decay
f. friction of distance
3. Contributors to early map-making
a. Eratosthenes
b. Aristotle
4. Know the “modern mapping tools:”
a. GIS
b. GPS
c. Remote Satellite Sensing
5. Projections
a. the definition of –
b. the types of resulting distortion –
c. some examples are
i. Mercator
ii. Equal-Area Projection
iii. Robinson
6. US Land Ordinance of 1785 can be an example of Cultural Landscape (which was which
geographer’s idea?). The ordinance affected the lay-out of townships and farms which can still
be seen today.
7. Know how to locate a place on earth mathematically – latitude, longitude, prime meridian
8. The geography of telling time –
a. Which line of longitude is time set from?
b. How many degrees of longitude comprise 1 time zone?
c. New York has a time difference of 5 hours from London – earlier or later?
d. Which line of longitude marks the International Date Line? What happens when you
cross the IDL?
9. Understand and have examples of the types of regions
a. Formal (Uniform) region
b. Functional (Nodal) region
c. Vernacular (Perceptual) region
10. What is the difference in environmental determinism and possibilism?
a. FYI: Environmental determinism was the idea of Humboldt and Ritter in the early – mid
1800’s.
11. How to explain distribution: density, concentration, and pattern
12. Understand and have examples of the types of diffusion
a. Relocation Diffusion
b. Expansion Diffusion
i. hierarchical diffusion
ii. stimulus diffusion
iii. contagious diffusion
13. Print slide from Diffusion ppt on Relocation Diffusion – Largest Ancestory