AP Human Geo Last-Minute Vocab
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Absolute distance -
correct answer ✅Distance that can be actually measured lol
Absolute location -
correct answer ✅The exact position of an object or place,
measured w/ coordinates of a grid system.
Accessibility -
correct answer ✅The ease at which a destination can be reached
from some other place
Aggregation -
correct answer ✅To come together into a mass, sum, or whole
Anthropogenic -
correct answer ✅Human-induced changes on the natural
environment
Azimuthal projection*** -
correct answer ✅Planar, meaning that they're formed when a flat
piece of paper is placed on top of the globe and a light source
,AP Human Geo Last-Minute Vocab
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
projects the surrounding areas onto the map. Either the North or
South Pole is oriented at the center of the map, giving the viewer
an impression of looking up or down at Earth... ok
Breaking point -
correct answer ✅The outer edge of a city's sphere of influence,
used in the law of retail gravitation to describe the area of a city's
"hinterlands" that depend on that city for its retail supplies
Cartograms -
correct answer ✅A type of thematic map that transforms space
such that the political unit with the greatest value for some type of
data is represented by the largest relative area
Cartography -
correct answer ✅The theory and practice of mapmaking
Choropleth map -
correct answer ✅A type of thematic map that uses tones or colors
to represent spatial data as average values per unit area
, AP Human Geo Last-Minute Vocab
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Cognitive map -
correct answer ✅An image that an individual creates in his/her
mind. Cognitive maps can include knowledge of actual locations
and relationships among locations as well as personal perceptions
and preferences of particular places
Complementarity -
correct answer ✅Degree to which one place can supply something
that another place demands
Connectivity -
correct answer ✅The degree of economic, social, cultural, or
political connection between two places.
Ok Barron's book!! Use the word connection in the definition of
connectivity!! Smart!!
Contagious diffusion -
correct answer ✅The spread of a disease, an innovation, or
cultural traits through DIRECT CONTACT W ANOTHER PERSON OR
PLACE
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Absolute distance -
correct answer ✅Distance that can be actually measured lol
Absolute location -
correct answer ✅The exact position of an object or place,
measured w/ coordinates of a grid system.
Accessibility -
correct answer ✅The ease at which a destination can be reached
from some other place
Aggregation -
correct answer ✅To come together into a mass, sum, or whole
Anthropogenic -
correct answer ✅Human-induced changes on the natural
environment
Azimuthal projection*** -
correct answer ✅Planar, meaning that they're formed when a flat
piece of paper is placed on top of the globe and a light source
,AP Human Geo Last-Minute Vocab
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
projects the surrounding areas onto the map. Either the North or
South Pole is oriented at the center of the map, giving the viewer
an impression of looking up or down at Earth... ok
Breaking point -
correct answer ✅The outer edge of a city's sphere of influence,
used in the law of retail gravitation to describe the area of a city's
"hinterlands" that depend on that city for its retail supplies
Cartograms -
correct answer ✅A type of thematic map that transforms space
such that the political unit with the greatest value for some type of
data is represented by the largest relative area
Cartography -
correct answer ✅The theory and practice of mapmaking
Choropleth map -
correct answer ✅A type of thematic map that uses tones or colors
to represent spatial data as average values per unit area
, AP Human Geo Last-Minute Vocab
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Cognitive map -
correct answer ✅An image that an individual creates in his/her
mind. Cognitive maps can include knowledge of actual locations
and relationships among locations as well as personal perceptions
and preferences of particular places
Complementarity -
correct answer ✅Degree to which one place can supply something
that another place demands
Connectivity -
correct answer ✅The degree of economic, social, cultural, or
political connection between two places.
Ok Barron's book!! Use the word connection in the definition of
connectivity!! Smart!!
Contagious diffusion -
correct answer ✅The spread of a disease, an innovation, or
cultural traits through DIRECT CONTACT W ANOTHER PERSON OR
PLACE
