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AP Human Geography Chapter 1 Study Guide

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Chapter 1, Part 1?Thinking Geographically? Mr. Chad Guge, Instructor AP Human Geography 2012-13 Top 10 ?You Should Know?s Cartography and Map projection Map Scale and how it works US Land Ordinance of 1785 (Townships and Ranges) Contemporary tools of Geography (GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing) Concepts of Site and Situation Concepts of Latitude/Longitude and creation of Time Zones Types of Regions (Formal, Functional, Vernacular) Concept of ?culture,? how it spreads, and how the environment shapes it Influences on Cultural Diffusion Population patterns and distributions Cartography and Map Projections Def: The Science of Map-Making Early Mapmaking Earliest maps drawn by Babylonians on clay tablets around 2300 B.C., but art of mapmaking is suspected to be even older

APHG chapter 1 summary intro part 1

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Geography, the word created by Eratosthenes, generally means to write about the Earth. Geography is divided amongst human and physical aspects. Human geography studies where and why human activities occur where they are. Physical geography studies where and why natural occurrences happen where they do. The book concentrates on two main topics- culture and economy. The first key issue in the first chapter is geography?s most important tool-mapping. A map is a two dimensional model of a part of the Earth or the whole Earth. During the first chapter the basic concepts of ?why? questions were introduced. Geographers study to find why each place on earth has their own unique ways.
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