AP Human Geography

Chapter 1 Study Guide (Part 2)

Think Like a Human Geographer
1. What 5 concepts must human geographers consider when cultivating
their perspective on particular event or phenomena?

2. Define place.

3. How is the absolute location of a place determined?

4. What characteristics are used to determine the site of a particular

place?

5. How does the situation of a place differ from the site?

6. Places not only matter because they contribute to the

________________________, ____________________________ and
________________________________ functioning or our world, but also
because they provide __________________________ for human
_________________________________.

7. What term do geographers use to describe the complex, emotional

attachments that people develop with specific places?

8. Describe how absolute space is like a container.

9. Define relative space.

10.

Explain how trade is a good example of relative space.

11.
What 21st century technology provides another prime example of
relative space?

12.
How did French philosopher and historian Michel Foucault believe
that power relationships associated with a space affected human
behavior?

13.

What do geographers mean by spatial perspective?

14.
How do spatial variation and spatial association help
geographers better understand the nature of a particular
phenomenon?

15.
The movement of a phenomenon, such as an innovation,
information, or an epidemic, across space and over time is known as
___________________________ __________________________.

16.

What is a particularly essential dimension of diffusion?

17.

List the 4 main types of diffusion and give an example of each.

18.
How did the spread of the H1N1 (Swine Flu) flu virus exhibit
aspects of two types of diffusion?

19.

Describe a pandemic.

20.
What 2 factors can greatly affect the rate and direction that a
phenomenon diffuses?

21.

What is globalization?

22.

What drives it?

23.
What 3 factors did geographer Edward Ullman identify that
influence spatial interaction?

24.
Describe how complementarity can increase spatial
interaction.

25.
How does an economy of scale work? What industry would
be a great example of this?

26.
How can an items transferability increase or decrease
spatial interaction?

27.

What does the author mean by friction of distance?

28.
Give an example of an intervening opportunity that you
have taken advantage of (other than gasoline).

29.
What effect, if any, might accessibility have on
intervening opportunities?
30.

Explain distance decay.

31.
How has technology impacted both friction of distance and
distance decay?

32.

What is this effect known as?

33.
What negative impact does sociologist Anthony Giddens believe
technology is having on our social relations?

34.

Define geographic scale.

35.

What 2 classes of geographic scale exist? Describe each.

36.

Explain large-scale and small-scale in terms of observational

scale.

37.
Explain large-scale and scale-scale in terms of cartographic
scale.

38.
In terms of observational scale, how can different scales
impact each other?