Unit 1 Review Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives
Agenda Test format Practice multiple choice questions Unit 1 in a nutshell Vocab game
Test format 60 minutes: 75 multiple-choice questions Ten minute break 75 minutes: 3 FRQs (~25 minutes each, but you get all three at once)
Practice multiple choice questions 1. Physiological population density is viewed as a superior measure of population density for which of the following reasons? A. It is more reflective of population pressure on arable land. B. It yields the average population density. C. It is more reflective of the world s largest population concentrations. D. It measures the average by dividing total land area by total number of people. E. It best reflects the percentage of a country s population that is urbanized.
Practice multiple choice questions 1. Physiological population density is viewed as a superior measure of population density for which of the following reasons? A. It is more reflective of population pressure on arable land. B. It yields the average population density. C. It is more reflective of the world s largest population concentrations. D. It measures the average by dividing total land area by total number of people. E. It best reflects the percentage of a country s population that is urbanized.
Practice multiple choice questions 2. The spread of specialty coffee shops across the United States in the 1990s is an example of A. hierarchical diffusion B. contagious diffusion C. stimulus diffusion D. periodic movement E. relocation diffusion
Practice multiple choice questions 2. The spread of specialty coffee shops across the United States in the 1990s is an example of A. hierarchical diffusion B. contagious diffusion C. stimulus diffusion D. periodic movement E. relocation diffusion
Practice multiple choice questions 3. A formal region defines an area in which A. a core dominates its surrounding hinterland B. a transportation network links different types of land use C. there is uniformity in one or more physical or human characteristics D. there are significant geographic variations in physical or human characteristics E. a unified government system has been established
Practice multiple choice questions 3. A formal region defines an area in which A. a core dominates its surrounding hinterland B. a transportation network links different types of land use C. there is uniformity in one or more physical or human characteristics D. there are significant geographic variations in physical or human characteristics E. a unified government system has been established
Take away? It helps to know VOCAB TERMS!
Unit 1 in a nutshell 1. Geography, as a field of inquiry, looks at the world from a spatial perspective. a. Maps - types and projections b. The concept of region can be applied at different scales c. Types of diffusion (spread) d. Types of distribution (spatial characteristics on the landscape) e. Geospatial technologies are continually improving
Environmental determinism or possibilist approach?
Maps ALL maps are DISTORTED! **THIS IS A MUST KNOW!!** Mercator is the projection that will likely come up on the test. Types of maps: ex. Choropleth, cartogram, isoline Basic map terms: Latitude Longitude Equator Parallels Meridians
What type of map is this?
What type of map is this?
What about these?
Regions YOU SHOULD KNOW THE AP REGION MAP! SCALE is important when considering region 3 main types of regions Formal Functional Perceptual (vernacular)
Diffusion Hearth = place where characteristic begins (origin) Types of diffusion Relocation - requires migration of people Expansion Hierarchical - spreads as result of a group, usually social elite Contagious - usually associated with diseases, but can be any rapid spread Stimulus - takes a part of an idea and spreads that idea to create an innovative product
Distribution Density (usually population density) Physiographic density: total # of people divided by the arable (farmable) land Arithmetic density: density using all the land in a given area Concentration Clustered (agglomerated) Dispersed (scattered) Pattern Linear Centralized Random distribution