AP Human Geography Unit I Test Review A. Test Taking Strategies*Can you answer AP-type questions? Do you understand AP testing strategies?

B. ContentUnit I: Geography Its Nature and Perspective (Review Rubenstein chapter 1, Ethel Wood Unit 1)*Can you define in your own words, explain including cause(s) and effect(s), and give examples of the following?

Latitude longitude site situation cultural ecologyGPS GIS base line geography cartographyCulture cultural landscape hearth meridian mapParallel place projection region scaleSpace space-time compression toponym township resource5 themes of geography spatial association globalizationInfrastructure transition zones spatial perspective Census Bureau

C. Do you know the difference between the following?

Site and situation; hierarchical diffusion, contagious diffusion, expansion diffusion, stimulus diffusion and relocation diffusion; density, concentration, and distribution; environmental determinism and possibilism; vernacular, formal and functional regions; the different types of scale shown on a map; small vs. large scale maps;

*Can you answer these questions?D. Do you have a general knowledge of the geographical question of the “why of where”? E. Can you explain why maps have distortion and what steps are taken to better display information from Earth more accurately on paper? F. What was significant about the U.S. Land Ordinance of 1785? G. Who were some of the early geographers that contributed to the discipline? What is each of their significance?

AP Human Geography Unit I Test Review A. Test Taking Strategies*Can you answer AP-type questions? Do you understand AP testing strategies?

B. ContentUnit I: Geography Its Nature and Perspective (Review Rubenstein chapter 1, Ethel Wood Unit 1)*Can you define in your own words, explain including cause(s) and effect(s), and give examples of the following?

Latitude longitude site situation cultural ecologyGPS GIS base line geography cartographyCulture cultural landscape hearth meridian mapParallel place projection region scaleSpace space-time compression toponym township resource5 themes of geography spatial association globalizationInfrastructure transition zones spatial perspective Census Bureau

C. Do you know the difference between the following?

Site and situation; hierarchical diffusion, contagious diffusion, expansion diffusion, stimulus diffusion and relocation diffusion; density, concentration, and distribution; environmental determinism and possibilism; vernacular, formal and functional regions; the different types of scale shown on a map; small vs. large scale maps;

*Can you answer these questions?D. Do you have a general knowledge of the geographical question of the “why of where”? E. Can you explain why maps have distortion and what steps are taken to better display information from Earth more accurately on paper? F. What was significant about the U.S. Land Ordinance of 1785? G. Who were some of the early geographers that contributed to the discipline? What is each of their significance?