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Clemson GEOG 101 Exam 2 Study Guide Rated A+ Demography the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations Birth Rates Number of births in a year for every 1000 people Infant Mortality Rates the number of infant deaths under age 1 per 1000 live births Doubling Times The time required for a population to double in size Life Expectancy an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities Natural increase Crude death rate subtracted from c...

AP Human Geography UNIT ONE Already Passed situation location of a place on Earth relative to other places (good for unfamiliar places through reference to familiar ones) site physical characteristics of a place (ex. climate, water bodies, topography, soil, vegetation, elevation) scale relationship between a portion of Earth and the Earth as a whole (ex. 1:24000 means 1 unit of a map of a place on Earth relates to 24000 of the unit on the actual Earth) vernacular region region people create a...

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Introduction to geography in general correct answer: oScience, social science, geography "The" Scientific method Science should be •Rational, objective, systematic •Make testable/repeatable predictions Science shouldn't be •Dogmatic (should be open-minded) •Ideological (free from bias) •TrivialTestable predictions are crucialoSocial science uses science to study the social and cultural environment Geography :) correct answer: o"The scientific study of the location of p...

AP Human Geography Ch. 1-6 Graded A+ Cartography the making of maps and charts Map Distortion Happens when a round surface is made flat; distortion may be in size or shape of land forms, distance between land forms, or in direction. Map Projection a projection of the globe onto a flat map using a grid of lines of latitude and longitude Map Scale shows the ratio between distances on a map and distances on the earth Geographic Scale ratio comparing the distance on the real world to the distanc...

AP Human Geography Unit 1 Review Already Graded A Latitude The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator Cultural Ecology Geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships Longitude The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian (0°). GPS A system that determines the precise position of somethin...

AP Human Geography: Geography (2022/2023) Graded A space geometric surface of the Earth place an area of bounded space of some human importance region a type of place toponym a place name sequent occupancy the succession of groups and cultural influences throughout a place's history place-specific culture ex. Sante Fe, Mexico, a complex mix of multiple Native American, Spanish colonial, and modern American influences based upon the sequence of past and current societal influences scale re...

AP Human Geography Unit 1, 2, 3 vocab Already Passed Crude birth rate The number of births per year to a thousand people. Crude death rate The number of deaths per year to a thousand people. Density The amount of something per unit Distance decay The decline of an activity or function with increasing distance from the place of origin. Doubling rate The length of time that a population needs to double in numbers. Emigration Migration outwards from one's native country to another country. E...

Cartography the study and practice of making maps Ex- In the middle ages the cartographers had studied the map in a flat structure while today the cartographers make maps based on the Earth being round. Climate a measure of the average pattern of variation in temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological variables in a given region over long periods of time. Ex- The climate in a country can become a push factor for the pe...

Map - ANSWER-a 2-dimensional (flat) model of the 3-dimensional earth cartography - ANSWER-science of mapmaking two purposes that maps serve - ANSWER-reference and communication who used the first term "geography" - ANSWER-Eratosthenes Chinese contribution to geograhy - ANSWER-wrote books and made an elaborate map of China Muslims contribution to geography - ANSWER-world map, geography text, wrote text by traveling Age Of Discovery(16th Century)- developments in geography - AN...