Statistics for AP Human Geo Unit 1 Terms

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Exact location on Earth	Absolute	61%
Study of where and why human activities are located	Human Geography	55%
Science of mapmaking	Cartography	42%
Projection that maintains accurate direction, but distorts land size at the poles	Mercator	42%
Location in relation to other places	Relative	42%
Directions based on people's surroundings	Relative	36%
Computer system that stores and can show layers of geographic data	GIS	30%
Accurately determines the position of something on Earth	GPS	30%
Projection that attempts to balance all 4 projection errors	Robinson	30%
Process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected as a result of increased trade and cultural exchange	Globalization	27%
Effect where the farther an idea is from the source, the less likely it is to be adopted	Distance Decay	24%
Acquisition of data about Earth's surface via a satellite	Remote Sensing	24%
Scale at which a geographer analyzes a particular phenomenom	Scale of Analysis	24%
Rapid widespread diffusion of an idea throughout a population	Contagious	21%
A region organized around a node or focal point	Functional	21%
Diffusion of an idea from persons/nodes of authority to other people	Hierarchical	21%
Map where lines show equal data, for example topographic map	Isoline	21%
Data associated with cultural and regional geography because it is more descriptive of unique places	Qualitative Data	21%
Data that uses mathematical techniques that are important for economic, political, and population geography	Quantitative Data	21%
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs	Sustainability	21%
Map where areas are shaded in proportion to data	Choropleth	18%
Type of region in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics	Formal	18%
Focal points of innovation and invention	Hearth	18%
Materials or substances that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain	Natural Resources	18%
Study of where and why natural forces occur as they do	Physical Geography	18%
A region that people believe exist as a part of their cultural identity. Defined by how people perceive it	Vernacular	18%
Map where size of place is scaled to fit data	Cartogram	15%
Spread of an idea through physical movement of people	Relocation	15%
Physical characteristics of a place	Site	15%
Location of a place relative to other places	Situation	15%
Diffusion of an underlying principle even though a characteristic itself fails to diffuse	Stimulus	15%
Frequency of which something occurs in space	Density	12%
Map where one point shows a particular phenomenon	Dot	12%
The physical environment causes social development	Environmental Determinism	12%
Founder of geography	Eratosthenes	12%
Projection that maintains area, but distorts shape at the poles	Gall-Peters	12%
Relationship of a feature's size on a map to its actual size on Earth	Map Scale	12%
People have the ability to adjust to their environment	Possibilism	12%
Trait diffuses from lower class or less populated area to higher class or more populated centers	Reverse Hierarchical	12%
Compass direction such as North or South	Absolute	9%
A combination of cultural features and physical features that characterizes a region	Cultural Landscape	9%
Geometric arrangement of objects in space	Pattern	9%
Idea that relative distance is shrinking with increasing technology	Time-Space Convergence	9%
Extent of a features spread over space	Concentration	6%
Spread of an idea outward from a hearth	Expansion	6%
An individual's internal geographic understanding of a place	Mental Map	6%
Map that shows information for a particular place, useful for navigation	Reference	6%
Differences that are maintained around the world no matter how much globalization occurs	Local Diversity	3%
Map where size of a symbol reflects relative magnitude of data	Proportional Symbol	3%
Conducts research, operates factories, and sells produces in many countries	Transnational Corporation	3%