AP Human Geography

Learning objective number 1 was define place, location, toponym, site, situation, and regions. The definition of place is a specific point on Earth, distinguished by a particular characteristic. Location is the position that something occupies on Earth's surface. Toponym is the name given to a place on Earth. Site is the physical character of a place. Situation is the location of a place relative to other places. Regions are an area of Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics. The second learning objective was identify and describe the 5 themes of geography. The 5 themes of geography are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement and region. Location is a particular place or position. There are 2 types of location: relative and absolute location. Location of a place is defined by longitude and latitude. Place is the physical and human aspects of a location. Each place in the world has it's own unique characteristics. There are physical aspects ...

1. Washington                          2. Oregon 3. California 4. Arizona 5. Nevada 6. Utah 7. Idaho 8. Montana 9. Wyoming 10. Colorado 11. New Mexico 12. Texas 13. Oklahoma 14. Kansas 15. Nebraska 16. South Dakota 17. North Dakota 18. Minnesota 19. Iowa 20. Missouri 21. Arkansas 22. Louisiana 23. Wisconsin 24. Michigan 25. Illinois 26.Indiana 27. Ohio 28. Kentucky 29. Tennessee 30. Mississippi 31. Alabama 32. Georgia 33. Florida 34. South Carolina 35. North Carolina 36. Virginia 37. West Virginia 38. Pennsylvania 39. New York 40. Vermont 41. New Hampshire 42. Maine 43. Massachusetts 44. Rhode Island 45. Connecticut 46. New Jersey 47. Deleware 48. Maryland 49. Alaska 50. Hawaii

7. Authagraph Made by Hajime Narukawa in 1999 This map has no straight longitude or latitude lines. This map is trying to get the most accurately proportioned flat map from a 3d map. This map has the same idea as the Goode-Homolosine map which is to unfold a rounded map into a flat one.  6. Winkel-Tripel Made my Oswald Winkel in 1921 This map has straight longitude lines but the only straight latitude line is the prime meridian. This map is the opposite of the Robinson and Mollweide map because the boxes get bigger as they get bigger the closer they to get to the equator. In this map the boxes get bigger the further they are from the equator.  5. Mollweide Made by Karl Brandan Mollweide in 1805 This map has straight latitude lines but the farther from the prime meridian the less straight the longitude lines are. This map is similar to Robinson because closer to the equator the boxes are larger and farther they get smaller. 2. Robinson Made by Arthur H. Rob...

In today's reading I learned the definition of multiple words. The definition of map scale, projection, meridian, longitude, parallel, latitude, prime meridian, Greenwhich Mean Time, and International Date Line. The definition of map scale is the relationship of a feature's size on a map to it's actual size on Earth. Projection is transferring locations on Earth's surface to a flat map. Meridian is arc drawn between the north and south poles. Longitude is the location of each meridian is identified on Earth's surface according to a numbering system. Parallel is a circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians. Latitude is numbering system to indicate the location of a parallel. The prime meridian is the meridian that passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwhich, England, is 0 degrees longitude. Greenwhich Mean Time is the time at the prime meridian, is the master reference to time for all points on Eart...

1. Canada 2. United States 3. Mexico 4. Guatemala 5. Belize 6. El Salvador 7.Honduras 8. Nicaragua 9. Costa Rica 10. Panama 11. Cuba 12. Jamaica 13. Haiti 14. Dominican Republic   1. Columbia 2. Venezuela 3. Guyana 4. Suriname 5. French Guiana 6. Ecuador 7. Peru 8. Bolivia 9. Brazil 10. Paraguay 11. Chile 12. Argentina 13. Uraguay 

Today in class we learned about different types of maps and are used for. The first type of map is a topographic map. A topographic map's purpose is to show elevation. The closer the lines are together the higher the elevation. The farther the lines are the lower the elevation. Next we learned about thematic maps and they show data based on a theme. Then we learned about weather maps and they show contour lines. Then a cloropleth map which shows data based on the color. An isoline map show the data between points. A dot density map helps visualize the clusters of a certain phenomenon. A flow line map uses lines of various thickness to show patterns. Lastly, a cartogram shows the size of an area based on a specific concept. We also talked about the world regions map. We talked about the map of the bigger picture and the map of the closer view. The map of the bigger picture was mostly the same as the map we would think about. Some of the differences were Africa was split into Afric...

Today in class we learned maps serve 2 basic purposes. The first purpose was as a reference to location. The location could be absolute location or relative location. Absolute location is an exact point and you find that using longitude and latitude.An example or absolute location is an address. So for John Carroll the absolute location would be 703 E Churchville Rd, Bel Air, MD 21014. An example or absolute location is an address. So for John Carroll the absolute location would be  Relative location describes location based on relation to other places. An example of relative location would be The John Carroll School is located near Southhampton Middle School, off of Churchville road and right by Bynum Run Park. Another thing we learned was what cartography is. Cartography is the science of mapmaking. A population cartogram is a map that shows data through population. The map below predicts the population for 2100. The worlds population is projected to increase by 3.5 billion peo...

Today in class we learned the different studies of geography. Geography is a field of science that studies land, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth and plants. Also, human geography is the branch of geography that studies people and their communities, cultures, economies, and interactions with the environment. Lastly, physical geography is the field of science that studies the processes and patterns in the natural environment like the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere. The difference between human and physical geography is that human geography is the study of people and what they have created where as physical geography is the study of nature. We also talked about what a historian does compared to what a geographer does. A geographer focuses on location of places and why human activities take place where they do. Where as a historian focuses on dates of events and why human events follow each other chronologically. The main difference is geographers foc...