AP Human Geography

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Today's first learning objective was define population, demography, and key demographic indicators. Population refers to the size and distribution of the Earth's human population. In human geography it refers to a collection of human beings in a certain place. Demography is a social science which entails the statistical study of human populations. Key demographic indicators are life expectancy at birth, crude death rate, crude birth rate, and urban population. The second learning objective was identify, track and compare key demographic indicators between MDC's and LDC's. MDC's have higher life expectancy at birth, crude birth rates and urban populations. They also have a low crude death rate. LDC's have a low life expectancy at birth, crude birth rate and urban population but a high crude death rate. The first numbers show our estimates and the second number is the actual answer... 1. 10,000: 10,044 2. 25,000: 253,956 3. 200,000: 619,493 4. 6,000,0...

Our first learning objective was define sustainability, resources, abiotic systems and biotic systems. Sustainability  is the use of Earth's resources in ways that ensure their availability in the future. Resources are a substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use. Abiotic systems are composed of nonliving or inorganic matter. Biotic systems  are composed of living organisms. The second learning objective is identify and describe the model of sustainability using the pillars of sustainability. The models of sustainability using the pillars is a venn-diagram with economics, environment and society. The environmental pillar is the largest which means when we are buying or doing something we should think of how it will affect our environment and base our decisions off that. The next pillar is society. This pillar should be considered after environment if the product or action yo...

Today's first learning objective was define spacial interaction, distance decay, core-periphery, MDC, LDC, and space-time compression. Spacial interaction is the flow of information, products, and human beings from one place to another. Distance decay  is the farther away someone is from you, the less likely you two are to interact.  Core-periphery  is a model that describes how economic, political and/or cultural power is spatially distributed between dominant core regions, and more marginal or dependent semi-peripheral and peripheral regions. MDC stands for more developed country.  In these countries there is a much higher standard of living and the economy is strong. LDC  stands for least developed country. These countries have the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development, with the lowest human development. Space-time compression  is the reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place. The second learning objective was identi...

Today's first learning objective was define scale, globalization, and spatial association. Scale is the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole. Globalization is a force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope. Spatial association  occurs within a region if the distribution of  one feature is related to another feature. The second learning objective is discuss the pros and cons of globalization. Some pros of globalization are it helps transfer knowledge, skills, information, technology, goods and service from country to country. It is helping the country develop and become more efficient. We have learned new and faster ways to do important things. Although we have learned lots of new things from globalization there are some cons to it. Some cons are globalization is allowing the rich countries to get richer and the poor countries to get poorer. Also, if we achieve the goal of globaliza...

Today's first lesson objective was to define region, formal region, functional region and vernacular region. The definition of region is an area of Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics. The definition of formal region is an area within which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics. The definition of functional region is an area organized around a node or focal point. The definition of vernacular region is an area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity. The second learning objective was to compare and contrast the different types of regions human geographers use.  A region and formal region are similar because they are both defined by one or more distinctive characteristics. A region is defined by one or more distinctive characteristics and a formal region is an area where everyone has one or more distinctive characteristics in common. A vernacular region and functional region are different because a function...

1. The best site for the map of 1650 would be location C because it is located near the ocean which is good for fishing, a river which supplies fresh water and a possible food source, and near farmland which is good for growing crops which allows you to eat and make money. The ocean could cause problems because there could be possible sea attacks and farmland could be dangerous because is could attract unwanted others looking for farmland. The next best location would be E because it is located on a river which provides a food source and fresh water and very close to farmland which allows crops to be grown. Farmland could be dangerous because it could attract unwanted settlers who also want farmland. The next location would be B because it is on an ocean which is good for trade and a few miles from farmland. The negatives to this would be that farmland is not very close and since it is on the ocean it is easy to get attacked by incoming ships. The next location would be A because it is...