These are guided notes to go along with Mr. Eiland's AP Human Geography Unit 1 Powerpoint. You can find the Powerpoint at the following link: http://www.slideshare.net/deilands/ap-human-geography-unit-1

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Unit 1 Guided Notes
Cues (Questions to Study) Note Taking
Task 1: Overview of Geography
Example: What are three a. Characteristics of Geography:
characteristics of Example: Geography is the study of the Earth’s Surface, the interaction between people and
geography? their environment, a study of locational variation, patterns, and is descriptive.
b. Definition of Geography in your own words:
Task 2: Important People in Geography
What did each add to Geography:
Example: Who was the a. Aristotle (384BCE – 322 BCE)
first person to show the
earth was spherical?
b. Eratosthenes (3rd Century BCE)
c. Claudius Ptolemy (90 CE – 168 CE)
d. Al Idrisi (1099 CE – 1165 CE)
e. Abraham Ortelius (1527 CE – 1598 CE)
f. George Perkins Marsh (1801 CE - 1882 CE)
g. Carl Sauer (1889 CE – 1975 CE)

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Unit 1 Guided Notes
Cues Note Taking
Task 4: Map Distortion and Scale
Summarize the concept of map-scale.
Describe map distortion.
Map Type Distortion Other Notes
Task 5: How to read reference maps.
Provide an example of relative location:
Provide an example of absolute location:
Where are the following located:
a. Prime Meridian
b. The Equator
c. The International Date Line
Describe how the International Date Line works:

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Unit 1 Guided Notes
Task 6: Thematic Maps
Six types of Thematic Maps and Description:
Task 7: Other Tools
Define GIS:
Example of using GIS:
Define GPS:
Define Remote Sensing:
Computer program that uses Remote Sensing and how it is used:
Task 8: Five Themes: Location
Define Site and provide an example:
Define Situation and provide an example:
Describe why toponyms are important:

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Unit 1 Guided Notes
Task 9: Theme 2: Region
Simple definition of region:
Define Cultural Landscape:
Characteristics of a Formal Region and two examples:
Characteristics of a Functional Region and two examples:
Characteristics of a Perceptual Region and two examples:
Sketch an image that shows the core, domain and sphere of a region. Explain what each
are:
Task 10: Theme 3: Movement – Part 1 (Space Time Compression and Interaction)
Define Space-Time Compression:
Define Friction of Distance and give an example:
Define Distance Decay and give an example:
Explain what the Gravity Model is used to determine:
Write the Gravity Model Equation:

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Task 12: Theme 3: Movement – Part 2 (Diffusion)
Define diffusion:
Type Definition Example
Task 13: Theme 4: Place
Define Place:
Questions Scale asks:
Summarize the three types of distribution and give examples of each:
Task 14: Theme 5: Human Environmental Interaction
Define Human-Environmental Interaction:
Explain Environmental-Determinism and give an example:
Explain Possibilism and give an example: