AP European History

Unit 1 – GEOGRAPHIC FOUNDATIONS

Readings: Places & Regions in Global Context – Chapter 1

Human Geography (v. Physical Geography)

Ethnocentrism

Imperialism

Masculinism

Environmental Determinism

Globalization

Region

Regional Geography

GIS (Geographic Information Systems)

Maps

     - Topographic Maps

     - Contour Maps

     - Thematic Maps

     - Isopleth Maps (& isolines)

     - Dot Maps

     - Chloropleth Maps

     - Located Charts

     - Proportional Symbols

     - Map Scale (large & small scale)

Map Projections

Location (nominal, absolute, & relative)

Latitude & Longitude

Site v. Situation

Cognitive Images (Mental Maps)

Distance (absolute, relative, & cognitive)

Friction of Distance

Distance-Decay Function

Utility

Space (absolute, topological, & cognitive)

Accessibility

Complementarity

Economy of Scale

Transferability

Time-Space Convergence

Intervening Opportunity

Spatial Diffusion (expansion, relocation, & hierarchical)

Geographical Imagination