Unit 1:

Geography – Its Nature and Perspectives

KBAT and UNIT SYLLABUS
Cultural Landscape Chapter 1
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AP Classroom:
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No NO NO Welcome! In Media for
Map Stations
School SCHOOL SCHOOL Class Intro
Assigned Book
HMK: Signed papers, FRQ Due
FRQ

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Site vs. Situation 5 Themes of Regions activity Diffusion w/ Hakka
Test
Geography
Unit
4 level Analysis One Human Diffusion Practice
Begin Regions Work
Environment
Begin Power of
Geographical Interaction
Place
Concepts
Map
Quiz

Know and be able to:

- Define
Essential and identify the vocabulary and provide examples.
Questions:
- Label the U.S. states and regions.
 -What is human geography?
Distinguish between different types of mapped information.
 What are real world applications of geography/spatial thinking?
 What are the different methods of geographic data collection?
 How do geographers describe where things are?
 What are the different types of regions?
By the end of this unit, you should have: Vocab
o Read Chapter 1 in your textbook and completed reading notes
o Defined the vocabulary for Chapter 1
o Completed the Unit 1 Progress Check on the College Board website
o Learned the Locations of U.S. states, & understand various regions

Unit 1 Vocabulary:
Most Important- BIG IDEAS
Complete: Definition and Specific Geographic Example
1. Acculturation v. Assimilation
2. Cultural Landscapes
3. Cultural Ecology
4. Diffusion – Contatious, Expansion, Hierarchical, Relocation, Stimulus
5. Distance Decay
6. Enviornmental Determinism v. Possibilism
7. Formal Regions
8. Functional ( Nodal ) Regions
9. Globalization
10. Perceptual (Vernacular) Regions
11. Space Time Compression
Map Analysis
Complete: Definition and a drawing
12. Distortion
13. Distribution – Density and Concentration
14. Linear Pattern v. Random Pattern
15. Physical Site Characteristic
16. Scale
17. Site
18. Situation
19. Spatial Organization
Basic Geography Vocabulary
Complete: Definition for Bolded words and be able to IDENTIFY on a map for other words
20. Absolute location v. Relative location 29. Human Geography
21. Cartography 30. International Date Line
22. Daylight Savings Time 31. Latitude and Longitude
23. Equator 32. Local Time
24. GIS v. GPS 33. Location
25. Mercator projection. Peters Projection v. 34. Time Zone
Robinson Projection 35. Toponym
26. Place
27. Physical Geography
28. Prime Meridian