AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY READING GUIDE
UNIT I – GEOGRAPHY: ITS NATURE AND PERSPECTIVES Ch 1
Rubenstein
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Title: Chapter 1: Thinking Geographically
Cultural Ecology
define: cultural ecology; environmental determinism
Human and Physical Factors
define: possibilism & list a human factor and a physical factor that impact
the environment
The Netherlands: Sensitive Environmental Modification
define: polder & explain how the Dutch modified their environment & why
* Figure 1-15 Explain/Summarize what this map represents
Florida: Not-So-Sensitive Environmental Modification
* Explain how people in Florida have modified their environment and why
* Figure 1-16 Explain/Summarize what this map represents
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Diffusion
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define: diffusion; hearth
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* Identify the two basic types of diffusion
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Relocation Diffusion
define: relocation diffusion & explain how the euro is an example
Expansion Diffusion
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define: expansion diffusion & list the three processes that lead to it
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define: hierarchical diffusion & explain how hip hop music is an example
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define: contagious diffusion & explain how the spread of ideas through the World
Wide Web is an example
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* Figure 1-22 Explain/Summarize what this map represents
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define: stimulus diffusion & explain how the sale of IBM-compatible
computers is an example
Diffusion of Culture and Economy
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* List three hearth regions that global culture and economy are centered on
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* List three reasons these regions are the hearths
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define: uneven development –