Ap Human Geography Term Paper

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Physical geography- the branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes.

Physical landscape- physical elements of geophysically defined landforms such as (ice-capped) mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of land use, buildings and structures.
Human geography- the branch of geography dealing with how human activity affects or is influenced by the earth's surface.
Cultural landscape- An approach to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area.
Cartography- the science or practice of drawing maps.
Longitude- the angular distance of a place
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Relative location- Relevant to the equator and prime meridian
Absolute location- Absolute location describes the location of a place based on a fixed point on earth.
Core region- The centers of economic, political, and/or cultural power within a given territorial entity.
Peripheral region- The least powerful regions and therefore are often marginalized or under the control of both semi-peripheral regions and core regions.
Region- an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.
Climate- the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
Weather- the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
Subduction- the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate.
Demography- the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human