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Question 1

Physical Geography

Answer 1

The study of natural processes and the distribution of features in the environment, such as land forms, plants, animals, and climate.

Question 2

Human Geography

Answer 2

The study of the events and processes that have shaped how humans understand, use, and alter Earth.

Question 3

Spatial Perspective

Answer 3

Where something occurs.

Question 4

Ecological Perspective

Answer 4

The relationships between living things and their environments

Question 5

Location

Answer 5

The position that a point or object occupies on Earth

Question 6

Absolute Location

Answer 6

The exact location of an object

Question 7

Relative Location

Answer 7

A description of where a place is in relation to other places or features

Question 8

Place

Answer 8

A location on Earth that is distinguished by its physical and human characteristics

Question 9

Mental Maps

Answer 9

internalized representations of portions of Earth’s surface

Question 10

Site

Answer 10

A place’s absolute location, as well as its physical characteristics, such as the land forms, climate, and resources

Question 11

Situation

Answer 11

A place’s location in relation to other places, such as transportation routes, political associations, and economic and cultural ties

Question 12

Space

Answer 12

The area between two or more things on Earth’s surface

Question 13

Distributed

Answer 13

The way things are arranged within a given space

Question 14

Density

Answer 14

The number of things—people, animals, or objects—in a specific area.

Question 15

Pattern

Answer 15

How things are arranged in a particular space

Question 16

Flow

Answer 16

movement of people, goods, or information that has economic, social, political, or cultural effects on societies

Question 17

Environmental determinism

Answer 17

The idea that human behavior is strongly affected, controlled, or determined by the physical environment

Question 18

Possibilism

Answer 18

Theory of human-environment interaction that states that humans have the ability to adapt the physical environment to their needs

Question 19

Distance Decay

Answer 19

a principle stating that the farther away one thing is from another, the less interaction the two things will have

Question 20

time-space compression

Answer 20

a key geographic principle that describes the ways in which modern transportation and communication technology have allowed humans to travel and communicate over long distances quicker and easier

Question 21

Sustainability

Answer 21

the use of Earth’s land and natural resources in ways that ensure they will continue to be available in the future