Ch. 1 - Introduction to Geography and Maps

Question 0

Absolute location

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Location based on the latitude and longitude coordinates

Question 1

Diffusion

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Describes the spread or movement of a principle or idea

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Cartograms

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Maps that assign space by the size of some datum

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Cartographers

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Map makers; concerned with problem of distortion

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Concentration

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The density of particular phenomena over an area; objects can either be clustered or agglomerated

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Conformal maps

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Maps that distort area but keep shapes intact

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Conic projection maps

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Maps that put a cone over the Earth and keep distance intact but lose directional qualities

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Cultural landscape

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Cultural attributes of an area often used to describe a place

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Cylindrical maps

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Maps that show true direction but lose distance

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Dark Ages

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A time when academic thought was not advancing in Europe but was very active across the rest of the world

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Density

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Describes how often an object occurs within a given area or space

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Distribution

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The term comes from the idea that everything on Earth’s surface must have a physical location. The three aspects: density, concentration, and pattern

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Environmental determination

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Stated that human behaviors are a direct result of their environment

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Equal-area projection maps

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Maps that try to distribute distortion equally throughout the map; may distort shapes

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Expansion diffusion

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The term used to describe the spread of a characteristic from a central node through various means: hierarchical, contagious, and stimulus diffusion

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Flow-line maps

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Maps that are good for determining movement, such as migration trends

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Formal regions

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Regions where everything and anything inside has the same characteristic or phenomena

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Functional regions

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Regions that can be defined around a certain point or node; characteristics are most intense around the center but are lost or weaken the further away from the node

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Geographic information systems (GIS)

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Layers geographic information into a new map, showing specific types of geographical data

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Geographical positioning systems (GPS)

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Uses the Earth’s latitude and longitude coordinates to determine an exact location

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Geography

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The description of the Earth’s surface and the people and processes that shape those landscapes

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Hierarchical diffusion

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The notion that a phenomena spreads as a result of the social elite, such as political leaders, entertainment leaders or famous athletes, spreading societal ideas or trends

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Human geography

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The study of human characteristics on the landscape, including population, agriculture, urbanization, and culture

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Latitudes (parallels)

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Parallel lines that run east/west on the surface of the Earth; the highest degree of latitude is 90 degrees

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Longitudes (meridians)

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Parallel lines that run north/south on the surface of the Earth

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Middle Ages

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A time after the fall of the Roman Empire and before the Enlightenment

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Migration diffusion

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The term used to describe the physical spread of people moving from one place to another

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Oval projection maps

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Maps that combine the cylindrical and conic projections (eg. Molleweide projection)

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Pattern

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Describing how objects are organized in a space

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Planar maps

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Maps that show true direction and examine the Earth from one point, usually from a pole or a polar direction (eg. Azimuthal map)

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Possibilist

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Suggests that humans are not a product of their environment but possess skills necessary to change their environment to satisfy human needs

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Region

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A concept used to link different places together based on any parameter the geographer chooses

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Relative location

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Location that is based on, or refers to, another feature on the Earth’s surface

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Spatial interaction (movement)

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Concerned with how linked a place is to the outside world; how well an area is connected to the world determines its importance

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Thematic map

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Used to determine some type of geographic phenomenon; can be represented as area class maps, area symbol maps, cartograms, chloropleth maps, digital maps, dot maps, flow-line maps, isoline maps, point symbol maps, and proportional symbol maps

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Vernacular region (perceptual region)

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A region that exists primarily in the individual’s perception of feelings