Chapter 1

Question 1

a specific point on Earth

Answer 1

place

Question 2

an area on Earth

Answer 2

region

Question 3

relationship between studied section and earth as a whole

Answer 3

scale

Question 4

a physical gap between 2 objects

Answer 4

space

Question 5

relationship among people and objects across a barrier of space

Answer 5

connection

Question 6

the analysis of data about earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technology. Displays data after

Answer 6

geographic information science (GIScience)

Question 7

a system that determines the precise postion of something

Answer 7

global postionong sytem (GPS)

Question 8

identifing and storing a peice of data or info by it’s lateral and longitudinal coordiantes

Answer 8

geotagging

Question 9

th relationship of a features size on a map to its actual size

Answer 9

map scale

Question 10

four type of map distortion

Answer 10

shape, distance, direction relative size

Question 11

finding a place by things that never change

Answer 11

absolute location

Question 12

an area in which everypne shares one or more common characteristics

Answer 12

formal region

Question 13

an area organizeed around a focal point

Answer 13

functional

Question 14

an area that people belive exists or is perceived that way

Answer 14

vernacular region

Question 15

the arragmnet of features in space

Answer 15

distribution

Question 16

3 main properites of space/distribution

Answer 16

density, concentration, pattern

Question 17

the frequency in which something occurs in space

Answer 17

density

Question 18

the extent of a feature spread over space

Answer 18

concentration

Question 19

the geometric arrangement of objects in space

Answer 19

pattern

Question 20

the spread of ideas/ things through physical movements

Answer 20

reloctaion diffusion

Question 21

the spread of a feature through an additive process

Answer 21

expansion diffusion

Question 22

the spread though authority or power

Answer 22

heroical diffusion

Question 23

widespread of a characteristic through the population

Answer 23

contagious diffusion

Question 24

spread of an underlying principle even though a characteristic fails or diffuses

Answer 24

stimulus diffusion

Question 25

culture features are altered by another group

Answer 25

assimitalion

Question 26

believe that the physical environment causes social development.

Answer 26

environmental determinism

Question 27

a better belief that the physical environment can limit some human activities but people can change to adapt to there environment

Answer 27

possiblism

Question 28

time at prime median 0 degrees longitude, east US is 75 degrees, so it is 5 hours earlier

Answer 28

coordinate universal time (Greenwich mean time (GMT))

Question 29

mostly follows 180 degrees longitude, when it is crossed east it goes back 24 hours, and the opposite west

Answer 29

international date line

Question 30

using resourse wisely

Answer 30

concervation

Question 31

not using resources at all

Answer 31

preservation

Question 32

a map using color to show data

Answer 32

choropleth

Question 33

four types of distortion

Answer 33

shape
distance
relative size
direction

Question 34

a map using dots and dot clusters to show data

Answer 34

dot distribution

Question 35

a map that uses the size of symbols to compare data based on the largeness or smallness of data

Answer 35

graduated symbol map

Question 36

like a weather map, links data together of likeness along

Answer 36

isoline map

Question 37

size of countries adjust to depict varying magnitudes, the size of data makes the size of the given data

Answer 37

cartogram

Question 38

quizlet for map projections