Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

geog 220 > chapter 1 > Flashcards

chapter 1 Flashcards

1
Q

what is geography

A

an integrative approach to understanding our world, interactions of humans and their natural environment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

describe space/spatial

A

refers to the areal extent of something on the earths surface

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

perception

A

humans acquire information about physical and social environments: a war of interpreting ones lives experience

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

mental (perceptual) map

A

an image or spacial representation (map) of the way space is organized, as influenced by an individual’s knowledge or lived experience in that space

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

geographic scale

A

he territorial extent or level of analysis, such as local, regional, and global

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

location

A

particular position in space

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

absolute location

A

amount of space that can objectively be measure with definable boundaries, and remains stable over time

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

relative location

A

using other locations as a reference point

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

nominal location

A

using the name of a place as the location

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

toponym

A

the common name given to a location, reflect the culture of the individuals naming them, the place itself, and its characteristics, can provide a wealth of information about past and present human and cultural landscape

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

10 categories for toponym

A

personal, imported, indigenous, religious, physical features, plant or animal, economic, event-related, optimistic or pessimistic, controversial

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

physical geography

A

study of patterns and processes of the earths natural or physical environments, including climate, topography, geology, soils, and ecosystems

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

human geography

A

study of patterns and processes to the earths human or social environments, including population change, economies, cultures, politics, settlements, and human interactions with the natural environment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

what is where, why there, and why care?

A

describe the location and conditions, underlying causes, and reflect on the effect of human life

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

site

A

physical attributes or characteristics of a location, including its topography, climate, water sources, vegetation, and so on

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

situation

A

the geographic context of a location, relative to other locations, including its economic, political, and social characteristics

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

place

A

a location that has acquired particular meaning or significance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

sense of place

A

the feelings evoke by, or deep attachments to, specific locations (places), that result from the experiences individuals associate with the location

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

scared place

A

a location with particular significance to an individual or a group, usually (but no necessarily) for religious reasons

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

placelessness

A

the nature of location that lack uniqueness or individual character; used for homogeneous and standardized landscape, like fast food, mcDonalds

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

region

A

a part of the earths surface that displays internal homogeneity and is relatively distinct from surrounding areas according to certain criteria: a contiguous spacial unit

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

regionalization

A

the process of classifying locations or areas of the earths surface into various regions

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

formal (or unifrom) region

A

an area (region) that processes a certain degree of uniformity with respect to one or more physical or cultural traits, every local shares one or more common characteristic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

functional (or nodal) region

A

an area (region) organized around a node or focal point, and unified by specific economic, political, or social activity, and the defining characteristics diminish in importance the further one gets from the central node

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

vernacular (or perceptual) region

A

an area (region) identified on the basis of the perceptions held by people inside or outside the region, or both

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

landscape

A

the characteristics, or overall appearance, of a particular area or location, comprising a combination of natural and human influences

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

cultural landscape

A

the characteristics or overall appearance of a particular area or location, resulting from human modification of the natural environment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

distance

A

a measure of the amount of space between two or more locations: can be measured in both absolute terms (physical distance) and relative terms (time distance, economic distance, or psychological distance)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

other type of subjective or relative measure of distance

A

psychological distance and economic and temporal measures of distance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

distribution

A

the spatial arrangement go geographic phenomena (e.g,. People) within an area; including density, concentration, and pattern

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

density

A

a measure of the relationship between the number of geographic phenomena, like people, coffee shop, trees, and a unit of area: typically express as a ration

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

concentration

A

the spread of geographic phenomena over given area

33
Q

clustered

A

the distance between two things is small

34
Q

diapered

A

the distance between two things is big

35
Q

pattern

A

the geometric, regular, or other spatial arrangement of geographic phenomena in a given area

36
Q

diffusion

A

the process of geographic phenomena spreading over space and through time

37
Q

cultural diffusion

A

the process of cultural phenomena (ideas, innovations, trends, languages) spreading over space and through time, hearth: the area where a particular trait originates

38
Q

relocation diffusion

A

one of two basic forms of diffusion, in which the geographic phenomena are physically moved from one area to another, such as through immigration or trade

39
Q

expansion diffusion

A

the spread of culture without the movement of individuals, the spreading of ideas or innovations outward from the hearth area

40
Q

other expansion diffusion

A

contagious diffusion and hierarchical diffusion

41
Q

contagious diffusion

A

spread rapidly and throughout an area

42
Q

hierarchical diffusion

A

spread first to key, important, people or places and then gradually throughout the rest of a population or an area

43
Q

spatial interaction

A

the nature and extent of the relationship or linkages between locations; the extent of spacial interaction is related to the distances between locations and the physical and intangible connections between them

44
Q

distance decay

A

the effects of distance on spacial interaction; generally intensity of interaction declines with increasing distance

45
Q

friction of distance

A

a measure of the restraining effect of distance on human interaction and movement; generally greater time and cost are incurred with increasing distance

46
Q

accessibility

A

relative ease with which a location can be reached from other locations

47
Q

what has made accessibility improved

A

technology, transportation and communication network

48
Q

connectivity

A

the direct and indirect linkages (transportation routes and communications pathways) between two or more locations

49
Q

map

A

a flat representation of the earths surface, its geographic features includes people, places, and geographic phenomena, locations, region, efficiently communicate tremendous amounts of spacial information in one place

50
Q

cartography

A

the art and science of making maps

51
Q

latitude

A

horizontal, parallele, equator, no more than 90degree, complete circle

52
Q

longitude

A

vertical, lines of constant longitude called meridians, runs through greenwich UK, no more than 180degree, half circle from north pole to south pole

53
Q

time zone

A

base on latitude
a region of the earth that observes a uniform standard time, 15degree an hour

54
Q

why are some time zone wider than others

A

for political decisions, to be in the same time zone as region around

55
Q

international date line

A

time zone, not 1hour but 24hour of differences

56
Q

map scale

A

tells us how much smaller the map is than the actual feature of the earth that it represents

57
Q

ration (map scale)

A

1:100,000

58
Q

graphic (map scale)

A

0 5 10 (with a bar or line marked to show equivalent distances), changes with the map

59
Q

textual, written statement, (map scale)

A

1 cm = 1 km

60
Q

truth or false? the smaller the area represented the bigger the scale is

A

truth

61
Q

daylight save time (DST)

A

shifting clocks forwards one hour in the spring and summer to gain daylight in the evening while sacrificing daylight early in the morning

62
Q

projection

A

a process to transform the spherical earths surface onto a two-dimensional map; a process to transfer

63
Q

mercator projection (conformal projection)

A

the lines of latitude and longitude intersect one another at right angles, advantage; direction between any two points on the map is exactly the same as it is on the globe, disadvantage; the size of features, especially the equator, are greatly distorted, the most used, like google maps, advantage the more developed area , used for distance between points

64
Q

gall-peter projection (equal area projection)

A

size of countries is preserved, the shape is distorted, criticized for being visually unappealing, used for direction from one point to another

65
Q

equidistant

A

show true distance in all directions from one or two central points, *geoghrapics phenomanas with equal distance to a point

66
Q

why is ethical consideration important in map making

A

to avoid intentions misleading of readers

67
Q

reference map

A

portraying the absolute locations of places and geographic phenomena

68
Q

thematic map

A

illustrate and emphasize the spatial variation of a particular theme or attribute, like a federal election

69
Q

dot map

A

dots or scale-adjusted symbols represent geographic phenomena (ex; population)

70
Q

choropleth map

A

using colour or shading to indicate intensity of geographic phenomena (population density), in a given area

71
Q

isopleth map

A

using lines to connect locations of equal value with respect to. A geographic phenomena (daily temperature)

72
Q

cartogram

A

where the size and shape of spatial areas are intentionally distorted and replaces by the relative magnitude of the geographic phenomena (population in each province of Canada)

73
Q

remote sensing

A

a series of techniques used for collecting spatial data through instruments (sensors and cameras in satellites, airlines, and drones) that are physically distant from the object of study

74
Q

computer-assisted cartography

A

easily produce various versions of the mapped date to achieve desired result

75
Q

global positioning system (GPS)

A

a satellite-based system for determining the absolute location of geographic phenomena (address)

76
Q

geographic information system

A

a system of computer hardware and software that facilitates the collection, storage, analysis, and display of spatially referenced data through layered maps

77
Q

fieldwork

A

collecting data and insight into geographic issues; involves the collection of information outside a laboratory, library, or workplace setting; one of the key traditions of geographic inquiry

78
Q

what is the only way to represent the earth

A

by 3 dimensions globe

geog 220 (7 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions