Chapter 1 Flashcards
What is an absolute location?
Exact coordinates
What is expansion diffusion?
The spread of an idea through a population that keeps growing larger
What is relocation diffusion?
Ideas are spread as people move and migrate
What is a thematic map?
Tell stories about geographic phenomenon
What is a relative location?
In ration to or around something
What is a reference map?
Show absolute locations and geographic features. Latitude and longitude
What is a mental map?
A image of a space from an individual’s perception
What is the prime meridian?
Goes up and down 0° longitude
What is the equator?
Runs west to east 0° lattitude
Meridians vs. parallels
Meridians divide west to eas
What is remote sensing?
A method of collecting data through instruments that are different from the area or object of study
What is a GIS?
Computer hardest that permits spatial data to be collected recorded stored retrieved manipulated analyzed and displayed to the other user
What is sense of place?
Feeling and emporium from a certain place labeling with chat yer
What are the 5 themes of geography?
Location Human environment Region Place Movement
What is location?
Position of things on earth