Chapter 1 key terms

Question 1

Local diversity?

Answer 1

A combination of unique cultural traditions and economic practices

Question 2

Geography?

Answer 2

The study of the location of people and activities across Earth and the reasons for their distributions

Question 3

Scale

Answer 3

The relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a whole; specifically, the relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth’s surface

Question 4

The Category of Geography That Human Geography Focuses On?

Answer 4

The reason for human activity and physical forces to take place or occur as they do

Question 5

Two purposes of maps?

Answer 5

1. To display information (a reference tool)

2. To analyze information (a communication tool)

Question 6

Place?

Answer 6

A specific point on Earth that is distinguished by a particular characteristic

Question 7

Region

Answer 7

The system used to transfer locations from Earths surface to a flat map

Question 8

Map?

Answer 8

Two dimensional or flat scale model of earths surface or a portion of it

Question 9

Space?

Answer 9

The physical distance between objects

Question 10

Connections?

Answer 10

Relationships among people and objects across a barrier of space

Question 11

Projections

Answer 11

The scientific method of transferring locations on earths surface to a flat map

Question 12

Land ordinance of 1785

Answer 12

Divided much of the country into a system of townships and ranges

Question 13

Township?

Answer 13

A square 6 miles on each side

Question 14

Principal meridians

Answer 14

The north-south lines separating townships

Question 15

Base lines

Answer 15

Some east-west lines

Question 16

Sections

Answer 16

Townships are divided into 36 sections each of which are 1 mile by 1 mile

Question 17

Gps

Answer 17

(Global positioning system)

Accurately determines the precise position of something

Question 18

Remote sensing

Answer 18

The acquisition of earths data about earths surface from a satellite orbiting earth or from other long-distance methods

Question 19

GIS

Answer 19

(Geographic information system)

A computer system that can capture, store, query, analyze, and display geographic data

Question 20

Globalization?

Answer 20

Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide ins cope.

Question 21

Agricultural density

Answer 21

The ratio of the number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture

Question 22

Arithmetic density

Answer 22

The total number of people divided by the total land area

Question 23

Cartography

Answer 23

The science of making maps

Question 24

Concentration

Answer 24

The spread of something over a given area

Question 25

Connections

Answer 25

Relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space

Question 26

Contagious diffusion

Answer 26

The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population

Question 27

Cultural ecology

Answer 27

Geographic approach that emphasizes human environment relationships

Question 28

Cultural landscape

Answer 28

Fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group

Question 29

Density

Answer 29

The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area

Question 30

Diffusion

Answer 30

The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time

Question 31

Distance decay

Answer 31

The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin

Question 32

Distribution

Answer 32

The arrangement of something across earths surface

Question 33

Environmental determination

Answer 33

A 19th and early 20th century approach to the study of geography which argued that the general laws sought by humans geographers could be found in the physical sciences. Geography was therefore the study of how the physical environment caused human activities.

Question 34

Expansion diffusion

Answer 34

The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in a snowballing process

Question 35

Formal Region (uniform or homogenous region)

Answer 35

An area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive characteristics

Question 36

Functional Region (or nodal region)

Answer 36

An area organized around a node or focal point

Question 37

Globalization

Answer 37

Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope

Question 38

Greenwich mean time (GMT)

Answer 38

The time in that zone encompassing the prime meridian or 0 degrees longitude

Question 39

Hearth

Answer 39

The region from which innovative ideas originate

Question 40

Hierarchical diffusion

Answer 40

The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places

Question 41

International date line

Answer 41

An arc that for the most part follows 180 degrees longitude, although it deviates in several places to avoid dividing land areas. When you cross the IDL heading east, the clock moves back 24 hrs. When going West the clock moves forward one day

Question 42

Latitude

Answer 42

The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator

Question 43

Longitude

Answer 43

The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring the distance from east to west of the prime meridian (0 degrees)