Class 1

Question 1

Movement

Answer 1

• Spatial Interaction
• the interconnectedness between places, depends on:
  1) distance
  2) connectivity
  3) accessibility

Question 2

Region

Answer 2

common traits that areas or groups of areas around the world share
- climate
- location
- beliefs
- language
- ethnicity/race

Question 3

formal (region)

Answer 3

a common characteristic, cultural linkage, or physical aspect

Question 4

functional (region)

Answer 4

define around a certain point or node
- density is highest in the center and fades as you move further away

Question 5

vernacular or perceptual (region)

Answer 5

the idea of a region based in personal perception
e.g. regions: midwest, west, south, sunbelt

Question 6

Human-environment interaction

Answer 6

modification of earth’s surface by humans, where consequences depend on how people interact with environment and use its resources
- positive/negative
- intentional/accidental

Question 7

Location

Answer 7

relative vs. absolute

Question 8

relative location

Answer 8

where you or something is located in relation to something or someone else

Question 9

absolute location

Answer 9

exact location on earth’s surface (longitude and latitude coordinates)

Question 10

Place

Answer 10

understanding/sense of place
- infusing a place with meaning and emotion

Question 11

Lines of Latitude

Answer 11

parallels; imaginary lines running East and Wes parallel to the equator

Question 12

Lines of Longitude

Answer 12

medians; run between North and South poles & are east and west of the Prime Meridian

Question 13

Cylindrical Map

Answer 13

shape: rectangular
- land area is close to scale
* most often used

Question 14

Cylindrical Map Negatives

Answer 14

Eastern and Western areas separated, area closer to the poles

Question 15

Azimuthal Map

Answer 15

used to show area for large maps, typically maps of continents

Question 16

conic maps

Answer 16

smaller area maps, typically used to display information on larger individual countries
- projections cause distortions

Question 17

Four Major Types of Map Distortions

Answer 17

1. shape
2. distance
3. relative size
4. direction

Question 18

Mercator’s projection

Answer 18

shape is mostly true, but size is distorted

Question 19

Peter’s projection

Answer 19

relative size is true, but shape is warped

Question 20

Robinsons projection

Answer 20

An uninterrupted projection display used to display info across oceans
- negative: minimizes land area, maps are curved

Question 21

Reference Maps

Answer 21

show locations of places and geographic features
- absolute locations

Question 22

Thematic Maps

Answer 22

Tell a story about the pattern of its distribution, or its movement
- relative locations

Question 23

Chloropleth Map

Answer 23

a thematic map used to represent statistical data using the color mapping symbology technique
- units are color shaded in relation to a data variable

Question 24

Dot Distribution Map

Answer 24

uses a point symbol to visualize the geographic distribution of a large number of related phenomena

Question 25

Mental Maps

Answer 25

Maps we carry in our minds of places we have been

Question 26

activity spaces

Answer 26

the places we travel to routinely in our rounds of daily activity