Class 2

Question 1

Small necessary lies

Answer 1

• standard cartographic lies
• projection
• standardization and classification
• aggregation

Question 2

Big purposeful lies

Answer 2

• propaganda maps
• gerrymandering
• maps that push a particular political perspective
• Misleading advertising maps

Question 3

Geographic Information System

Answer 3

a collection of computer hardware and software permits storage and analysis of layers and spatial data

Question 4

remote sensing

Answer 4

a method of collecting data by instruments that are physically distant from the area of study

Question 5

Map scale

Answer 5

ratio of length on map vs. actual distance on Earth

Question 6

Large scale maps

Answer 6

… have more detail than small scale maps

Question 7

Time zones

Answer 7

roughly based on meridians
- movement east or west

Question 8

site

Answer 8

physical characteristics

Question 9

situation

Answer 9

relative location, and how it is related to other places and surroundings

Question 10

Propaganda Maps

Answer 10

• inform
• strike fear
• mobilize

Question 11

environmental determinism

Answer 11

physical environment shapes culture

Question 12

Possibilism

Answer 12

people adapt to environmental conditions, despite the limitations

Question 13

diffusion

Answer 13

spread of ideas, objects, inventions, and practices between places

Question 14

relocation diffusion

Answer 14

occurs as people migrate from place to place, spreading ideas, culture, etc.
e.g. Chinese food in USA

Question 15

hierarchical diffusion

Answer 15

through a stratified system of small, medium, and large centers
e.g. the spread of rap

Question 16

expansion diffusion

Answer 16

spread occurs like a disease (contagious, or person to person, cities)
e.g. spread of COVID-19, vaping in the USA

Question 17

culture

Answer 17

a set of shared practices, common to human group
- it is learned and passed down

Question 18

cultural landscape

Answer 18

visible forms, composition and spatial structures that show human intervention and control

Question 19

population

Answer 19

a country’s total population relative to land size

Question 20

Arithmetic density

Answer 20

the total number of people in an area

Question 21

physiological density

Answer 21

the number of people supported by a unit of arable land