Concept Check 1

Question 1

Geography

Answer 1

Writing about the Earth
Ge- Earth
Graphen- to write

Question 2

Human Geography

Answer 2

Study of connections between people/land, Earth’s physical features, and human features (culture)

Question 3

5 themes

Answer 3

used to organize info/describe use of space

Location region place hum-envi-interaction and movement

Question 4

Location

Answer 4

absolute location (latitude/longitude), or relative location (compare to other places

Question 5

Place

Answer 5

unique features of an area

Question 6

Region

Answer 6

area different from surrounding areas by one feature: 3 categories
Formal (one trait), functional (central point), Perceptive (believes exists)

Question 7

Human Environment Interaction

Answer 7

how people use/adapt to environment, using it to advantage

Question 8

Movement

Answer 8

3 types of distance: Linear (how far), Time (time taken), Psychological (how we view it)

Question 9

Projections

Answer 9

represent Earth on flat surface, but causes distortion, used by geographers

Question 10

What distorts

Answer 10

Shape, area, distance, direction (SADD)

Question 11

Clustered

Answer 11

close together

Question 12

Dispersed

Answer 12

far apart

Question 13

Density

Answer 13

number of something in an area

Question 14

Distribution

Answer 14

way something is spread out over an area

Question 15

Patterns

Answer 15

indication that 2 or more things may be related/correlated

Question 16

Two types of maps

Answer 16

Reference (location and navigation)

Thematic (focused on data)

Question 17

Types of Reference maps

Answer 17

Political (countries, states)
Physical (mountains, deserts)
Road (GPS)

Question 18

Choropleth map

Answer 18

Used color/patterns to show location or distribution of data

Question 19

Dot density

Answer 19

dot = specified quantity

Question 20

Graduated/Proportional Symbol

Answer 20

used symbols of different sizes to indicate amounts of variable

Question 21

Cartogram

Answer 21

Area is distorted to show variable

Question 22

Isoline

Answer 22

used lines to connect points of equal value to depict variations in data across space

Question 23

Topographic

Answer 23

Elevation