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EXAM 1 Flashcards

1
Q

What is the word geography based off of?

A

“Earth” and “to write”

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2
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Geographers explain…

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Where and why

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3
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Who invented the word geography?

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Eratosthenes

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What are geographer’s tools for thinking spatially about the distribution of Earth’s features?

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A map

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5
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What is a geographers most important tool?

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A map

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6
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What is a place?

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A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic

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7
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Every ___ occupies a unique location, or position, on Earth’s surface

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Place

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8
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What is a region?

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An area of Earth defined by one or more distinctive characteristics

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9
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Geographers are increasingly concerned with the…

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Global scale

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10
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What is space?

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The physical gap or interval between two objects

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11
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Geographers observe that many objects are distributed across…

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Space in a regular manner for discernible reasons

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12
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Who calculated the circumference of the Earth around 200 B.C.?

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Eratosthenes

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13
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Who described the known world of A.D. 1 in a 17-volume work?

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Strabo

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14
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Whose maps of the known world were used for 1,000 years?

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Ptolemy

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15
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Who created the first modern Atlas?

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Abraham Ortelius

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16
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Who divided the Earth into 5 climatic regions?

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Eratosthenes

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17
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Who mapped the Roman Empire around A.D. 150?

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Ptolemy

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18
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What is a “sense of place”?

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A feeling for a particular spot on Earth – perhaps a hometown, vacation destination, or college

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19
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What is a toponym?

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The name given to a place on Earth

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20
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How does site identify a place?

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Physical characteristics

21
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How does situation identify a place?

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The location relative to other places

22
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What is a formal region?

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An area within which most people share 1 or more distinctive characteristics

23
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Examples of a formal region

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Montana and North American wheat belt

24
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What is a functional region?

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A region is an area organized around a node or focal point

25
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What is a main use for functional regions?

A

To display information about economic areas

26
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What is a vernacular region?

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An area that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity

27
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What is a perceptual region based on a person’s mental map?

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Vernacular

28
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4 examples of a functional region

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The circulation of a newspaper, the area of dominance of a television station, the market area of a grocery store, and the area dominated by a particular crop

29
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Why is the State of Texas best considered a formal region?

A

The same State laws apply everywhere in the region

30
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What is globalization?

A

It refers to actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope

31
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What is a hearth?

A

An innovation originating at a node

32
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What is diffusion?

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The process of spreading an innovation, feature, or trend from one place to another over time

33
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What is relocation diffusion?

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When people move they take their culture with them, including language, religion, & ethnicity

34
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The diffusion process associated with the physical movement of people

A

Relocation

35
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What is hierarchical diffusion?

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The spread of an idea from persons or nodes of authority or power to other persons or places

36
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Which diffusion may result from the spread of ideas from political leaders, socially elite people, or other important persons to others in the community?

A

Hierarchical diffusion

37
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What is contagious diffusion?

A

The rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population

38
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What is a form of expansion diffusion?

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Hierarchical, contagious, and stimulus diffusion

39
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To geographers, the spread of McDonald’s around the world represents

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Globalization

40
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What exemplifies the globalization of culture?

A

Wearing jeans & Nike shoes

41
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What is a resource?

A

A substance in the environment that is useful to people, economically & technologically feasible to access, & socially acceptable to use

42
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What is sustainability?

A

The use of Earth’s resources in ways that ensure their availability in the future

43
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What is cultural ecology?

A

The geographic study of human-environment relationships

44
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According to environmental determinism…

A

The physical environment caused social development

45
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What is possibilism?

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The concept that the physical environment may limit some human actions but that people have the ability to adjust to their environment

46
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How does possibilism work?

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People can choose a course of action from many alternatives in the physical environment

47
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How have the Dutch modified their environment?

A

Constructing dikes & polders

48
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Why do you think the government & people of the Netherlands are concerned about climate change?

A

A rise in sea level could threaten their dike systems & could cause a significant loss of land & developed infrastructure

49
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What river is an important source of water for California?

A

Colorado river

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