Final exam Flashcards
Based on evidence and observation, which contributor to “geography” in the ancient world was the first to demonstrate that Earth was spherical?
Aristotle
What geographer is credited with producing the first map to use the label “America”?
Martin Waldseemüller
Geographic information systems are used in surveying, photogrammetry, computer cartography, spatial statistics, and remote sensing. Which is the most accurate statement about GIS?
GIS is used to produce more accurate and maps than hand drawn, each type of spatial data is stored as a separate information layer, spatial data is acquired through a variety of satellite and electronic information technologies, and GIS supports the capture, storage, retrieval, analysis, and display of spatial data.
What is GIS?
A system of satellites and tracking stations to determine the precise position of something on Earth
What is a type of community-based mapping that involves the collection and dissemination of local knowledge and information through individuals’ electronic devices?
Participatory GIS (PGIS)
What is accurate about the system of imaginary arcs that form a geographic grid of Earth’s surface?
Latitude is scientifically derived but longitude is not, a meridian is numbered to identify longitude, a parallel is numbered to indicate latitude, and both latitude and longitude identify locations.
What is NOT one of the distortions that occurs when mapping the Earth?
Location
What city is located in a time zone that is six hours later than Greenwich?
Chicago
What are three ways geographers use to identify location?
Site, situation, and toponym
What type of region would an area that receives electricity from a neighboring power station be classified as?
Functional
What statement is the best example of local-scale patterns?
Data for income, life expectancy, and location of liquor stores in Baltimore City
What properties characterize spatial distribution?
Density, concentration, and pattern
What information would human geographers use to study how patterns in space vary by gender, ethnicity, sexuality, or cultural group?
Distribution of social/cultural group in an area
What type of diffusion would a high concentration of “foreign” euro coins in France indicate?
Relocation diffusion
What term describes how human geographers see aspects of the environment as useful to people, economically and technologically feasible to access, and socially acceptable to use?
Resource
