geo unit 1 test 1

Question 1

Expansion Diffusion

Answer 1

The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in a snowballing process.

Question 2

Hierarchial Diffusion

Answer 2

an idea or innovation that spreads by moving from larger to smaller places, often with little regard to the distance between places, and often influenced by social elites

Question 3

Contagious Diffusion

Answer 3

an idea or innovation that spreads based on person-to-person contact within a given population.

Question 4

Relocation Diffusion

Answer 4

an idea or innovation that migrates into new areas, leaving behind its origin or source of the cultural trait.

Question 5

Stimulus Diffusion

Answer 5

an idea or innovation that spreads based on its attachment to another concept.

Question 6

ways we use mental maps

Answer 6

finding out way from point a to point B, organizing and storing information, a way to make meaning

Question 7

mental maps

Answer 7

a personal visualization of spatial information

Question 8

Human Geography

Answer 8

Human geography is the branch of geography that deals with the study of people and their communities, cultures, economies, and interactions with the environment by studying their relations with and across space and place

Question 9

Activity Space

Answer 9

An activity space is a geographic extent in which people move in the course of their daily activities

Question 10

What is a thematic map?

Answer 10

map that shows attributes to a single topic, a theme. (example: girls in north america)

Question 11

Define relative location

Answer 11

Using an areas location to describe the location of another

Question 12

Cartography

Answer 12

the science of mapmaking

Question 13

Political Map

Answer 13

focuses on boundaries between areas

Question 14

Physical Map

Answer 14

focuses on physical features (mountains, valleys, etc.)

Question 15

Absolute Location

Answer 15

Using the exact location (latitude and longitude)

Question 16

Relative Location

Answer 16

Using an areas location to describe the location of another

Question 17

Physical Geography

Answer 17

the branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes

Question 18

Time Zone

Answer 18

Region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes

Question 19

Latitude

Answer 19

(parallels) Imaginary lines running east to west for west to east

Question 20

Longitude

Answer 20

meridians) Imaginary lines running north to south or south to north

Question 21

Map Scale

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Map scale refers to the relationship, or ratio, between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground

Question 22

Geographic Grid

Answer 22

System of imaginary arcs drawn in a grid pattern on Earth’s surface.

Question 23

Formal region

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a region whose boundaries are formally defined

Question 24

Vernacular Region

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a distinctive area where the inhabitants collectively consider themselves interconnected by a shared history, mutual interests, and a common identity

Question 25

Functional Region

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a region that surrounds a large city that is affected by what is in it. Example: Baltimore and Rosedale

Question 26

Region

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an area on the planet that is composed of places with a unifying characteristics is a religion

Question 27

Location

Answer 27

a particular place or position

Question 28

Place

Answer 28

the physical and human aspects of a location

Question 29

toponym

Answer 29

name of the place

Question 30

site

Answer 30

description of the features of the place (physical characteristics)

Question 31

situation

Answer 31

environmental conditions of the place

Question 32

Map projection

Answer 32

scientific method of transferring locations on earth’s surface to a flat map

Question 33

Globalization

Answer 33

Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.

Question 34

Greenwich Time Zone

Answer 34

Greenwich Mean Time or GMT is clock time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London. It is the same all year round and is not affected by Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time)

Question 35

Ways maps can be distorted

Answer 35

1. ) Shape of an area can be distorted.
2. )Distance between points may become increased or decreased.
3. ) Relative size of different areas can be altered.
4. ) Direction between points can be distorted.

Question 36

most common types of map distortions most common types of map distortions

Answer 36

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