Geography Flashcards
Cartography
The art and science of map making
Scale
The relationship between the size of an object or distance between objects on a map and the size of the actual object or distance on earth’s surface
Meridians and parallels
Imaginary arcs drawn between the North and South Pole
Prime meridian
Located at an observatory in Greenwich, England at 0 degrees
Carl Sauer
Shaped human geography by arguing that cultural landscapes should be the main focus of geographic study
International date line
180 degrees longitude
*divides the world from pole to pole through the Pacific Ocean
Site
Physical and human transformed characteristic of a place
Formal/Uniform region
An area that has striking similarities in terms of one or few physical or cultural features
Functional region (nodal)
Areas organized around cores or nodes
Perceptual/ vernacular region
Placed people believe to exist as a part of their cultural identity
Space time compression
Describes the changes that rapid connections among places and regions have brought
Multi-national corporations
Centers that operate in many parts of the globe
Ex. McDonalds
GIS
Geographic information system
GPS
Global Positioning System
