Geography Exam 1 Flashcards
The art and science of mapmaking
Cartography
“For a society achieve their greatest potential, they need the challenge of a harsh environment”
is ____ theory
Challenge Response Theory
“Who we are as a culture is determined by environment”
Environmental Determinism
5 Themes of Geography;
Regions Human-environment Interactions Place Movement Location
shape of Earth;
Oblate Spheroid
Four mathematical reference points;
North/South pole
Rotational Axis
Equatorial Plain
Where is the center of the earth?
The point where the rotational axis intersects the equatorial plain
When is the whole world on the same time?
Prime meridian, 12:00 noon
Large landmass surrounded by water with adjacent islands
Continent
A region with distinctive boundaries, and does not change easily.
Formal Region
Everything material and nonmaterial that society has learned and passed on.
Culture
A region that does not change easily.
Functional region
Representation of a real-world phenomenon at a certain level of reduction or generalization
scale
The locational attributes of an urban center, including its physical setting.
site
When plate tectonics slowly move continents
Continental drift
