Geography Unit 1 Test Flashcards
Geography Unit 1 Test
What is geography?
The study of the interactions between humans and their environment
What is physical geography?
The study of the earth
What is human geography?
The study of people
What are the branches of geography?
Population, cultural, political, ecological, economic, natural resource, urban
What is absolute location?
Absolute location doesn’t need any context on what’s around it, and is said in terms of latitude and longitude (coordinates)
What is relative location?
Relative location is where something is located based on the location of something else. You’re giving a description but you might not know where it is
What is the a “sense of place”?
When you have a sense of place you have a connection to the location. You can better understand the environment and how people/wildlife interacts with it.
What are the three key geographic questions?
What is where? Why there? Why care?
What is a primary source?
Primary sources are sources of information that were created during the event/investigation.
What are some examples of primary sources?
A witness, a diary, a photograph, an interview, artifacts, etc
What is a secondary source?
Secondary sources are sources that were created after and event
What are some examples of secondary sources?
A documentary, a textbook, an article
What are the four geographic concepts?
Interrelationships, spatial significance, patterns and trends, geographic perspective
What is interrelationships?
A relationship that exists between different patterns and trends
What is spatial significance?
The importance of a particular location in geography
What is patterns and trends?
Patterns: the arrangement of objects on Earth’s surface in relationship to each other
Trend: a noticeable change in a pattern over time
What is geographic perspective?
A way of looking at the world that includes environmental, political and social implications
What does TEK stand for?
Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Explain the First Nations, Métis and Inuit’s connection to the land
They passed down stories about the land, their lifestyle was based off the land they lived on (they used its natural resources for tools, food, clothing, etc), they were nomadic and never settled in one fixed area and followed the migration patterns of animals
Why is TEK important?
The First Nations have obtained qualitative knowledge about the land based off their interactions with the land in their day to day lives. They may be more knowledgeable about the land than scientists, whom they are working with to help combat climate change (the Inuit peoples were the first to alert scientists about changes in the Arctic)
What are the geographic inquiry steps in order?
1) formulate questions
2) gather and organize information
3) interpret and analyze the information
4) evaluate and draw conclusions
5) communicate your conclusion to others
What does GPS stand for?
Global Positioning System
How does GPS work?
They use triangulation and absolute location (they require to be in the range of 3 satellites to work). They are accurate because of timestamps and coordinates (latitude and longitude)
What are the uses for GPS?
agriculture, archaeology, forestry, geology, natural hazards, recreation, surveying, weather forecasting
How is GPS used in agriculture?
It helps self-driving tractors help steer itself via gps instructions and allows them to drive in a straight line
How is GPS used in archaeology?
It can help map out the dig site and where there might be other artifacts waiting to be found
How can GPS be used in forestry?
It can help you determine where’s the best place to cut down trees with minimal impact and which places you should NOT cut down
How can GPS be used in geology?
It can be used to make precise maps of geological features
How can GPS be used in natural hazards?
They can be used to help predict natural disasters like erupting volcanoes and earthquakes
How can GPS be used in recreation
They can help you look for recreational locations, such as a friend’s house, the nearest McDonalds, etc
How can GPS be used in surveying?
It is used for looking at a large area of land to collect data without actually touching the land. They can help surveyors look for where is the best place to build
How can GPS help with weather forecasting?
They are like research help, and records the location of where natural disasters happen, can can help show trends
What is remote sensing?
It is when you take pictures of the earth from a high distance/high above Earth’s surface
How does remote sensing work?
satellites take images of earth
images from the satellite are then sent back to earth (to a ground station)
a ground station is basically a room full of computers/mainframe
scientists then look at the images (which are black and white) and add false colors to image
What are the two types of satellites:
geostationary satellite: doesn’t move, just take pictures over and over
near polar satellite: keeps moving and takes pictures from different angles
What are the 10 uses of remote sensing:
Weather and climate, agriculture, forest management, mapping, mining, mapping sea ice patterns, environment, oceans and coastal regions, water resources, impact of geological events
How can remote sensing be used in weather and climate?
to monitor weather patterns and/or weather phenomena, glaciers melting, shipping routes, natural disasters, forest fires, mineral exploration
How can remote sensing be used in agriculture?
you can examine different crops and their growth stages as well as crop damage
How can remote sensing be used in forest management?
you can monitor the forest being cut down and damage from forest fires
How can remote sensing be used in mapping?
to keep maps up to date (reasons to update maps: erosion, human activities/urbanization, mountain building, natural disasters)
How can remote sensing be used in mining?
to view faults and folds in mineral deposits
How can remote sensing be used in mapping sea ice patterns?
can help plan safe shipping routes
How can remote sensing be used in the environment?
tracking location and effects of pollution, managing wildlife
