Human Geography unit 1 test Review

Question 1

What is Human Geography about?

Answer 1

Human geography attends to human patterns of social interaction, as well as spatial level interdependencies, and how they influence or affect the earth’s environment.

Question 2

Define Human Geography.

Answer 2

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 3

Define Geography.

Answer 3

Geography is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of the Earth and planets.

Question 4

Define Physical Geography.

Answer 4

Physical geography is the branch of natural science which deals with the study of processes and patterns in the natural environment like the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and geosphere.

Question 5

Describe the similarities and differences between Human Geography and Physical Geography.

Answer 5

Physical geography focuses on natural processes of the earth, including climate and plate tectonics, while Human geography looks at the impact and behaviour of people and how they relate to the physical world.

Question 6

Identify the three different types of maps geographers use.

Answer 6

Physical Map, Political Map, and Thematic Map

Question 7

Physical Map

Answer 7

Focuses on physical features of the place.

Question 8

Political Map

Answer 8

Shows the spatial organization of the place.

Question 9

Thematic Map

Answer 9

a unique map because they tend to “tell a story” about the place.

Question 10

How Do Geographers Describe Where Things Are Located?

Answer 10

Geography is the study of where things are found on Earth’s surface and the reasons for the locations. Human geographers therefore ask two simple questions…Where are people and activities found on Earth? Why are they found there?

Question 11

Define Cartography

Answer 11

Cartography is the science of mapmaking.

Question 12

Define Maps

Answer 12

A diagram that represents an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc.

Question 13

Define Absolute Location

Answer 13

An Absolute Location is the exact site of the exact site on an objective coordinate.

Question 14

Define Relative Location

Answer 14

A relative location is the position of something relative(near) to another landmark. It is identified by specific coordinates, such as latitude and longitude

Question 15

Describe the two ways that geographers use maps.

Answer 15

1. As a reference tool to identify an object’s absolute and relative location.
2. As a communications tool to convey the distribution of human activities or physical features

Question 16

Identify the progression of early mapmaking

Answer 16

Earliest maps were reference tools—simple navigation devices to show a traveler how to get from Point A to Point B. The first world map prepared by Eratosthenes(276–194 B.C.) Improvements to world map later made by Ptolemy. After Ptolemy, advancements in cartography primarily made outside of Europe by Chinese and Islamic world. Mapmaking revived during the Age of Exploration and Discovery. They first started out as incomplete in a global context.

Question 17

Define mental maps

Answer 17

A mental map is a personal visualization of spatial information. In other words, it’s a map inside our own minds.

Question 18

Describe the three was you use mental maps

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3. Finding our way from point A to point B
4. Organizing and storing information for future reference
5. A way to make meaning

Question 19

Discussed how mental maps are used in Human Geography

Answer 19

Mental maps provide people with essential means of making sense of the world and of storing and recalling information about the patterns of Earth’s physical and human features.

Question 20

Describe the similarities between Human Geography and Physical Geography.

Answer 20

Human geography studies human interactions with the environment(physical geography) by studying their relations with and across space and place.

Question 21

Describe the differences between Human Geography and Physical Geography.

Answer 21

Physical geography focuses on natural processes of the earth like climate and plate tectonics. Where Human geography is about the effect and behavior of humans.

Question 22

The 5 themes of Geography

Answer 22

1. ) Location
2. ) Place
3. ) Human-Environment Interaction
4. ) Movement
5. ) Region

Question 23

Define location

Answer 23

Location: a particular place or position

Question 24

Define Place

Answer 24

Place: refers to the physical and human aspects of a location

Question 25

Define Toponym

Answer 25

Toponym: the name of a place

Question 26

Define Site

Answer 26

Site: the description of the features of the place

Question 27

Define Situation

Answer 27

Situation: the environmental conditions of the place, relative location to other things around

Question 28

Define Region

Answer 28

Region: An area on the planet that is composed of places with a unifying characteristic,(a them of geography)

Question 29

Define Formal Region

Answer 29

Formal Region: A region whose boundaries are formally defined

Question 30

Define Functional Region

Answer 30

Functional Region: Usually encompasses a central point with defined boundaries and the area around it that is connected via a well-developed network of transportation and communication systems that facilitates the movement of people, goods, and ideas within that system.

Question 31

Define Vernacular Region

Answer 31

Vernacular Region: To see the area as one (When places in the world share unifying characteristics)

Question 32

Compare and Contrast the 3 different types of regions

Answer 32

Functional Region has a central point, Formal Region has defined boundaries, and Vernacular Region is the perception of how people see the region.

Question 33

Why Are Different Places Similar?

Answer 33

Because of the unique combinations of the human and physical features.

Question 34

Define Globalization

Answer 34

The process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide

Question 35

Identify and describe the facilitators of globalization

Answer 35

1. ) Imperialism: Government
2. ) Trading Goods: Trading Materials
3. ) Providing Services: working or helping another nation
4. ) Economic Resources of Capital: Trade and transactions with money/ goods
5. ) Technology: Such as transportation
6. ) Data: Data about land features or about human features

Question 36

To understand our personal connections to the global process

Answer 36

Very quickly, you will see that you are connected to many more places than you had possibly thought about.(unknowingly connected)

Question 37

Define Cultural Diffusion

Answer 37

Cultural Diffusion: the process of spreading cultural traits from one region to another

Question 38

Example of Cultural Diffusion

Answer 38

Example: The spread of McDonald’s restaurants worldwide is an example of cultural diffusion

Question 39

Define Expansion Diffusion

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Expansion Diffusion: an innovation or idea that develops in a source area and remains strong there, while also spreading outward to other areas. This can include hierarchical, stimulus, and contagious diffusion.

Question 40

Define Relocation diffusion

Answer 40

Relocation diffusion: an idea or innovation that migrates into new areas, leaving behind its origin or source of the cultural trait and bringing what they had with them.

Question 41

Define Hierarchical diffusion

Answer 41

Hierarchical diffusion: 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 42

Define Contagious diffusion

Answer 42

Contagious diffusion: An idea or innovation that spreads based on person-to-person contact within a given population. Cant stop it from spreading.

Question 43

Define Stimulus diffusion

Answer 43

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

Question 44

What is the Columbian Exchange?

Answer 44

Columbian Exchange: the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.