Key Geography Concepts

Question 1

Scale

Answer 1

Scale refers to the size of something compared with something else. Examples include the scale on a map, as well as the scale of how big an event is, such as regional, national, international and global.

Question 2

Distance

Answer 2

Distance is the space between two locations and in measured in units such as mm, cm and km, as well as measured in time eg. being 40 minutes away from a place.

Question 3

Distribution

Answer 3

Distribution is the arrangement of objects on the earth’s surface and the space between them. It can occur at any scale.

Question 4

Distribution

Answer 4

Distribution is the arrangement of objects on the earth’s surface and the space between them. It can occur at any scale.

Question 5

Place

Answer 5

Absolute location includes things such as latitude and longitude and an exact street address. Relative location is the direction and distance to a place, as well as place names and landmarks.

Question 6

Environment

Answer 6

Environment refers the world around us. Natural and unnatural. The natural environment is things like weather, climate, landforms, natural vegetation and soils. The non-living or unnatural environment includes settlements and transport routes among others.

Question 7

Interconnection

Answer 7

Interconnection is the idea that everything, geographically, does not exist in isolation, being connected by environmental or human activities. For example, tornadoes occur from thunderstorms.

Question 8

Movement

Answer 8

Movement is a change of location of phenomena such as people, goods and ideas. When talking about disasters it can be something such as the way floodwaters flow.

Question 9

Region

Answer 9

A region is an area which has defining characteristics that distinguish it from other areas. Regions can be defined at a range of scales by characteristics like mountains and drainage basins as well as being politically defined.

Question 10

Change

Answer 10

Change is when something alters and how much it alters over time. Change focuses on the development of places.

Question 11

Spatial Association

Answer 11

Spatial association is the way things are distributed and why if there is a lot of them in one area, and not so much in another this would likely be due to the lack of people in the area. The lack of people in the area might be due to constant rainfall. And so on.

Question 12

Sustainability

Answer 12

Sustainability is the idea of using and creating resources which can be used for a while into the future without running out of them.