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Define Geography

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a type of science that involves features, lands, inhabitants, and the Phenomena of Earth and other planets

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Define Human geography

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a type of science that studies people and their communities, economies, cultures, and interactions in a certain area and space

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define physical geography

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a type of Natural science that involves studying the patterns and processes of the natural environment

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what are the differences and similarities between Human and physical Geography

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Human geography and Physical geography are similar in some ways because a part of Human geography studies the affect humans have on the environment, and Physical geology studies the patterns and changes in the environment. The difference between Human and Physical science is Human geography deals with social interactions with people, and Physical geography deals with the physical features of a place

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what are the three types of maps geographers use

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Political, Physical, and Thematic

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Cartography

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the science or study of map making

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map

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flat-scale model of the Earth or part of it.

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absolute location

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is where something is located exactly

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What two ways do geographers use maps

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for a reference tool to determine a places absolute location and relative location, and a communication tool to transfer the distribution of physical features or human activities.

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How do the Early world maps progress

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in the the Early World they where only used to get from point A to point B, and they had a very small amount of land but the water features where very accurate due to constant water travel. Later as time went the maps became more advanced and the land features became more accurate due to more exploration.

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Mental maps

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a personal version of Spatial information

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Activity spaces

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identifies the area that you travel across your daily

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What are the three ways you use mental maps

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To find your way from point A to point B, organizing and storing information for the future, and a way to make meaning of things

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How are mental maps are used in human Geography

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They are used in human Geography because all people are provided with essential understanding and make sense of the world and allowing them to recall earth’s physical and human features

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relative location

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describes a location in relation to other things or places

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How do the Early world maps progress

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The maps progressed because in the the Early World they where only used to get from point A to point B, and they had a very small amount of land but the water features where very accurate due to constant water travel. Later as time went the maps became more advanced and the land features became more accurate due to more exploration

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map scale

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A tool that shows the distance between two points to compare to the distance on the earth’s surface

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projection

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The scientific method of transferring images of a location on the Earth’s surface onto a flat map

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prime meridian

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A meridian that has the longitude of 0

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What are the roles of map scales and projection of interpreting maps?

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the role of map scales are meant to allow one to see how much distance a area covers on a flat map to the earth’s surface. The role of projection is to say that the flat maps are distorted because the 3D image is not accurately scaled when put on a 2D surface; this results in the size can be changed, the distance can be increased or decreased, and the shape can be distorted

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What are the two types of map projections?

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Cylindrical, conic, and azimuthal.

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Geographic grid

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a system of imaginary drawn arcs drawn like a grid pattern on the surface of the Earth; allows us to pinpoint a absolute location using latitude and longitude

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latitude

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a geographic coordinate that deals with the north and south position on the surface of the Earth;The distance North and South of the equator.

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longitude

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a geographic coordinate that deals with the east and west position on the surface of the Earth;The measurement of imaginary lines of the distance from the prime meridian

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parallels

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are lines of constant latitude that are east and west circles that are parallel to the equator. The imaginary lines that are parallel to the equator.

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meridians

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Lines going from one pole to another and also connect with the same longitude. A constant circle of longitude that passes through a certain place on the surface of the Earth

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what are the three major significant lines of latitude and longitude

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The major line of latitude is the Equator, and the major line of longitude is the Prime Meridian

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how do you plot absolute location on the geographic grid using latitude and longitude

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You can do this by using the parallels and meridians to find a certain point on a geographic grid of the surface of the earth

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time zone

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a region of the globe that observes the standard of time for commercial, legal, and social purposes; follow the boundaries of countries and their subdivisions because it is convenient for areas in close commercial or other communication to keep the same time

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UTC

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the standard for which most time zones are offset from.

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GMT

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Greenwich Mean Time and is located at the prime meridian

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daylight savings time

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a part of a year that you adjust your clocks by usually a hour

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standard deviation

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adding or subtracting a certain amount of hours from the UTC/GMT for every 15 degrees east or west

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Describe how geographers calculate standard deviation off of time at UTC.

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Geographers are able to calculate standard deviation because the earth is divided into 360 degrees of longitude and 360 divided by 24, 24 comes from the amount of hours in a day, and it gives the product of 15

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introduction to maps

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a map is a 2 dimensional or flat scale model of the earths surface or a portion of it; using absolute and relative location to say where things are

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telling time

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all of the times are set off of the UTC and add or subtract a time from the universal time

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Place

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a thing that refers to the physical and human aspects of a location

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Location

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a particular position or space

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Toponym

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a name of a place

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Site

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the description of a places features

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Situation

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the environmental condition of a place

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How do you describe the three ways human geographers describe location

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toponomy, site, and location; Toponomy helps them know the name of where something is and associate that name with the place;Site allows them to associate names of places and identify somewhere with physical features of the place; Situation allows human geographers associate a location in reference with another location

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region

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is a larger collection of places that do not share universal majority characteristics

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Formal regions

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are defined boundaries of that are united by a political system

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Functional regions

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encompass a formal region, these regions are defined by the service areas connected by transportation

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Vernacular regions

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are places that we connect together from the way we see imagine it.

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How do geographers compare and contrast the type of regions

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The differences are that they all deal with different ways to illustrate a region, such as physical boundaries, through their services, and through the way people see it. The similarities are that they all are ways to describe a region

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globalization

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

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What are facilitators of globalization and how do you describe them?

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The facilitators of globalization are transportation technology and communication technology. Transportation technology is the speed that you can physically access something and certain technologies allow you to do that quicker, but some physical features can physically interfere with this process. Communication technology is the the speed that you can interact with someone with over a certain distance, some technologies can effect the speed at which you do this

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cultural diffusion

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the process of spreading traits of a cultural from one are to another.

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What are the five types of cultural diffusion?

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Expansion, Relocation, Hierarchical, contagious, and stimulus

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Expansion diffusion

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a creation of a idea that spreads to other places and stays strong at the source(this can have hierarchical, stimulus, and contagious diffusion in it).

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Relocation diffusion

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a idea or innovation that migrates to different regions leaving its original cultural traits

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Hierarchical diffusion

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an idea moving from a larger to a smaller place often with little regard to the distance (often influenced by the social elites).

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Contagious diffusion

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the spread of a idea through person to person interaction in a population

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Stimulus diffusion

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an idea that spreads based on it’s attachment to another idea

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What is the Colombian exchange?

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The Colombian exchange was the transfer of animals, plants, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between West Africa, the Americas, and the Old World

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reference maps

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maps that show a location of a place

Human Geography (5 decks)

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